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Representative Sue Myrick's plan to counter the jihad in the U.S. was unveiled six days ago. It should be being discussed on all national news and news feature shows, and Congress should be taking it up. Is that happening?
1. Investigate all military chaplains endorsed by Abdurahman Alamoudi, who was imprisoned for funding a terrorist organization.2. Investigate all prison chaplains endorsed by Alamoudi.
3. Investigate the selection process of Arabic translators working for the Pentagon and the FBI.
4. Examine the non-profit status of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
5. Make it an act of sedition or solicitation of treason to preach or publish materials that call for the deaths of Americans.
6. Audit sovereign wealth funds in the United States.
7. Cancel scholarship student visa program with Saudi Arabia until they reform their text books, which she claims preach hatred and violence against non-Muslims.
8. Restrict religious visas for imams who come from countries that don't allow reciprocal visits by non-Muslim clergy.
9. Cancel contracts to train Saudi police and security in U.S. counterterrorism tactics.
10. Block the sale of sensitive military munitions to Saudi Arabia.
More needs to be done also. A few suggestions from the last chapter of my 2005 book The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades):
• Tie foreign aid to the treatment of non-Muslims.• Reconfigure our global alliances on the same basis. Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the other exporters of jihad should be put on notice.
• Call on Muslim states to renounce Sharia’s expansionist imperative. To be a friend of the United States, each must renounce any intention to try to realize the Islamic goals enunciated by the Pakistani Islamic leader Syed Abul Ala Maududi, who declared that when Muslims are ruled by non-Muslims, “the believers would be under an obligation to do their utmost to dislodge them from political power and to make them live in subservience to the Islamic way of life.”
• Initiate a full-scale Manhattan Project to find new energy sources — so that the needed reconfiguration of our alliances can be more than just words.
• Report honestly about jihadist activity in the US and the West.
• Reclassify Muslim organizations. Any Muslim group in America that does not explicitly renounce, in transparent and manifest deed as well as word, any intention now or in the future to replace the Constitution of the United States with Islamic Sharia should be classified as a political rather than a religious organization, and should be subject to all the responsibilities and standards, which political organizations must adhere. Or -- closed.
• Take pride in Western culture. Recognize that Western culture and civilization are threatened in many, many particulars that we take for granted, and that they are worth defending.
There are many more things that need to be done, but to those I would add this above all, from my 2003 book Onward Muslim Soldiers:
• Begin to regard Muslim immigration as a national security issue, and take steps to limit it and end it if possible. (And of course all illegal aliens should be made to leave immediately.)
I discuss some of the difficulties involved in this point, and how they can be surmounted, in this post.
See also this question I posted to the presidential candidates in January:
What would you do to deal with the national security aspect of immigration? With plans afoot to bring large groups of Iraqis, including Iraqi Muslims, into the United States, what kind of screening will you implement to ensure that we are not importing jihad terrorists into the country? Will you reevaluate immigration levels from Muslim countries based on recognition of the fact that there is no reliable way to distinguish a peaceful Muslim from a jihadist sympathizer or potential jihadist?
And also, from a 2003 article:
• Monitor mosques and prosecute accordingly, closing down any that preach Islamic supremacism in the United States and deporting those involved.
There are many others also. But those would be a start. The problem is that most Americans do not recognize the need to do any of these things, because they still aren't aware of the problem. And that is why my focus here continues to be on trying to raise awareness of what exactly we are up against.
Posted by Robert at April 25, 2008 7:28 AM
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A conversation with a Lutheran minister about jihad awareness brought forth this response from him.
"Is it necessary that we worry about this"
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at April 25, 2008 9:04 AM
Basically, all the above can be wrapped up in one sentence:
Stand up for good. Abhor evil.
at April 25, 2008 9:16 AM
A conversation with a Lutheran minister about jihad awareness brought forth this response from him.
"Is it necessary that we worry about this"
Posted by: Dsinc at April 25, 2008 9:04 AM
And what did you say in reply to this minister's obvious ignorance, Dsinc?
Posted by: darcy at April 25, 2008 9:21 AM
All this makes too much sense. The government, MSM and various apologists are indulging in non sense.
Myrick wants to take concrete actions, the rest of them want to play dance around the maypole with words. Now the gov is banning the words jihad, jihadist. This is really going to help a lot.
