This mess and the other mess that the Clintoons/Gorons left us in are incredible. They worked 24/7 to weaken this country.
YOU TWO CLOWNS LEFT ONE HELL OF A MESS FOR ME TO CLEAN UP. I WILL DO IT FOR AMERICA AND MY FELLOW AMERICANS. ADIOS, CLOWNS!
Posted on 03/09/2002 8:00:33 AM PST by Pokey78
"What to make of the Islamic compounds across America affiliated with the Pakistani radical group Jamaat al-Fuqra?"
I KNOW, I KNOW! PICK ME!
Little tiny pieces, that's what to "make" of radical Islamic counpounds here in the US.
Terrorists must be hunted down and destroyed WHEREVER IN THE WORLD THEY ARE FOUND, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES.
Can you say "Fifth Column"??
This is why I think they are not bothering to profile people at airports. I think that if they do that, they are afraid these groups will send non-Middle Easterners through, armed with whatever they can smuggle aboard.
Link to video about Baladullah, the compound in Tulare/Fresno California.
Link to Why is there an Islamic Village above Fresno, for newcomers that have yet to see this 600 post thread, one of those that started the freepers on the trail of "Jihad in America", and caused unbelievable amount of hits on the above link to ABC channel 30, website (as they have mentioned on air). The video is still on their site, cause freepers keep viewing this video. One of the first reports on Gilani, after 9-11.
I think you're right. I also wonder how many Jihad Johnnies and Jihad Johnnie wannabes there are hiding in our country.
In general, the inhabitants at the al-Fuqra compounds are American born, black muslims. Of course, they also provide shelter for transient terrorists, and the like.
This mess and the other mess that the Clintoons/Gorons left us in are incredible. They worked 24/7 to weaken this country.
YOU TWO CLOWNS LEFT ONE HELL OF A MESS FOR ME TO CLEAN UP. I WILL DO IT FOR AMERICA AND MY FELLOW AMERICANS. ADIOS, CLOWNS!
CANADA
Muslims of the Americas Islamic Centre
815 Bloor Street West
Toronto, Ontario
M6G 1M1
Canada
Tel. (416) 533-3977
DELAWARE
Muslims of the Americas Da'wah Centerce
301 West Division Street
Dover, DE 19901
(302) 734-1218
FLORIDA
Muslims of the Americas Da'wah Center
3013 Kevin Street
Tallahassee, FL. 32301
(850) 216-2772
GEORGIA
The Islamic Arts & Education Center
39 State Street
Commerce, GA 30529
MASSACHUSETTS
298 Belmont Avenue
Springfield, MA 01108
(413) 733-6654
NEW YORK
Muslims of the Americas Da'wah Center
135 Front Street
Binghamton, NY 13901
(607) 722-0002v
VIRGINIA
Muslims of the Americas Da'wah Center
1805 Orange Avenue NW
Roanoke, VA 24017
The only reassuring point I noticed:
Thus, in July 1983, Stephen Paul Paster, a ranking member of Fuqra and one of its few whites, blew off most of one hand while planting a pipe bomb at a Portland, Ore.,
Paster now lives in Lahore, where U.S. intelligence sources say he provides explosives training to visiting Fuqra members.
Here's my research template - any additions or advice welcome.
Muslims of the Americas: In Their Own Words
Muslims of the Americas (MOA) is a virulently anti-Semitic, Islamic extremist group with ties to Al-Fuqra, a terrorist organization that has carried out firebombings and murders in the United States. MOA claims to have offices in six U.S. cities and Toronto and maintains secluded residential communities in New York, Virginia and California. The group's Web site and e-mails have featured writings by notorious anti-Semites and Holocaust deniers, including Michael Hoffman and former Klansman David Duke.
MOA was founded and is led by the radical Pakistani cleric El Sheikh Sayyid Mubarik Ali Jilani (commonly known as Sheikh Jilani or Sheikh Gilani). Based in Lahore, Pakistan, Jilani established MOA in 1980, after arriving in the United States for the first time. In the 1980s, Jilani, who claims to be a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, actively recruited American Muslims to fight against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. MOA claims to have offices in six U.S. cities and Toronto, and it maintains secluded residential communities in New York, Virginia, California, and possibly other states. The group also runs a Web site and an e-mail mailing list.
The available evidence strongly suggests that MOA has served as a corporate front for another group founded by Sheik Jilani, the terrorist organization Al-Fuqra, which has committed firebombings and murders on U.S. soil. Both Sheikh Jilani and MOA officials deny that Al-Fuqra even exists, and MOA claims to be a "peaceful" group. Though relatively few members of MOA have been arrested for criminal activity, two residents of the MOA community in Virginia were recently arrested for firearms violations, and a resident of the MOA community in California was recently arrested for the murder of a Sheriff's Deputy. Muslims of the Americas: In Their Own Words Here are examples of anti-Semitic, anti-Christian,anti-American, and homophobic statements made by MOA, as well as comments that promote violence:
...see more at link.
