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According to a 2011 study, 81% of mosques in America display books that advocate violent jihad.(1)
Of those mosques:
100% of the imams in those mosques promote jihad in America.
100% of the imams in those mosques praise terror attacks against the U.S.
100% of the imams in those mosques recommend that mosque members study books that advocate jihad.
98% promote the establishment of a Caliphate in America.
78% invited guest speakers well-known for promoting jihad.
Islamic terrorism has multiplied enormously since the time of the study, in 2011, and so has the number of Muslims who have immigrated into America.
Many millions of Muslims go to mosque every week, and sometimes daily.
According to another study(2):
“By promotion of jihad, the study included literature encouraging worshipers to engage in terrorist activity and to promote the establishment of a caliphate in the United States. These materials also explicitly praised acts of terror against the West; praised symbols or role models of violent jihad; promoted the use of force, terror, war, and violence to implement the sharia; emphasized the inferiority of non-Muslim life; promoted hatred and intolerance toward non-Muslims and endorsed inflammatory materials with anti U.S. views.”
“... A disturbing 98% of mosques [studied] included materials promoting financial support of terror...”
Other studies have also noted the promotion of texts advocating violent jihad in mosques.
Wiktorowic (2005) noted that modern Muslims rely on textual works to legitimize their violent activities. The texts that these Muslims quote from are usually dated from the medieval period, for example works by ibn Kathir and Taymiyya. But violence promoting texts from the modern period are used as well, such as Maududi and Qutb.(3)
Regarding Qutb, whose book is promoted in American mosques:
Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966) wrote Milestones, the political and ideology of the current jihad movement. He used Quran and Sunna (things Muhammad said and did) to sanction violence against those who stand in the way of Islam’s expansion. The book preaches that it is the “duty” of all Muslims to fight the non-Muslim until either he is killed or until he declares his submission to Islam.
Not only is Qutb’s book found in the majority of American mosques, it is displayed on American college campuses during "Islam Week".
Qutb’s Milestones began as a Muslim Brotherhood guidebook, but all offshoot Islamist and terrorist groups use it – as well as the average Muslim – via the Mosque.
Regarding Maududi's book, which is also promoted in American mosques: Abu a’la Maududi (1903-1979) is known for his book Jihad in Islam. He used Quran and Sunna to legitimize violent jihad.
Maududi's primary teaching is that Muslims are to employ force and violence to achieve Islamic Law.
Regarding ibn Kathir, d. 1373, whose Tafsir is promoted in American mosques:
Tafsir is a commentary on the Quran and urges Muslims to wage violent jihad against non-Muslims.
According to Gill (2007), a study on suicide bombings:
“The individual [Muslim], in search of a positive identity, joins the terrorist organization with the support of a surrounding community--usually via the mosque. (4)
In a 2009 study titled “Religion and Support for Suicide Attacks”, it was concluded that a relationship definitely exists between frequency of mosque attendance and the likelihood that a person will support suicide bombings. (5)
Another author of texts found in American mosques, al-Shaybani, a disciple of the founder of the Sunni Hanafi matthab (school of jurisprudence) taught that it is lawful for Muslims to attack non-Muslims in areas controlled by non-Muslims (i.e. non-Muslim countries) even without the approval of a Caliph (if no Caliph exists). Shaybani teaches that it is appropriate to kill non-Muslim "civilians".
Habeck (2006), author of Knowing the Enemy, states that the leading experts on Islamic Law and the four schools of Islamic Jurisprudence, all promote the view that Muslims have a duty to spread the territory of Islam until Islam rules the world.(6)
Violence against non-Muslims is a standard, legally sanctioned behavior for Muslims. It is an integral part of the teachings in the Quran and well documented throughout Islamic history. Violence and jihad continues to this day to be accepted features of modern Islam because it is advocated in the Quran and Sunna and top Islamic scholars, both ancient and modern, reinforce these principles.
