Finally, someone stands up and says what needed to be said years ago. My piece in FrontPage today:
Glenn Beck has declared that he will leave the National Rifle Association (NRA) if Republican Party kingmaker Grover Norquist remains on the Board of Directors.
This is long overdue: it has now been over eleven years since FrontPage Magazine first published revelations about what David Horowitz described as Norquist’s “alliances with prominent Islamic radicals who have ties to the Saudis and to Libya and to Palestine Islamic Jihad, and who are now under indictment by U.S. authorities.” Horowitz added:
“Equally troubling is that the arrests of these individuals and their exposure as agents of terrorism have not resulted in noticeable second thoughts on Grover’s part or any meaningful effort to dissociate himself from his unsavory friends.”
Nothing has changed in the intervening years. Norquist has dismissed concerns about his ties to Islamic supremacists as “bigotry” and “hatred,” and this has apparently satisfied the Republican establishment and prominent conservative spokesmen – until now, with Beck breaking ranks.
Beck’s peers and Republican leaders could have and should have ended Norquist’s baneful influence on the Republican Party and the conservative movement years ago. The November 1, 2001 issue of The New Republic (hardly a “right-wing” organ) noted that right after 9/11, President Bush met with several Muslim leaders with unsavory ties to the global jihad:
To the president’s left sat Dr. Yahya Basha, president of the American Muslim Council, an organization whose leaders have repeatedly called Hamas “freedom fighters.” Also in attendance was Salam Al-Marayati, executive director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, who on the afternoon of September 11 told a Los Angeles public radio audience that “we should put the State of Israel on the suspect list.” And sitting right next to President Bush was Muzammil Siddiqi, president of the Islamic Society of North America, who last fall told a Washington crowd chanting pro-Hezbollah slogans, “America has to learn if you remain on the side of injustice, the wrath of God will come.” Days later, after a conservative activist confronted Karl Rove with dossiers about some of Bush’s new friends, Rove replied, according to the activist, “I wish I had known before the event took place.”
Why didn’t he? Because of Norquist, who
“helped orchestrate various post-September 11 events that brought together Muslim leaders and administration officials…Indeed, when Jewish activists and terrorism experts complained about the Muslim invitees to Adam Goldman, who works in the White House public liaison’s office, Goldman replied that Norquist had vouched for them.”
In 1999, the prominent American Muslim leader Abdurrahman Alamoudi, who is now in prison for financing al-Qaeda, wrote two $10,000 checks to Norquist’s Islamic Institute (aka the Islamic Free Market Institute). Alamoudi is also notorious for proclaiming to a Muslim rally in Washington in 2000: “I have been labeled by the media in New York to be a supporter of Hamas. Anybody support Hamas here? … Hear that, Bill Clinton? We are all supporters of Hamas. I wished they added that I am also a supporter of Hizballah.” There is no indication that Norquist denounced Alamoudi, or returned his checks, after Alamoudi’s open embrace of jihad terror groups.
Even closer to Norquist is Suhail Khan, Norquist’s American Conservative Union (ACU) colleague. The ACU hosts the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the nation’s largest annual gathering of conservatives, and many observers have charged that Norquist and Khan have foreclosed on any honest discussion of the jihad threat at CPAC. Investigative journalist Paul Sperry revealed in the New York Post in January 2011 that Khan accepted an award from Alamoudi in 2001, commenting: “Abdurahman Alamoudi has been very supportive of me. . . . I hope, inshallah, we can keep working together.”
Sperry also noted that
“in September 2001, four days before the 9/11 attacks, Khan spoke at the Islamic Society of North America’s convention….At the event, Khan shared his experiences from ‘inside’ the White House, and praised his late father, Mahboob Khan, for helping found ISNA — which the government now says is a front for the radical Muslim Brotherhood and has raised money for jihad….Khan vowed in his speech to carry on his father’s ‘legacy.’”
There is much more on Norquist’s unsavory associations and activities, as you can see in these articles on Norquist by Daniel Greenfield, Pamela Geller, Patrick Poole, Jamie Glazov (interviewing Paul Sperry), and David Horowitz. Conservatives have suffered from being in Norquist’s shadow for too long. Particularly in these dark latter days of the Obama Administration, it is imperative that conservative candidates establish themselves as a genuine loyal opposition formulating a realistic and coherent alternative to Obama’s disastrous pro-Muslim Brotherhood policies.
Grover Norquist is the biggest single obstacle preventing that from happening. Glenn Beck is to be commended for being the first major figure on the Right to stand up and say that Grover must go. We can only hope that others will soon follow suit.
John C. Barile says
Just Say No to Grover Norquisling. And turn the Muslim Brotherhood out of positions of influence..
