• Why Jihad Watch?
  • About Robert Spencer and Staff Writers
  • FAQ
  • Books
  • Muhammad
  • Islam 101
  • Privacy

Jihad Watch

Exposing the role that Islamic jihad theology and ideology play in the modern global conflicts

FBI anti-extremist website for kids on hold after Muslim, Arab groups protest

Nov 2, 2015 4:44 pm By Robert Spencer

Once again we see the Islamic advocacy groups in the U.S. opposing counter-terror efforts and claiming they unfairly single out Muslims. The idea that today’s politically correct Obama FBI, which refuses as a matter of policy to study the ideology, motives or goals of the jihadis, would create a program that was unfairly singling out Muslims is laughable. But these groups are determined to remove all obstacles to the jihadi advance, and to obstruct any and all efforts to impede that advance.

obama-fbi

“FBI anti-extremist website for kids on hold after Muslim, Arab groups protest,” RT, November 2, 2015:

The website, called Don’t Be a Puppet, offers users exercises, as described by the Washington Post, or “a series of games and tips,” as reported by the New York Times, that aim to teach children signs to watch for that may indicate someone is falling deeper into extremist behavior. As players answer questions correctly, a pair of scissors cut the puppet’s strings until it is set free.

“The quiz asked students: What would be activities that would concern the FBI?” the Post reported.

Some of the options included a youth posting on Facebook that she intended to attend a political protest, a young person posting about feeling emotional about something or a youth with a stereotypically Muslim-sounding name who ‘posted that he’s going overseas on a mission [and] does anyone want to chat?'” Hoda Hawa, director of policy and advocacy for Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), told the Post.

“All our hands went up, like: What’s with this?” Hawa added.

The FBI would not detail the program or why it decided to hold off on releasing the website, but did offer a statement on Sunday.

“The FBI is developing a website designed to provide awareness about the dangers of violent extremist predators on the Internet with input from students, educators and community leaders,” an FBI spokeswoman said.

MPAC and other Muslim, Arab, Yemeni and Sikh advocacy groups were briefed on the site by the FBI last month. At the meeting, the FBI also discussed its “Shared Responsibility Committees,” which would be groups of community leaders and FBI agents who would share information on particular kids. Participating groups said they voiced concern with the agency, and with the US Department of Justice, over the plan.

“We were all on the same page in terms of being concerned,” said Hawa told the Post. “It seems like they’re asking teachers to be extensions of law enforcement and to police thought, and students as well. That was very concerning to us all.”

During “a very tense meeting” between the groups and the FBI, the law enforcement agency included a tutorial of the program various types of potentially-violent groups and ideologies, as well as some personality swings that could lead to extremist behavior, Abed A. Ayoub, legal and policy director for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, told the NY Times.

The FBI said during the meeting that it would reach out to schools to promote participation, and that some school districts in Northern Virginia had already committed, Ayoub said.

“The one that should be involved is the Department of Education. The FBI is overreaching its mission,” Ayoub told the Post. “This kind of thing should come from professionals who create educational curriculum. You don’t just have a law enforcement agency get it out to students without thinking about the ramifications on students in schools.”

The groups at the meeting said the program fails to address issues relating to the common occurrence of school shootings in the US, with most of the emphasis on extremism relating to Muslim or Arab communities.

Domestic extremists, such as white supremacists and right-wing groups, have been responsible for twice as many murders in the US since 2001 as “individuals motivated by Jihadist ideology,”according to a June report by the New America Foundation.

Reading too much into disaffection or alienation of youth can also be problematic, experts say.

“There is concern this will lead to a high level of self-policing and shut off open debate. If concern about US foreign policy and its impact is considered a sign of alienation, or call it what you will, people will stop talking about that, and that’s counterproductive, because you want safe spaces, rather than pushing kids on-line,” Faiza Patel, co-director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, told the Post.…

The Justice Department told the groups that the committee plans were also on hold for now, the Post reported.

Share this:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)
  • Click to print (Opens in new window)
  • Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)
  • More
  • Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)

Follow me on Facebook

Filed Under: claiming victim status, FBI, Featured Tagged With: Hoda Hawa, Muslim Public Affairs Council


Learn more about RevenueStripe...

