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Detroit News lauds billboards touting Islam without mentioning sponsoring group’s ties to Muslim Brotherhood

Feb 3, 2014 3:11 pm By Robert Spencer

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Mark Hicks says that GainPeace is “associated with the Islamic Circle of North America.” He doesn’t see fit to mention that the Islamic Circle of North America was listed as a Muslim Brotherhood organization in a captured internal Muslim Brotherhood document, “An Explanatory Memorandum on the General Strategic Goal for the Brotherhood in North America,” which explains that the Brotherhood’s agenda in the U.S. is subversive: the Muslim Brothers “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 God’s religion is made victorious over all other religions.”

Nor does Hicks bother to note that a former ICNA leader has been convicted of jihad war crimes in Bangadesh. He says nothing about how ICNA has promoted donations to jihad. He is likewise mum about its ties to the Pakistani Islamic supremacist group Jamaat-e-Islami, as well as about its anti-American, anti-Israel speakers who have promoted violent jihad.

Indeed, there is not a single word in this article that is remotely critical of ICNA or its billboard proselytizing. Contrast that to Hicks’ article about my appearance at a conference in Michigan last August, where I debated two Muslim spokesmen, Shadid Lewis and Mustafa Akyol. Hicks led off his story about that event with one compact paragraph that invokes the Norwegian mass murder Anders Breivik, whose murders the mainstream media was avid to blame falsely on me; the smears of the ADL and SPLC against my name and reputation; and the British ban, which was the product of a similar smear campaign. Hicks doesn’t say “smear campaign,” of course, and doesn’t balance any of this with even one word about why I might not be responsible for Brievik’s murders, or why the ADL and SPLC might not be entirely trustworthy sources, or why the British ban might reflect more on the British government’s cowardice and desire to appease Islamic supremacists than on my work. He then goes on to quote Dawud Walid of Hamas-linked CAIR. He never asked me for a quote — of course.

And now he publishes this ICNA press release. This is what passes for journalism these days. Please drop Hicks a note at mhicks@detroitnews.com and ask him, politely, calmly, and courteously, why he didn’t report about ICNA’s Muslim Brotherhood ties and jihadist connections, and why he chose to report everything negative about a foe of jihad terror without any balancing or even explanatory information.

Note also: have you ever seen Pamela Geller’s AFDI ad campaigns, defending Israel, women threatened with honor killings, and the freedom of conscience, and telling the truth about jihad and Islamic apartheid, etc., get this kind of fawning coverage from anyone in the mainstream media?

“Group hopes I-96 billboard helps educate others about Islam,” by Mark Hicks for The Detroit News, February 2:

Perched along Interstate 96 near Milford Road for the past month, a large red billboard asks travelers in the thousands of vehicles that pass it daily: “What is Islam? Who are the Muslims?”

The sign in Oakland County also lists a phone number and website for GainPeace, a Chicago nonprofit associated with the Islamic Circle of North America.

The curious who follow through have the chance to earn a free copy of the Quran, the Muslim holy book, and learn more about the religion, which is the aim of the group’s campaign.

“We want to do away with the misconceptions people have about the fundamentals of Islam,” said Sabeel Ahmed, national director of GainPeace.

The initiative, launched in cities nationwide and in Canada, started several years ago yet gained momentum in the wake of the controversy in 2012 surrounding the film “Innocence of Muslims.” The video shared online was considered anti-Islamic and sparked international outrage.

Inaccurate depictions and beliefs about Muslims have persisted since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Ahmed said. Countering that with education, he said, is essential not only for improving perceptions but fulfilling one of the Muslim faith’s goal of educating others.

The campaign continues as the [Hamas-linked] Council on American-Islamic Relations–Michigan has in recent years logged more complaints from Muslims of workplace discrimination, harassment by officials at the U.S.-Canada border and bullying at school, said Dawud Walid, the group’s executive director.

Intolerance rises after extremist acts some connect with mainstream Muslims, he said, and is supported when public figures share misguided views about the religion.

“We believe as a civil rights organization that much of the discrimination that Muslims face is based upon ignorance of our faith and who we are as human beings,” Walid said. “So the more education, the less likelihood that people who learn about Muslims will bully or harass them.”

GainPeace put up billboards last year in the Flint area as well as ran ads in newspapers and on a cable TV show featuring Islamic scholars, Ahmed said. Literature has also been distributed.

While some response was negative, others welcomed the efforts and there are plans for another billboard, said Mohammed Saleem, vice president of the Flint Islamic Center. “We are trying to educate our community, our neighborhoods,” he said.

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  1. Diane Harvey says

    Feb 3, 2014 at 3:21 pm

    What is Islam?

