“William McCants, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution policy research group in Washington, said the idea of asking ‘the community’ to get involved with stopping violent ideology implies Muslim communities are aware of who may be violent jihadists and have the responsibility to stop them. ‘The community is just a code word for the Muslim community, McCants said. “It only reinforces people’s fears that “the community” is the problem.'”
The Brookings Institution is heavily funded by Qatar, one of the world’s chief financiers of jihad terror. That funding has turned Brookings into an apologist for jihad, legitimizing Muslim Brotherhood cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi, who has praised Hitler and endorsed jihad suicide attacks, and Hamas-linked CAIR’s Nihad Awad, among others. Qatar-funded Brookings would have every reason to obscure the motivating ideology of jihad terrorists and keep Westerners ignorant of and complacent about the true motives and goals of the jihadis, and the nature and magnitude of the threat they present.
And why shouldn’t the Muslim community be especially singled out? There have been nearly 30,000 jihad attacks worldwide since 9/11; there is no comparable record of violence by any other religious community. And instead of cooperating with authorities, the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has more than once advised Muslims not to cooperate with law enforcement. In January 2011, its San Francisco chapter featured on its website a poster that read, “Build A Wall of Resistance / Don’t Talk to the FBI.” In November 2014, CAIR-Florida’s “14th Annual Banquet Rooted in Faith” in Tampa distributed pamphlets entitled “What to do if the FBI comes for you” and featuring a graphic of a person holding a finger to his lips in the “shhh” signal.
Another CAIR pamphlet, entitled “Know Your Rights: Defending Rights, Defeating Intolerance” featured a graphic of the Statue of Liberty likewise making the “shhh” symbol. Cyrus McGoldrick, a former official of Hamas-linked CAIR’s New York chapter, even threatened informants, tweeting with brutal succinctness: “Snitches get stitches.” Zahra Billoo of CAIR-San Francisco regularly tweets that Muslims have no obligation to talk to the FBI, and should contact Hamas-linked CAIR if the FBI asks to talk to them.
How does all that play out in practice? Remember that the Orlando jihad mass murderer’s wife knew of his plans, and fled after his attack. No one knows where she is. No non-Muslim, that is.
“White House plans community-based prevention of violent ideologies,” by Julia Edwards, Reuters, October 19, 2016 (thanks to Andrew):
A White House plan aims to convene teachers and mental health professionals to intervene and help prevent Americans from turning to violent ideologies, work that is currently done mostly by federal law enforcement.
The 18-page plan announced on Wednesday and first reported by Reuters, marks the first time in five years that the Obama administration has updated its policy for preventing the spread of violent groups such as Islamic State, which controls parts of Syria and Iraq and recruits fighters worldwide.
Authorities blamed radical and violent ideologies as the motives for attacks in Charleston, South Carolina; San Bernardino, California; Orlando, Florida; New York and New Jersey in 2015-16.
The policy aims to prevent conversions to all violent ideologies, including the white supremacist beliefs held by a gunman who killed nine black church members inside a historic African-American church in Charleston and the other shootings and bombs were inspired by Islamist militants. Critics said, however, that such efforts largely target Muslims.
In approximately 60 to 70 percent of the cases the federal government has prosecuted for terrorism or supporting terrorism, a family member or friend said they noticed the defendant was exhibiting strange behavior before they came to the attention of law enforcement, said Seamus Hughes, deputy director of George Washington University’s Program on Extremism.
“Parents are stuck in this horrible situation where they have to make a determination of ‘Is it better that my son joins ISIS and potentially dies or is it better that he spends 20 years in jail?'” said Hughes, referring to Islamic State.
The new White House strategy seeks to create “intervention teams” led by mental health professionals, faith-based groups, educators and others as a resource for people who find themselves in such circumstances. Intervention teams would seek to divert a person away from violence before they commit a violent act and without involving law enforcement agencies.
The Justice Department and Homeland Security Department also aim to enhance their social media campaigns to counter people being drawn to violence.
The White House plan drew both praise and criticism Wednesday afternoon from experts on counterterrorism and civil liberties advocates who said the plan is a step in the right direction but does not go far enough to prevent discrimination against Muslims.
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William McCants, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution policy research group in Washington, said the idea of asking “the community” to get involved with stopping violent ideology implies Muslim communities are aware of who may be violent jihadists and have the responsibility to stop them.
“The community is just a code word for the Muslim community, McCants said. “It only reinforces people’s fears that ‘the community’ is the problem.”