John spielman says
I agree! Grovling Nor quits is a traitor and a scoundrel as is gov Christie both arewhores to islam
EYESOPEN says
Absolutely.
John C. Barile says
May your Day of Reckoning come, Grovidkun.
Bradamante says
This is indeed excellent news. I’m an NRA member and wondering if there’s somewhere I should be calling or emailing to voice my support for Beck. I’ll google around and try to figure it out. I’m also a lifelong Democrat, but I’m ready to jump ship to the GOP if the GOP actually stands up to Islam. (No matter what happens, though, I’m not voting for Hillary.) It’s been very discouraging to see the GOP under the thumb of the likes of Norquist. When I was a more standard-issue Democrat, I disliked Norquist because of his tax policies (though I imagine some people on this site like them). Now I think it’s imperative to sideline Norquist because of his Islamic Supremacist agenda. If an anti-Norquist movement gets going in the GOP I will be happy to join in in whatever way I can. A GOP that actually stands up against jihad would be a GOP well worth supporting, even if I continue to disagree on some policies.
jihad3tracker says
Hello Bradamante — I am also a lifelong Dem, of the “Second Amendment” type, who was an NRA member back in the days when I reloaded seven calibers, and got out into gun-friendly Virginia’s Blue Ridge fresh air to enjoy the shooting sports.
Here is my point to you and ALL Dems and Repubs alike : THE NRA SHOULD BE SHOWN THIS POST BY ROBERT, PLUS HIS BIO + CREDENTIALS AS AN ISLAM EXPERT ( IN THE TOP BLACK BAR ABOVE ).
I am certain that no one on its board of directors or other executives know about Norquist’s Muslim-friendly connections.
When you contact the NRA, it would be good to point out that you ARE a Democrat, and know just as fully as any Republican / Conservative that the Second Amendment is equal in importance to the First Amendment if the people of the United States are to remain free.
Spot On says
If the NRA doesn’t know about Grover’s intense Muslim connections, just what do they know about anything. I have known this about Grover for many years now.
It is possible that the NRA bought into Bush’s “Religion of Peace” crap and convinced themselves that Grover was “in bed” with “peaceful” Muslims. Pardon the “in bed” comment, I couldn’t help it. People make all sorts of weird justifications in their mind for big money and sex.
voegelinian says
“If the NRA doesn’t know about Grover’s intense Muslim connections, just what do they know about anything. ”
They would be the normative Conservatives & Centrists who are conservative and centrist about every issue under the sun except for the one issue of the problem of Islam; and whenever anyone in their vicinity tests the PC MC spiderweb by touching the wrong buttons, they will respond with the usual PC MC rhetorical questions, all presupposing their dereliction of Civic Duty in having done nothing to educate themselves about this most exigent issue of our time.
TheCountess says
Party perspectives should never matter over what is plainly stated in our Constitution. For once both Dems and Reps and anyone else can see the greater good for a standard ‘truth’. I hope I am being clear on this. We are all in this together. It is for the ‘unalienable’ right to choose. A government that follows our will and not it’s own. Which hasn’t happened for more than a hundred years or so… We are being ‘dictated’ to and not the other way round. I yearn for all of us to see the greater truth in what was laid down and not continue down the road of fraction. It is imperative that we the people see the bigger picture and stand together in the foundation that is already laid.
Maureen says
I am praying this is still possible
M S case says
Freedoms are slip-sliding away and are being used against us by the muslims…
Tom says
Please see the main page article from Glen Beck today at NRA.org. I think the NRA has gotten the message.
voegelinian says
I don’t see it on the “main page”.
https://www.nraila.org/
It seems to be buried.
Porkistan says
Screw the NRA and Norquist.
I’m a Second Amendment moderate Democrat (and Counter-Jihadist) and the NRA seems more like an arm of the Republican party than a gun rights organization.
I watched the NRA convention last year hearing Republicans talk about climate change, taxes, and a HUNDRED other things that had NOTHING to do with keeping the government’s mitts off my guns. I don’t want to hear about the environment from the NRA unless it’s about stopping bans on lead ammo. I could literally list dozens of things they should have ALREADY done in the last 20 years that they haven’t accomplished
The thing that bothers me most is that every state gets to have it’s own gun laws despite the CONSTITUTION guaranteeing our RIGHT to bear arms. Try driving from New York to San Diego, or Seattle to Miami with a gun in your car and you’re likely to violate 50 different laws. Or try getting a concealed carry permit for your RIGHT to own a gun. In some states you can walk around with a loaded gun on your hip and others you can get 25 years for owning a BULLET.
