Wolf Howling: Myrick

Friday, May 2, 2008

Speechless

We are in an existential struggle against salafi and khomeinist Islamists. We rely on our government to defend us. Yet today, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff has instituted an insane policy change based on advice that could only come from radical Islamists organizations in America. Their goal is to allow radical Islam to metasticize in the dark while the West is kept clueless, and they have spent billions of dollars in America and the West towards that end. Chertoff has just handed these enemies of Western civilization a major victory. He is ordering that we no longer tie Islam and jihadism to terrorism. At the bottom of this post is the contact information for Rep. Sue Myrick, head of the Anti-Jihad caucus in Congress. E-mails should be sent to her demanding the head of the incredibly misguided Sec. Chertoff.

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No problem is solved by pretending it does not exist. And it is suicidal to hide the nature of an existential problem. Yet that today is what our Sec. of Homeland Security has embraced. I have posted on this issue extensively in the past, warning that the first duty of our government is to fully educate the populace about the nature, goals and tenets of the jihadists and their origins. We need to know what constitutes radical Islam as the very first step in combating it as a nation. And indeed, the strongest power our nation has is a population that is knowledgable and motivated. For example, see:

What You Don't Know About Salafi Islam Could Kill You

Another UN Obscenity

Orwell's Britain is Halal Toast

From an autobiographical sketch by former terrorist Tawfiq Hamid, "The civilized world ought to recognized the immense danger Salafi Islam poses"

Fjordman's Essay On The Muslim Brotherhood

And there are others. The report of Chertoff's actions comes from Steven Emerson, writing at the Investigative Project on Terrorism":

DHS and the State Department's Counterterrorism Communications Center each issued reports urging government employees to avoid words like "jihad," "mujahedeen" or any reference to Islam or Muslims, especially in relation to Al Qaeda. The Investigative Project on Terrorism is making the documents available for the first time here and here.

As we reported last week, the memos say a change in language from the U.S. government is needed to win the hearts and minds of moderate Muslims and avoid glamorizing terrorists motivated by religious ideology. "Moderate" is also frowned upon in the memos, though, with "mainstream" or "traditional" suggested as replacements.

Among the recommendations not reported previously:

- "The experts we consulted debated the word ‘liberty,' but rejected it because many around the world would discount the term as a buzzword for American hegemony."

- "The fact is that Islam and secular democracy are fully compatible – in fact, they can make each other stronger. Senior officials should emphasize that fact."

- The USG [U.S. government] should draw the conflict lines not between Islam and the West, but between a dangerous, cult-like network of terrorists and everyone who is in support of global security and progress.

So America, after serving for more than two centuries the sanctuary for huddled masses yearning to breathe free, is being asked to minimize liberty against fanatics bent on a global religious state. The memo doesn't offer examples to show where Islam and secular democracy have reinforced each other, or explain how Shariah law, the imposition of religion into state affairs, is "fully compatible" with secular democracy.

Read the entire article. It is hard to underestimate both the significance and jaw-dropping stupidity of Sec. Chertoff's decision. It is a decision that we fail to contest at our own peril. I recommend you e-mail the head of the Anti-Jihad Caucus, Rep. Sue Myrick at sue@suemyrick.com and ask that she do whatever is possible to have this horrendous decision overturned. A copy of my e-mail is below if you would like a template:

Subject: DHS Action Adversely Effecting the War On Terror

Dear Representative Myrick:

Thank you for your work in the Anti-Jihad Caucus. I am writing to you because of my concern over a recent decision of DHS Sec. Chertoff and the State Dept. ordering government employees to avoid words like "jihad," "mujahedeen" or any reference to Islam or Muslims, especially in relation to Al Qaeda. See here and here. This is an incredibly counterproductive decision that appears to have been taken upon the advice of jihadi facilitating organizations in the U.S.

We cannot mobilize as a nation against the existential threat posed by the jihadists and by their facilitating organizations in the West if our government deliberately hides the identity, nature, origins and goals of those organizations from the public. This allows these enemies of civilization to metastasize in the West while true champions of moderate Islam, such as Zhudi Jasser and AIFD, are wholly undercut in their efforts to win against this scourge in the battlefield of ideas.

I would ask that you do what you can to have this utterly insane policy either changed or be made subject to public hearings if that is within your power. This truly represents a major step backwards in our war on terror and a major victory for the enemies of civilization.

Thank you for your consideration.

The House Anti-Terrorism/Jihad Caucus

Rep. Sue Myrick, R-N.C., founded the House Anti-Terrorism/Jihad Caucus out of concern with the national threat growing out of Islam. It is now a bi-partisan group boasting 118 members. She was interviewed in Investor's Business Daily approximately two weeks ago. She shared her concern with the threat and her belief that the U.S. government is still not adequately adressing the problem.