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From: Patterns of Global Terrorism, 1999. United States Department of State, April 2000.
Comments on the content of the material should be sent to the U.S. Department of State
Description
Islamic sect that seeks to purify Islam through violence. Led by Pakistani cleric Shaykh Mubarik Ali Gilani, who established the organization in the early 1980s. Gilani now resides in Pakistan, but most cells are located in North America and the Caribbean. Members have purchased isolated rural compounds in North America to live communally, practice their faith, and insulate themselves from Western culture.
Activities
Fuqra members have attacked a variety of targets that they view as enemies of Islam, including Muslims they regard as heretics and Hindus. Attacks during the 1980s included assassinations and firebombings across the United States. Fuqra members in the United States have been convicted of crimes, including murder and fraud.
Strength
Unknown.
Location/Area of Operation
North America, Pakistan.
External Aid
None.
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***Newer link about Fuqra, and connections of Virginia Fuqra member Vincente Pierre to fraud and potential terrorism in Colorado (linkage between Colorado and Virgina stories)
***A Junior Al Qaeda Right Here At Home - Meet Al Fuqra (Nat. Review)
“...Al Fuqra —— which means "the impoverished" in Arabic —— was founded in 1980 when Sheikh Mubarak Ali Gilani traveled from Pakistan to an African-American mosque in Brooklyn. On this and subsequent trips, the charismatic sheikh helped create al Fuqra, which is said to have between 1,000 and 3,000 members nationwide. It is not aligned with a more prominent and homegrown black Muslim group, the Nation of Islam, and in fact it has serious theological differences with Louis Farrakhan's flock. And it may pose a much greater threat to civil society. About two dozen families live at the 44-acre compound near Red House, but al Fuqra is headquartered in Hancock, N.Y., and maintains extensive ties to Gilani in Lahore. Members of the sect occasionally travel abroad for what Gallagher calls "paramilitary and survivalist training" under Gilani's supervision. Although Pierre has testified that he has not visited Pakistan, the BATF says at least one of the other Red House residents did go there, and Gallagher claims there is evidence of training in Afghanistan as well. Gilani recruited Americans to fight with the mujaheddin against the Soviets during the 1980s.
Al Fuqra demonstrated its violent streak and national reach early on. A study written by Yehudit Barsky and published by the Anti-Defamation League catalogues the group's activities. From its first days more than two decades ago, members have attacked a virtual rainbow coalition of targets, including Hare Krishnas in San Diego, Hindus in Toronto, Sikhs in Seattle, and Buddhists in Illinois. Many of their favorite victims have links to India; Gilani is obsessed with the Kashmir conflict and views India as a mortal enemy. In 1983, al Fuqra firebombed a Portland, Ore., hotel owned by the late Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. But al Fuqra's hatred also extends to Muslims with whom they have doctrinal differences. A month after the Portland attack, for instance, two members murdered a rival Muslim leader in Michigan, and then were themselves killed when they set fire to an Islamic center in Detroit.
An incident in 1989 demonstrated the group's calculated ruthlessness and also introduced Pierre to federal agents. Police on a search warrant raided a Colorado Springs storage locker registered to Pierre's father-in-law, who is also an al Fuqra member. Inside they found information on a scam Pierre and others were running against Colorado's workers' compensation fund; they had defrauded the state of some $355,000 over several years. The locker's other contents were more alarming: ten handguns and silencers, 30 pounds of explosives, and target-practice silhouettes pierced with bullet holes and labeled "FBI Antiterrorist Team" and "Zionist Pig" (in Pierre's handwriting, according to Gallagher). Police also found information on local military installations and electrical power lines, plus "attack plans" against various targets. One of the targets, a moderate imam, was stabbed to death four months later.
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Other links for review:
INFORMATION REGARDING COLORADO'S INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF MEMBERS OF JAMAAT UL FUQRA
Terror Probe Leads To Rural Virginia Hamlet
Why is there an Islamic Village in the foothills near Fresno?
-----------Baladullah, Part Two (Nov. ( - Fresno School scam)
'Fear of Unknown' Leads to Culture Clash (Canada Jan. 28)
Cleric's Upstate Followers Seen as Threat (New York Jan. 30)
Key arrest made in WSJ reporter kidnapping (Gilani Arrested in Pakistan Jan. 30)
Suspect in newsman's kidnapping found dead (Pak. News, Jan. 31)
Cleric's followers have hopscotched around California (Feb. 4)
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