ACLU and Hamas-linked CAIR file suit over FBI surveillance of mosques

Who ever heard of jihad terror activity being plotted in a mosque? This kind of surveillance is outrageous! "Lawsuit alleges FBI violated Muslims' freedom of religion," by Jerry Markon for the Washington Post, February 22 (thanks to all who sent this in):

An FBI informant who infiltrated a California mosque violated the constitutional rights of hundreds of Muslims by targeting them for surveillance because of their religion, the ACLU and a Muslim group said in a lawsuit Tuesday.

The lawsuit, filed against the FBI and seven of its agents and supervisors, focuses on the actions several years ago of Craig Monteilh, a paid FBI informant. Monteilh has said he was instructed to spy on worshipers at an Irvine mosque in a quest for potential terrorists, allegations that prompted fierce criticism of the FBI from some Muslims in Southern California and nationwide.

The lawsuit alleges that Monteilh was ordered by his FBI handlers to conduct "indiscriminate surveillance" of Muslims, violating their First Amendment right to freedom of religion. Filed on behalf of three Muslim plaintiffs, the 64-page document seeks class action status, unspecified damages and a court order instructing the FBI to destroy or return the information Monteilh collected.

"The FBI should be spending its time and resources investigating actual threats, not spying on every American who happens to worship at a mosque,'' said Peter Bibring, a staff attorney for the ACLU of Southern California, which filed the complaint along with the Los Angeles office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

FBI officials declined to comment on the lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, but empasized that they are careful not to violate civil liberties when they use informants and do not target anyone based on religion or ethnicity. [...]

FBI and Justice Department officials say that they have gone to great lengths to maintain good relations with Muslims and that the Monteilh case is not representative of those efforts. Some Muslims say the revelations about Monteilh have seriously damaged their relationship with the FBI....

No Muslims ever say that revelations about jihad terror activity have seriously damaged their relationship with the FBI, and that consequently they will redouble their efforts to demonstrate their loyalty to the U.S. and wholehearted rejection of jihad terror and Islamic supremacism.

Ali Malik, a plaintiff in the lawsuit who helped teach Monteilh about Islam at the Irvine mosque, said the Muslim community has yet to recover from Monteilh's actions.

"A lot of people now see the mosque as a place where the government can just come in and spy on you,'' said Malik, who says he has been questioned by the FBI several times since his dealings with Monteilh. "It's going to take a long time to heal those wounds.''

Of course the wounds are all on his side. There are no wounds on the psyche of non-Muslims from the use of mosques to preach hatred; to spread exhortations to terrorist activity; to house a bomb factory; to store weapons; to disseminate messages from bin Laden; to demand (in the United States) that non-Muslims conform to Islamic dietary restrictions; to fire on American troops; to fire upon Indian troops; or to train jihadists. No, none of that calls for any action on the part of Muslims at all to try to heal the wounds of non-Muslims, or to cooperate with inspection of mosques. One would think that "moderates" who deplored "terrorism" and had nothing to hide would be eager to welcome law enforcement personnel into their mosques so as to make sure they weren't used as bases of operations by members of the Tiny Minority of Extremists™.

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Their rejection of western values does not extend to the use of our non Sharia laws and legal system.

The defense calls its first witness.

Q. Please state your name
A. Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Q. And what is your occupation
A. Prime Minister of Turkey

Q. Do you like poetry
A. Yes, so long as it is Islamically-approved

Q. Who is your favorite poet
A. Ziya Gökalp who is also known as Mehmet Ziya

Q. Would you please recite some of the lines from your favorite poem.
A. Certainly. "Mosques are our barracks, domes our helmets, minarets our bayonets, believers our soldiers"

To be non-discriminatory, the FBI will also have to infiltrate Quaker silent worship, Buddhist meditation classes and those interminable Methodist committee meetings, where I'm sure there will be equal opporunities for uncovering dastardly plots.

The FBI is welcome to attend any of the meetings or classes at my Catholic Faith Community, as we have nothing to hide.

"FBI and Justice Department officials say that they have gone to great lengths to maintain good relations with Muslims ...."

And how's that been workin' out for ya?

In what way does this infringe on their freedom of religion? They are perfectly free to continue in their Mohammedanism whether or not they are also being investigated for suspected terrorism.

'The guilty flee when no man pursueth.' Proverbs.

ACLU and Hamas-linked CAIR file suit over FBI surveillance of mosques

Who ever heard of jihad terror activity being plotted in a mosque? This kind of surveillance is outrageous! "Lawsuit alleges FBI violated Muslims' freedom of religion"...
..............................

What could be more intrinsic to a Muslim's "freedom of religion" than plotting Jihad terror in his own mosque?

More:

"A lot of people now see the mosque as a place where the government can just come in and spy on you," said Malik, who says he has been questioned by the FBI several times since his dealings with Monteilh. "It's going to take a long time to heal those wounds."