    Trouble.

    Who are the Muslims?

    Troublemakers.

  2. Charli Main says

    Feb 3, 2014 at 3:31 pm

    Robert,
    There are none so blind as those who refuse to see and there is nothing clearer than the following.
    Muslim immigration into Europe and the USA
    AKA
    Suicide by Islam

    • EYESOPEN says

      Feb 4, 2014 at 6:42 am

      Clear, concise, succinct – in a nutshell!

  3. Jay Boo says

    Feb 3, 2014 at 3:35 pm

    A STEP INTO ENLIGHTENMENT

    Scoop up a pile of Islamic dogma
    Dump it in a brown paper bag
    Fold the top secure
    Seal it with an official halal sticker of appeasement
    Set it on fire
    Ring mainstream media’s doorbell
    Watch as they learn …
    “What is Islam”

  4. Jay Boo says

    Feb 3, 2014 at 3:47 pm

    The following is something I previously posted some months ago about an incident I had while traveling to NYC approximately 3 or 4 years ago.
    The Sign in this article is a reminder of a similar billboard sign.

    Why Islam
    “WHY ISLAM?” asked the billboard sign in the Secaucus and Hoboken, NJ area.
    Behind it was lower Manhattan’s skyline where the Twin Towers once stood.
    In that moment I was reminded of exactly who we are dealing with, (truly).

    “Why Islam?” the sign implored readers to go to a website proselytizing Islam.
    Like a stinking vulture that returns to scavenge, this was a reminder.
    Those intoxicated with Islam’s sick vanity have absolutely no shame.

    Would those who financed this billboard as a foreground to the World Trade Center 911 Site also dare do the same at the site of the Beslan massacre in Russia where 777 school children were kidnapped and 180 of them lost their lives to Islam’s foul ideology, (that condones kidnapping and murder of non-believers)?

    “Why Islam?” To Muslims under the spell of this cult,
    You are but slaves to a PHANTOM’S MYTH blaspheming God with empty self-worship.
    It is time for a change; escape Muhammad’s empty spinning wheel of vanity and violence.
    You are like… ravenous “RATS IN A CAGE.” The annual pilgrimage to Mecca isn’t about worship to the God of love,
    it’s about self-righteously finding a “devil” to stone and hate.
    Look in the mirror.

    “Why Islam?”………..Please let me rephrase this question.

    Surah 8:39, Surah 8:65, Surah 9:5, Surah 8:67

    ISLAM……. WHY?

  5. Champs says

    Feb 3, 2014 at 4:17 pm

    test

  6. Champs says

    Feb 3, 2014 at 4:23 pm

    Don’t be fooled by the “GainPeace” mumbo jumbo; since islam is completely VOID of peace …and go ahead and get your free quran and then read it. Once you do you’ll discover that it’s replete with hatred for Jews and Christians, and that it’s a manual-4-murder.

    • Jay Boo says

      Feb 3, 2014 at 4:28 pm

      Islam appears to be such a convoluted enigma.
      That is, until we look beyond the smoke and mirrors.

      The twisted thorny branches of this shrub can only bear ill fruit.
      The root of this vainglorious ideology feeds on the suffering of others.

      • Champs says

        Feb 3, 2014 at 4:31 pm

        Indeed, Jay Boo!

      • mariam rove says

        Feb 3, 2014 at 5:13 pm

        well said. M

  7. Wellington says

    Feb 3, 2014 at 6:51 pm

    Bottom line: The Mark Hicks’ of our world are as much of a problem, arguably more, than Islam itself.

    Islam can rarely, if ever, succeed on its own. It must have help by way of some other deficiency, whether it be a mutual military weakening by Byzantines and Sassanians in the 7th century or fools aplenty like the Mark Hicks in our own century. In short, this is the action of a parasite. And if Islam is not parasitic, what the Hell is?

    Meanwhile, guardians of freedom, like Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller, are excluded or excoriated by fools aplenty in the West (e.g., Cameron and Obama and their stupid supporters) who are, insouciantly, leading the West to ruin while Islam licks its chops in full parastic mode (and let’s, for irony’s sake, make it pork chops).

    God, I despise Islam. I also despise those in the West, for instance Mark Hicks, who keep making excuses for Islam. Covering for malevolence is as bad, perhaps worse, than malevolence itself.

  8. John Spielman says

    Feb 3, 2014 at 8:07 pm

    Islam: Islam sanctifying murder rape lying stealing and pedophilia to the world since 620 AD

  9. mortimer says

    Feb 3, 2014 at 8:47 pm

    Delusional! Drawing attention to Islam is a mistake. Anyone who examines Islam soon finds it wanting. The ‘My Jihad’ is a case in point. It has merely drawn attention to the fact that Muslims are deviant, gross liars whenever they speak about Islam. They all know the supremacist agenda. The more they talk, the more Muslims reveal their agenda, whether overtly or inadvertently.

