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CAIR Oklahoma 2013 banquet keynote speaker is controversial Imam Johari Abdul-Malik!

On April 13th, CAIR Oklahoma will host their annual fund-raising banquet at the Oklahoma City Marriott (@OKCMarriott).

Recently, CAIR announceed the keynote speaker will be Imam Johari Abdul-Malik (right).  And, what a controversial imam he is!  Malik showed a glimmer of what is likely his Islamic supremacist ideology in 2004 at Dar al Hijrah, a controversial mosque located in Falls Church, VA., where he is the outreach director.  Malik proclaimed Islam in the USA will be America's first religion!

Abdul Malik:People even under the pressures that you and I know about, the deen of Islam is growing because people see even within all of this struggle it is better to be a Muslim under these conditions than to be a kaffir under any conditions... before Allah closes our eyes for the last time you will see Islam move from being the second largest religion in America-that's where we are now- to being the first religion in America

You can hear him in his own words here and read a little about the mosque where he works.

Imam Johari al-Malik worked with Anwar Awlaki who was an Imam at Dar al Hirhrah in 2001-2002.  Malik defended him many times here.  In 2011, Malik blamed an unsubstantiated torture claim as the reason Awlaki changed into a more radical Muslim.  However, the Investigative Project disputes how moderate Awlaki was while in America (see previous link).  Afterall, he did catch the attention of law enforcement before he left the U.S., right?  

Malik was reported to have said at a Muslim Brotherhood linked Islamic Association of Palestine meeting in 2001 (ref: previous link): 

I am gonna teach you now. You can blow up bridges, but you cannot kill people who are innocent on their way to work. You can blow up power supplies… the water supply, you can do all forms of sabotage and let the world know that we are doing it like this because they have a respect for the lives of innocent people.

There's that phrase "innocent people" again. Who decides who's guilty in Islam and therefore not innocent, anyway?  So far, I can't find the answer.

A FOIA document obtained by IPT says this about the Dar al Hirhrah mosque:

The Department of Treasury's Enforcement Communications System (TECS) records note that Dar al-Hijrah "is a mosque operating as a front for Hamas operatives in U.S.," "is associated with Islamic extremists," "has been under numerous investigations for financing and proving aid and comfort to bad orgs and members," has "been linked to numerous individuals linked to terrorism financing," and "has also been associated with encouraging fraudulent marriages."

You can read more about Dar al Hirjrah here.

Earlier this year, the primary Imam at Dar al Hirjrah, Sheik Shaker Elsayed, spoke about Muslim men - being the first in the Jihad line!  Watch and listen to his disturbing words here.

And for some odd reason, Malik wants youto know he is not a pacifist Muslim when he wrote on his blog:

Let me say from the outset that I’m not a pacifist; the Quranic injunctions provide the right to self-defense. 2:178 retaliation has been prescribed …“O you who believe! Retaliation is prescribed for you in the matter of the slain, the free for the free, and the slave for the slave, and the female for the female, but if any remission is made to any one by his (aggrieved) brother, then prosecution (for the bloodwit) should be made according to usage, and payment should be made to him in a good manner; this is an alleviation from your Lord and a mercy; so whoever exceeds the limit after this he shall have a painful chastisement.”2:216 (link added) (Z: fighting has been prescribed for you and) you dislike it …“ The life of this world is made to seem fair to those who disbelieve, and they mock those who believe, and those who guard (against evil) shall be above them on the day of resurrection; and Allah gives means of subsistence to whom he pleases without measure.”

Say what?  Retaliation and fighting has been prescribed for you?  Wow!

Way to go CAIR Oklahoma.

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 CAIR OK will give Rev. William Tabbernee, President of the Oklahoma Council of Churches their best buddy award!

(source CAIR OK Facebook posting)

According to CAIR Oklahoma, sharia law isn't really ever the real sharia law - even in Islamic countries ruled by sharia law!

"Do not refer to the laws in Muslim-majority countries (even those claiming to be “Islam!ic states”) as “sharia.” They are merely a legislated selection of humanly-created fiqh rules; they cannot be said to be conclusively dictated by sharia itself."  Humanly-created?  Any sharia law ruling is done by an Islamic authority (last paragraph)

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Mitt Romney praised, Herman Cain demonized; both said sharia law should not be in American courts!

Mitt Romney has been praised by some Muslims and those on the far left after he said the following about sharia law in America during CNN's GOP debate Monday night:

"Well, first of all, of course, we’re not going to have Sharia law applied in U.S. courts. That’s never going to happen. We have a Constitution and we follow the law."

Romney said this after Herman Cain expressed concern about the loyality of some Muslims. 

Sharia law panel: Ignorant Oklahomans were told what to think on SQ 755!

Ignorant Oklahomans were told what to think?  That's what I got out of a recent sharia law panel moderated by Rev. Bill Crowell of Boston Avenue Methodist Church.  Crowell is president of the Board of the Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry, one of the sponsors of the "Islamic Agenda in Oklahoma" PR series.  Tulsa Community College was also listed as a sponsor. 

Imam Imad Enchassi's fatwas

I came across a website this week called Islamopedia.  It features fatwas or religious rulings of leading Islamic religous leaders, along with news and analysis. Their about page says it is institutionally supported by the Islamic Legal Studies Program at Harvard University and Johns Hopkins University among others organization listed.  This support is shocking considering what's on this website.

One such religious leader featured is Yusef Qaradawi who is often referred to as the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood.  Qaradawi, an Egyptian, lives in excile in Qatar and is banned from entering the U.S. because of his fatwas approving martyrdom to kill Israelis.  His latest two fatwas Yusuf al-Qaradawi: Injustice allows for Arab youth to revolt against their rulers and Qaradawi Permits the Assassination of Gaddafi give the go ahead for Muslim to rise up against rulers and to kill Gaddafi.  More of his fatwas are here.  Review ADL's Sheik Yusuf al-Qaradawi: Theologian of Terror.

These universities are helping a sheik strongly associated with the Muslim Brotherhood, who is banned from the U.S., gain more legitimacy it seems to me!  If you don't think Islamists have infiltrated our universities - well - I've got some swamp land in Florida to sell you.

Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City to host anti-Israel speaker, Huwaida Arraf

The Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City will host a anti-Israeli speaker, Huwaida Arraf, on March 2nd.  Arraf is one of the co-founders of the International Solidarity Movement and is the Board Chair of the Free Gaza Movement.  She will talk about the upcoming Freedom Flotilla 2. 

Islamic Council of Oklahoma thanks Muneer Awad and CAIR Oklahoma!

The fairly new Islamic Council of Oklahoma that is dominated by CAIR Oklahoma Board members issued a press release on November 29th thanking Muneer Awad and CAIR for suing the state of Oklahoma to defend their right to use sharia law.  They sure don't seem to want to pass up any opportunity to call supporters of SQ 755 names.

ACTION: Counter CAIR Oklahoma demand "Oklahoman" letter-to-editor be removed!