IBD: What persuaded you to start the Anti-Terrorism/Jihad Caucus, and what do you hope to accomplish?

Myrick: I decided to start the caucus out of a deep frustration, because President Bush does not talk to the American people about the long-term threat of radical Islamofascism infiltration in America. Since 9/11, I've tried to get the president and several members of his administration to talk to the American people about the dangerous enemy that we're facing. . . We hope to start a dialogue with America. Until, and unless, we understand what we are fighting, we have no chance. We must inform the people, since it is evident they will have to protect their national sovereignty, because the government is not doing it. . .

IBD: Should Americans be concerned about recently declassified documents detailing a secret plot by Islamist groups in this country, tied to the dangerous Muslim Brotherhood, to take over America from within, to Islamize our society?

Myrick: Americans must be concerned — alarmed. That is what I am referring to when I say that the administration has not explained who we are fighting and (where we are fighting them). "We're fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them over here" is not the whole story. It is amazing that we actually have the enemy's playbook, yet for some reason we don't want to seriously confront the threat we are facing.

The radical Islamofascists have told us how they intend to infiltrate all areas of our society and use the freedoms that are guaranteed under our Constitution to eventually Islamize our country, eliminate our Constitution and enact Shariah law. I know that it sounds a bit fanatical, but it's true. . .

IBD: Are there any Muslim groups with which federal or other government officials — as well as businesses and nonprofits — should think twice about doing outreach or interfaith activities?

Myrick: I know of some Muslim nongovernmental organizations that are doing good things, such as the Islamic Supreme Council of America, the American Islamic Congress and the American Islamic Forum for Democracy.

However, groups such as Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) and others have a proven record of senior officials being indicted and either imprisoned or deported from the U.S. Just to name a few: Ghassan Elashi, a founding board member of CAIR, is serving 80 months in prison; Randall "Ismail" Royer, the communications director for CAIR, is serving 20 years in prison; and Bassam Khafagi, the director of CAIR's community relations, has been arrested and deported.

There was a lot of evidence presented at the recent Holy Land Foundation trial, which exposed CAIR, ISNA and others as front groups for the Muslim Brotherhood. . .

IBD: We often hear that Islam is a "religion of peace" and "tolerance," and that jihadists have "hijacked" or "perverted" a "great religion." Is this accurate, that nothing in Islam promotes or condones violent jihad against infidels? Or does such rhetoric simply play into the Islamists' hands in their attempts to sugarcoat the threat, and confuse Americans?

Myrick: There are definitely passages in the Quran that promote or condone violent jihad. However, you can also find passages in the Bible which promote violence. I think that the president is failing the American people by sugarcoating the problem we are facing and only making things worse for the future.

We should explore every means of encouraging moderate Muslims to speak out against the radicals. There are many who want to, and do — such as Sheikh (Muhammad Hisham) Kabbani (of the Islamic Supreme Council of America) and Zainab al-Suwaij (of the American Islamic Congress) and Dr. Zuhdi Jasser (of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy). But they do not get the media attention.

IBD: Many Islamists are well-spoken, and seem skilled at manipulating not only our media but our laws. If they can use our constitutional freedoms against us to block due scrutiny, what chance do we have of marginalizing them?

Myrick: Over the last 25 years, there has been a concerted effort on the part of radical Islamists to infiltrate our major institutions in America. They have done that by funding professors' projects in our colleges and universities. Then, they influence what is taught by making the program dependent on their yearly donations. Several classes have graduated and are now in the media, the judicial system, teaching in our schools and colleges, various branches of our government, even in our military. They are masterful at manipulating minds to fit their purposes.

IBD: How can they be exposed?

Myrick: We need to shed the veil of political correctness that shields government officials from speaking out against them. Until we do that, we do not have a chance of marginalizing them. As soon as someone broaches the idea that the Quran has violent passages, they get shot down as Islamophobes and racists.

Rather than debate these points, groups like CAIR seek to silence the debate. The American people deserve to see and hear the debate, but most people in positions of influence are afraid to say anything.

IBD: Jihad watchers have warned about "Shariah creep" in schools and local governments. We see Shariah being practiced in some parts of Europe; could it happen here?

Myrick: I believe Shariah could easily be practiced here. If a local community becomes infiltrated by extremists who run the town or village operations, then it could easily be implemented in this country. Unchallenged, it will happen. . .

IBD: Christian prison chaplains warn that Muslim chaplains are converting inmates to Islam by the cellblock. Are the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Prisons doing enough to monitor this situation?

Myrick: They are aware of it and are supposedly monitoring it. Also, I have read that Abdurahman Alamoudi, founder of the American Muslim Council, placed Muslim chaplains throughout our military. He is now in jail on charges of terrorism. The chaplains, to my knowledge, are still in their current positions. Go figure.