In 2007, a report conducted by the New York Police Department titled “Radicalization in the West”, the NYPD identified the implementation of Islamic Law and the establishment of a global Islamic State (Caliphate) as the driving ideology behind jihadists in America.(7)
The report states that "regular attendance at a Salafi mosque is a key indicator of “radicalization” of Muslims. The NYPD report also states that Salafists follow Islamic Law and that there is no disagreement in Islamic Law on its definition and obligation of jihad. Jihad is obligatory for all Muslims.
The NYPD report also identified “signatures” of radicalization. Signatures for men are wearing traditional Islamic clothing and growing a beard; for women, wearing the veil or headscarf.
Sageman (2004), Understanding Terror Networks, found that: 97% of jihadis adhere to Islamic Law and that this adherence is measured in observable behavior including the wearing of Islamic garb, head scarf, and growing an Islamic beard.(8)
Sunna Beards: short/trimmed mustaches but the beards are often unkempt. “Cut the mustaches short and leave the beard as it is.” Bukhari 7:781
Henna Beards: Muslim men who dye their beards red are identifying themselves with the Prophet Muhammad (and the behavior of Muhammad).
Hijabs, Veils, Burkas: The greater degree to which a Muslim woman covers herself is indicative of the level of her Sharia adherence.
Americans are misled into thinking mosques are a place of worship or prayer. The mosque’s primary purpose is the promotion of Islamic Doctrine. Islamic Doctrine requires the application of Islamic Law within the mosque's "geographical reach".
The Islamic Doctrine of Immigration is a primary reason for mosque building. When Muslims immigrate, they are to find or create a mosque and promote Islamic Doctrine in the surrounding community.
John Guandolo, of Understanding the Threat, states, there is "a significant jihadi movement led primarily by the Muslim Brotherhood... The evidence also reveals the Muslim Brotherhood mosques are the places at which jihadi train for battle and from which the jihad will be launched."(9)
Though difficult to count because there are makeshift mosques in peoples homes and at the workplace, as well as new mosques cropping up almost daily, it has been estimated that there are well over 3200 mosques in America.
The majority of the mosques in America belong to the Muslim Brotherhood jihadi movement.(9)
Islamic Doctrine regarding IMMIGRATION:
Muslims must form a separate body and keep their own laws and eventually make the host country comply with Islamic laws. They must never integrate with the native society. Muslim immigration is considered to be a transitional period of preparation for changing the native society from an open society to an Islamic society.
Muslims are forbidden to immigrate to a non-Muslim country if they are doing it to pursue the goal of their own personal gain. But if they immigrate with the ultimate goal of spreading Islam and making Islam victorious, then they are allowed personal gain.
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Sources – References
(1) Kedar, Mordechai and David Yerushalmi. “Sharia Adherence Mosque Survey: Correlations between Sharia Adherence and Violent Dogma in U.S. Mosques.” Perspectives on Terrorism, vol. 5, no. 5-6: 2011.
(2) Kedar and Yerushalmi: “Shari’a and Violence in American Mosques” Middle East Quarterly, Summer: 2011
(3) Wiktorowicz, Quintan. A Genealogy of Radical Islam. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, vol. 28:75-97: 2005.
(4) Gill, Paul. “A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Suicide Bombing.” International Journal of Conflict and Violence, vol. 142, pgs. 142-59: 2007.
(5) Ginges, Jeremy, Ian Hansen and Ara Norenzayan. “Religion and Support for Suicide Attacks.” Psychology Science, vol. 20, no. 2, pgs 224-30: 2009.
(6) Habeck, Mary. Knowing the Enemy. In American Diplomacy: Foreign Service Dispatches and Periodic Reports on U.S. Foreign Policy. January 2006.
(7) Silber, Mitchell D. and Arvin Bhatt. Radicalization in the West: The Homegrown Threat. New York: New York City Police Department, 2007.
(8) Sageman, Marc. Understanding Terror Networks. Foreign Policy Research Institute: November 1, 2004.
(9) https://www.understandingthethreat.com/primary-role-of-the-mosque/
https://www.understandingthethreat.com/islamic-movement-in-u-s-preparing-for-battle/
Of those mosques:
100% of the imams in those mosques promote jihad in America.
