THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
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Volume XI, Issue #25, January 21, 2009
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RESISTING STEALTH JIHAD -- A BRIEFING:
ROBERT SPENCER ON STEALTH JIHAD
By Pam Meister
THE ISLAMIST FIFTH COLUMN IN THE U.S.A.: THE FIFTH COLUMN'S DISSEMINATION OF SEDITIOUS PROPAGANDA
WITHIN THE BORDERS OF THE AMERICAN NATION -- PRO-HAMAS RALLIES THAT ADVOCATE GENOCIDE AGAINST JEWS &
THE DOWNFALL OF THE U.S.A. -- ISLAMIST ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO IMPOSE ON AMERICA SHARI'A (ISLAMIC LAW),
A SYSTEM OF LAW THAT IS ANTITHETICAL TO FUNDAMENTAL AMERICAN POLITICAL VALUES & LEGAL PRINCIPLES,
INCLUDING FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF RELIGION, SEPARATION OF GOVERNMENT & RELIGION, & EQUALITY OF ALL
BEFORE THE LAW -- THE ROLE THAT MULTICULTURALISTS & UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS IN ISLAMIC & MIDDLE EASTERN
STUDIES ARE PLAYING IN UNDERMINING AMERICA'S DEFENSES AGAINST ISLAMISM -- THE FAILURE OF AMERICA'S
MAINSTREAM MEDIA TO EXPOSE THE SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES OF OUR NATION'S INTERNAL ENEMIES
FULL STORY:
Those of us who get the bulk of our news from the Internet are probably aware of pro-Hamas rallies that have taken
place across the U.S.A. over the last couple of weeks. To name just a couple: in Los Angeles, the Islamists chanted
"Heil Hitler," "death to the Jews," "death to Israel" and "down, down, USA!" In Fort Lauderdale, Jews were exhorted
to "go back to the ovens." As Spencer noted, "Never before in American history, have we seen people openly, on
American soil, and in full light of video cameras, saying that they want to see a renewal of a genocidal ambition, and
they want to see a whole people exterminated."
So where was the mainstream media? Aside from a story on the Fort Lauderdale event on FOX News, they were
nowhere to be seen. I understand the thrill of covering Michelle Obama's plans for redecorating the White House and
the Obama children's first day at their new school, but one would think rallies that advocate genocide might garner a
little interest from the free press that prides itself on bringing us all the news we need to know. As a result of their
negligence, many Americans remain in the dark. "This ought to be the largest story of the last 20 years," said Robert
Spencer. So why isn't it?
Spencer reminded us that, back on November 6, 2002, Osama bin Laden stated very clearly: "The first thing we are
calling you to is Islam." Yet, as Spencer continued, bin Laden didn't really envision a mass conversion of Americans
and Europeans, but the implementation of Sharia (Islamic law) in the West. This political and religious program
"encompasses every aspect of human life and human behavior" and it is a "divine responsibility" for Muslims "to
work to impose this law over non-Muslim polities." By its very nature, Sharia law is antithetical to the American
ideals of freedom of speech, equality of all before the law, and freedom of conscience.
While Spencer said it is unlikely that Sharia will actually succeed here in America, Americans must be aware that there
are groups here working toward that goal, and they are already eroding the freedoms we enjoy and cherish. One of
their most notable successes is the media's failure to report on these recent genocidal rallies and their failure to expose
the agenda and threat of the Islamist Jihadists.
One of the most influential Islamic organizations in America is the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
Often called upon by the media and the government for guidance and commentary, it was co-founded by Omar
Ahmad. In 1998, Ahmad said before an audience of Muslims:
"Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to
become dominant. The Koran, the Muslim book of
scripture, should be the highest authority in America, and
Islam the only accepted religion on Earth."
Despite the seditious nature of this statement, our elected officials and law enforcement don't seem interested in
doing anything about it. As Spencer says:
". . . it is a manifestation of how successful . . . the stealth
Jihad mission has been. The stealth Jihad mission involves
many things. It involves insinuating elements of Islamic
law into government, into media, into education, into
American businesses."
This isn't just about accommodation and multiculturalism. It is a "comprehensive, coordinated initiative."
Is this a conspiracy theory? Not when you know the facts, says Spencer. In a 1991 internal memorandum, exposed in
2007 during the Holy Land Foundation trial, the Muslim Brotherhood's plans for America are "a kind of grand Jihad in
eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and ‘sabotaging' its miserable house by their hands
and the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated and Allah's religion is made victorious over all other religions."