  10. Ray Lanfear says

    Feb 3, 2014 at 9:52 pm

    Enough is enough. America, wake up over 500,000 Muslim/Refugees being relocated to the United States. Did you vote for that? Of course not. For the real truth Google “TheProjectMuslimBrotherhood” their secret doctrine to destroy America from within. Guess what they are succeeding folks. One only has to look at England and France and Europe today, It is sad what Paris has become, mainly due to the Muslim immigration; take a good look at Europe and that is America in 25 years, unless something is done to prevent “theprojectmuslimbrotherhood” from making further inroads into America, our cities, schools, universities and even our own government. Multiculturalism is literally destroying Europe. There are now over 700 “Islamic no go Muslim Zones” within England, France and Germany.
    Michigan, Tennessee, California and Colorado have so far most of the immigrants what State next? I have no problem with the “peaceful Muslim” that wants to integrate into our culture and follow our laws. The problem lies in that they want to dominate and force Islam and Sharia law upon us all. Just not acceptable here in America folks Stand up and be counted. “When good men and woman our quiet evil always wins” Forget about be labeled a racist, or being politically correct, multiculturalism is not good for America. Let them adopt to our culture, period Amen. Again for facts and truth Google “theprojectmuslimbrotherhood” speaks volumes on the intent to destroy us from within. Who will stop this “insanity” from becoming a reality in America? Join ACT today, a non violent association with over 600 chapters throughout America and the World, to stop radical Islam and Sharia Law from making further inroads into our culture. Jews, Christians, Priests are being murdered and churches are being burned to the ground, enough is enough folks. Where is the condemnation of these acts from all the Muslims that are here?Stand up and be counted to defeat this real threat upon America. Enough is really enough folks. What is your solution or thoughts?

    • PJG says

      Feb 4, 2014 at 8:51 pm

      “I have no problem with the “peaceful Muslim” that wants to integrate into our culture and follow our laws. ”

      Don’t you? I do. They fool people, if only inadvertently, into thinking Islam is okay. “Peaceful” or not, they still want concessions made to them. They can become nasty suddenly, without warning. Their children might opt for aggression rather than “peacefulness”. They marry Muslims from overseas, which might entail some bad choices – bad for us as well as them.
      And they pray to Allah. That’s bad enough on its own.

  11. Sovereign Man says

    Feb 3, 2014 at 10:59 pm

    If only people would wonder, “What is Islam?” I’m positive the truth they would discover would not be what these stealth jihadists had in mind. But of course, catching the latest episode of trash TV from the media-brainwash complex is a much higher priority than using one’s brain.

  12. JessieJames says

    Feb 4, 2014 at 11:42 am

    The infidelity of America to its own Constitution and the moral principals upon which this once great nation was founded by the deluded pawns which this country has chosen to be the voice of leaders has slowly and irrevocably eroded the foundation of our existence like a malicious cancer. We are a dying nation, doomed without hope, unless………………

  13. Sugarboots says

    Feb 4, 2014 at 4:37 pm

    I’m compelled to order a Koran per the number from the billboard, however; I feel it will be a white-washed version. Can anyone with authority comment?

  14. gravenimage says

    Feb 4, 2014 at 11:02 pm

    Detroit News lauds billboards touting Islam without mentioning sponsoring group’s ties to Muslim Brotherhood
    ……………………………..

    Did journalist Mark Hicks even bother to check, or was the Taqiyya so compelling that believed it needed the stamp of approval from the MSM? Insanity…

    More:

    Perched along Interstate 96 near Milford Road for the past month, a large red billboard asks travelers in the thousands of vehicles that pass it daily: “What is Islam? Who are the Muslims?”
    ……………………………..

    Boy—I’d like to answer that question for the good Infidels of Detroit—the Taqiyya-free version, of course.

    Here’s more Islamo-friendly puffery from Mark Hicks:

    “Muslims mark birth of Muhammad, founder of Islam”

    http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140113/METRO06/301130123

    In this piece of Da’wa, Hicks quotes Muslims’ talking about emulating the “Prophet”, without ever telling you just what that means—like waging violent Jihad.

    It contains these grimly laughable lines:

    “Muhammad also left a model through his emphasis on tending to those in need, Walid said.

    “He was extremely focused on paying attention to the marginalized in the society and those who were indigent,” he said. “I would like to see us as Muslims recommit ourselves even more to helping people even more in our area that are suffering right now.”

