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ICNA WELCOMES NEW MUSLIMS TO RADICALIZE
By Joe Kaufman
WHY ISLAMISM IS A THREAT TO THE U.S.A. & THE WEST: THE CENTRAL STRATEGY OF ISLAMISTS IN THE WEST --
WAGING "LAWFUL JIHAD," THAT IS, INFILTRATING A NON-MUSLIM SOCIETY & WORKING THROUGH ITS EXISTING
INSTITUTIONS TO GAIN SOCIAL & POLITICAL INFLUENCE, & THEN INTRODUCING ISLAMIC LAW INTO THE SOCIETY --
AGGRESSIVE PROSELYTIZING TO PRODUCE MUSLIM CONVERTS INDOCTRINATED TOWARDS A TOTALITARIAN IDEOLOGY --
THE ROLE OF THE ISLAMIC CIRCLE OF NORTH AMERICA IN PROMOTING A TOTALITARIAN VERSION OF ISLAM
FULL STORY:
Combating radical Islam requires understanding the lawful or peaceful means Islamists use to spread their doctrines.
Islamism is a threat to America because it does not accept the principles of general religious freedom, as protected under
the United States Constitution. Rather, it has a totalitarian agenda that does not recognize national boundaries or the
separation of religious dictates from the social, political, and economic governance of society – including the private
lives of its citizenry. The Islamist view of law is based on Shari'a (Islamic law), not the American Constitution.
The central strategy of Islamists in the West is lawful Jihad, or soft Jihad. This Jihad is non-violent and proposes to work
through a society's existing institutions to gain social and political influence, and then introduce Islamic law into society.
Specific methods include lobbying, Islamist lawfare, libel tourism, seeking special, unreasonable accommodation in the
name of religious freedom, and, most importantly, radical missionization.
One of the key tools used by Islamists to spread their message and recruit individuals is that of aggressive proselytizing.
Thus, distinguishing Muslim converts who are on a personal spiritual mission to Islam from those being indoctrinated
towards a political ideology is a key task. Combating the latter begins with keeping a vigilant eye on Islamic organizations
and the materials they disseminate to potential converts.
The Islamic Circle of North America, or ICNA, is one such organization that crosses the line, considering its "welcome
package," which includes a video and a series of books reviewed below.
ICNA raises red flags, beginning with its mission statement on its website, which repeats the goals of Islamism:
"Islamic Circle of North America is a leading grass roots
organization which seeks to obtain the pleasure of Allah
(SWT) [1] through working for the establishment of
Islam in all spheres of life."
The language restates the doctrine of a website run by Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, the Indian branch of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), a
major Islamist political party based in the countries of Pakistan and Bangladesh, as well as India and the South Asian
immigrant diaspora. The JI Hind website states:
"If Muslims have faith in the efficacy of Islam, which has been
a potent force for the good of mankind throughout the ages, it
is not only the necessary demand of their faith, but also their
altruistic duty to propagate its principles, especially at a time
when the country is in search of a stable basis for building the
edifice of its life."
The desire to "establish" and "propagate" Islam in the public sphere by both ICNA and JI, is a clear indicator of its
theocratic political intentions.
Moreover, links between the two organizations are easy to confirm. Maulana Muhammad Yusuf Islahi, sits on the central
board of the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind website, and is also on the board of Why Islam, a project of ICNA. Islahi also leads
Muslims in prayer in a Why Islam produced video at the end of July, 2008, called "Why Islam Introduction."
Why Islam also has a website that provides information to the public about Islam. Such efforts at dawah (Islamic
proselytizing) are utilized by ICNA to spread its message that Islam has the answers to society's problems, as its mission
statement suggests. The problem is that it also promotes anti-Semitism, misogyny, and homophobia.
In summary, ICNA is a front for JI, a violent movement that advocates revolution and the erection of an Islamic order.
