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U.S. Muslim groups, enraged by Trump, reject federal grants to fight “extremism”

Feb 11, 2017 12:32 pm By Robert Spencer

These grants are a total waste of money in the first place, as they’re given to organizations that run programs such as youth basketball and job training, on the mistaken assumption that this will persuade young Muslims not to join jihad terror groups and become jihad terror groups.

Anyway, the Islamic groups that were taking this federal money were, by accepting it, tacitly accepting that there was a problem with “extremism” among Muslims. Otherwise, why wasn’t it all given to evangelical and fundamentalist Christian groups to aid them in dealing with “right-wing extremists”? But if President Trump moves to state explicitly that he is fighting against Islamic jihad terror, then suddenly these Muslim groups don’t want the money. They will take money to fight “extremism” within their communities as long as everyone concerned tiptoes around the problem and doesn’t call it by name.

These groups are also trying to buttress the Leftist claim that Trump’s approach will “alienate” Muslims who would otherwise be on our side. In reality, if these Muslim groups really reject and abhor jihad terrorism, they will do everything they possibly can to eradicate it, and be among the first to name it honestly.

“Fourth Muslim group rejects federal grant to fight extremism,” by Tami Abdollah, Associated Press, February 10, 2017:

A California Islamic school wanted to keep an open mind before Donald Trump took office. But less than a month into Trump’s presidency, the school rejected $800,000 in federal funds aimed at combatting violent extremism.

The decision made late Friday night by the Bayan Claremont graduate school’s board to turn down the money — an amount that would cover more than half its yearly budget — capped weeks of sleepless nights and debate. Many there felt Trump’s rhetoric singling out Islamic extremism and his travel ban affecting predominantly Muslim countries had gone too far.

It also marked the fourth organization nationwide under the Trump administration to reject the money for a program created under President Barack Obama known as countering violent extremism, or CVE, which officials say aims to thwart extremist groups’ abilities to recruit would-be terrorists.

Bayan Claremont had received the second-largest grant, among the first 31 federal grants for CVE awarded to organizations, schools and municipalities in the dwindling days of the Obama administration. The school had hoped to use the money to help create a new generation of Muslim community leaders, with $250,000 earmarked for more than a dozen local nonprofits doing social justice work.

But the fledgling school’s founding president, Jihad Turk, said officials ultimately felt accepting the money would do more harm than good.

It’s “a heck of a lot of money, (but) our mission and our vision is to serve the community and to bring our community to a position of excellence,” Turk said. “And if we’re compromised, even if only by perception in terms of our standing in the community, we ultimately can’t achieve that goal,” he said, adding that accepting the funds would be short-sighted.

The school’s internal debate is also emblematic of handwringing among grassroots and nonprofit organizations involved in the program in the last couple weeks.

At Unity Productions Foundation of Potomac Falls, Virginia, officials said they would decline a grant of $396,585 to produce educational films challenging narratives supporting extremist ideologies and violent extremism “due to the changes brought by the new administration,” according to a private message to donors reviewed by The Associated Press.

And in Dearborn, Michigan, Leaders Advancing and Helping Communities said last week it was turning down $500,000 for youth-development and public-health programs because of the “current political climate.” Ka Joog, a leading Somali nonprofit organization in Minneapolis, also turned down $500,000 for its youth programs.

The Homeland Security Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday.

A U.S. official said the Trump administration has been discussing changing the Obama administration program’s name, established as a presidential strategy in 2011, to an iteration of “countering Islamic extremism.” The official, who has knowledge of the discussions, was not authorized to speak publicly about the proposal and spoke on condition of anonymity.

All told, more than 20 percent of the roughly $10 million awarded by the Homeland Security Department has been rejected. And other groups have signaled they may follow suit, should the name change….

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  1. Richard Koethe says

    Feb 11, 2017 at 12:39 pm

    Giving muslim and Islamic groups grant money to fight “extremism” is a complete waste of that money, sort of like casting pearls before swine, neither should be done.

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        Feb 11, 2017 at 5:00 pm

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      • billybob says

        Feb 11, 2017 at 5:06 pm

        Something else of particular interest to Canadians…
        Syrian refugee attacks girls at West Edmonton Mall pool — and CBC treats him as the victim (Full monologue)
        https://youtu.be/SFYVwqVbimM

    • mortimer says

      Feb 11, 2017 at 8:40 pm

      Give the money to ROBERT SPENCER.

      President Trump, hire ROBERT SPENCER to train government employees to recognize and understand jihad.

      • Cornelius Bradley says

        Feb 12, 2017 at 10:59 pm

        A very wise decision Mr President.