CAIR Oklahoma, a chapter of unidicted Hamas terror-funding co-conspirator CAIR National, posted on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/CAIR-Oklahoma/44660013720?v=wall&filter=1#!/permalink.php?story_fbid=164091173632429&id=44660013720) today a plea for its supporters to demand a letter-to-the-editor that was critical of sharia law be removed published by the Oklahoman:

OU's Routes pushing Islam on heels of historic vote to ban sharia law!

 
Photo credit Kelly Marose for ROUTES

Routes is an college magazine that showcases work of college students relating to issues about Oklahoma run by the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Oklahoma.

I was completely taken aback to see their front page and cultural section mainly devoted to Islam or Muslim victimhood. This includes a slide show of pictures where one featured a photo of a larger Quran next to a smaller Bible, pictured above.

Some of Routes latest articles presented a peaches and cream positive image of Islam, or of their victimhood.  All  ignored a move by Muslims leaders in Oklahoma to hookup with one of the most controversial Islamist organizations in the country, CAIR, which was named an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest Hamas terror-funding trial in U.S. history.

Their new director in Oklahoma sued the state this week to stop the will of the people in their historic vote to ban sharia law from being used in state court.  One of their article features Saad Mohammed, one of the two co-founders of CAIR Oklahoma but they didn't mention this at all.  Last summer, CAIR Oklahoma's board chair, Michael Aziz Gipson was charged with mortgage fraud and conspiracy.

Here are some of their recent articles:

November 5, 2010

Locals connect to community through giving back

An Oklahoman recalls childhood in Gaza Strip

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November 5, 2010

Oklahoma Muslim looks past criticism

Muslims coming together to turn negatives into positives

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November 5, 2010

Civil rights violations are becoming a growing concern among Muslims

Oklahomans speak about anti-Islamic sentiments

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November 5, 2010

Local Muslims voice opinions on New York mosque

Controversy rages in New York, but effects felt close to home

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video

November 5, 2010

"I am an American Muslim. I love my state. I love my country."

Find out how to get searched at the airport, guaranteed

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A hearing is scheduled for Monday before a judge appointed by President Clinton.

New Islamic Council of Oklahoma dominated by CAIR board members!

The Islamic Council of Oklahoma has emerged.  it 's an affiliation of the larger mosques in Oklahoma located in Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Stillwater, Norman, Ardmore, Lawton and Edmond.  Will it become the collective political voice for Oklahoma Muslims someday?  One major concern I see is theboard is dominated by CAIR Oklahoma board members.  Hummm... That's not good.  At the end of July, CAIR Oklahoma's Board Chair, Michael Aziz Gipson, was charged with mortgage fruad and any reference to him was quickly removed from CAIR Oklahoma's website.  One of the board members for the Islamic Council is ID'd only as Adnan and another spot is vacant. 

Its mission: "...to foster the spirit of unity and understanding of Islam among Muslims and people of all faiths, to represent Muslims at the local and state levels (z:politically???) by promoting Islamic values, and to enhance the quality of life for men, women and children across the State of Oklahoma."

The Islamic Council of Oklahoma's website uses Mecca time.  Hey, we know they are so totally into their religion and claim the God of the Quran is God of all religions and stuff but this is Oklahoma and we use central time! 

Recently, the Islamic Society of Tulsa had a seminar with Shaykh Adbul Nasir Jangda on August 6-8th.  You can get a sense of him brainwash, I mean, lecture (video: slave part starts around 3 min mark) others they are the slave of Allah with no rights and the property of Allah.  

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Note: There are many fine Muslims in America who simply want to practice their religion quietly, privately and go about their business. They reject Islamism - the pursuit of power to gain a stronghold for Islamic rule. They reject Islamic activism.  They openly oppose the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) its affiliate Hamas, their affilates and supporters in the U.S., Hizb ut Tahrir, and others such Islamic supremacist organizations.  But, when a Muslim or any Islamic organization uses community service and interfaith efforts in cities and towns all across America to gain acceptance but calls critics of Islamic supremacist movements bigots while they openly or covertly support these Islamic supremacist movements, it's disturbing, two-faced and deceptive.

If you believe I've made a mistake, please send me an e-mail to ztruth@ymail.comand include a credible proof source to help show me where I messed up.  Upon confirmation, I will gladly make any and all the corrections.

Imam Imad Enchassi, did you call the Tea Party - KKK in drag?

There is a very hateful statement that appears to be made by Imam Imad Enchassi of the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City which shows up next to his facebook picture that was made on Tuesday which is on the list of friends of Lobna Hewedi, former CAIR Oklahoma Board Chair.  Hewedi is a dentist in Oklahoma City.   If the link above stops working or the message changes, don't worry I've got the page saved.

Hate speech cannot be tolerated in Oklahoma. 

screen shot taken today at 3:30 PM

 
 

FBI post domestic investigations guide; CAIR whines

On Tuesday, the FBI posted their domestic investigation guidelines (DIOG).  It only took a day for CAIR, a Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas minion,  to ask the Department of Justice and the Obama administration to rethink them:

...The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) issued that call after the release of a redacted version of the FBI's Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide that whites-out portions (Part 16) about guidance on "undisclosed participation," which relates to the use of confidential informants in American houses of worship such as mosques.

...It is the FBI's use of informants in mosques without probable cause indicating criminal activity that has been of particular concern to the American Muslim community and, in part, caused national Islamic groups earlier this year to consider suspending ties with the FBI.

The FBI, as you recall, suspended ties with CAIR last fall. 

Stealth Islamism in Oklahoma?

A little over three years ago the division between President Bush and the Left was probably the greatest when it came to his handling of Islamic terrorism.  Here we all were facing the same enemy; Al-Qaeda, its supporters and affiliates and instead of showing a strong united front to combat the Islamist/jihadist network that wanted to destroy our country the Dems and their supporters made President Bush the arch bad guy.  How our enemies must have rejoiced as this played out in the American press, day after day; month after month.

Who was right?   What I found over the next three years wasn't what I wanted or expected to find.  Frankly, I would have preferred to have any concerns about the nature of our enemy dispelled and gone back to my normal life of not thinking much about it anymore. But that didn't happen. My search for answers eventually led to the creation of this blog in June of 2007. 

All that aside, never in my wildest thoughts did I expect some of this research to led me into parts of the Muslim community in Oklahoma. Never.

I learned the Muslim Brotherhood had weapon training sessions and/or camps in Oklahoma back in the 80s which was one of the earliest indications of Islamist influence in this state ( FBI Muslim Brotherhood document, page 16). A video clip of Abdullah Azzam from a documentary called "Jihad in America," which aired on PBS in 1994, identifies a speech he gave in Oklahoma City in 1988 to many of our Muslim neighbors. Azzam was the mentor to Osama Bin Laden and a long-term member of the Muslim Brotherhood! A year later he was assassinated and Bin Laden's group morphed into Al-Qaeda. Azzam was praised as a martyr in a 2007 Al-Qaeda produced video that is still on YouTube!