Comments

  1. jihad3tracker says

    Nov 2, 2015 at 4:51 pm

    Someone with a bit of spare time should do a homebrew video remake of “Dumb And Dumber” but make the characters prominent members of the American Muslim public relations squad.

    As I wrote in the post about Tulsa’s Veterans Day parade — just before this item — WE ALREADY “GET IT” ABOUT ISLAM AND ITS TRUE ESSENCE.

    The remake video could be titled “Dumber Than You Ever Thought Possible”.

    • Azacque says

      Nov 2, 2015 at 11:21 pm

      When I saw Obama take office for the 2nd time I saw dumber than ever happen.

  2. oldblindjohn says

    Nov 2, 2015 at 4:58 pm

    “There is concern this will lead to a high level of self-policing and shut off open debate.’
    It’s muslims that shut off open debate. Any critique of the quran and/or hadiths is considered as, and labeled as, racist by CAIR. Their idea of open debate is one that cannot criticize islam.

    • mortimer says

      Nov 2, 2015 at 6:42 pm

      Agreeing with OBJ. There’s a desire from Obama’s administration to SHUT DOWN ALL DEBATE about Islam since it would inevitably CRITICIZE THE FALSE PROPHET MOHAMMED!

    • Katnis says

      Nov 2, 2015 at 8:41 pm

      We try to include muslims in the dialogue in the name of political correctness. And they throw up roadblock after roadblock after roadblock.

      1. I say we don’t include muslims in any conversations. It’s counterproductive.
      2. I say we keep muslims out of our country altogether. It’s counterintuitive.
      3. I say every single American is involved in keeping an eye on the muslims that are in this country no matter what that takes. It’s common sense.

      Counting down to the next election…

  3. Sam says

    Nov 2, 2015 at 5:38 pm

    How come a stupid cult of Islam can have so much power dictating security policy of USA. Incredible. Even after Obama I am pessimistic that we will not wake up to this Islam. God help us!

    • oldblindjohn says

      Nov 2, 2015 at 6:09 pm

      It’s a battle for the high moral ground.
      CAIR is winning that battle at the moment.
      America is overly sensitive about it’s background of slavery.
      CAIR forms it’s argument that to be anti-islam is to be racist. It is an absurd argument to be sure, but that is how it’s fashioned.
      A large section of our population falls prey to that disingenuous line. Mainly because they are low-info about islam. All they know is what CAIR tells them and they are too trusting or too lazy to read the quran ifor themselves.

      So unless that segment of the population wakes from their slumber our culture is on the way to dhimmi hood.

      • mortimer says

        Nov 2, 2015 at 6:45 pm

        CAIR uses Anglo-Celtic Ibrahim Hooper to tell us we are racist if we criticize Islam. A billion Hindus believe Islam is Arab racism.

        • gravenimage says

          Nov 2, 2015 at 11:36 pm

          Unfortunately, Mortimer, all too many Hindus are “politically correct”, as well–despite their terrible suffering at the hands of ravening Muslims.

      • vickie says

        Nov 3, 2015 at 7:48 am

        I have wondered if it is also because of how we treated American-Japanese citizens, sending them to internment camps?

        Figuring that out might help us on the road to stopping this. How did we limit the activities of the KKK? Islam=KKK

    • Katnis says

      Nov 2, 2015 at 8:43 pm

      Right! They declared war on us. Now they’re giving us input on how to conduct our internal affairs?

      I don’t know what’s worse. The fact that they are giving input, or the fact that someone on our side is actually listening.

      Putin wouldn’t put up with that crap.

      • Jay Boo says

        Nov 3, 2015 at 9:00 am

        Obama mocks the Republican contenders for rightly setting the MSM strait at the debate by asking “How are they going to handle China and Russia?” while he ignores and aids the bigger threat of Islam.