The Muslim Brotherhood is the largest Muslim organization in the world. Spencer also notes that "Hamas styles itself
in its charter as the Muslim Brotherhood for Palestine."
In reality, Spencer says, America faces the same threat that Israel does from Hamas. But the Muslim Brotherhood
working here knows that they won't get away with lobbing rockets or other violent tactics -- thanks to the sharp focus
on Islamist organizations after 9/11 – so they must employ other means. They work through organizations allied with
them and their cause, including the Muslim American Society, the Muslim Students Association, the International
Institute of Islamic Thought, the Islamic Society of North America, and others – including the now-defunct group
Islamic Association for Palestine, which gave rise to CAIR. According to Muslim Brotherhood spokesmen, they are
"working toward this goal of sabotaging Western civilization from within."
Again, Spencer brings us back to the mainstream media's role in all of this.
"They are working to intimidate the media into being
afraid to discuss these issues. And they have
succeeded."
Why?
"Bigotry and racism are the national traumas, they are the great sins
of American history. And so the worst thing you can be in America
is a bigot or a racist."
The Islamists in America use this to their advantage, decrying every anti-terrorism initiative as hateful, discriminatory
and bigoted and smacking of racial profiling, and portraying any honest discussion of these issues as such. The result
is that "most Americans have no idea this is going on, and so they have no idea of what measures can and should be
taken to counter it, and so it's able to proceed unhindered."
What followed Spencer's briefing was a lively question and answer period, a few of which I will cover here. Attendees
learned that college campuses are one of the "chief arenas of stealth Jihad." Professors seeking employment at
universities in the area of Islamic or Middle Eastern Studies must belong to the Middle East Studies Association
(MESA). To be in MESA, one must toe the party line that Islam is a religion of peace that has been hijacked, and the
main problem lies with America and Israel – and that is the only side students get to hear. Spencer related that when he
and others go to campuses to speak about Jihad, they must go with bodyguards.
As for the laws regarding sedition, Spencer said in response to another query, if they would only be enforced "we
would go a long way toward rolling back these initiatives." Unfortunately, multiculturalism has played a part in the
reluctance – even fear – of cracking down upon imams who are indeed spreading seditious information.
But what about Islamic terrorists? One of Islamists' "main efforts has been to make it unacceptable for people to speak
about Islam in connection with terrorism." Spencer reminded us that the U.S. State Department voluntarily imposed
guidelines upon themselves, forbidding its employees to speak of terrorism in connection with Islam and Muslims.
Spencer made sure to reiterate that moderate Muslims exist and some of them are doing their best to shed light on the
activities of radical Islamists and encourage reform from within. While we should applaud and support their efforts,
we should continue to be realistic about the situation and keep our eyes open.
Afterward, I did hear one man complain to his companion that, during his speech and the Q and A, Spencer didn't tell
us how to confront these problems, but he does cover this in his book. Regardless, the first step is education and
defining the problem. And, until more than just a handful of Americans become aware of the Islamists and their stealth
Jihad in America, the land of the free may well become a thing of the past.
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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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
In his new book, Stealth Jihad: How Radical Islam Is Subverting America without Guns or Bombs (Regnery,
2008), Robert Spencer exposes the non-violent form of jihad that undermines America's culture and Constitution.
Director of Jihad Watch, Robert Spencer is the author of eight books about Islam, including two bestsellers, The
Truth about Muhammad (Regnery, 2006) and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades)
(Regnery, 2005). He also writes for Human Events and Front Page Magazine, has appeared on most
major U.S. television and radio networks, and has directed seminars for the U.S. military and the FBI. Mr. Spencer
addressed the Middle East Forum on January 14, 2009, in New York City.
Pam Meister, of Family Security Matters, wrote the foregoing summary account of Spencer's briefing
presented to the Middle East Forum on January 14, 2009.
The foregoing summary account by Ms. Meister was originally published in Family Security Matters, January
16, 2009, 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-ŕ-vis Saudi Arabia, and countering the Iranian threat.
(Article URL: http://www.meforum.org/article/2952)
Republished with Permission of the Middle East Forum
Reprinted from the Middle East Forum News
mefnews@meforum.org (MEF NEWS)
January 21, 2009
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