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 Allah's religion is made victorious over all other religions."
Here's the whole story and its national security implications:
Excerpted from The American Thinker at: http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/09/homeland_security_implications_1.html
September 18, 2007
Homeland Security Implications of the Holy Land Foundation Trial
By Joseph Myers
The on-going Holy Land Foundation trial has established important facts about the resident domestic Islamic jihad threat inside the United States. Although evidence brought forward in documents and testimony has explosive implications for US Homeland Security, the intelligence community, and every American citizen, relatively little media attention has been paid to it.
This information also has serious implications for professionals, military and civilian, involved in homeland security, DoD plans and strategy as well as national agency intelligence analysts and local law enforcement. The raw
documents outlining the strategic goals and activities of the Muslim Brotherhood in America, now exposed for public view, are substantiating the concerns and information long raised by various private sector counterterrorism think-tanks, organizations and blogs such as Stephen Emerson's
Investigative Project and Robert Spencer's
Jihad Watch among others.
From an intelligence perspective, the first thing in assessing and evaluating these raw, translated documents is that they all passed sufficient legal scrutiny to be entered into evidence in a federal trial. Secondly, since these are raw, primary sourced documents of the Muslim Brotherhood and not secondarily sourced, they are the equivalent in a tactical or operational sense of key leadership defector, or detainee debriefing statements, or the capturing of the enemy's strategic campaign plan. Indeed the title of one document is "An Explanatory Memorandum on the General Strategic Goal for the Group in North America." Third, the defendants did not challenge in court the authenticity or veracity of the evidentiary documents. All of which immediately speaks to both the credibility and reliability of these reports for intelligence analysis and exploitation.
Civilization Jihad and the Settlement Strategy
The Brotherhood's
strategy memo, while published in May 1991, was drafted earlier, upon a
"...general strategic goal of the Group in America which was approved by the Shura Council and the Organizational Conference for the year [I987]."
In other words this strategy has already been operative for at least 20 years in America. The strategic objective of the Brotherhood in America is clear:
"The
Ikhwan [The Muslim Brotherhood's
name for itself] 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 Allah's religion is made victorious over all other religions."
The primary strategic concept to accomplish the Brotherhood's objective is "civilizational jihad," the usurpation and replacement of American Judeo-Christian and Western liberal social, political and religious foundations by Islam. The campaign plan is one of colonization, described by the Ikhwan as a "settlement strategy." Explaining this concept they describe it as establishing Islam in America as "stable," "rooted" and "enabled on which the Islamic structure is built and with which the testimony of civilization is achieved." Recognizing this strategy cannot be carried forward alone by the Brotherhood they recognized the strategy requires that, "They are then to work to employ, direct and unify Muslims' efforts and powers for this process. In order to do that, we must possess a mastery of the art of "coalitions", the art of "absorption" and the principles of "cooperation."
This strategic concept serves to accomplish the clandestine, conspiratorial and ultimate ends and grand strategy of the Ikhwan movement globally and was described this way in a recently published
unclassified Pentagon analysis:
"The strategic goal of the Muslim Brotherhood in North America is multifold: the destruction of Western civilization through a long-term civilization-killing Jihad from within ("by their [our] hands") and through sabotage ("the hands of the believers") and, secondly; to support the global Islamic movement to establish an Islamic super-state, the caliphate."
The Brotherhood document notes it is their
"...conviction that the success of the settlement of Islam and its Movement in this country [America] is a success to the global Islamic Movement and true support for the sought after state [caliphate] God willing."
The re-establishment of the Islamic caliphate is likewise the same objective as al- Qaida's, only pursued along different yet reinforcing paths.
Networks, NGOs and Front Organizations
Their strategic concept is oriented on an "organizational" approach, toward building and developing organizations and networks that implement "civilizational jihad" in a gradual and efficient fashion. This organizational and structural approach is what "constitutes the heart and the core" of their strategy. Following the steady organizational development of Mohamed, beginning with the first mosque, and developed in the modern context by Hassan al-Banna, who resurrected militant Islam by establishing organizations of
all types:
"economic, social, media, scouting, professional and even the military ones. We must say that we are in a country which understands no language other than the language of the organizations, and one which does not respect or give weight to any group without effective, functional and strong organizations."
