Open Letter to Oklahoma Conference of Churches who sponsored a CAIR fund-raiser

note:  a similar letter was emailed to Dr. Tabbernee  earlier this week.  He did not give me the courtesy of a reply.

April 11, 2012

Rev. Dr. William Tabbernee

Executive Director

Oklahoma Conference of Churches

301 Northwest 36th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73118

Dear Rev.Tabbernee:

 I read in a CAIR Oklahoma announcement your church coalition was one of the sponsors for their banquet on March 31st held at the Oklahoma City Marriott. 

 

Oklahoma Conference of Churches table at CAIR Oklahoma fundraising banquet.  Photo source: CAIR Oklahoma facebook page.

I want to express my strong concern the Oklahoma Conference of Churches used money to help finance/support a fund-raising eventfor a chapter of an organization started by leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood's Islamic Association of Palestine (IAP).  One of those former IAP leaders, Nihad Awad, is their National Executive Director who has been in this position from its inception.  He has been to Oklahoma in support of the Oklahoma chapter.

CAIR raised around $120,000 which was short of their goal. It looked like the people were encouraged to send their pledge to CAIR National based on this photo.  Perhaps, I'm wrong although the number is a DC exchange where CAIR National offices is located. Coincidence?  Maybe. CAIR OK praised the local Imam: "We also want to designate a special appreciation to our event's inspirational speaker, Imam Imad Enchassi, for helping us raise funds." Imam Enchassi prayed last year on his Facebook wall his desire the Middle East would unite as it was before WW1 with no borders under Divine guidance.  This means he's hoping for a new Islamic supremacist caliphate to emerge in the region.  Oh, the ramifications for the world should this happen. Yet, this is the goal of Islamists.  Is Imam Enchassi's Islamist wish something you support?  Would he discuss his hopes openly at an interfaith meeting if this was brought to his attention, Dr. Tabbernee?

 

Imam Enchassi also made it clear what the Islamic view of other religions are which was highlighted with a specific Quranic verse to help explain the consequences of believing in a false religion which is in writing on the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City website:

"If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (submission to Allah-(God)) never will It be accepted of Him" (The Qur'an 3:85)

I'm sure he's not quite that candid at local interfaith gatherings.  I find these statements worrisome because they are about Islamic supremacy which is the cornerstone of Islamism.  The tweet below by CAIR's Muneer Awad about the FBI is appalling.

These are but a few of the worrisome statements I've read over the last few years as I've studied Islamism.  The good news is there are a growing number of American Islamic groups that are speaking out against Islamic supremacy (Islamism).  Twenty of them have formed a coalition called the American Islamic Leadership Coalition.  CAIR and like-minded groups are currently on a mission to try derail the recent appointment of one of its key leaders, Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.  Some CAIR directors have called him an Uncle Tom, blamed him for creating a climate of MURDER in the death of an Iraqi women in California, even though evidence appears to be leading investigators to look into family problems.

My fear is your organization may not pay attention to the words and actions of CAIR and its supporters over time that are made outside of interfaith gatherings.  Perhaps, I'm wrong but this is my impression.

There are many, many other ways to show support for the fine Oklahoma Muslim community we have outside of CAIR, who wants to speak for ALL Muslims and gets really bent if other Muslim leaders dare.  Considering the support provided by the Oklahoma Conference of Churches a fundraiser for CAIR, I will find a church charity or cause that aren't associated with your organization which I will help support and promote. I also plan to inform other Oklahomans to the best of my ability.

Sincerely,  

Brandi L. Eave

a concerned Oklahoman

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Also see:

 

Oklahoma Conference of Churches members 

CAIR Oklahoma Exposed

Comments

[Maggiesnotebook]

Z, I'm familiar with Dr. Zuhdi Jasser from TV interviews. I don't know much about the American Islamic Leadership Coalition. Do you believe this organization is sincere about Islam not being the only way? I'm just interested in your opinion.

Excellent letter. If you receive a response, I'll be very interested.

[zTruth]

So far, not a word from Dr. Tabbernee.

I am very confident about the goals of the American Islamic Leadership Coalition. Islam, as a privately practiced religion, is not an all or nothing kinda of thing BUT Islamism the political component some see within Islam has to be stopped. Dr. Jasser and other Muslims in this coalition believe in secularism OVER sharia and the U.S. constitution above all else. They are against the application of sharia law and have said so in writing, although I'm sure they are guided in their daily lives by sharia principles - like how Christians strive to live and interact with others according to Christians principles. These religious guidelines are, obviously, different than the application of sharia law. Muneer Awad talks about the two as if they are the same thing

The American Islamic Leadership Coalition is vehemently against Islamism - political Islam that seeks to gain power by which they would then apply sharia laws as the ruling order. Islamists work endlessly to try chip away at our laws or believes as a country to make inroads. It's the jihad of resistance they are carryout in hopes of getting their way over time here that may continue for decades.

The good news is if more anti-Islamist Muslims and conservatives join together, like we are seeing, we may be able to tap down the Islamist network here and reduce their power which is greatly aided by liberals and their media mouth-pieces who work together to partner against conservatives. In many cases, we see liberal Christians teaming up with Muslim activists from the outgrowths of the Muslim Brotherhood infrastructure here against conservative Christians, which is something I thought I would never see or ever would have considered.

I've paid attention to Dr. Jasser since 2007 and over time saw that his concerns about this country and Islamism and other issues are really just like yours and mine. I hope this helps. When he speaks, I listen.

I would like to find a venue opportunity for Dr. Jasser to come to Oklahoma, maybe both OKC and Tulsa. So, if you have any ideas, let me know CAIR Oklahoma does not speak for ALL Muslims even though they claim they do and try to take over.