Everyone knows the Achilles heel of jihad, call it something else, and the jihadi's go home and resume their shoe repair businesses. If the US refuses to recognize the jihadist, jihad will disappear. That's what the ostrich thought...Actually it is a further insult to muslims to call jihad 'criminal activity'.
How can a holy war, 'fighting in Allah's cause', be criminal? It's not called 'Holy' for no reason.
So the west is now defining 'Holy' as a criminal activity. This makes the call to jihad by Quran, Mohammad, or modern clerics criminal, and the Quran a criminal book. If only the government actually meant it that, way we would be getting somewhere...
at April 25, 2008 9:30 AM
The biggest problem is that government officials are so clueless about who/what the enemy is. They aren't even allowed anymore to use the terms jihad, jihadist, etc, etc, etc - all this from a new state department document that was probably put together by a bunch of jihadists (see, I used the term because I recognize the enemy).
'Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a thousand battles without disaster.' - Sun Wu Tzu
Posted by: CelticCoyote at April 25, 2008 9:38 AM
Totally agree with you, Robert. I'm starting to believe the old saw about oilmen controlling our country. I used to think that was simplistic, etc., but it looks pretty clear at this time.
Posted by: Bingo at April 25, 2008 9:38 AM
The Myrick Plan is being quietly buried by our compliant media as well as our politicians for several reasons:
1. They see it as cultural superiority. Who are we to say our culture is better than anyone else's?
2. Any suggestion that foreign-born imams need to be prevented from entering the US will run up against the first amendment. It will be construed as an attempt to limit the free exercise of religion. Facts won't matter. The Catholic Church says we have no right to prevent anyone from crossing our borders. (Did you know that Jesus was an immigrant - at least according to the Hispanic caucus?)
3. Blocking the sale of munitions to Saudi Arabia just means the Saudis will find them somewhere else. It won't help anyone and will only hurt American corporations.
4. American corporations.
5. American corporations.
6. Sovereign wealth funds, if audited, might withdraw their investments from the US, hurting (you guessed it!) American corporations.
7. America's "reputation". How can we promote the free exchange of ideas when we are unwilling to allow "peaceful people" into the US?
Logic no longer applies. We are in a PC world and that PC has gone global. Myrick's plan has no place in such a world. We will show the people of the world how much we love them, even if it kills us. We will repent all our stands for freedom in the world, because they "offended" others. That's the most important thing right now. Mustn't give offense. Mustn't hurt anyone's feelings. Even discussing the Myrick Plan lets others think we give it credence and that is so hurtful, particularly to the billion or so "peaceful" Muslims of the world. And we all know what happens when Islamic feelings are hurt.
Posted by: PMK at April 25, 2008 9:45 AM
Some will claim these common sense standards CAN'T be enforced, because of all the oil we get from Islamist nations. Statistics show that we only import 30% of our oil needs. The US has a TWENTY YEAR RESERVE of oil products. The main obstacle, to the US being energy independant, is all the environMENTAL regulations blocking use of our resources, rebuilding of our refinery capacity and exploitation of both. The environMENTAL laws were enacted 30 years ago. Our technology, to safely exploit our natural resources, now makes it environMENTALly neutral. The environMENTALists need to remember: MAN is part of the environment too!
Also it truely perplexes me as to why the civilized world hasn't already tied the price of foodstuffs directly to the price of oil! I seriously doubt these oil-rich desert nations (the majority of OPEC) can go longer, without eating, that their world customers can go, without driving, oiling their machines, lighting their homes, etc!
We are in an existential struggle with a totalitarian ideology! It's WELL past time we scrap all these myths about political correctness and "multi-culturism, at all costs"! We only cripple our defenses by pandering to these myths.
It's high time we give Islam the same arbitrary respect it has demonstrated throughout it's history. NONE! How is it that civilization seems to tolerate (even pander to) a pagan ideology that defames ALL other religions, but riots at the least provacation if it even THINKS someone has disrespected it's ideology or it's "prophet"??? It's not as if it's basic texts haven't stated their final goals or that it's modern leaders, of this ideology, have stated their goals are one whit different! They boldly state their end goal is the total domination of the entire world, by ANY means neccesary! It holds up, as the perfect example to emulate, a man that history (and his own writings) have shown to be a mass murderer, serial rapist and pedophile! (Ye shall know them by their works)
You will notice that I refer to Islam as an ideology, NOT a religion. That is intentional. Islam is a pagan war ideology and does not deserve the societal protections rendered to true religions, worldwide. It's ideology is antithesis of a civilized world, working to live in peace.
at April 25, 2008 9:46 AM
It is evident that Muslims are feeling the sting of "jihadist" and "Islamic terrorist." They are coaching contacts in the State Department and elsewhere that using such language only legitimizes the mission of the terrorists.