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said his counterterrorism strategy would rely on Muslims reporting on other Muslims. Democractic [sic] candidate Hillary Clinton has stated on her website that she plans to support law enforcement to build “trustful and strong relationships” with the American-Muslim community.
Prosecutors would still have a role in prevention efforts under the new policy, including arranging after-school programs. But those programs would not be allowed to serve a dual purpose for intelligence gathering, which civil liberties advocates have accused current programs of doing.
“In practice, what we have seen is programs are targeted unfairly at American-Muslim communities, seeing them through a security lens which alienates and stigmatizes,” said Hina Shamsi, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s national security project….

Tommy says
Violent Ideologies would be Fox, Rush, Drudge,talk radio, anything-not-liberal. All will be shut down!
Michael Laudahn says
How can these traitors live with their conscience?
DFD says
What conscience?
Michael Laudahn says
Everybody has one. Only that some are better in repressing it.
Ernie says
Dear Michael , what about psychopaths , sociopaths , or people with an anti-social personality disorder ? Many very successful business people , heads of corporations and politicians have these caracteristics . Lack of empathy and a lack of “concience ” is what these people have in common .
Ernie says
P.S. And an above average I.Q. These people can be very charming , and often are very manipulative in their behaviour . And that makes them DANGEROUS .
Ernie says
DFD , how right you are !
Angemon says
Conscience is derived from morals. Whether these people are bona fide traitors or morons who swallowed the “tiny minority of extremists hijacking a religion of peace” nonsense, what they do, they do in accordance with their moral code and, as such, with the approval of their conscience.
DFD says
Angemon says “…. they do in accordance with their moral code and, as such, with the approval of their conscience.”
Or the approval of their wallets….
Gary says
I wonder if Obama is referring to those Christians and their “violent ideologies“
Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. Do not quench the Spirit; do not despise prophetic utterances. But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good; abstain from every form of evil.”
Bill says
This whole program has NOTHING to do with stopping Islamic terrorism. The Federal government does not even recognize that such a thing as radical Islam exists. Therefore, by definition, it cannot be a “violent ideology”. No, this is about faux “domestic terrorism”. About isolating and demonizing the opposition to the Democrat Party elite using the power they exercise through the Federal Government
This is about turning all of the leftist faux phobias into hate crimes, chilling free speech and attacking Hillary’s deplorables. Islamophobia will be a violent ideology, xenophobia will be a violent ideology, Christian faith, especially practiced by white males will be a violent ideology. objection to the enforcement of Federal Government’s new LGBT religion will be a violent ideology. Politicians have already aired proposals to criminalize criticism of climate change science. Support for the 2nd Amendment of the US Constitution will be a violent ideology. The list could go on.
This is being planted in your elementary and secondary education schools nationwide. The idea is to get teachers and leftist mental health professionals to get kids to inform on their family and friends, to report on their political and religious beliefs, and to encourage the invention of hate crimes associated with those beliefs. You know what regimes did this successfully? The NAZI Party in Germany and the Communist Party in the former Soviet Union. There is nothing new here, other than its implementation in the United States. Feature this: Little Johnny is pressed by his teachers and armchair psychologists for information. He says “My Mommy and Daddy believe that Islamic terrorists who attack us should be killed”. Well that is clear cut Islamophobia say the experts. Then Johnny, upon further interrogation, reveals that there are firearms in the household. Next step. State Youth Services takes the children for their own “protection” and the police seize the firearms. Mom and Dad face charges of domestic terrorism. It is all nonsese and perhaps the parents prevail after spending their life savings in their own defense. Maybe they get their children back. They will never get their firearms back.
This is an incredible affront to our civil rights, but this is part of the overall plan. Democrats import terrorists and create chaos, Democrats and their media allies spur BLM-inspired minions to commit murder and assault on the police. Democrats hire modern day Brownshirts to violently disrupt opposition political rallies. The Democrats step in with solutions to the chaos they created which involve the erosion of individual civil liberties. The program will work even more efficiently if the Democrats succeed with their plan of creating a national Federal Police force to replace local community-based law enforcement.
Parents, you are going to have to send your children to school accompanied by a lawyer and a card that instructs your children how to exercise their 5th Amendment Rights. Even refusal to participate will be viewed as a cause for suspicion.
CrossWare says
You are spot on, I have seen the system at work when I was growing up behind the Iron Curtain. NEVER AGAIN!
somehistory says
Exactly right. It’s all according to the plan. The plan set in motion by satan and implemented by his children.
Mark Swan says
Thank You Bill, some real things to consider by those who have young children, in this mixed
up world.