ICNA identifies "Dawah: Inviting Mankind to Submit to the Creator" as its"top priority" and lists conversion efforts
among its "expectations from all members … as follows: Spend a minimum of 4 hours a month on any of the following:
Dawah to non Muslim (Dawah Field Trip, Prison dawah Trip, Dawah Response through Mail or Phone)."
The Why Islam website defends misogyny by defending polygamy, though polygamy is illegal in the United States. A
quote from the website states:
"What is the situation in countries that have banned polygamy?
Do they really enjoy sincere and faithful 'monogamy' as the norm?
Are infidelity and secret extramarital sexual relationships more
moral than the legitimate, legally protected husband-wife
relationships, even under polygamy, if there is a pressing need
for it? Which of the two situations is better?"
The inference is that polygamy is preferable to society's tendency towards illicit affairs, and a way to deal with widows,
etc. Islamists are not requiring Muslims to enter into polygamous marriages. Rather, what they are advocating is the
right to enter into them in defiance of Western law.
Another radical text included in the welcome package is Towards Understanding Islam, penned by JI Founder,
Syed Abul Ala Maududi. In it, Maududi states:
"The greatest sacrifice for God is made in Jihad, for, in it, a man sacrifices not only his own life and property in His
cause, but destroys those of others also."
ICNA continuously preaches armed Jihad against the West. Its publication, The Message International, includes
material supporting al-Qa'ida and the Taliban.
This Jihad does not appear to be the inner struggle defined by spiritual Muslims and to which ICNA and its Islamist and
apologist compatriots repeatedly had recourse after 9/11. Rather, the quote affirms a desire for Islamists to create a world
where Muslims fight violently in the name of their interpretation of religion.
Why Islam claims that it assists non-Muslims in learning about the "true religion," when, in actuality, the group
disseminates material advocating a totalitarian version of Islam that is not even practiced by most Muslims in the world.
In attacking Jews, women and the separation of church and state, the ICNA Welcome Package challenges the
equality and respect for all non-violent religions America stands for as a constitutional democracy.
NOTE:
[1] "Subhanahu wa ta'ala," an Arabic expression meaning, "glorious and exalted is He." The expression, often abbreviated
to SWT, appears after the name of Allah in Islamic texts such as the Qur'an and the Hadith.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
The Fifth Column -- America's Internal Enemies:
Disloyalty, Subversion, Sedition, & Treason
Islamism & Jihadism -- The Threat of Radical Islam
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Lawfare -- The Use of Law as a Weapon in War & Politics:
Islamist Lawfare & the "Legal" Jihad Against America & the West
Middle East -- Arabs, Arab States,
& Their Middle Eastern Neighbors
American Foreign Policy -- The Middle East
International Politics & World Disorder:
War, Peace, & Geopolitics in the Real World:
Foreign Affairs & U.S. National Security
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Islamist Terrorist Attacks on the U.S.A.
Osama bin Laden & the Islamist Declaration of War
Against the U.S.A. & Western Civilization
Islamist International Terrorism &
U.S. Intelligence Agencies
Counterterrorism & U.S. National Security
U.S. National Security Strategy
Family Security Matters Contributing Editor Joe Kauffman is the Chairman of Americans Against Hate and the
Founder of CAIR Watch. The foregoing article was written with the help of Islamist Watch, a project at the Middle
East Forum.
Joe Kaufman's article was originally published in Family Security Matters, November 5, 2008, and
can be found on the Internet website maintained by the Middle East Forum, a foreign policy think tank which seeks to
define and promote American interests in the Middle East, defining U.S. interests to include fighting radical Islam,
working for Palestinian Arab acceptance of the State of Israel, improving the management of U.S. efforts to promote
constitutional democracy in the Middle East, reducing America's energy dependence on the Middle East, more robustly
asserting U.S. interests vis-à-vis Saudi Arabia, and countering the Iranian threat.
(Article URL: http://www.meforum.org/article/2006)
Republished with Permission of the Middle East Forum
Reprinted from the Middle East Forum News
mefnews@meforum.org (MEF NEWS)
November 8, 2008
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