The reality, however, is that those evil acts in the name of Islam are shameful to all Muslims, but Muslims are either unable or unwilling to denounce them -- an act of apostasy according to Shariah law. So, instead, Muslims just want non-Muslims to stop talking about them. They want non-Muslims to do the heavy lifting by just changing the subject.
I'm sure there were some Communists and Nazis who had noble visions of some sort of utopia that might ultimately be achieved under those systems of government and who were oblivious to the bloody path that it entailed. They, too, were offended when these doctrines were slurred by their enemies. Did the State Department ever ban the use of "communist," "red," "Nazi," "fascist," or "brown shirt"? I say, call a spade a spade.
If a tree is known by its fruit, Muslims have some serious cultivating to do. The Myrick Plan would get them started.
at April 25, 2008 10:04 AM
"Tying the price of food to oil".
-NamFrank
It certainly has merit, given the vast amounts of energy (produced from both fossil fuels and humans) needed to produce and harvest it, and then ship it to overseas markets. The more we pay to produce it, the more they should pay to eat it. Sounds logical. If oil producers can arbitrarily limit the amount of oil they produce and make available to the world in order to manipulate prices, then why can't we arbitrarily reduce the amount of food we sell to them? (Sorry world, we need our corn, too. It produces fuel. We need to use our corn for fuel, however inefficient the process may be, because of groups like OPEC.)
We should also be able to use their tactics. They keep the price of energy low at home and extort the rest of the world. Americans are paying higher food prices. Let's keep domestic food prices lower and extort OPEC nations. Turnabout is fair play.
at April 25, 2008 10:09 AM
PMK: If oil producers can arbitrarily limit the amount of oil they produce and make available to the world in order to manipulate prices, then why can't we arbitrarily reduce the amount of food we sell to them?
That idea 'sort of', was part of the plot of the 'Omen' series of movies, where 'Damian' (the anti-Christ), attempts to corner the food market as a weapon.
We pay them because we need them more than they need us. We need to find a way to turn that around. I suppose there are people working on that very thing, but it seems slow, like wading through honey.
In the meantime, I am doing my part by building a hydrogen apparatus to install on my car. That is, if I don't blow up the garage first...
Posted by: duh_swami at April 25, 2008 10:43 AM
'A conversation with a Lutheran minister about jihad awareness brought forth this response from him.
"Is it necessary that we worry about this"'
Christianity is a search for the truth, or better said, "Faith seeking understanding." We have been encountered by The Truth, which is God come in Jesus Christ who invites us to become sons and daughter who participate in God's mission of Love and Truth in the world.
I recall a Cardinal (was it Pell from Australia) who when asked what he would do if unmistakable evidence was presented to him that Christianity was false, what would he do? He replied, "I'd stop being a Christian and tell everyone else to as well. I've not given up all that I've given up, because I believe Christianity to be true. If it's not, I would want to know that."
I was very impressed with this complete search for the truth by this Roman Catholic clergyman. I don't see that very much in Protestantism or Anglicanism or Lutheranism. Its there, but not to the same extent as in Roman Catholicism. This is why I'm signing up for the Rite of Christians Initiation for Adults. Basically, I'm converting to Rome. I thought about conservative evangelicalism, but I could not handle the drums and the 20 verses of "Shine Jesus shine!". Just kidding, it was really that the theology seemed like a reduction of what is written of the Church in the New Testament and the Didache.
Read "Truth and Tolerance" by Benedict. It's a short and solid book.
Unless clergy from the non-Roman Churches begin to realize that Islam wants to replace the truth of the Gospel (which includes the inherent dignity of all person, even the enemy) with a Supremacist religious system which will eventually wipe out anything but a Salafi or Taliban religious viewpoint, I would question whether those clergy are worthy to pastor the Church or you.
Another good book for Protestants to read is "Rome Sweet Rome" by Scott Hahn (sp?) He was an Evangelical who converted to Rome. It answers some of the misunderstandings that Protestants have of Roman Catholic theology. No they don't worship Mary.
at April 25, 2008 11:31 AM
Peggy Noonan has a great essay in today's Wall St. Journal about the idiocy of being searched at the airport. There's a link on Drudge.