Westman says
“The community is just a code word for the Muslim community, McCants said. “It only reinforces people’s fears that ‘the community’ is the problem.” – William McCants, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution policy research group in Washington.
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“In practice, what we have seen is programs are targeted unfairly at American-Muslim communities, seeing them through a security lens which alienates and stigmatizes,” said Hina Shamsi, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s national security project….”
These people get paid to cry discrimination, racism, etc, and pry up every rock looking for something to squawk about. Let’s try a little logic and less navel contemplation.
Let’s suppose there is a school from which a disproportionate number of students fail the national exams. IQ testing reveals that there is no abnormal distribution of intelligence. The logical conclusion would be that something within the school is abnormal.
Now let’s suppose there is a section of town that has an unusual number of children who volunteer for service to the city. The local newspaper prints a story that these students were organized by a local church and how their church community must be proud. Nobody complains.
Now let’s suppose there is a section of town from which 20% of the youth are involved in drive-by shootings, robberies, muggings, and minor offenses. The local newspaper prints a story that suggests there is something wrong in that community that could be addressed by responsible adults to change it for the better. All hell breaks loose, the ACLU shows up, and the shouts of bullhorn amplified discrimination echo across the city.
Self and socially imposed blindness is an invitation to disaster, disease, and degeneracy. If a community of humans keeps to itself and from it comes people who kill other humans for not belonging to that community – then the cause of the problem is created by factors within that community and the community shares responsibility for stopping it.
This really is the crux – the communities from which societal problems come refuse to step up to the responsibility to change it because they cannot bear to see themselves or their ideologies as part of those problems.
Muslim communities won’t report budding terrorists because it means admitting that Islam’s ideology can be honestly interpreted to be inciting violence against infidels. Instead of looking at the madman behind the curtain, smoke, and mirrors, it is easier to believe in the Wizard.
If it walks like a duck…
Mark Swan says
“Hina Shamsi, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s national security project“….what a mouth full that is.
somehistory says
If a homeowner intends to *keep out all dangerous reptiles*, rattlesnakes know they are the ones targeted.
If a homeowner intends to *keep out all pesky, buzzing insects*, flies and gnats know they are the targets.
When moslims see anything directed at *violent extremists* or *radical ideologies* or *violent ideologies*, they know they are the guilty *violent and radical extremists of a violent ideology* and they whine.
If the report said, Christians, Jews, White people, etc. were the targets, and had a special section praising moslims and islam as the example to follow, moslims would feel they had reached one of their goals.
As long as anyone is *NOT* praising them, they whine and riot and organize their *communities*.
For their information, not that it will matter, Americans used the words community and communities long before moslims were so vocal about their supreme, and yet, victimized, position. But, according to their supremacist view, any word they use a lot, becomes their private property.
Richard Paulsen says
CNN and the reporter Amanpour ridiculed U.S.A. for not allowing in jews Before WW2. They forgot that it was U.S.A. that freed jews and Europe from the nazis. Not muslims. Muslims cooperated with the nazis.
Arminius says
Muslims didn’t just cooperate with the Nazis but formed divisions that mostly hunted Jews. Query 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar
common sense says
Feck the “plans” and “policies” of pus brained, pencil pushing mutants who send our children to school to have their souls ripped out and re educated to serve their over lords corporate greed as faithful consumers of the meaningless and shallow Amerikan way.
Action to be taken would be to put the miscreants of this special kind of stupid on George Carlin’s “people who ought to be killed list” and drop some f**king heavy mining equipment on their heads at the first sign of trouble.
If everybody went exempt on fed income tax for even 1 year maybe they’d start listening and actually start imprisoning and executing these useless f*cktards that are nothing but a burden and a poison to us.
If we all go out and put a stop to this nonsensical BS we would win in a nano second or has the average pussified American never learned to fight for anything. If you think it will get us in trouble for retaliating to f*cking bad we are in deep sh*t already I say we f*ck em up the authorities can’t arrest millions of real American patriots who agree on it.
Just saying….We are sick of seeing our boys and girls sent to fuckraq and jackedganistan to get f*ckin maimed while our feckless leaders pretend at doing something about it when the fight is right here. We have been had and it started long ago. And f*ck PC at this point and I’m very happy to see Trump dish it out on Hillary and the MSM at the Alan Smith dinner last night F*ck all those elite snobs I know who is signing their dirty pay checks. The Catholic church sold out or has been taken over and then sold its soul.
Trump understands how dire the situation is he rubbed shoulders with all those people his entire life he knows how phoney they are and we all know Hillary is more of the same pile of crap.