Of course the wounds are all on his side. There are no wounds on the psyche of non-Muslims from the use of mosques to preach hatred...
..............................

How many acts of Jihad terror were at least in part planned at mosques? How many dead, how many maimed, how many grieving loved ones?

But of course, none of that matters. What is the grief of "filthy Kuffars" compared to 'placing obstacles' to the spread of Islam?

And our own ACLU is enabling this, whatever their stated intentions. Useful idiots for the Jihad.

But...but Islam is totally against violence. Therefore, the FBI surveillance was to PRESERVE their religious freedom by weeding out the anti-Islamic elements who continually get Islam wrong, wrong, wrong. Eh....right! :))

An FBI informant who infiltrated a California mosque violated the constitutional rights of hundreds of Muslims by targeting them for surveillance because of their religion, the ACLU and a Muslim group said in a lawsuit Tuesday.

False and unreasonable accusation. The reason FBI and Homeland Security are interested in what happens at the mosque is because they had been vortex centers of anti-American activities from which emerge dangerous and seditious jihadists, covertly supported through finances of their 'anti-social' violent activities both here and abroad. This is not a 'religious' reason for their surveillance, except as they try to paint it that way. This is surveillance of what is being said and done to promote activities that affect our public health, our societal safety, our freedom from their violence, as well as protecting OUR 'freedom of religion'. The ACLU and Muslim groups, whether knowingly or not, have got it backwards. It simply makes a stronger case why they should be under surveillance (though it is done at public expense and could be eliminated rather quickly by closing them down). This lawsuit is only one more example of using our law courts for seditious political agenda purposes. It should be dismissed as unreasonable and frivolous outright. In fact, Muslim groups should be SUPPORTING the FBI in this cause, not obstructing it, if we are ALL to have our religious freedoms protected. (Why don't they understand this simple principle?)

''It's going to take a long time to heal those wounds.''

Oh Come on. They are not "wounded", they understand very well why their mosques should be under surveillance. They are just playing the infidel for the usual suckers they so often are.

It is ironic that the FBI must claim they are not spying on the basis of the Islamic religion itself when in fact, given the nature of Islam teachings and the history of Islamic terrorism here, that would be justification enough.

The following should be printed and distributed to those Infidels who don't yet quite get it.

Multiculturalists and Moral Relativists believe that no cultures, societies, or religions are morally better or morally worse than others. They are wrong.

They say "Who are we to judge?"
If we cannot judge, how do we know good from evil, right from wrong?

If we cannot demonize demons, who can we demonize?
If we cannot demonize demonic belief systems, what can we demonize?

1. Which of the acts below would demons and Satan approve of?
Satan and demons would approve of all evil acts below.

Rape, Child Rape (pre-pubescent), Child Marriage, Child Divorce, Sex Slaves, Slaves, Amputation, Crucifixion, Beheading, Theft, Robbery, Extortion (jizya), Lying (Taqiyaa), Omitting Truth (Kitman), Kidnapping, Ransom, Murder, etc.

2. Which of the acts above would a loving, compassionate, caring God approve of?
God would approve of none of the evil acts above.

All of the above acts, criminal and abhorrent by Western Legal Standards, are allowed/condoned/required under Islamic Shariah Law by Muslims.

Why would any healthy person try to assimilate terminal cancer?
Why would any civilized society try to assimilate evil, i.e., Islam?

Many things are black and white.
Good is not evil and right is not wrong.
Truth is not "hate speech."

The successes the FBI has had in their undercover operations which have uncovered several terrorist plots apparently has the Muslims worried...

From the article - "The FBI should be spending its time and resources investigating actual threats, not spying on every American who happens to worship at a mosque,'' said Peter Bibring, a staff attorney for the ACLU of Southern California, which filed the complaint along with the Los Angeles office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

From the Qur'an - 8:39 "So fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief [non-Muslims]) and all submit to the religion of Allah alone (in the whole world)."

I'm going to go with the FBI. This what they should do in every mosque.

Why should relilgious groups be immune from surveillance? If there were suspicions that Satanists were sexually abusing children, would law enforcement refrain from infiltrating Satanist ceremonies or using Satanist informants? If not, why shouldn't Islamic religious establishments be treated the same way with respect to terrorism?

I don't understand. Unless specifically stated, places of worship are open to the public. How is it illegal for an FBI operative, whether on duty or not, to simply walk in, sit down, and listen? How is this legally any different than attending an open-air rally or demonstration?

Of course no other religious institution would object to an FBI man attending services, and it's obvious what the Muslims are afraid they will discover, but what legal leg are they standing on? How does a Federal agent walking in an open door free to all guests, infringe on their right to religion or assembly?

Round them up from their "barracks" and deport them NOW!!!!

I would like to hear how this infringes on the freedom to practice religion, to associate, or any other right for that matter.

Stop me if you've heard this one before.