    • Frank says

      Feb 14, 2017 at 9:15 pm

      I agree that giving them money is a repeat of Obama policies. Their minds are all connected to one mainframe. They are the system riders who need to be cut off welfare and let them break their backs and not ours.

  2. Carlos Perez Coffie says

    Feb 11, 2017 at 12:52 pm

    Concerning this federal grants, could you please send me the address where I could apply.

    • Oliver says

      Feb 11, 2017 at 1:43 pm

      Me also. As to the absurdity of many federal wastes of money–in the very late 1950’s or early 1960’s, my grandfather and uncle bought a vacant lot adjacent to their homes- to use as a storage facility/parking lot. (My uncle had a small business, my grandfather worked for him).

      My brother wrote a letter, saying that they ( our uncle and grandfather) wanted to plant potatoes- could they (US Dept. of Agriculture) giving instructions.

      The U. S. D. A. sent a form- if they DID NOT plant potatoes, they would be eligible for a subsidy.

      (The land was less than 1/4 f an acre).

      Nothing has changed

  3. Mark says

    Feb 11, 2017 at 12:58 pm

    I can only hope our POTUS gets them all so mad that they all decide to go to a muslem country please

    • Oliver says

      Feb 11, 2017 at 1:46 pm

      And soon- the sooner the better. And take the liberturds with them. Including but not limited to schmuck Schumer; H. R. Clinton, John Kerry, Barack & Michelle Obama and their daughters; Eric and Mrs. Holder; Loretta Lynch; Harry Reid; the Governors of VA., NY. and Cal.

      To start. More to follow.

      And quickly. Ruin Somalia or Pakistan some more.

  4. John A. Marre says

    Feb 11, 2017 at 1:14 pm

    Muslim groups are always enraged.

    Muslim extremism is nothing more than the full practice of Islam.

    • Christianblood says

      Feb 11, 2017 at 6:26 pm

      John A. Marre

      You are right. muslims are crazily self-righteous and spiritually and morally blind. Islam has totally decimated the muslim’s self-awareness and because of it, most muslims have no or very little self-awareness. There is no golden rule in islam, no love for humanity in islam and no righteousness or decency in islam. Islam teaches and authorizes hate, beheading, stoning, religious genocide, sexual slavery, discrimination, religious supremacism, violent jihadist activities and hateful warmongering.

      Islam is an evil, satanic cult full of hatred, ignorance, spiritual darkness, violence, crucifixions, burning-people-alive, amputations, stoning, beheading, flogging pple to death, suicide-bombing, wickedness, mass murder, honor-killing, throwing victims off high buildings, barbarism, cruelty, extreme brutality, supremacism, bloodshed, jihad, assassinations, wife-beating, false beliefs, demonic practices, jealousy and death. islam and those who practice its evil, satanic teachings are the purest evil on planet Earth.

      • gravenimage says

        Feb 14, 2017 at 9:41 pm

        All true.

  5. mccode says

    Feb 11, 2017 at 1:16 pm

    “But the fledgling school’s founding president, Jihad Turk, said officials ultimately felt accepting the money would do more harm than good.”

    Quite a name the school’s president has…..

    • commonsense says

      Feb 11, 2017 at 4:22 pm

      Surprisingly, I discovered some years back that Jihad is a fairly common given name among Lebanese Christian males. I remain unsure as to the reason for this. However, when Muslims name their child jihad, that’s certainly a red flag: a telltale indication that they’re True Believers. Watch out!

      • LR says

        Feb 11, 2017 at 4:54 pm

        commonsense…

        Interesting…That name sure does jump out in this culture…

        I would think one would want to change it…

        The name Isis for girls was popular in some circles…think it has become less so now, for obvious reasons.

  6. Jaladhi says

    Feb 11, 2017 at 1:27 pm

    How can these guys fight terrorism(Obama’s extremism) when terrorism is their religion. We have fight this battle ourselves – there won’t be any help from Muslims.

  7. abad says

    Feb 11, 2017 at 1:31 pm

    No such thing as extremism in Islam.

    Islam is Islam is Islam is Islam. Period.

    And these Muslim groups (once again, WHAT are doing in the United States if they hate us so much?!) can leave this turf since they don’t like us anyways.

  8. rubiconcrest says

    Feb 11, 2017 at 1:33 pm

    The convoluted reasons given for not wanting the accept the money demonstrates where their loyalties lie. They cannot counter Jihad because to do so would mean they would have to admit that Islam has a problem. Admitting that is blasphemy.