What is the NRA doing at the Federal level to reign in the anti-gun wing nuts here in California or New York? In some states it won’t be long before you can own a gun, but ONLY if it can hold ONE bullet, takes 10 minutes to reload, is stored disassembled, in TWO different locations, and SEPARATE from the ammunition. In some states if someone tries to rape you (or break into your house) and you shoot them, YOU will do more time than the criminal.
What is the NRA doing about all this? NOTHING.
I especially love looking through gun catalogs and realizing that less than 1 out of a hundred handguns are ‘legal’ here in California. Thanks for nothing NRA! See you at the next GOP convention you useless turds.
jihad3tracker says
Thanks Porkistan — for blasting the NRA with a sabot slug right in their withered balls . . . I saw evidence of laziness about 20 years ago.
Wayne La Pierre was once an aggressive pit bull — but now he has a $$$ IRA and is ready to spend time with his grandchildren.
As to whether there is a “new generation” of 2nd Amendment defenders in the NRA ? Maybe a reader here can clue us in.
voegelinian says
“I watched the NRA convention last year hearing Republicans talk about climate change, taxes, and a HUNDRED other things that had NOTHING to do with keeping the government’s mitts off my guns.”
More importantly, they said nothing about the problem of Islam. Same for all the Tea Party conventions — nothing about the problem of Islam.
And the CJ Softies say the only problem is “Leftists”. Can I get an LOL…?
M S case says
MR G-MAN YOU CAN’T HAVE MY GUN TILL I RUN OUT OF BULLETS
AND MR NRA YOU CAN’T HAVE MY DUES TILL NORQUIST HAS BEEN EMPTIED
RonaldB says
THank you, Robert, for always making the choices clear.
Through you, we know that the Republicans are as susceptible to infiltration as the Democrats. However, the Republicans are in part standing up for internet freedom and are opposing the open immigration being pushed by Obama. So, I think they’re still worth some support.
Also, prominent Republicans are supporting the overthrow or removal of Assad in Syria, which is just plain insane. So, leadership and rational thought must come from below and not from on top. It’s like Milton Friedman said: The Republicans are no more principled that the Democrats, but at least they understand what he’s talking about when he talks about free enterprise.
cs says
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q-uHZ1WyfA
Paul Sperry.
Undaunted says
Glenn Beck is the only media type I have ever heard mention “The Perfect Day”… lots of dead school kids. So, good that he’s in Norquist’s grill.
http://freemendo.typepad.com/undaunted/2010/09/the-perfect-day.html
jihad3tracker says
Hello again, Undaunted —
BTW (for all Jihadwatch commenters and readers here) Undaunted’s “freemendo” site — mentioned above — is excellent. A superb resource for wisdom and action in our current world and its tilting ever more quickly to wannabee supremacists and siezers of liberty..
Always On Watch says
My husband and I didn’t renew our long-standing NRA membership because of Norquist. He’s a Trojan horse. Period.
mortimer says
So Norquist is a traitor posing as a patriot…though all the time paid by the Muslim Brotherhood and their fronts.
Shameful. Disgraceful. Scandalous. Depressing.
Prosecute him. Investigate him. Audit him.
Max Publius says
And tax the hell out of him, lol. Just a bit of irony. My Congressman Tom Wolfe called out this dog Grover out as a traitor on the floor of the House a few years ago and nothing was done. It’s time to act large scale against these evil gremlins.
“When treason prospers, none dare call it treason.”
Krishan Bhattacharya says
Here’s the link to the TNR article on TNR’s website:
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/politics/83799/norquist-radical-islam-cair
Fly RAF says
The democratic party is riddled with brotherhood 5th column. The republicans need to keep a clean house. Frank Gaffney has been trying to shine a light on Nor for years with little effect.
Gov Perry was on vacation with Nor. Texas has a problem with Islamic content in school text books. Texas sets the standard that other education authaurities look to .Is this one of Nor’s success stories?
Brian Hoff says
Than other Islamophobic racist from Texas who doesnot like the treaching Islam in public school to help the student deal with the real world issues. Islam is on the raise and speading by peaceful way.
Shmooviyet says
I thought i was at least somewhat aware of whom to trust, from reading and listening to JW, Pam Geller, Mark Steyn, et al. This article and the comments are real eye-openers.
Now I realize why certain parties are rarely or never invited to speak at CPAC.
The constant refrain from the same conservatives that “not all Muslims” do this or that, or think this way or that, has gotten very tiresome, but at least I now have some idea why it’s so oft-repeated.
Mary Sue says
I don’t know what Norquist thinks he’s doing, but it’s entirely likely that this started out for him innocently enough, he probably desired to gain “understanding” between Muslims who hate America, and America, to try to bury the hatchet as it were.