100% of the imams in those mosques praise terror attacks against the U.S.
100% of the imams in those mosques recommend that mosque members study books that advocate jihad.
98% promote the establishment of a Caliphate in America.
78% invited guest speakers well-known for promoting jihad.
Islamic terrorism has multiplied enormously since the time of the study, in 2011, and so has the number of Muslims who have immigrated into America.
Many millions of Muslims go to mosque every week, and sometimes daily.
According to another study(2):
“By promotion of jihad, the study included literature encouraging worshipers to engage in terrorist activity and to promote the establishment of a caliphate in the United States. These materials also explicitly praised acts of terror against the West; praised symbols or role models of violent jihad; promoted the use of force, terror, war, and violence to implement the sharia; emphasized the inferiority of non-Muslim life; promoted hatred and intolerance toward non-Muslims and endorsed inflammatory materials with anti U.S. views.”
“... A disturbing 98% of mosques [studied] included materials promoting financial support of terror...”
Other studies have also noted the promotion of texts advocating violent jihad in mosques.
Wiktorowic (2005) noted that modern Muslims rely on textual works to legitimize their violent activities. The texts that these Muslims quote from are usually dated from the medieval period, for example works by ibn Kathir and Taymiyya. But violence promoting texts from the modern period are used as well, such as Maududi and Qutb.(3)
Regarding Qutb, whose book is promoted in American mosques:
Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966) wrote Milestones, the political and ideology of the current jihad movement. He used Quran and Sunna (things Muhammad said and did) to sanction violence against those who stand in the way of Islam’s expansion. The book preaches that it is the “duty” of all Muslims to fight the non-Muslim until either he is killed or until he declares his submission to Islam.
Not only is Qutb’s book found in the majority of American mosques, it is displayed on American college campuses during "Islam Week".
Qutb’s Milestones began as a Muslim Brotherhood guidebook, but all offshoot Islamist and terrorist groups use it – as well as the average Muslim – via the Mosque.
Regarding Maududi's book, which is also promoted in American mosques: Abu a’la Maududi (1903-1979) is known for his book Jihad in Islam. He used Quran and Sunna to legitimize violent jihad.
Maududi's primary teaching is that Muslims are to employ force and violence to achieve Islamic Law.
Regarding ibn Kathir, d. 1373, whose Tafsir is promoted in American mosques:
Tafsir is a commentary on the Quran and urges Muslims to wage violent jihad against non-Muslims.
According to Gill (2007), a study on suicide bombings:
“The individual [Muslim], in search of a positive identity, joins the terrorist organization with the support of a surrounding community--usually via the mosque. (4)
In a 2009 study titled “Religion and Support for Suicide Attacks”, it was concluded that a relationship definitely exists between frequency of mosque attendance and the likelihood that a person will support suicide bombings. (5)
Another author of texts found in American mosques, al-Shaybani, a disciple of the founder of the Sunni Hanafi matthab (school of jurisprudence) taught that it is lawful for Muslims to attack non-Muslims in areas controlled by non-Muslims (i.e. non-Muslim countries) even without the approval of a Caliph (if no Caliph exists). Shaybani teaches that it is appropriate to kill non-Muslim "civilians".
Habeck (2006), author of Knowing the Enemy, states that the leading experts on Islamic Law and the four schools of Islamic Jurisprudence, all promote the view that Muslims have a duty to spread the territory of Islam until Islam rules the world.(6)
Violence against non-Muslims is a standard, legally sanctioned behavior for Muslims. It is an integral part of the teachings in the Quran and well documented throughout Islamic history. Violence and jihad continues to this day to be accepted features of modern Islam because it is advocated in the Quran and Sunna and top Islamic scholars, both ancient and modern, reinforce these principles.
