FBI Teaches CounterTerrorism Agents that ‘Mainstream’ Muslims Are ‘Violent, Radical’

FBI Teaches CounterTerrorism Agents that ‘Mainstream’ Muslims Are ‘Violent, Radical’

By Saladin on from www.wired.com

The FBI is teaching its counterterrorism agents that “main stream” [sic] American Muslims are likely to be terrorist sympathizers; that the Prophet Mohammed was a “cult leader”; and that the Islamic practice of giving charity is no more than a “funding mechanism for combat.”

According to the FBI training, religious Muslims have been and always will be agents of aggression.
Muslim group holds blood drive to honor 9/11 victims

Muslim group holds blood drive to honor 9/11 victims

By uzzie on from www.ajc.com

As Hazeem Pudhiapura sees it, the events of Sept. 11, 2001, could not have served as a more damaging introduction of Islam to most Americans.

Never mind that innocent Muslim Americans were also among those killed in the terrorist attacks, or that the hijackers carried out their mission based on a distorted view of their faith. A decade later, Pudhiapura of Duluth, is one of many Muslims around the country who is still trying to perform image — if not damage — control in service of
Pakistani Muslims condemn US gay rights meeting

Pakistani Muslims condemn US gay rights meeting

By uzzie on from www.google.com

A group of conservative Islamic political and religious officials has condemned a meeting by the U.S. Embassy supporting gay rights in Pakistan as "cultural terrorism" against the country.

The group, which included the head of Pakistan's largest Islamic party, Jamaat-e-Islami, claimed the meeting — the first of its kind held by the embassy — was the second most dangerous attack by the U.S. against Pakistan, following missiles fired from unmanned drones.
1 in 4 New Yorkers suspicious of Muslims passers-by 10 years on from 9/11

1 in 4 New Yorkers suspicious of Muslims passers-by 10 years on from 9/11

By uzzie on from www.dailymail.co.uk

A revealing new poll shows one in four New Yorkers are always or often suspicious of Muslims they pass in the street.

As the ten year anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the results show the legacy of the Twin Towers reaches deep into the collective memory of New Yorkers, with one third of those asked saying they know someone who died in the terrorist attacks.


Muslim women's group launches 'jihad against violence'

Muslim women's group launches 'jihad against violence'

By uzzie on from www.guardian.co.uk

A British Muslim women's group has launched a "jihad against violence", in a bid to reclaim the term jihad from extremists.
U.S. imams arrested, accused of helping Pakistani Taliban

U.S. imams arrested, accused of helping Pakistani Taliban

By Saladin on from www.cnn.com

The United States has charged six people with helping to support and finance the Pakistani Taliban, a group the American government considers a terrorist organization.

The U.S. Justice Department said Saturday that three residents of the southern state of Florida, all naturalized American citizens of Pakistani descent, have been arrested and indicted by a grand jury, while three other people remain at large in Pakistan.

U.S. authorities allege that the six used an elaborate system of bank
Leaked Guantamo Bay documents reveal inner workings of world's most controversial prison

Leaked Guantamo Bay documents reveal inner workings of world's most controversial prison

By Saladin on from www.guardian.co.uk

More than 700 leaked secret files on the Guantánamo detainees lay bare the inner workings of America's controversial prison camp in Cuba.
U.S. government has no strategy to deal with Muslim Brotherhood

U.S. government has no strategy to deal with Muslim Brotherhood

By uzzie on from www.washingtontimes.com

The federal government has no strategy to counter the Muslim Brotherhood at home or abroad, according to the chairwoman of the House panel that oversees counterintelligence and terrorism.

“The federal government does not have a comprehensive or consistent strategy for dealing with the Muslim Brotherhood and its affiliated groups in America,” Rep. Sue Wilkins Myrick said during a hearing Wednesday. “Nor does it have a strategy for dealing with the Brotherhood in Egypt or the greater
NY senators clash over panel testimony on Muslims

NY senators clash over panel testimony on Muslims

By cricketguru on from online.wsj.com

A legislative hearing on New York's readiness for another terrorist attack degenerated into name-calling and bruised feelings Friday after a state senator solicited testimony from two activists known for their hard line on Islam and opposition to the construction of new mosques in the United States.

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