    No mention of Muhammed being a war lord, slaver, pedophile, and caravan raider.

    And the absurd Mark Hicks has also referred to Robert Spencer as “anti-Muslim”:

    http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/robert-spencer-and-the-site-that-cannot-be-mentioned

    Despite the grotesque slant of this article at The American Muslim, it’s pretty easy to read between the lines.

    More:

    “We want to do away with the misconceptions people have about the fundamentals of Islam,” said Sabeel Ahmed, national director of GainPeace.
    ……………………………..

    If only his coreligonists would stop waging violent Jihad, marrying nine-year-old girls, and “Honor Killing” their daughters…

    And what sort of “new speak” is “GainPeace”? Ludicrous, given the fact that there have been almost 22,400 Jihad terror attacks just since 9/11.

    Here’s Sabeel Ahmed on the Taqiyya-filled “Deen Show”on the Boston Bombings.

    During this segment, where he and the host vaguely refer to the “tragic event” in Boston, the real problem appears to be “they’re trying to call Islam radical”. The “they” in question appears to be FOX news.

    They say, “it’s sad when bombs go off”—as though those pressure cookers at the Boston Marathon were self-detonating.

    The host clams that “Islamophobes have hate in their hearts”—not so the homicidal Tsarnaev brothers, apparently.

    And then it gets even more grotesquely absurd, where Ahmed claims with a straight face that “Islam came to eradicate terrorism—we want a Jihad against terrorism”.

    Then—also with a straight face—he claims that not a single verse in the Qur’an or a single one of the “Prophet” Muhammed’s actions ever encouraged terrorism…

    He never gets around to explaining how the Tsarnaev brothers managed to get their peaceful religion so very, very, wrong, of course…

    Check out the blatant lies and whitewash here:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnVZeOVMrLY

    More:

    The initiative, launched in cities nationwide and in Canada, started several years ago yet gained momentum in the wake of the controversy in 2012 surrounding the film “Innocence of Muslims.” The video shared online was considered anti-Islamic and sparked international outrage.
    ……………………………..

    Does he actually say what the film got wrong, or condemn the crazed Muslim violence over it? Nope…

    More:

    Inaccurate depictions and beliefs about Muslims have persisted since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Ahmed said. Countering that with education, he said, is essential not only for improving perceptions but fulfilling one of the Muslim faith’s goal of educating others.
    ……………………………..

    Shouldn’t he be “educating” his own violent coreligionists? Of course not—his goal is snowing the credulous Kuffar, instead…

    More:

    “So the more education, the less likelihood that people who learn about Muslims will bully or harass them.”
    ……………………………..

    Projection—there has been no spike in Muslims being bullied.

    There have, however, been an increasing number of murderous Jihad attacks. Apparently this isn’t a problem…

  15. dumbledoresarmy says

    Feb 7, 2014 at 4:28 am

    What is Islam? The religion of blood and war. (so said no less a person than Winston Churchill).

    What is Islam? The Arab Imperial religion (so said the brave and truthful apostate from Islam, Anwar Sheikh).

    What is Islam? A death cult demanding that every person on earth Submit to …Muslim despots and a system of organised sadism called Sharia.

    What are Muslims? Submitters, death cultists, who want everybody else on earth to be as miserable and full of hate and fear, suspicion and aggression, as they are.

    There’s another definition for Islam, courtesy of Isabellathecrusader, who used to post here a lot a year or two ago, but is probably now up to her neck in ACT for America activities. She called it “Mo’s Worship-The-Penis Club”, and frankly, I think she wasn’t far wrong; Islam specializes in unloosing and sacralizing all the worst aspects of the male id.

  16. dumbledoresarmy says

    Feb 7, 2014 at 4:34 am

    Given what’s at stake – we do not want even *one* naive infidel to be ‘sucked in’ by the da’wa before they have time to encounter and get their heads around the Awful Truth – it might be time for desperate measures.

    Ever heard of BUGA UP?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Utilising_Graffitists_Against_Unhealthy_Promotions

    These Muslim da’wa billboards are simply crying out for creative modification, or, rather, a creative – and truthtelling – response.

    One wouldn’t need to vandalise the actual billboards or signs.

    Just add banners underneath, with suitable images and/or definitions, supplying assorted – truthful – answers to the questions.

  17. sally koch says

    Feb 23, 2014 at 2:33 pm

    Have you seen the new sign they put up in place of the other one on I69 near Milford it is sick

  18. Sharon O'Donnell says

    Mar 31, 2014 at 9:27 pm

    http://www.truthandaction.org/u-s-military-hires-muslim-brotherhood-chaplains/

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