A companion
memorandum from the same period provides a shorthand history of the Brotherhood in America beginning in 1962, when the Ikhwan established its first Muslim Student Union which developed through programs of conferences and "camps." ...(excerpted)
Article was excerpted and continued at The American Thinker at: http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/09/homeland_security_implications_1.html
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Cindy at Free Republic.Com has provided numerous links to the Holy Land Foundation Trial and more background information on the Muslim Brotherhood in the United States at:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1900321/posts
Excerpted
ON THE 'NET:
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org: "BREAKING NEWS: JURY DELIBERATIONS TO BEGIN IN HLF TRIAL" (September 19, 2007)
AMERICAN THINKER.com - blog: "HOMELAND SECURITY IMPLICATIONS OF THE HOLY LAND FOUNDATION TRIAL" by Joseph Myers (September 18, 2007)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org: Dallas - "'DECEPTION' DOMINATES HLF CLOSING ARGUMENTS" by IPT (September 17, 2007)
JIHAD WATCH.org (THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS): "MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S PAPERS DETAIL PLAN TO SEIZE U.S." (September 18, 2007)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "HLF WITNESS DOESN'T ACCEPT EVIDENCE LINKING CHARITY TO HAMAS" by The Inestigative Project on Terrorism (September 6, 2007)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org: "HLF PROSECUTION: CAIR 'AFFILIATED WITH' HAMAS" by Brian Hecht (September 4, 2007)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org: "FORMER AMBASSADOR DEFENDS HLF" (September 4, 2007)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org: "HLF CASE HEAVY ON DETAIL" (September 3, 2007)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org: Dallas - "PROSECUTION RESTS IN HOLY LAND CASE" (August 31, 2007)
JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): Dallas - "'The meaning of killing a Jew for the liberation of Palestine cannot be compared to any Jihad on earth'" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Other letters appeared to thank the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development for helping the children of martyrs -- suicide bombers, prosecutors implied.") (August 30, 2007)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org (IPT News): "GOVERNMENT LAYS OUT FINANCIAL CONNECTIONS IN HLF CASE" (August 29, 2007)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org (IPT News): "MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN LETTER TO DOJ: DON'T CO-SPONSOR RADICAL CONFERENCE" by Steven Emerson (August 29, 2007)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "DOJ, ISNA & HLF" by Steven Emerson (August 28, 2007)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "HAMAS LEADERS DEMAND APOLOGY FROM CBS" by The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT)" (August 28, 2007)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "'WEAPONS, WEAPONS, OUR BROTHERS'" by The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT)" (August 28, 2007)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "NEFA FOUNDATION: SELECTED GOVERNMENT EXHIBITS FROM U.S. v. HOLY LAND FOUNDATION" by Evan Kohlmann (August 28, 2007)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "U.S. JUSTICE DEPT TO CO-SPONSOR CONVENTION OF ISNA - UNINDICTED CO-CONSPIRATOR IN HLF TRIAL" by Jeffrey Imm (August 27, 2007)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "US JUSTICE DEPT TO CO-SPONSOR CONVENTION OF ISNA - UNINDICTED CO-CONSPIRATOR IN HLF TRIAL" by Jeffrey Imm (August 27, 2007, 4:00 pm)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "U.S. SPONSORS ISLAMIC CONVENTION" by Audrey Hudson (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Justice Department is co-sponsoring a convention held by the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) -- an unindicted co-conspirator in an ongoing federal terrorist funding case -- a move that is raising concerns among the Justice's rank and file. Justice lawyers have objected to the affiliation with ISNA, fearing it will undermine the case against the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development in Dallas.") (August 27, 2007)
JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): "HOLY LAND FOUNDATION TRIAL DOCUMENTS: HAMAS-LINKED PALESTINIAN JIHADISTS FORMED ORGANIZATIONS IN WEST -- INCLUDING CAIR" (August 27, 2007)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "HLF AND CAIR, A SUPPLEMENT TO MAINSTREAM REPORTING (UPDATED)" by Steven Emerson (August 25, 2007)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "FEARING THE LAW THEY FACE" by The Counterterrorism Blog (IPT) (August 23, 2007)
FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "THE TOWERING EVIDENCE AGAINST THE HOLY LAND FOUNDATION" by Nicholas Van Zandt (August 22, 2007)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "HLF OVERSEAS SPEAKERS DOMINATED BY HAMAS" by The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) (August 21, 2007)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "CAIR BLAMES JUSTICE FOR ITS TROUBLES" by Audrey Hudson (August 21, 2007)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "CAIR'S REPUTATION AND INCREDIBLY FLUCTUATING MEMBERSHIP ROLL" by The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT)" (August 21, 2007)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "AN UNEXPECTED GUEST" by The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT)" (August 20, 2007)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "CAIR'S LEGAL GAMBIT (and another graph)" by Aaron Mannes (August 19, 2007)