  9. Bruce says

    Feb 11, 2017 at 1:40 pm

    There should not be Muslim only schools in America. There is no moderate or extreme Muslims. Only Muslims who follow the Quran properly and Muslims that don’t. Muslims that follow the Quran properly subjugate women and kill Christian’s Jews and gay people. http://www.lulu.com/shop/bruce-brady/president-trump/ebook/product-23031020.html

  10. Angemon says

    Feb 11, 2017 at 1:55 pm

    But the fledgling school’s founding president, Jihad Turk

    “Jihad Turk”? C’mon, even for an 80’s action flick villain that would be too obvious…

    • Angemon says

      Feb 11, 2017 at 2:06 pm

      And speaking of 80’s (well, early 90’s) action flicks:

      • billybob says

        Feb 11, 2017 at 5:04 pm

        That was good. Why can’t we get more movies like that today? Very satisfying to see these jihadis get theirs.

      • gravenimage says

        Feb 13, 2017 at 12:42 am

        Thanks for that, Angemon!

  11. Steve Klein says

    Feb 11, 2017 at 2:11 pm

    Trump gadfly, Max Boot posted this report on Twitter earlier. Don’t know if it is true. If it is, it’s not good. Fusion looks to be a far-left website. I will be looking for confirmation.

    ‘Trump adviser who claimed to be an expert witness in Boston bombing trial never actually testified’

    http://fusion.net/story/386177/sebastian-gorka-boston-bombing-trial/

    I have Dr. Gorka’s book, “Defeating Jihad: The Winnable War.” I got the impression the author sees Islamic State as the bigger threat than Iran. Not sure about that. The two in tandem (plus nukes) would be particualry deadly for sure.

    I think R. Spencer would have been a better pick as adviser to the president on Islam, jihad, etc., but “it is what it is.”

  12. mgoldberg says

    Feb 11, 2017 at 2:21 pm

    Good…. take the money and use it for surveilance, and monitoring of all mosques with any reason to be monitored, which is almost all of them. The fact is muslims and their reps are always angry about being
    mentioned, looked at, observed, commented upon, in any way except in laudatory toadying tones and words. It is for the protection of the citizens and visitors to the nation that the desire to protect and prevent
    the hideous ‘jihad’ training and attacks by identifying those who are being trained by ‘imams’ and preachers with vile calls to conquer the infidels, and to expell all those ‘imams’ and perachers by identifying what they preach and where and how it is ISLAM.

  13. davej says

    Feb 11, 2017 at 3:06 pm

    So if your “religion” is violent and threatening you get free money from the taxpayers but if it is peaceful and cooperative you don’t.

    This is either extortion or voluntary jizya or maybe both.

  14. pdxnag says

    Feb 11, 2017 at 3:58 pm

    If it is better to give money to a less pious Muslim than a more pious Muslim then it follows that it would be even better to give it to an apostate from Islam, to fight pious Muslims. A less than pious Muslim is at best neutral, and would suck up money that should go to the apostate or to the Kafir/Kuffar targets of nearly 1,400 years of genocidal Islamic rage.

  15. Dexter L. Wilson says

    Feb 11, 2017 at 4:01 pm

    Just like stirring the pot to find the dross, this would be worthy finding out who is willing to be an American rather than trying to make America an Islamic State.

  16. LR says

    Feb 11, 2017 at 4:51 pm

    Wish some org. would put that money towards stopping FGM, child marriage, and truly help families who need, and want to integrate into our culture.

  17. Terry says

    Feb 11, 2017 at 5:48 pm

    I think that it is good that the Muslim schools and groups refused the money.

    MORE GROUPS SHOULD DO THE SAME.

    better uses for the money

  18. somehistory says

    Feb 11, 2017 at 6:11 pm

    The grants could be given to Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer, Raymond Ibrahim, and others who actually do work to keep terrorism out.

    Or just give a few hundred to each victim of the terror caused by these groups of moslims who have waged their war…in every way possible…for the past twenty years or so.

    The moslims shouldn’t have been given tax-payer money as they were using it to fund islam’s ideas far and wide across the entire country. It was rather like giving money to those incarcerated for murder to hire someone to break them out of prison in order to be free to commit more murders.

    The beast has a limited number of days. Thank God. It’s terror and atrocities have claimed enough lives.

  19. gravenimage says

    Feb 12, 2017 at 11:16 pm

    U.S. Muslim groups, enraged by Trump, reject federal grants to fight “extremism”
    ……………………..

    Yeah–that’ll learn them filthy Infidels! sarc/off

    As Robert Spencer notes, these programs are bs anyway–but the idea that Muslims are going to stop fighting “extremism”–Jihad terrorism–because Trump is concerned about Jihad terrorism, is perverse in the extreme.

  20. eternal vigilance says

    Feb 13, 2017 at 2:07 pm

    This is good news! Why don’t they show us how they really feel? Just pack up and leave the USA. I would accept that as their rejection of USA and its standards / morals!

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