When I discovered that a CNN reporter accidentally happened onto an Islamist/jihadist convention in Oklahoma City attended by thousands of Oklahoma Muslims in 1992, I was, let's say, speechless:

"...I actually stumbled across it quite by accident. In December 1992 I was a correspondent with CNN and on assignment in Oklahoma City to do some interviews on another subject entirely. On Christmas Day I found myself with nothing to do. While looking for a fast-food restaurant, I passed a convention center where I saw thousands of Muslims dressed in traditional garb congregating in the streets and entering the center. At first, my own ignorance led me to think they might be extras on a movie set.

When I went inside, I discovered what was really going on. Radical groups were openly declaring themselves to be Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and Hizbullah, and even Gama'a Islamiya (Omar Abdel Rahman's group in Egypt). They made absolutely no effort to hide their identity or their agendas. Just going to the stalls I collected a phenomenal amount of material, some of which I have subsequently showed on national television. Alarmed, I called a FBI official in Washington to see if it was aware of their existence. I was even more shocked to discover the FBI did not know this conference was taking place..."

What this reporter saw at this convention changed his career and life forever.  Today,  Steve Emerson is an investigative reporter and a leading anti-terrorism expert who shares his knowledge in testimony to Congress and is the executive director the Investigative Project. His critics offer little by way of proof to discredit him such as in a 2007 article by Ahmed Rehab of CAIR-Chicago that had a link to CAIR's page on Emerson, which has since been removed (see IP address) but is archived here by a third party archiver!  CAIR claimed Emerson ruined an innocent professor's life."  That professor is Sami Al-Arian, a convicted teror supporter.  How can you take CAIR's criticism of him seriously when their documentation to back up their claims doesn't exist on their wbsite anymore?  I think they ran away from it.

Back in 1993, Osama bin Laden's pilot, Ihab Ali Nawawi, apparently received his commercial pilot license at the Airman Flight School in Norman, Oklahoma!  A few years later in 1998, the FBI in Oklahoma City warned of concerns about a large number of Middle Eastern men taking pilot training in Oklahoma could be related to "planned terrorist activity."but the memo was never sent to Washington.

Then there's the stone-walled investigation into the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing about possible or coincidental Middle East connections by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher that is still out there trapped in some kind of political limbo. As a result, I started a page title "Islam in Oklahoma - mixed signals" in 2007.  The next year the Islamic Society of Tulsa brought in Jamal Badawi, who is a known Muslim Brotherhood leader and an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation Hamas terror-funding trial, to represent them as their Quranic expert in a very public debate. Badawi approves of Islamic martyrdom to combat aggression or oppression which follows the Islamist mindset.  My web-page on Islam in Oklahoma has now grown to 15 pages and highlights a number of mixed signals received from some of our Muslim neighbors and leaders.  By no means is it complete.  Are these signals unique only to the state of Oklahoma? Somehow, I doubt it.

"Islam in Oklahoma" will continue to be a work in progress that is full of twist and turns that would make a great novel, except it's real.

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Note:  When Muslims or Islamic groups participate in community service and interfaith events in cities all across America but then have ties to the Muslim Brotherhood or its related affilates - we take notice.  zTruth knows there a many, many thousands of fine Muslims in America who simply want to practice their religion who also strongly reject Islamism -  the political pursuit to gain power for an Islamic supremaicst ruling system.  This includes Islamic hegemonic organizations like the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), Hizb ut Tahrir (HT), or the OIC and any or all of their affiliates in the U.S.  

American Muslims who take a brave stand against this threat; Dr. Zuhdi Jassar of Arizona. Dr, Hedieh Mirahmadi, Farid Ghadry and  Zeyno Baron deserve more of our attention.

If you find I've made a factual mistake, don't hesitate a minute to send me an e-mail (ztruth@ymail.com) with a credible proof source to back it up.  Upon confirmation your source is accurate and I did make a mistake, I will make any and all corrections.  So far no one has done so.

FBI letter mentions CAIR-OK

It's quite noteworthy that the Council of American Islamic Relation's chapter in Oklahoma was specifically mentioned in a letter by the FBI when it severed it relations with the controversial Islamic group. 

News of this letter emerged just four weeks after Razi Hasmi, CAIRs-OK director shilled for Hamas in a local Oklahoma newspaper:

America should take immediate steps to end Israel’s"illegal and immoral” offensive against the Gaza Strip Hamas rulers, the executive director of the Oklahoma City chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said Monday (1/5/09).

From Fox News:

"...In Oklahoma, FBI officials had worked with CAIR's local branch from its founding in 2007 and attended the fundraising banquet that launched the office. But just over a year later, the local FBI froze all its programs involving CAIR.

FOXNews obtained a copy of the Oct. 8, 2008 letter sent by James E. Finch, special agent in charge of Oklahoma City, which canceled a session with local Muslim organizations "as a result of the planned participation by the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)."

Click here to read the letter, which was provided by the Investigative Project on Terrorism.

The new policy marks a major shift for the FBI, which has long been close to CAIR. The agency has previously invited CAIR to give training sessions for agents and used it as a liaison with the American Muslim community.

But not all CAIR branches have been told of the FBI's new policy.  "Locally we have not had any reports, we have no letters from the FBI to suggest that" ties were being severed, said Ahmed Rehab, a spokesman in CAIR's Chicago office. "It's a working relationship and that remains in place."

It remains unclear whether CAIR's national office is still in contact with the FBI, as a formal statement from the bureau seemed to hold out the possibility for renewed engagement.

CAIR's executive director, Nihad Awad, attended a post-Sept. 11 meeting with then-FBI director Robert Mueller,and he met with other top brass as recently as 2006. But that was before Awad was shown to have participated in Hamas funding planning meetings with the Holy Land Foundation.  Five officials were convicted in December of funneling $12.4 million to Hamas.

Right Side News, reported "...A spokesman for the FBI's Oklahoma City office referred questions -- to the FBI's national press office. In Washington, FBI spokesman John Miller said, "We've certainly been in contact with CAIR chapters" about the un-indicted co-conspirator designation. "The letter speaks for itself."

CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper declined to comment Wednesday when the IPT called for comment. Before hanging up, Hooper said "We're more than happy to cooperate with legitimate media. But we don't cooperate with those who promote anti-Muslim bigotry..."

Legitimate media? Oh please, CAIR that's so weak.

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Click here to see the government's evidence in the Holy Land Foundation case.

Muslim groups who support the FBI's decision to break with CAIR speak out!

OKC FBI Press release on initial MCOP Meeting  3/14/07

Officers seek to bridge gap with Muslims  NewsOk 2/17/07

Muslim Brotherhood

CAIR and Company

Islam in Oklahoma

Breaking: FBI breaks off contact with CAIR!

YIPEE!  The FBI has severed ties with CAIR, at least for now. There's reference to the Oklahoma City FBI office in the press release below, you may find interesting.

As many of zTruth readers know, the Islamic Society of Tulsa and Greater Oklahoma City have been very visible with their partnership with this questionable Islamic organization. The FBI had to cancel a meeting with local Oklahoma Muslim groups because of involvement by CAIR-OK, it appears.