  4. underbed cat says

    Nov 2, 2015 at 5:45 pm

    I agree, “oldblindJohn, you are not so blind. Since CAIR is stuck like glue to islam, and islam is stuck like glue to sharia law, and sharia law is stuck like glue to tacyqqa and tacyqqa is stuck like glue to to spread islam and tacyqqa is stuck like glue to deception, a debate with valid doctrine facts would definitely change the meaning of slander, to the stuck like glue crowd who listen to CAIR and a correction of the misdirection. Like Obama said,” it’s ideology.” …Of course, it is and it’s kind of like jihadist glue. But that part we can’t talk about…

  5. somehistory says

    Nov 2, 2015 at 6:21 pm

    They will not agree with any site that says anything about anyone except *white, right-wing extremists* because they are asked their opinion beforehand, and during and they give all the input and say whatever they think will keep their evil boat afloat until they have eliminated all opposition to islam and its evil.

    What other groups are asked if they agree? They say that *educators* are the ones to say, but when the teacher and the principal called the cops because the young terrorist had a suspicious device about which he refused to come clean, they screamed *racist* and *discrimination* and *torture.*

    Like France and Sweden and other countries have *no-go zones,* c.a.i.r. and mpac and all the other alphabet soup of moslim groups have the *no-go zones* of speech about islam in the country. When it comes to agreeing that kids should speak up if they hear another kid talk about going to *fight*…that is a no-go.

    This is asking the snake if it’s okay to keep him out of the baby nursery and the crib. His answer will always be *no* cause he wants access to the children.

  6. خَليفة says

    Nov 2, 2015 at 6:23 pm

    How would people respond if a BLANK-advocacy organization complained about new laws to ensure public safety, claiming these measures violate their rights and are biased and prejudicial for singling them out for their beliefs.

    Let’s try a few BLANKS:
    1) pedophile
    2) rapist
    3) thief
    4) murderer
    5) terrorist
    6) ALL OF THE ABOVE = jihadi = Follower of Islamic doctrine

    • oldblindjohn says

      Nov 2, 2015 at 6:34 pm

      Quran (4:76) – “Those who believe fight in the cause of Allah…”
      Quran (8:12) – “I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them”
      Quran (8:39) – “And fight with them until there is no more fitna (disorder, unbelief) and religion should be only for Allah”

      This is what muslims believe. this is what CAIR believes. Draw a weapon and stand a post, The barbarians are inside the gates.

  7. mortimer says

    Nov 2, 2015 at 6:39 pm

    “Reading too much into disaffection or alienation of youth can also be problematic, experts say.”

    Yes, and reading TOO LITTLE INTO THE ALIENATION OF MUSLIM YOUTH CAN BE CATASTROPHIC!

    Once again, we see Obama doing NOTHING about the TERRORIST RADICAL CHIC CULTURE prevalent among MUSLIM YOUTH.

  8. Angemon says

    Nov 2, 2015 at 6:56 pm

    “The FBI is developing a website designed to provide awareness about the dangers of violent extremist predators on the Internet with input from students, educators and community leaders,” an FBI spokeswoman said.

    “Community leaders”? Fox, hen-house, etc.

  9. Matthieu Baudin says

    Nov 2, 2015 at 7:03 pm

    Sooner or later this tired old dance, this farce, will have to end. It was a fateful decision not to thoroughly examine and address Islamic Ideology/Religious Tenets in the official governmental responses to the 9/11 attacks. Fourteen years of avoiding a nameless foe has created a palpable stupidity within government agencies around the world that continue to ape the style and approach of subsequent U.S. administrations; beginning with George W. Bush and sinking deeper during the Obama years. One has to wonder whether the (assumed) Muslim faith of the Presidents own father is a significant factor in the past seven years of intransigence. We have no business protecting a faith from itself; on the contrary our concerns should be focused on the basic welfare and freedom of individuals within an expanding global civilisation.

    • jihad3tracker says

      Nov 2, 2015 at 7:40 pm

      Hello Matthieu —

      If you want to settle any doubt about our national CEO’s TRUE emotional resonance regarding God, search “Obama the Muslim in his own words”. A full video runs about 10 minutes, but because so many persons have posted it, you might find shorter edited ones.

      Please pass the link on to those members of your family / friends / elected officials / clergy / household pets — who still are swimming in the pickle barrel of privilege guilt, worried about being called “racist Islamophobes”.