SK says
“MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS” (emphasis mine)
(1)They are unironically using the “mental illness” argument as a basis for the help, and (2) they are entirely off-base about the code word thing. The White House is still concerned about “right-wing extremists” (Neo-Nazis and violent “sovereign citizen” attacks, as well as Islam-hating civilians attacking unsuspecting pacifistic individual Muslim civilians), as well as anarchist, or environmental extremists.
jewdog says
Methinks he doth protest too much. He’s the one who brought up Islam in relation to violence. Now, why would that be?
Angemon says
Burden of proof is on the critics. They need to explain why something that is as fuzzy and generic as it can be while keeping a semblance of usefulness is, in fact, singling out one specific group. My bet is that they know exactly which ideology is behind the largest number of terrorist attacks worldwide – islam – and, therefore, can’t detach “violent extremism” from “islam”.
There shouldn’t be any hesitation. A parent who genuinely abhorred the idea of their son joining ISIS – and potentially dying – should turn them to law enforcement without thinking twice.
Does it specifically prevent discrimination against members of the other “violent extremist” ideologies it is supposed to combat?
No, it merely implies that if the community sees something it should say something. And again, how is that expectation different from any other given community on the lookout for “violent extremism”?
Citation needed.
No, it reinforces the idea that the community is part of the solution. Whether the community is or not is beyond the plan itself – that is in the hands of the community. I’m certan that, if the general public sees the muslim community preventing “radicalization”, they won’t think of the “community” as a problem. But that’s not what we’re getting, is it? What we’re getting is muslims committing, or planning to commit, terrorist attacks and later finding out that someone in the community knew something but did nothing.
Huh, what’s the problem with gathering intelligence?
Please, tell me more about how the communities that nurtured assassins and murderers are being “targeted unfairly”…
rooare says
The Islamic ‘community’ does not report on violent Muslims because according to Islamic doctrine the Jihadi is not the problem, infidels (i.e. non Muslims) are the problem.
davej says
“Singled out”? How can they be singled out if they are not even named?
So now you cannot say “the community”? This is pathetic and Orwellian.
We used to believe in science and if it was applied here we would go where the evidence leads us – overwhelmingly to the Islamic ideology. Then we could focus on (not single out) the source of the problem, give it a name and figure out what to do about it. Which would be to criminalize it as the treasonous, threatening hate speech that it so obviously is.
Mubarak says
Islam is a Janus Bifrons religion; the beginning of this religion was war and the end of this religion will be war. In fact Islam is a recipe for everybody’s war against everybody, and Islam is therefore ultimately self destructive. Islam is nothing dressed up in the emperor’s new clothes. Islam is the transcendental rage of IS conscious that it has lost for ever.
Islam is: “My Brother and I against My Cousin; My Cousin and I against the Stranger” – and when cousins and strangers have been exterminated it will be “me against my brother” because Islam can’t exist without somebody and something to be opposed to.
Islam is all about being ANTI and the words “thank you” are virtually unknown in the Muslim World.
What a contrast to “Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks;” quoted by Gary above.
Champ says
“Mubarak” is a lowlife-stealth-jihadist who’s *pretending* to be a Christian. This lying creep needs to be kicked to the curb and stat …
Tick, Tock!!
Mubarak says
Well, Champ. I understand that I disturb the harmony in the echo-chamber here and thereby provides a convenient scapegoat for you and your ilk, whose need for soulmates stipulates such a sacrifice.
A central biblical provision, by the way, without which no authentic fellowship is established. I am not worthy of such a role, so I can only advice to find one who is.
Champ says
“I understand that I disturb the harmony in the echo-chamber” …
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Lowlife-stealth-jihadists like “Mubarak” always do.
gravenimage says
The vile Mubarak wrote:
Well, Champ. I understand that I disturb the harmony in the echo-chamber here and thereby provides a convenient scapegoat for you and your ilk, whose need for soulmates stipulates such a sacrifice.
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What Mubarak is referring to here is his often-stated support for Muslims raping us. He considers our calling him out on this making him a “scapegoat”. *Sickening*.
He makes it sound as though a consistent stance against Muslim savagery constitutes an “echo chamber”.
And then he implies that there are only a large number of people here against this because we have a need for “soulmates”–it does not occur to him that we consider apologia for rape *abhorrent*.
But why should it? Rape is perfectly Halal.
Note, further, his implication that we can only have fellowship by turning on someone else. What calumny.
He is condoning *rape*–while positing himself as a “victim”. *Ugh*.
More:
A central biblical provision, by the way, without which no authentic fellowship is established. I am not worthy of such a role, so I can only advice to find one who is.