I think this was a smart decision by the FBI to cut bate with CAIR, an outgrowth of the Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas infrastructure in America.

Below is part of the press release issued by the Investigative Project:

"It is a stunning rebuke to the organization which promotes itself as "arguably the most visible and public American Muslim organization." The decision to end contacts with CAIR was made quietly last summer as federal prosecutors prepared for a second trial of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF), an Islamic charity convicted in November for illegally routing money to Hamas. CAIR was named as an un-indicted co-conspirator in the case.

 

Its name appears on a roster of "Palestine Committee" members. Evidence in the case shows the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas's parent organization, created the Palestine Committee to help Hamas politically and financially. CAIR founders Omar Ahmad and Nihad Awad, who remains the executive director, also appear on a telephone list of Palestine Committee members. The men also participated in a secret 1993 gathering of Hamas members and supporters called to discuss ways to "derail" U.S.-led peace efforts between Israelis and Palestinians.

The IPT obtained a letter from the FBI's Oklahoma City field office, which explained that a meeting with local Muslim groups had to be postponed due to restrictions on CAIR's access. For that to change, wrote James E. Finch, special agent in charge of the FBI's Oklahoma City field office, "certain issues must be addressed to the satisfaction of the FBI. Unfortunately, these issues cannot be addressed at the local level and must be addressed by the CAIR National Office in Washington, D.C."

FBI spokesman John Miller confirmed the letter's existence. Sources indicate similar correspondence was issued by other field offices..."

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Muslim Brotherhood

CAIR and Company

Islam in Oklahoma

Razi Hashmi on Facebook

Razi Hashmi, the director of CAIR-OK,  had a Facebook page. Take a look what he had on his intro page.  He's a fan of Malcolm X!

Politicians	Music	Celebrities / Public Figures	TV Shows
Barack Obama Keith Ellison Senator Andrew Rice Oklahoma for Obama	Jamiroquai The Legendary Roots Crew One Be Lo	Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) Suhaib Webb	The Boondocks Official HEROES Page

Now let's look at the link to Malcolm X.  First, of all, the introduction is in Arabic.  Here's what it says roughly translated:

"In this volatile climate in which all the colors of oppression and humiliation exist Malcolm X was born.  Father was a pastor in a church, the mother of the West Indies, and when he reached the age of six  his father was killed at the hands of whites, after smashing his head... (can't translate last part of sentence).

Undoubtedly, the family of Malcolm X conditions deteriorate rapidly .. Materially and spiritually .. And they lived on charity and social assistance from the whites and they were dragging their heels in giving.

...Malcolm turned to drugs.  And --  a verdict against him -- for a term of ten years, -- imprisonment for five years for whites.

In prison, all the brothers converted to Islam, Malcolm X by a man named (Mr. Mohamed Ilaizha), which he claims to be the prophet of God sender for blacks!

...Malcolm X was affiliated to the movement of (the Nation of Islam)...

 In one of his eloquent speeches, which was hosted by the call to God, -- he was assassinated on their hands while standing on the podium when people started delivering sixteen bullets insidious about the long thin body ...

Then the conclusion .. Finally, yes, but .. We ask God to accept as martyrs on the Day of Resurrection."

Shortly after I referred to Hashmi's page in an earlier post, he shut down his facebook page. 

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Note:  the saved web page used above was from www.facebook.com/people/Razi-Hashmi/17301729 which is now shut down.

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Razi Hashmi, CAIR-OK, claims Oklahomans concerned about taxpayer's support for Israel

Razi Hashmi, CAIR-OK, shills for Hamas 

"America should take immediate steps to end Israel’s "illegal and immoral” offensive against the Gaza Strip Hamas rulers, the executive director of the Oklahoma City chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said Monday (1/5/09). 

Razi Hashmi, CAIR-OK, implies Mary Fallin should be neutral in Israel/Hamas conflict

Hamas takes control of Gaza Strip  USA 6/15/07

Muslim Brotherhood

CAIR and Company

Once again, the Islamic Society of Tulsa references a Muslim Brotherhood leader

In the October 2008 newsletter put out by the Islamic Society of Tulsa, they included an article titled "May Allah Love Her" about the extra effort one woman went to in order to cover up her body before prayer. 

At the end of the article, Tulsa Muslims are encouraged to review an article by Jamal Badawi on how to dress as a Muslim.  Oh, oh.  Badawi is a Muslim Brotherhood leader and an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation Hamas terror funding trial where the defendants were found guilty on all 108 accounts last month.  In his article, Badawi referenced a book about the lawful and prohibited acts in Islam written by terror-supporter Yusef Qaradawi, as one of the sources for his article.  The Islamic Society of Tulsa refers to Muslim Brotherhood leaders as Islamic authorities on a regular basis, it appears.  It's not a good sign. 

Now let's take a look at the "Islam in Oklahoma" section on Women in Islam where we find that Oklahoma Muslim leaders passed some rather harsh judgments against the West:

"Unfortunately, society in the west today too often publicly exposes women's bodies shamelessly and portrays nudity to somehow symbolize the expression of a woman's freedom....A look at the society in the west today will reveal some of the consequences. There is rampant adultery, uncountable rapes, millions of illegitimate pregnancies, millions of abortions, and millions of illegitimate children without responsible fathers to care for them.  Many of them will end up a 'street children', joining the gangs and adding to the ever-increasing violence in the society, which has already reached epidemic proportions. To save humanity from destroying themselves it is evident that both men and women need to cover themselves more properly...The main purpose of covering the body is to cover the shame and other physical features so that they remain out of sight of others, to avoid drawing undue attraction, and to prevent the excitement of evil desires in others. It is this path of purity and modesty, which is essential in Islam towards achieving righteousness and God's pleasure,"

Women have to cover up because of shame?   Who knew! 

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Yusef Qaradawi 1995 TV declaration.    it's OK to kill women and children in Israel.

Review the The Qaradawi Fatwas

Statement by Qaradawi:  "God has granted us the greatest gift known, and that is the gift of guidance to his religion, the complete and final religion. It is our duty to carry this religion to all people around the world until they understand it..."   Islamonline

European Council for Fatwas and Research on martyrdom (Badawi is a member - Qaradawi is the chair):

“The martyrdom operations carried out by the Palestinian factions to resist the Zionist occupation are not in any way included in the framework of prohibited terrorism, even if the victims include some civilians.”---This is a Jihad of necessity, as the clerics call it, and not Jihad of choice… Even if an innocent child is killed as a result of this Jihad ---“Those who oppose martyrdom operations and claim that they are suicide are making a great mistake.

In the Islamic Society of Tulsa's 9/11 newsletter (archived) they included a statement from the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Yusef Qaradawi, who condemned the 9/11 attacks but then turned this horrific tragedy to be all about Muslims -  who are the real victims, he claimed.  He also said terrorism outside of Israel is not acceptable but inside is - well a different matter! 