      • jihad3tracker says

        Nov 2, 2015 at 7:53 pm

        Here is the full 9:57 video, as part of a website’s content —

        http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/watchwomanonthewall/2012/02/obama-admits-he-is-a-muslim-in-his-own-words-video.html

        ——————–

  10. Kathy Brown, Esq. says

    Nov 2, 2015 at 8:45 pm

    Look: Of COURSE these throwback muslims carry on this way! Every time they do, THEY WIN! Hello?????

    And even the FBI? Our tough top cops? Seriously?

    Go to your nearest grocery store and watch a 3 yr. old throw a fit when Mommy won’t buy him something. OK? It’s absolutely no more complicated than that!

    • underbed cat says

      Nov 3, 2015 at 5:24 pm

      Yep..reinforcing bad behavior..and god forbid acting respectfully, especially when it is the adult that provokes a scene. Three years will try, they will be lucky if they have someone who models good behavior, the older adult tantrums come years after being indulged, with no modeling public restraint.

  11. saturnine says

    Nov 2, 2015 at 10:49 pm

    “Domestic extremists, such as white supremacists and right-wing groups, have been responsible for twice as many murders in the US since 2001 as “individuals motivated by Jihadist ideology,” according to a June report by the New America Foundation.”

    Let’s go to the link (http://securitydata.newamerica.net/extremists/analysis.html):

    Victims killed by jihadists: 26
    Victims killed by right wing extremists: 48

    First, 48 is not “twice as many” as 26, but let’s not quibble. Instead, let’s phrase it this way:

    “Jihadist ideology is responsible for more than half the murders committed by domestic extremists since 2001.”

    In other words, a single ideology is responsible for 54% of the crimes. It seems eminently reasonable to direct lots of attention there.

    Also from the link:

    Individuals charged with jihadist terrorism: 314
    Nonjihadists: 183

    Here we learn 63% of all domestic terrorists are jihadists, nearly 2 in 3.

    That someone looked at these numbers and contorted his mind into concluding that “white supremacists and right-wing groups” should be our top concern is a marvel to behold.

  12. gravenimage says

    Nov 2, 2015 at 11:33 pm

    FBI anti-extremist website for kids on hold after Muslim, Arab groups protest
    ………………………………

    First we hear that “extremism” has nothing to do with Islam, then that opposing such extremism is un-Islamic…

    And the worst thing is how many Infidels swallow this contradiction completely uncritically.

    More:

    …a young person posting about feeling emotional about something or a youth with a stereotypically Muslim-sounding name who ‘posted that he’s going overseas on a mission [and] does anyone want to chat?’” Hoda Hawa, director of policy and advocacy for Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), told the Post.

    “All our hands went up, like: What’s with this?” Hawa added.
    ………………………………

    Gee–I dunno. Might it have something to do with the huge number of Western Muslims who have gone off to wage violent Jihad in the Islamic State or some other Jihad zone, and openly posted about it beforehand?

    Pretending this scenario is outre is utterly absurd.

    More:

    Domestic extremists, such as white supremacists and right-wing groups, have been responsible for twice as many murders in the US since 2001 as “individuals motivated by Jihadist ideology,”according to a June report by the New America Foundation.
    ………………………………

    Let’s assume that this is true–although the figure is pretty suspect. Muslims make up less than 1% of the population, and whites make up about 66%. That means Muslims are *over 33 times as likely* to commit an act of terrorism–how could that not be cause for concern?

    And, of course, this only gives part of the picture, since Muslims always became *exponentially* more violent as their population grows.

    More:

    Reading too much into disaffection or alienation of youth can also be problematic, experts say.

    “There is concern this will lead to a high level of self-policing and shut off open debate. If concern about US foreign policy and its impact is considered a sign of alienation, or call it what you will, people will stop talking about that, and that’s counterproductive, because you want safe spaces, rather than pushing kids on-line,” Faiza Patel, co-director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, told the Post.…
    ………………………………

    We don’t want the poor dear to feel shy about screaming “Death to America!”, after all…

  13. medaber_emet says

    Nov 3, 2015 at 2:10 am

    there was a time that i used to adore america
    the land of the free and the home of the brave
    today when i see what it has become
    how the black Muslim from the the white house has flashed america down the drain
    i am disgust and horrified
    im telling you americans you will pay by your extinction for your stupidity to let Islam infiltrate the USA

    • gravenimage says

      Nov 3, 2015 at 2:40 pm

      im telling you americans you will pay by your extinction for your stupidity to let Islam infiltrate the USA
      …………,…………….