CAIR appears on the MSM with more and more Anti-Muslims hate-crimes and Islamophobic vandalism to Mosques.

BUT, do we ever hear on just 1 Conviction or arrests, do we see just 1 minute of security video that proves who the vandal is , or if the attack was real and not some Taqqiyah warrior for Allah to attack the Mosque and blamethe Zionist/Christian pigs .

You would think that Fib-brihim Hooper would be glad a Mosque is getting State-Funded Security as the FBI watches for all those Islamophobes that never seem to show up when the FBI is there.

According to the Insurance Companies a Mosque is just a building when it's empty...so I'd like to see what the Comprehensive Coverage package is for Damages and Fire provisions.
Part of a Security assessment includes key entry points and 360 video scans with overlapping views around a building
and inside.
If anyone in the Insurance business knows of a Policy for any Mosque, it would be interesting if you reviewed the File and confirmed if the Mosque CHOSE to not have video survelance.

I say this because in canada a Mosque was torched at about 3:00 am to the females entrance only and then windows smashed with entry to spray 'Jesus-rules' on a wall.
But the 9-1-1 call was made by the Mosque Costodian whom just happened to be there and didn't hear the breaking glass but did smell the fire.
HHmmmmmmmm, how odd...nobody saw who did it but within 3 days the Mosque held a anti-racism rally with Politicians
and then we hear the Liberal M.P.'s Dan McTeague and Mark Holland blame it on some local drunken Christian bigots.

Surprise...surprise , there is now a new Mega-Mosque on the site which violated the Zoning Laws but came under the Fire-damage provisions to rebuild or Replace it.

Taqqiyah-101 Torch your pathetic hell-hole hut called a Mosque, blame it on the Infidels , force the Insurance company and Police to validate the Hate-crime as arson by vandals...DATA, new Mosques a-la Insurance money to avoid Saudi Funds for Jihadists and Shariah Law Whahhabi spreading across the West.

"... not spying on every American who happens to worship at a mosque...."

Most of those who worship in mosques in America can't really be called "Americans"; they're really Moslem invaders who happen to reside in America. Their loyalties are with other Moslems world-wide, not with the Americans in whose midst they live.

Is the ACLU now going to sue the FBI for infiltrating Nazi and white-supremacist camps in an attempt to uncover Nazi terrorists and white-supremacists?

Citizens with the ability to assume an 'identity' need to infiltrate mosques on a private individual basis...

Strap on your personal 'spy suits' and become 'muslim'..

Get in there and do the work that Political Correctness keeps Law Enforcement from doing..

(make sure you document everything.. you need proof you aren't a terrorist if you get arrested) .. just saying..

"violated the constitutional rights of hundreds of Muslims by targeting them for surveillance because of their religion"

What about the constitutional rights of all those innocents targetted by this religion? Don't they have a right to life? Isn't the right to life more important than the right to privacy in a public house of worship?

This is really going too far. Simply put, not an individual and not a nation can survive without common sense. If liberal democracy gets to a point that it severely cripples the ability of a nation to defends itself and of its citisens to have basic personal security, the democratic system will not survive. When chaos will reign and death and terror will fill the streets, if liberal democracy doesn't allow the nation to defend itself the people will go for anything that will restore normalcy to their daily lives. Therefore in order to keep liberal democracy it needs to be flexible enough to allow defense. There should be a recognition that sometimes basic rights conflict with each other, and then a reasonable compromise should be found. It's unreasonable to wiretap the home and work environment of each and every Muslim citizen, but when mosques are known for illegal activities, sedition and incitement to murder, it should be allowed to follow activities there.

The Muslims are afraid of what may be discovered going on in a mosque...more that just prayers I suspect....A report somethime back stated that 80% of mosques in the USA are led by clerics that preach Islamic radicalization....

"Ali Malik, a plaintiff in the lawsuit who helped teach Monteilh about Islam at the Irvine mosque, said the Muslim community has yet to recover from Monteilh's actions. "

DefenderofIslam is shocked that a Muslim would report violent Muslim activities to the authorities...Shocked! I tell ya!

Who ever heard of jihad terror activity being plotted in a mosque? This kind of surveillance is outrageous!"

LOL

In DuPage County, just outside Chicago, Willowbrook residents are fighting plans to build a mosque--they're basing their strategy on zoning ordinances. As you can see here, though (http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-01-19/news/ct-met-willowbrook-mosque-20110119_1_muslim-educational-cultural-center-mosque-religious-leaders) CAIR is vocally in support of this mosque expansion. The group that wants the mosque, MECCA, has not publicly distanced itself from CAIR--which means they endorse CAIR's agenda. I think the Willowbrook community is right to look askance at this mosque project...and NOT because of zoning violations.

Also, it's heartwarming to see the Christian and Jewish leaders standing up to support this mosque. It kind of reminds me of the imams in Pakistan, Iraq, Saudi, etc., who stand up to voice their support for building new churches.

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