"...Qaradawi said, "we Arab Muslims are the most affected by the grave consequences of hostile attack on man and life. We share the suffering experienced by innocent Palestinians at the hands of the tyrannical Jewish entity..."  I have been asked -- on TV programs -- about the martyr operations outside the Palestinian territories, -- I do agree with those who do not allow such martyr operations to be carried out outside the Palestinian territories..."

Badawi is on the board of directors (scroll down on these pages:  zTruth saved web page, Oct 07 archive page or this archive page taken July 04) of the Muslim Association of Canada ( MAC) a group who states in their preamble their allegiance to the Muslim Brotherhood:

"MAC adopts and strives to implement Islam, as embodied in the Qur’an, and the teachings of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and as understood in its contemporary context by the late Imam, Hassan Albanna, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood. MAC regards this ideology as the best representation of Islam as delivered by Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)."

Badawi is also on the board of directors for CAIR, ISNA and a number of organizations of which terror-supporter and Muslim Brotherhood leader Yusef Qaradawi chairs.  All were named as unindicted co-conspirators in the Holy Land Foundation terror funding trial along with Hamas and nearly 295 other organizations and individuals.

Don't miss his discussion on martyrdom on Islamonline or a recent interview with Hamas leader Mousa Marzook on this website.   

Muslim Brotherhood

CAIR and Company

Islam in Oklahoma

Fooling the Masses in Oklahoma

Note: zTruth recognizes there a many fine Muslims in America who simply want to practice their religion who also reject Islamism, or the pursuit of political Islam and/or Islamic rule.  This would include the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and their affiliates in the U.S..  

When a Muslim or Islamic organization professes their strong community service and interfaith goals in cities and towns all across America, but then has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood - it's disturbing and two-faced.

If you believe I've made a mistake, please send me an e-mail to ztruth@ymail.com and include a credible proof source to help show me where I messed up.  Upon confirmation I will gladly make the correction

Responding to "Proud Muslim" again

For a few weeks now, I've been having an online "conversation" with a Tulsa Muslim with the online name of Proud Muslim at the Tulsa World.  I  put all this on a webpage so you can follow along if you like here which I will update, from time to time,  when new comments are made. 

Below is a recent comment I made:

zTruth:  Quoting from Proud Muslim:  "Being martyred protecting Islam is a good thing..."

Proud Muslim:  If someone attacked what I stood for, I would risk my life to protect it. That's what we did in the Revolutionary War. That's what we did in the Civil War. That's what we did in the Civil Rights Movement. That's what we did in World War I. That's what we did in World War II. Maybe you find our nation's history worrying and extreme. I don't.

zTruth:  Proud Muslim, it appears you would take the law into your own hands to defend Islam, if you felt it necessary.  You also compared your right to do so to the wars America has fought and other struggles where no religious doctrine was involved. Your apples to oranges comparison is way out there.

There is no correlation between religion and violence you said.   Did we not just review one part of the Quran that contradicts this?  Did you not say If someone attacked what you stood for, you would risk your life to protect it?  In this context, you were talking about fighting and protecting Islam.

The two Muslim Brotherhood leaders whom the Islamic Society of Tulsa has presented to Oklahomans as religious authorities have both affirmed their belief in martyrdom against Israel.

Yusef Qaradawi has endorsed Palestinian suicide bombings for twenty years. These attacks have also been sanctioned by numerous Islamic clerics. 

From Islamonline:

Question: I would like to ask about the ruling of Palestinian women carrying out martyr operations.

Dr. Qaradawi answers:The martyr operation is the greatest of all sorts of jihad in the cause of Allah.  A martyr operation is carried out by a person who sacrifices himself, deeming his life [of] less value than striving in the cause of Allah, in the cause of restoring the land and preserving the dignity. To such a valorous attitude applies the following Qur'anic verse: "And of mankind is he who would sell himself, seeking the pleasure of Allah; and Allah hath compassion on (His) bondmen." (Qur'an, 2: 207)

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Jamal Badawi:  First, the intent behind that sacrifice (martyrdom) is exclusively for the sake of pleasing God and supporting His cause.  

Recently,  Badawi was quoted in the paper saying what is wrong with fighting to establish justice in Islam?

Proud Muslim, you claim no knowledge about Yusef Qaradawi or Jamal Badawi yet reads the Quran only in Arabic.  Odd.

Your new Imam, Mohamed ElGhobashy, hails from Al-Azhar University.  Shaikh Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi, the Shaikh of Al-Azhar, the highest ranking religious official in Egypt, also called for Jihad against Israel ‘in defence of the holy places, the liberation of the occupied land, and the repulsion of the enemy.’  

Yet, Imam ElGhobashy said in a recent interview in the Tulsa World, "We should show this beautiful religion of mercy and peace to others," and then blamed the American media as the cause of misunderstanding about Muslims for labeling them terrorists!    Of course, not ALL Muslims are terrorists but he wants us to think there are no Muslim terrorists.

Here is the quote from ElGhobashy:

"...On the down side, he said, in recent years, the American media has propagated misunderstandings about Muslims, labeling them as terrorists.

"It makes me sad that Islam is presented as a religion of terror," he said, citing a verse from the Quran that Islam is to be a religion of peace and mercy for all humanity, including non-Muslims..."

You said there is no correlations between violence and religion?  Proud Muslim, I'm afraid there is with Islam and many of your religion's Islamic authorities approve of it.  They call it justice.  In the name of Islam, they take the law into their own hands.

Americans, particularly public officials, are being shamed to dare even link Islam to terrorism or call it what it is.  Yet many just quote your own religious authorities.

And on the new "Islam in Oklahoma" web-page by the Islamic Society of Tulsa and the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City they wrote on their "War and fighting in Islam" section under  (3 bullet) that its meaning includes "fighting" to establish justice which is a supreme goal in Islam.  Missing from this page is any statement that the laws within our country negate ANY jihadist goals of Islam.

Islam does have a written creed for war and fighting and it is in the Quran.  

Proud Muslim also lamented that women are now separated from the men when they pray at the mosque at the Islamic Society of Tulsa.  This is because a strict version of Sunni Islam is being practiced there.  They call it authentic Islam which is probably a strict interpretation of the Quran.  

IST's deed is held by the North American Islamic Trust, an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land terror funding trial.  Your mosque is permanently affiliated with the Islamic Society of North America, also named an unindicted co-conspirator.  This organization was specifically named in a Muslim Brotherhood document as one of their organizations set up in America.

And finally, the person they selected to speak for them as their Quranic expert this year was named by the FBI as a member of the Muslim Brotherhood's board of directors for their North American operations.  Jamal Badawi is also an unindicted co-conspirator.

Yet, Proud Muslim calls me narrow-minded.

Update:

Proud Muslim later clarified his/her statement about risking his/her life to the death.

"You seem to have misunderstood my comparison. In the Civil War, we fought to preserve the Union and end slavery. Why? Because that is what America stood for.
If you attacked my right to worship God, I would defend it with protests, marches, etc."

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See also:

Proud Tulsa Muslim: "Being martyred protecting Islam is a good thing...