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And now, more calumny against the Bible–by one posing as a Christian.
Of course Christianity doe not base fellowship on turning against others.
But Christians–and decent people of any faith or none–*do* stand against evil such as rape.
linnte says
Mubarak, I agree with you here.
linnte says
I agree with your initial statement, Mu. Just thought I’d clarify that for everyone else’s understanding. I do not agree that this blog is an echo chamber, however. Having been without the ability to comment for a long while, I see clearly the value of being able to share thoughts and frustrations, no matter how many times repeated.
Knowing there are intelligent people here to bounce ideas and feelings off, makes my existence much less stressful.
abad says
Muslims have no one to blame but themselves – they follow the mad ravings of a 7th century pedophile prophet named Mohammad.
Wellington says
Very much tending to prove once again that the greatest threat to the survival of Western Civilization, and the many freedoms it pioneered as no other civilization in history even remotely has, comes from within and not from without.
Islam would be no more than a major irritant to the West were the West in toto fully cognizant of what Islam intends for the West. Unfortunately, overeducated and, let’s face it, corrupt fools like those who function at the Brookings Institution mitigate significantly against this necessary, true and sapient realization.
And the chief culprit above all at this moment here in America is Hillary Clinton. She is a rank apologist for Islamic supremacism, put forward under the guise of “tolerance,” and she makes the Brookings Institution, disgusting and reprehensible as it is, look like no more than a JV player (take that you stupid f..k, Obama) in the deadly game of destroying the West by way of granting freedom to an ideology which will destroy the West by using its very freedoms in order to destroy freedom.
Yes, the enemy within is ordinarily more deadly than the enemy without. No truer than in our time.
Mark Swan says
How is it possible that the very things, with the most value, are allowed to wither, how do
the things with the least value, thrive. Can we go on pretending we don’t know, go where?
Action produces results, wrong actions, wrong results, when we burn our fingers, do we
go back to the source and dare it to happen again, or do we consider the source of the
pain and respect it.
Is respect all that important in our learning process, do we learn to respect, do we respect
learning. If this is so, where is the result of such action, is the result revealing
the actions that preceded it held respect for values that work.
The enemy within—how to defend against such an adversary—within our own.
Where does unity come from, common values?
A People divided will not stand together.
No common values.
No People.
gravenimage says
Good post, Wellington.
Mark Swan wrote:
How is it possible that the very things, with the most value, are allowed to wither, how do
the things with the least value, thrive. Can we go on pretending we don’t know, go where?
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Sadly, this has so often been the case, Mark.
In “The Second Coming”, Yeats’ wrote:
“…The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity…”
This is as true today as it was almost a century ago.
But w cannot despair. Enough of us taking a stand *will* make a difference. Slowly, more people are waking up to the threat of Islam.
Be Well.
linnte says
Graven, every time Trump speaks, people learn more. More people HEAR. Even if he is not elected, he has done our country a profound service by waking up the common people to the threat of Islam. History will remember him as a wild card who educated in his own non political way. Just sayin’.
linnte says
Mark S, Nations are made of common values. You are so very correct.
Mark Swan says
Yes to both of You, no I do not despare, I know this world is unrepairable, and
look foward to a world where all this wrong can not exist. I thank both of you for
being who you are.
I will always be your friend.
linnte says
Thank you Mark. I feel that too! ?
nicholas tesdorf says
The Qatar-funded Brookings Institute is quite correct when it says that Obama’s plan to stop “violent ideologies” will target Muslims. This is logical as no other ‘religion’ matches Islam in its elevation of violence as an ideology. No amount of searching amongst the history of the World’s other religions would reveal a track record of violence to rival that of Islam since the seventh Century.
gravenimage says
Obama plan to stop “violent ideologies” doesn’t mention Islam, but Qatar-funded Brookings Inst says it still singles out Muslims
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How dare we ask anyone to stand against violent ideologies?
And with Muslims, that violent ideology is the creed of Islam. Asking them to act against violent Jihad would be “Islamophobic”…
Just look what these apologists are actually admitting.
linnte says
While reading this article I didn’t cross my mind in the least that this plan of Obama’s could target outspoken people like me, as an extremist. But it surely can!
See Mubarak, how your “echo chamber” comment is so disconnected from what really happens on this JW blog? We are a community! Open your veiled eyes!
Crusades Were Right! says
“The community is just a code word for the Muslim community”
Thanks for the skinny, Mr. McCants! The next time we hear an establishment US politician using the word “community”, we’ll know precisely who he means!