      I’m not sure where you live, but virtually every nation in the West has been hobbled by “political correctness”–including Israel.

  14. medaber_emet says

    Nov 3, 2015 at 2:12 am

    just like the muslims destroyed Lebanon
    they will drag the west into hellish civil war that will destroy the christian world

  15. vickie says

    Nov 3, 2015 at 7:53 am

    FBI? I would feel better if Mr. Spencer set up a junior Jihadwatch/anti-jihad site!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Until the children are educated there will always be some young murdering thug to replace the old murdering thugs.

  16. Cecilia Ellis says

    Nov 3, 2015 at 12:27 pm

    “Domestic extremists, such as white supremacists and right-wing groups, have been responsible for twice as many murders in the US since 2001 as “individuals motivated by Jihadist ideology,”according to a June report by the New America Foundation”

    Possibly because those incidents that might have been described as having been executed by “individuals motivated by Jihadist ideology” have been categorized as: workplace violence, domestic violence, violence by mentally disturbed perpetrators or undetermined motivations.

    • gravenimage says

      Nov 3, 2015 at 2:41 pm

      *So true*, Cecilia. There is every effort to label Jihad attacks as anything but.

FacebookYoutubeTwitterLog in

Subscribe to the Jihad Watch Daily Digest

You will receive a daily mailing containing links to the stories posted at Jihad Watch in the last 24 hours.
Enter your email address to subscribe.

Please wait...

Thank you for signing up!
If you are forwarding to a friend, please remove the unsubscribe buttons first, as they my accidentally click it.

Subscribe to all Jihad Watch posts

You will receive immediate notification.
Enter your email address to subscribe.
Note: This may be up to 15 emails a day.

Donate to JihadWatch
FrontPage Mag

Search Site

Translate

The Team

Robert Spencer in FrontPageMag
Robert Spencer in PJ Media

Articles at Jihad Watch by
Robert Spencer
Hugh Fitzgerald
Christine Douglass-Williams
Andrew Harrod
Jamie Glazov
Daniel Greenfield

Contact Us

Terror Attacks Since 9/11

Archives

  • 2020
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2019
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2018
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2017
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2016
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2015
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2014
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2013
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2012
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2011
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2010
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2009
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2008
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2007
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2006
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2005
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2004
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • September
    • August
    • July
    • June
    • May
    • April
    • March
    • February
    • January
  • 2003
    • December
    • November
    • October
    • March

All Categories

You Might Like

Learn more about RevenueStripe...

Recent Comments

  • Hoi Polloi on Why so many Muslims can’t wait for Biden to get inaugurated
  • Hoi Polloi on EU Parliament members call for firing of border agency director for preventing illegal migrants from entering Europe
  • jacksonl03 on India: Police make first arrest for ‘love jihad’ under new law
  • Yogi on Canadian Mental Health Association studies Muslim women’s mental health due to ‘discrimination’ and ‘hate crimes’
  • Walter Sieruk on Iranian Kurdistan: Muslim brothers behead their sister in honor killing over her romantic relationship

Popular Categories

dhimmitude Sharia Jihad in the U.S ISIS / Islamic State / ISIL Iran Free Speech

Robert Spencer FaceBook Page

Robert Spencer Twitter

Robert Spencer twitter

Robert Spencer YouTube Channel

Books by Robert Spencer

Jihad Watch® is a registered trademark of Robert Spencer in the United States and/or other countries - Site Developed and Managed by Free Speech Defense

Content copyright Jihad Watch, Jihad Watch claims no credit for any images posted on this site unless otherwise noted. Images on this blog are copyright to their respective owners. If there is an image appearing on this blog that belongs to you and you do not wish for it appear on this site, please E-mail with a link to said image and it will be promptly removed.

Our mailing address is: David Horowitz Freedom Center, P.O. Box 55089, Sherman Oaks, CA 91499-1964

loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.