Muslim Brotherhood

CAIR and Company

Islam in Oklahoma

Fooling the Masses in Oklahoma

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Note: zTruth recognizes there a many fine Muslims in America who simply want to practice their religion, who also reject Islamism, or the pursuit of Islamic rule.  This would include the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and their affiliates in America. 

When a Muslim or an Islamic organization professes their strong community service and interfaith goals in cities and towns all across America, but then has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood - it's disturbing and two-faced.  My goal is to expose this when I can.  Ultimately, of course, it's up to you to decide.

If you believe I've made a mistake, please send me an e-mail to ztruth@ymail.com and include a credible proof source to help show me where I messed up.  Upon confirmation I will gladly make the correction.

Oklahoma Islamic societies: War & fighting in Islam

The Islamic societies of Tulsa and Oklahoma City have joined together to create a "Islam in Oklahoma" page where they have a section called "War and fighting in Islam".

This page starts off:  "Does Islam command its followers to wage war against unbelievers or kill them with out provocation?  Absolutely not"! 

It goes on to state Islam forbids the taking of any human life except for a just cause under the law---i.e., capital punishment for convicted murderers, fighting in wartime, or self-defense. "

Further down the page under their "What is Jihad? What is Not Jihad?" section they wrote the Islamic meaning of jihad does include fighting to establish justice which is a supreme goal in Islam, which was not mentioned in their opening paragraph about the conditions they listed there for fighting.  It's concerning because justice, according to Islam, could be at odds with justice of non-Islamic societies and people.

In any event. you can see Islam has a written creed for war and fighting against others as outlined briefly by the Islamic societies of Greater Oklahoma City and Tulsa.

It would be helpful to have these two societies in Oklahoma issue a joint statement on this page condemning the 20 years of religious rulings by Yusef Qaradawi, the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, allowing the killing of woman and children in Israel and for martyrdom operations there. 

Since some of their associations appear to have connections with or to the Muslim Brotherhood, this needs to be addressed as it conflicts with their war and fighting page.  The Islamic Society of Tulsa even has a link to an explanation about Jihad written by Muslim Brotherhood leader, Jamal Badawi on their website. 

Badawi serves under the chairmanship of Yusef Quaradwi on several Islamic organization and is open about his ties to the Muslim Brotherhood at the Muslim Association of Canada!

See also:

The Islamic Society of Tulsa's Muslim Brotherhood predicament

Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City's links page shows their Muslim Brotherhood connection

zTruth's page on Islam in Oklahoma

Note: zTruth recognizes there a many fine Muslims in America who simply want to practice their religion who also reject Islamism, or the pursuit of Islamic/political rule.  This would include the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and their affiliates in the U.S..  

When a Muslim or Islamic organization professes their strong community service and interfaith goals in cities and towns all across America, but then has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood - it's disturbing and two-faced.

If you believe I've made a mistake, please send me an e-mail to ztruth@ymail.comand include a credible proof source to help show me where I messed up.  Upon confirmation I will gladly make the correction

Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City's links page shows their Muslim Brotherhood connection

click on image to enlarge it

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words.  Above is a screen shot of the links page for the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City.  Let's review it, shall we?

• Islamonline:  This website is chaired by terror supporter Yusef Qaradawi, the supreme spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood who has issued religious ruling approving of martyrdom operations within Israel, including the killing of women and children for over twenty years.
• CAIR:  Its foundation came from the Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas infrastructure in America.  Their articles are often featured on Qaradawi's Islamonline.
• Islamic Circle of North America:  Muslim Brother/Hamas.  Screen shots of their website shows they gave tens of thousands of dollars to Hamas in 2006!  ICNA runs a website, Why Islam 
• Islamic Society of North America:  started with the help of terror-supporter Sami Al-Arian.  Al-ARian plead guilty to aiding the Palestinian Islamic Jihad - a group bent on the destruction of Israel.
• Muslim American Society:  an overt arm of the Muslim Brotherhood.  Michelle Malkin and Dr. Omeish, MAS President,  were on the Laura Ingram Show on Oct. 2006 to discuss prison radicalization in the U.S., which you can read about here. 

  "...What is the overall goal here?  To establish a Caliphate?  Laura asks.  In the greater context yes, Omeish said..."

• Islamic Relief Foundation:  They main focus appears to be to aid the people in Hamas-controlled Gaza

Every one of the organizations the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City selected to use are linked to the Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas infrastructure in America.  These organizations are often given press by the MSM where they portray themselves as moderate Islamic groups since this is the image they want you to believe.  There is abundant evidence to the contrary.

In addition ISGOC feature a link to the Islamic Book Store.  Here there are numerous books about Jihad including Whabbi Islam:  From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad.  Books by Muslim Brotherhood leaders, Yusef Qaradawi and Jamal Badawi and also available.

Any questions?

Below is a recent screen shot of Islamonline:

 

Tulsa World fails to provide context to CAIR

The Tulsa World  is the only major newspaper in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  Yesterday and today it ran the exact same follow-up article about CAIR-OK's effort to force Abercrombie & Fitch clothing store to accept the Muslim headscarf without question.  The two articles are here and here.  Why would they put this in twice?

Oh well, I'm quite happy to take advantage of another opportunity to provide further context to the Council of American Islamic Relations or CAIR. 

Someone has to do it because the Tulsa World won't.

The Council of American Islamic Relations is an outgrowth of the Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas infrastructure in America.  There is massive amount of documentation that has firmly established this fact.

Oklahomans need to know about CAIR's efforts to come to the aid of Sami-Al-Arian - a convicted terror supporter!  He admitted he was involved with the Muslim Brotherhood and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), a Specially Designated Terrorist.  

Most likely, if and when, Al-Arian gets deported he will be named a top leader in Hamas like his counter-part Mousa Marzook, now a U. S. designated global terrorist.  Like Al-Arian, Marzook was supported strongly by CAIR at the time of his arrest in our country found in a Justice Forum: Newsletter of the Marzook Legal Fund dated June 1996.

Did CAIR ever make a statement condemning Al-Arian's activities with a global terrorist organization?  I can't find one.

CAIR also came out firmly against our government a mere six days before 9/11 after a raid on Infocom, an Islamic company located in Texas which served many major global Islamic organizations.

"...American Muslims view yesterday's action as just one of a long list of attempts by the pro-Israel lobby to intimidate and silence all those who wish to see Palestinian Muslims and Christians free themselves of a brutal Apartheid-like occupation. We believe the genesis of this raid lies not in Washington, but in Tel Aviv.

"Hundreds of innocent American businesses and citizens are being harmed by the government's actions. This incident can only serve to marginalize millions of American Muslims who are committed to the betterment of our diverse society

..."It is disturbing that American law enforcement agencies are now perceived by American Muslims and Arab-Americans as being tools in the hands of a foreign government. Our elected officials must not allow Israel to import its unjust and discriminatory policies to this country or to mislabel peaceful challenges to those policies as 'support for terrorism.'"

I find it concerning that most,  if not all Islamic societies in Oklahoma,  chose to hook up with CAIR.  There are many civil rights groups in America without CAIR's Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas related baggage. 