Posted by: Bingo at April 25, 2008 11:43 AM
Peggy Noonan has a great essay in today's Wall St. Journal about the idiocy of being searched at the airport. There's a link on Drudge.
Posted by: Bingo at April 25, 2008 11:43 AM
And what did you say in reply to this minister's obvious ignorance, Dsinc?
Posted by: darcy
Sorry, I was working.
He wanted to remain ignorant, but I am taking him "Islam What the West needs to know", "Obsession" "Farewell Israel" and "The Truth about Muhammad" That should pull his head out the sand. I hope!
at April 25, 2008 12:47 PM
"Monitor mosques and prosecute accordingly, closing down any that preach Islamic supremacism in the United States and deporting those involved."
I am about as close to a First Amendment absolutist as a rational person can come. Unless "preaching Islamic supremacism" means, in fact, incitement to violence and/or the active direction to subvert governmental functions in an illegal manner, I'm unconvinced that closing mosques is constitutional or even desirable. I welcome opposing arguments.
at April 25, 2008 12:48 PM
"Preaching Islamic supremacism" means EXACTLY incitement to violence and/or the active direction to subvert governmental functions in an illegal manner.
Have you read the news from this site at all?
Can you show me a mosque that preaches islamic supremacism that does NOT call for violence or subverting governmental functions?
Posted by: Kelana at April 25, 2008 1:33 PM
'Take pride in Western culture. Recognize that Western {your}culture and civilization are threatened in many, many particulars that we take for granted, and that they are worth defending.'
When this is practiced, every other action follows naturally.
at April 25, 2008 3:25 PM
We should all send a letter to Congress supporting Myrick´s agenda and Spencer´s addendum to it.
For those of us who always want to hear more about what we can do to help stop sharia, jihad, etc., Myrick and Spencer have now given us some excellent guidance. Those inclined to action should save Spencer´s post for future reference.
Posted by: traeh at April 25, 2008 3:27 PM
Our politicians are neither stupid nor clueless. If Rep. Myrick's legislation is long in coming, perhaps it's because our politicians are, in fact, COMPROMISED. Wouldn't it be a sight for the American people to know just how much money and favors our politicians have accepted from the Arabian Mobot Mafia?
Wouldn't it be interesting if the American people knew that co-opting the political elites has been a highly effective 14-century long first step in the endless Mobot conquest?
In a recent interview on C-Span, Michael Scheuer (former Chief of the CIA's Bin Laden Unit) discussed the two-way corruption between the Saudi's and the first Bush Admin (#41) with Steve Coll, author of the recently published book, "The Bin Ladens." This corruption continues to the current Bushbot (#43) regime. Jim Baker's law firm is defending the Saudi government against the 9/11 families!
In past centuries, ruling elites could get away with this; today, our precious freedom of expression and open flow of information can highlight how we are being compromised from within.
The prospect of a little light shed on shady dealings can go a long way to 'enlightening' our politicians.
Posted by: SoaringFree at April 25, 2008 5:17 PM
Our politicians are neither stupid nor clueless. If Rep. Myrick's legislation is long in coming, perhaps it's because our politicians are, in fact, COMPROMISED. Wouldn't it be a sight for the American people to know just how much money and favors our politicians have accepted from the Arabian Mobot Mafia?
Wouldn't it be interesting if the American people knew that co-opting the political elites has been a highly effective 14-century long first step in the endless Mobot conquest?
In a recent interview on C-Span, Michael Scheuer (former Chief of the CIA's Bin Laden Unit) discussed the two-way corruption between the Saudi's and the first Bush Admin (#41) with Steve Coll, author of the recently published book, "The Bin Ladens." This corruption continues to the current Bushbot (#43) regime. Jim Baker's law firm is defending the Saudi government against the 9/11 families!
In past centuries, ruling elites could get away with this; today, our precious freedom of expression and open flow of information can highlight how we are being compromised from within.
The prospect of a little light shed on shady dealings can go a long way to 'enlightening' our politicians.
Posted by: SoaringFree at April 25, 2008 5:17 PM
Instead all of us posting "someone ought to do something" we should all be posting that we just finished sending our representative an e-mail asking if they support the plan, and if not, why not.
I will be writing Rep. Pete Stark as soon as I am finished here.
at April 30, 2008 2:34 AM
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