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| Jamaat-e-Islami, the largest Islamist organization in Pakistan, wants the United States out of its country, so much so that the group created a movement based upon this. The movement is far reaching, and unfortunately for America, it stretches to the U.S. itself. When the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) hit Pakistani shores in 1941, it came with a price. The group had only been around for little over a decade, and already it had established itself as a legitimate threat to governments all over the Middle East. Now, South Asia had to deal with it. Today, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) continues to cause trouble in the region, aligning itself with extremist elements in al-Qaeda, the Taliban and many other violent factions. It even has its own militant wing, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), which has committed numerous terrorist attacks against Indian civilians. The group's former militant wing, al-Badr, was involved in the 1971 Bangladesh massacre, which reportedly took the lives of up to 3,000,000 mostly unarmed citizens. With regard to 1971, the mass slaughter of innocent Bangladeshis (then referred to as "East Pakistanis") was not the only important event concerning JI. 1971 was also the year that JI's American affiliate, the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), was founded. Both ICNA and ISNA (Islamic Society of North America) were founded by Jamaat-e-Islami immigrants to the US. As stated in a piece for ICNA's publication, The Message International, titled 'Beyond Malcolm: Muslim Leadership for the 21st Century,' "Using the organizational development methodology of [JI founder] Maulana Mawdudi and the Jamaat Al-Islami of Pakistan, which lays special emphasis on spiritual development, ICNA has developed a strong foundation." 20 years later, in May 1991, a Muslim Brotherhood document bearing ICNA's name was produced detailing a plot to destroy the United States from within. It read, "The Ikhwan [Brothers] must understand that their work in America is 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 G-d's religion is made victorious over all other religions." Today, ICNA, similar to JI in South Asia, represents one of the largest Islamist organizations in North America, possessing huge membership rolls. It has a religious outreach group (Why Islam?), a youth group (Young Muslims), a multimedia group (SoundVision), two charitable arms (ICNA Relief and Helping Hand), a magazine (The Message International), an educational institution (Islamic Learning Foundation), and a book service (Hikmah). Furthermore, ICNA continues to be associated with JI, through one of JI's leaders in India, Muhammad Yusuf Islahi. Islahi, who was a featured speaker at ICNA's 2009 national convention, is the Chief Patron of ICNA's Why Islam (WI) project. As well, ICNA's official website is registered to a site linked heavily to JI that solely promotes Islahi speeches. ISNA's 2009 national convention featured Valerie Jarrett, Barak Obama's close friend and confident and future US Senator from Illinois. Given the vast scope of ICNA's organization and membership -- with the assumption that the 1991 document is still in effect and JI's influence is indeed ongoing -- a legitimate threat is being realized right inside America's shores, right now. In January 2009, Amir Mukhtar Sahib, Moderator for ICNA's Young Muslims (YM) website forum, made the following statement: "The Muslims population need to stand up to their corrupt rulers... You can burn as much American flags as you want but that won't make a difference. The only way to remove America from the Muslim world is to have those in power in the Muslim world to remove them..." Sahib's words are eerily similar to what JI is saying overseas. The fear is that it happens over here. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #1 Lets not fergit the EURO-STANS, nor the up-n-comin' AFRI-STANS [Africa] + those still to manifest. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-07-15 19:01 |