CAIR board member, Jamal Badawi, is a known Muslim Brotherhood member who approves of martyrdom operations.  Shiek Yusef Qaradawi, the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood has openly approved of martyrdom operations in Israel, which includes the killing of woman and children for around twenty years.

Last year Badawi attended a conference honoring Qaradawi where a top Hamas leader Khalid Mishaal praised Qaradawi on his religious rulings on martyrdom of which there is a video.

Does the name Badawi ring a bell?  He is the Islamic scholar the Islamic Society of Tulsa selected to represent them to the public in a debate this past January.  Why they selected a known member of the Muslim Brotherhood who approves martyrdom operations to represent them is most concerning.

All this tends to put a major ding in CAIR's and the Islamic Society of Tulsa's statements against "all forms of terrorism".

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See also:

In his plea deal, what did Sami Al-Arian admit to?   sptimes

Video of Al-Arian  Investigative Project

Sami Al-Arian led a rally in 1991 in the auditorium of a Chicago high school to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Palestinian Intifada. The rally featured Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) spiritual leader Abdel-Aziz Odeh and a host of PIJ imagery. In this excerpt, Al-Arian warns against recent peace efforts aimed at ending the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Video of Al-Arian  Investigative Project

"...protests during the oppressive war why did we stop? Let us continue to protests. Let us damn America. Let us damn Israel. Let us damn their allies until death. Why do we stop?"

CAIR: 

7/15/08:  Action Alert Ask Attorney General to Free Sami Al-Arian

3/19/08:  Support Sami Al-Arian

4/16/08:  Free Sami Al-Arian

CAIR-Ok First Action Alert Jan 2008:  accuses America of war crimes regarding the blockade of Hamas-controlled Gaza

Muslim Brotherhood

CAIR and Company

Islam in Oklahoma

Fooling the Masses in Oklahoma

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Note: zTruth recognizes there a many fine Muslims in America who simply want to practice their religion who also reject Islamism, or the pursuit of Islamic rule.  This would include the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and their affiliates in the U.S..  

When a Muslim or Islamic organization professes their strong community service and interfaith goals in cities and towns all across America, but then has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood - it's disturbing and two-faced.

If you believe I've made a mistake, send me an e-mail to ztruth@ymail.com.  Please include a credible proof source to show me where I messed up.  Upon confirmation I will gladly make the correction.

Andrew Rice's praise for CAIR clouds appeal for Christian voters

  

Far left:  Razi Hashmi, CAIR-OK, Ahmed Rehab far right standing, Yaser Tabbara 2nd from right standing, Andrew Rice: 3rd from right standing.  Sheryl Siddiqui sitting on far right.  Source: Islamic Society of Tulsa

Andrew Rice released his first campaign commercial this week.  It's a short 30 seconds spot designed to appeal to the religious base, primarily Christians,  in Oklahoma.  It also follows the theme of the Democratic party that blames all that is wrong with our country at the feet of the Republicans - just like most Islamists.

Readers of zTruth know that Andrew Rice spoke at the first Council of American Islamic Relations fund raising banquet in Oklahoma last November.  Rice praised their work and CAIR claimed they raised over $50,000. 

CAIR is an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land terror funding case because of their link to the Muslim Brotherhood and/or Hamas which is well documented by audio, video and other documents.  CAIR has never denied this relation,  that I'm aware. 

Now this is what concern me.  Virtually all of the Islamic societies in Oklahoma have aligned themselves with CAIR.  Scary.

Currently, CAIR has an action alert out for Sami Al-Arian, the co-founder of  the Islamic Association of Palestine, an organization shut down for their terror connections.  Several employees of IAP started CAIR and two or three are still there in top leadership positions.  Al-Arian is a convinced terror supporter that CAIR has accused our government of holding him a political prisoner.   The other co-founder of IAP was Mousa Marzook, the current Deputy Political Chief of Hamas.

CAIR has never condemned the actions of Al-Arian or Marzook, that I can find.

So the question that begs to be asked: Why are a good number of Democrats friends of Islamists?  

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Resource:

CAIR and company

Islam in Oklahoma

Video:  Sami Al-Arian

Al-Arian: O brothers and sisters: Have we forgotten? Have we forgotten the Jews and who they are? God, the Glorious and Sublime, warns us of the Israelites, whom he has cursed in the Quran.

He led a rally in 1991 in the auditorium of a Chicago high school to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Palestinian Intifada.

Video:  Sami A-Arian  (9/21/91)

Al-Arian: "The Koran is our constitution… Jihad is our path … Victory to Islam… Death to Israel… Revolution… revolution till the victory."   Isn't this the original motto of the Muslim Brotherhood?

Source Investigative Project

Is the Oklahoma Governor's Ethnic American Advisory Council meeting in secret?

The Oklahoma Governor's Ethnic/Muslim American Advisory Council was thrown into the national spotlight last fall when they offered Oklahoma legislators copies of the Quran, complete with the State of Oklahoma seal on it, as a gift to commemorate Oklahoma's 100th anniversary of statehood.  A big furor developed as some legislators took offensive to their offer of their religious book from a council created by the governor. The separation between mosque and state seemed blurred, to say the least.

Why was this council using government resources, government meeting room and personnel from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM),  for their meetings with the perceived goal to advance Islam within the state of Oklahoma?  The council's own chair, Marjaneh Seirafi-Pour, said the purpose of the council was to build the understanding of Islam in one of the local papers.  I hasten to add they try to teach us about a version of Islam which is not practice in any Islamic country from which they might be from. 

It became very uncomfortable for Oklahomans when Rep. Mike Reynolds reported to the public over $100,000 had been given to politicians by one council member and his family, including Governor Brad Henry, who created the council at their request. 

Attorney Zia Muneer wrote Reynolds as a result:  “...Your ignorance of contributions by Muslims and other Middle Easterners to our state and nation point to the continued need for EEAC here in Oklahoma.”  

His ignorance?  You can't get much more condescending.

Now, it comes to light the minutes of their meetings have not been posted for over a year in violation of the Open Meeting Law, section 312.   

The proceedings of a public body shall be kept by a person so designated by such public body in the form of written minutes which shall be an official summary of the proceedings showing clearly those members present and absent, all matters considered by the public body, and all actions taken by such public body. The minutes of each meeting shall be open to public inspection and shall reflect the manner and time of notice required by this act.

If the minutes aren't posted online how can they be open for public inspection?  It was announced at the February 2007 meeting by Ms. Brenda Thornton of the OPM that the minutes for the past year were now available online,  (download Feb2007Minutes.pdf see item J in the attached minutes I saved before they were taken off the Internet). These were the last minutes available. Clearly the intent was to provide the public easy access to the minutes.  But now missing are the minutes from the May 18, 2007 meeting and the agendas and minutes for all subsequent meetings in 2007 and the February, March and May meetings, or every meeting so far for 2008. 

Amazing isn't it the missing minutes correspond to around the time of the Quran flap?  If ever there was a time to post these minutes online for public review, it's now since many Oklahomans are looking at this council's actions and intent,  but clearly it's not happening.  To prevent the public from knowing apparently is the goal now.