Graph
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "NEW YORK TIMES COVERS FOR CAIR, AGAIN" by Steven Emerson (August 17, 2007)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "CAIR CITES COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG IN HLF LEGAL FILING" by Jeffrey Imm (August 17, 2007)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "CAIR'S AMICUS BRIEF AND DUE DILLIGENCE" by Douglas Farah (August 17, 2007)
"counterterrorismblog.org/site-resources/images/CAIR_amicus_brief.pdf" (pdf)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "HAMAS PROPAGANDA DISCOVERED IN OFFICES OF HLF BENEFICIARIES" by The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) (August 16, 2007, 05:55 PM)
JIHAD WATCH.org (WFAA): "SECURITY INCREASED FOR HOLY LAND FOUNDATION TRIAL" (August 16, 2007)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "HLF TRIAL UPDATE: 2ND ISRAELI WITNESS TAKES THE STAND" by The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) (August 15, 2007)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD PHONEBOOK CONFIRMS THAT MAS IS BROTHERHOOD'S BABY" by The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) (August 14, 2007, 05:28 pm)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "ISNA's LIES UNCHALLENGED AGAIN" by Steven Emerson (August 11, 2007)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "CAIR: YOUNGEST MEMBER OF HAMAS FAMILY TREE" by The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) (August 11, 2007)
JPOST.com (AP): "ISRAELI TESTIFIES IN TERROR FUNDING CASE" (Updated August 10, 2007, 2:34)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "TERRORISM TRIAL CONTINUES IN DALLAS" by The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT)" (August 10, 2007, 06:13 pm)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "CROSS EXAMINATION OF FBI AGENT BEGINS IN HLF TRIAL" by The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) (August 9, 2007)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "CAIR IDENTIFIED BY THE FBI AS PART OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S PALESTINE COMMITTEE" by The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) (August 8, 2007)
COUNTERTERRORISMBLOG.org: "MORE GLEANED FROM HOLY LAND TRIAL EXHIBITS" by Douglas Farah (August 8, 2007)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "DESIGNATED HAMAS CHARITY LISTED AT 1993 PHILI MEETING" by Matthew Levitt (August 7, 2007, 12:10 pm)
WASHINGTON INSTITUTE.org - About the Book: "HAMAS: POLITICS, CHARITY , AND TERRORISM IN THE SERVICE OF JIHAD" by Matthew Levitt, Published April 2006
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "WAR IS DECEPTION" by The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) (August 7, 2007, 12:59 am)
JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): "JIHAD CHARITY CASE: U.S. MUSLIMS EXHORTED TO WAGE 'A KIND OF GRAND JIHAD IN ELIMINATING AND DESTROYING THE WESTERN CIVILIZATION FROM WITHIN'" (August 4, 2007)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "HAMAS Underground" by The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) (August 3, 2007)
YouTube.com: "HAMAS v 'Zionists' Skit" (August 3, 2007)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org: "Transcript of HAMAS Skit"
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "CAIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PLACED AT HAMAS MEETING" by the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) (August 2, 2007)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S 'MILITARY WORK' IN THE US" by the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT)" (August 2, 2007)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "HLF TRIAL EXPOSES CLOSE FINANCIAL TIES BETWEEN HLF AND MARZOOK -- UPDATED" by The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) (August 1, 2007, 04:40 pm)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "THE SMOKING GUN ON THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S AGENDA" by Douglas Farah (August 1, 2007, 10:53 am)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: Dallas, Texas - "BURIED VIDEOS AND DOCUMENTS IN BACKYARD OF CO-CONSPIRATOR SHOW HAMAS LINKS" by The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) (July 31, 2007, 06:27 PM)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "MUZAMMIL THE 'MODERATE'" by Steven Emerson (July 30, 2007, 5:09 PM)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "BURIED VIDEOS SURFACE IN HLF TRIAL" by The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT)" (July 26, 2007)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG EXPERT, MATTHEW LEVITT, TAKES THE STAND IN DALLAS HAMAS TRIAL -- UPDATED 7:30 pm" (July 25, 2007)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "HOLY LAND FOUNDATION...DISPELLING THE MYTHS" by Dennis Lormel (July 19, 2007)
FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "AN INSIDER'S VIEW OF THE HOLY LAND FOUNDATION TRIAL" by Nicholas Van Zandt (July 19, 2007)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "HLF's P.R. BLITZ: 'ISLAMOPHOBIA' AND APPLE PIE" by Steven Emerson (July 17, 2007)
JIHAD WATCH.org (HOUSTON CHRONICLE): Dallas - "TRIAL TO BEGIN FOR TEXAS-BASED MUSLIM CHARITY" (July 16, 2007)Posted on
09/21/2007 4:34:44 PM EDT by
Cindy