However, somewhere along the line he got superduperduped, or even converted to Islam. He’s obviously drank the koolaid now, and is a liability, or even a sleeper cell all his own.
jihad3tracker says
Hello Mary Sue — Look at Norquist’s face. . . do you see innocence ? I certainly do not . . . His eyes are those of a treasonous lizard.
He and MANY other Americans — both Dem and Repub — have sold their souls and loyalty to the United States for the promise of Saudi money OR its actual delivery into foreign banks.
Brian Hoff says
Who listern to the nut job Glen Beck any way now since Fox New fire him afew year back.
Western Canadian says
Who listens to the nut-jog brain off anyway? Just other brain dead devout muslims….
Edison says
Beck for President !
Transmaster says
I am a life member of the NRA and we have been watching Grover Norquisling for years not so much for his Muslim Brotherhood connection but the fact he is a total huckster, in it for the money.. But his gravy train is now in prison without his money to influence this he is rapidly loosing his connections in Washington DC. He has been exposed for what he is and he is not long for his place in DC.
Oliver says
Is this the SAME GROVER NORQUIST who was opposed to president Eisenhower ( back in 1953 or so) who used surplus tax revenues to bring down the WW2 debt, rather then cut tax rates (as Norquist wanted)?
Or is this his son, who is also opposed to all taxes? ( I also don’t like paying taxes, but, as a long since deceased-i forgot who- Supreme Court Justice once said, (paraphrasing-don’t have my Bartlett’s handy) taxes are what we pay to live in a civilized society.
I do think that there are no taxes in North Korea. (Or, freedom or food)–but no taxes.
Western Canadian says
Only if you don’t think slave labour is a form of taxation.
Oliver says
To W. C.–
Slave labor is slavery.
Norquist ( either this one or his ancestor/ father? uncle?) was against all taxes.
I once (or maybe twice-if twice, second time probably drunk) read his speech(es).
He sounded -or reading-looked to me- liked government services ( military; good roads; good schools; etc) but the other guy or the good fairy to pay for them.
My comment about North Korea- for those who agree that all taxes are too high. SPENDING- especially wasteful spending, is TOO HIGH.
One small example- a person I know is a CONTRACT EMPLOYEE ( when needed) for specialized services for federal prisons. he is needed, goes, works 1 or 2 days, rarely more; then gets a check. Employees who do similar work BUT WORK FOR THE DOJ OR THE whatever bureau federal prisons are in- get more per day, and consistently (4 to 6 times a year, I was told) go to ‘ conventions’ for a few days, working conventions-in such difficult to be in places like Hawaii; Las Vegas; San Diego; etc).
But, off topic.
i agree slave labor is -even worse- then taxes on labor.
Bezelel says
Everyone that has ties to the MB should be arrested as spies.
EYESOPEN says
“Glenn Beck is to be commended for being the first major figure on the Right to stand up and say that Grover must go. We can only hope that others will soon follow suit.”
A big AMEN to that!
Lynn says
How many times has Grover been to the White House? or to a near by cafe to meet with the home boys off the record? He got comfortable during the Bush years and settled in for the duration. A wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Sue says
I’m a big fan of Glenn Beck & a newer member of the NRA (can’t yet vote in their elections). Thank God, Beck had Frank Gaffney on his radio show discussing this topic, or I never would have known that Grover Norquist was a NRA board member. That morning of the broadcast, I contacted the NRA & was transferred a couple of times. The 3rd person that I spoke to gave me the run around “you can’t believe everything you hear” nonsense. I told them if Norquist gets re-elected, I will not renew my membership.
I’ve known of the dangers of Norquist for a few years, & that’s why I won’t give $ to CPAC after Gaffney, et al, were ridiculed for trying to alert ACU to what Norquist has been up to.
Apparently enough of Beck’s listeners, who are NRA members, called the NRA to complain. The NRA now says they’re investigating the matter. It won’t be worth the drop in membership that Norquist will cause.
Here’s the document that Gaffney has posted on his website:
http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/2014/04/22/agent-of-influence-grover-norquist-and-the-assault-on-the-right/
If you’re a NRA member, please contact them!
vlparker says
I see that the NRA is investigating Norquist thanks to Beck’s letter. Good. All NRA members need to email the NRA immediately and tell them to get rid of Norquist. I have just done so myself. I’m a life member and I will resign if he stays. If the rank and file put the pressure on the NRA leadership they will have no choice but to let him go. They won’t want a mass exodus of members. Let them know immediately that Norquist must go.
voegelinian says
The PC MC rot runs much deeper in the Republican establishment. See Diana West’s important article about Frank Gaffney’s attempt to wake up the conservatives, and getting road blocks at every turn:
http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/2014/03/12/c-pacs-muslim-brotherhood-problem/