In 2007, a report conducted by the New York Police Department titled “Radicalization in the West”, the NYPD identified the implementation of Islamic Law and the establishment of a global Islamic State (Caliphate) as the driving ideology behind jihadists in America.(7)
The report states that "regular attendance at a Salafi mosque is a key indicator of “radicalization” of Muslims. The NYPD report also states that Salafists follow Islamic Law and that there is no disagreement in Islamic Law on its definition and obligation of jihad. Jihad is obligatory for all Muslims.
The NYPD report also identified “signatures” of radicalization. Signatures for men are wearing traditional Islamic clothing and growing a beard; for women, wearing the veil or headscarf.
Sageman (2004), Understanding Terror Networks, found that: 97% of jihadis adhere to Islamic Law and that this adherence is measured in observable behavior including the wearing of Islamic garb, head scarf, and growing an Islamic beard.(8)
Sunna Beards: short/trimmed mustaches but the beards are often unkempt. “Cut the mustaches short and leave the beard as it is.” Bukhari 7:781
Henna Beards: Muslim men who dye their beards red are identifying themselves with the Prophet Muhammad (and the behavior of Muhammad).
Hijabs, Veils, Burkas: The greater degree to which a Muslim woman covers herself is indicative of the level of her Sharia adherence.
Americans are misled into thinking mosques are a place of worship or prayer. The mosque’s primary purpose is the promotion of Islamic Doctrine. Islamic Doctrine requires the application of Islamic Law within the mosque's "geographical reach".
The Islamic Doctrine of Immigration is a primary reason for mosque building. When Muslims immigrate, they are to find or create a mosque and promote Islamic Doctrine in the surrounding community.
John Guandolo, of Understanding the Threat, states, there is "a significant jihadi movement led primarily by the Muslim Brotherhood... The evidence also reveals the Muslim Brotherhood mosques are the places at which jihadi train for battle and from which the jihad will be launched."(9)
Though difficult to count because there are makeshift mosques in peoples homes and at the workplace, as well as new mosques cropping up almost daily, it has been estimated that there are well over 3200 mosques in America.
The majority of the mosques in America belong to the Muslim Brotherhood jihadi movement.(9)
Islamic Doctrine regarding IMMIGRATION:
Muslims must form a separate body and keep their own laws and eventually make the host country comply with Islamic laws. They must never integrate with the native society. Muslim immigration is considered to be a transitional period of preparation for changing the native society from an open society to an Islamic society.
Muslims are forbidden to immigrate to a non-Muslim country if they are doing it to pursue the goal of their own personal gain. But if they immigrate with the ultimate goal of spreading Islam and making Islam victorious, then they are allowed personal gain.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Read the INTRODUCTION to Cheri's book
Read the Jacket Back
Sources – References
(1) Kedar, Mordechai and David Yerushalmi. “Sharia Adherence Mosque Survey: Correlations between Sharia Adherence and Violent Dogma in U.S. Mosques.” Perspectives on Terrorism, vol. 5, no. 5-6: 2011.
(2) Kedar and Yerushalmi: “Shari’a and Violence in American Mosques” Middle East Quarterly, Summer: 2011
(3) Wiktorowicz, Quintan. A Genealogy of Radical Islam. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, vol. 28:75-97: 2005.
(4) Gill, Paul. “A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Suicide Bombing.” International Journal of Conflict and Violence, vol. 142, pgs. 142-59: 2007.
(5) Ginges, Jeremy, Ian Hansen and Ara Norenzayan. “Religion and Support for Suicide Attacks.” Psychology Science, vol. 20, no. 2, pgs 224-30: 2009.
(6) Habeck, Mary. Knowing the Enemy. In American Diplomacy: Foreign Service Dispatches and Periodic Reports on U.S. Foreign Policy. January 2006.
(7) Silber, Mitchell D. and Arvin Bhatt. Radicalization in the West: The Homegrown Threat. New York: New York City Police Department, 2007.
(8) Sageman, Marc. Understanding Terror Networks. Foreign Policy Research Institute: November 1, 2004.
(9) https://www.understandingthethreat.com/primary-role-of-the-mosque/
https://www.understandingthethreat.com/islamic-movement-in-u-s-preparing-for-battle/