The Open Meetings Act also states the agenda is to be posted 24 hour (item 9) in advance of the meeting which also isn't being done.  Why?

What's going on here?  The public has the right to read the agenda before each meeting and to know what transpired at the meetings via the minutes. The Open Meeting Act states the purpose of the act enacted for the public benefit and is to be construed liberally in favor of the public.  Whatever reason this has not been done is concerning and utterly fails the interest of the public.  There is no excuse.

The last agenda available was for their May 18th, 2007 meeting which listed the Council of American Islamic Relations, an organization that grew out of the Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas infrastructure in the U.S.,  an item on the agenda to be discussed. What?  One member of the council, Dr. Fayyaz H. Hashmi, is highly likely a relative of the new director of CAIR-OK, Razi Hashmi.   Are you paying attention?

The deliberate act not to allow the public easy access to the minutes and agenda of this council or any council, as intended, certainly doesn't serve the best interest of the public and gives the appearance of secrecy and cover for this controversial council. 

Oklahomans should be asking their elected officials why this is happening.

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Update:  6/2/08:  The Office of Personnel Management has now removed all minutes and agenda for this council and reversed themselves on posting them online.  It's quite obvious their intent is not to make the minutes readily available to the public, as intended by the Open Meeting Act. 

Shame on the Office of Personnel Management.

See also:

Islam in Oklahoma

zTruth recognizes there are many fine Muslims in America who simply want to practice their religion who also reject Islamism, or the ideology of politcal Islam and/or Islamic rule.  This would include the Muslim Brotherhood and their affiliates in the U.S..  

When a Muslim or Islamic organization professes their strong community service and interfaith goals in cities and towns all across America, but then has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood - it's disturbing and two-faced.

If you find I've made a mistake, please send me an e-mail to ztruth@ymail.com and include a credible proof source to help show me where I messed up. IUpon confirmation I will gladly make the correction

Nihad Awad: Islamic Association of Palestine-CAIR-CAIR-OK

 

Shame on the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City.

The Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City plans to show a disturbingly anti-Israel film called Occupation 101 to "educate" people of all religions about the conflict between Israel and Palestine.  They would have you believe this film presents the whole truth and nothing but the truth.  Nothing could be further from the truth. 

Does the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City not realize that 90% or so of Oklahomans are Christians or Jewish and support Israel because of our Biblical believes?  Our foreign policy also reflects our long-standing support and believe for Israel.  It's insulting to every Oklahoma Christian and Jew for the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City to show this biased film as a documentary of the truth.

It was the Arab world who rejected the two state solution offered by the UN back in 1948.  It is the Arab world who says the Palestinians is the rightful owner of Israel even though much is written about Israel, its children and its land backed up with historic artifacts and Biblical references. 

The Islamic Ottoman Empire collasped around 1917 after expansions that took land away from many. 

History of Palestine/UN:

The Palestine  problem became an international issue towards the end of the First World War with the disintegration of the Turkish Ottoman Empire.  Palestine was among the several former Ottoman Arab territories which were placed  under the administration of Great Britain under the Mandates System adopted by the League of Nations pursuant to the League's Covenant.

The UN stepped in to create the soverign state of Israel.  Remember it was the Israelis who were forced from their land during the expansion of the Ottoman Empire:

THE STATE OF ISRAEL will be open for Jewish immigration and for the Ingathering of the Exiles; it will foster the development of the country for the benefit of all its inhabitants; it will be based on freedom, justice and peace as envisaged by the prophets of Israel; it will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex; it will guarantee freedom of religion, conscience, language, education and culture; it will safeguard the Holy Places of all religions; and it will be faithful to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations.  1947-48

The oppression the Palestinians is primarily the result of the Arab's world refusal to the UN's two-state solution.  They forced the Palestinains to remain segregated from the rest of Middle East society as they never recognized Israel's right to exist.  Palestinians had an opportunity to live in peaceful harmony, side by side with Israel but this option was refused. 

The Arab world denies Bibically references to Israel.  A holy book that far, far outdates the Quran.

c.13th century	Exodus from Egypt: Moses leads Israelites from Egypt, followed by 40 years of wandering in the desert. Torah, including the Ten Commandments, received at Mount Sinai.
13th-12th centuries	Israelites settle in the Land of Israel
c.1020	Jewish monarchy established; Saul, first king.
c.1000	Jerusalem made capital of David's kingdom.
c.960	First Temple, the national and spiritual center of the Jewish people, built in Jerusalem by King Solomon.
c. 930	Divided kingdom: Judah and Israel
722-720	Israel crushed by Assyrians; 10 tribes exiled (Ten Lost Tribes).
586	Judah conquered by Babylonia; Jerusalem and First Temple destroyed; most Jews exiled.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Think about it, no where in the Bible or the Quran is Palestine ever mentioned.  Why?  It didn't exist. Israel, however, did exist and is referenced in both books.

THE QUR'AN SAYS:

Israel in the Quran

2:47 Children of Israel! call to mind the favour which I bestowed upon you, and that I preferred you to all other nations. 2:122 O Children of Israel! call to mind the favor which I bestowed upon you, and that I preferred you to all other nations.

7:137 And We made the children of Israel, who were considered weak (and of no account), inheritors of lands in both east and west, - lands whereon We sent down Our blessings. The fair promise of thy Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel, because they had patience and constancy, and We leveled to the ground the great works and fine
buildings which Pharaoh and his people erected (with such pride).

17:104 And We said thereafter to the Children of Israel, "Dwell securely in the land of promise":

10:93 We settled the Children of Israel in a beautiful dwelling-place, and provided for them sustenance of the best: it was after knowledge had been granted to them.

20:80 O ye Children of Israel! We delivered you from your enemy, and We made a Covenant with you to give you the right side (the blessed side) of Mount Sinai, and We sent down to you Manna (special food) and quails.

26:59 Thus it was, but We made the Children of Israel inheritors of such things (the promised land)

45:16 We did aforetime grant to the Children of Israel the Book the Power of Command, and Prophet hood; We gave them, for Sustenance, things good and pure; and We favored them above all other nations.

44: 32 And We have chosen them (the Children of Israel) above the 'Alamîn (mankind, and jinns) and our choice was based on a deep knowledge.

32.23] And certainly We gave the Book to Moses, so be not in doubt concerning the receiving of it, and We made it a guide for the children of Israel.
[32.24] And We made of them Guiding Lights and leaders to guide by Our command as they were patient, and they were certain of Our communications.

[17:104] And we said to the Children of Israel afterwards, “ scatter and live all over the world…and when the end of the world is near we will gather you again into the Promised Land”.

Shame on the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City.

Documentary on Middle East conflict to be shown The Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City will show the award-winning documentary "Occupation 101: The Root Cause of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict” at 6 p.m. May 17 at Harkins Bricktown 16, 150 E Reno.

Tickets are $5 per person.

Saad Mohammed, the society's director of Islamic information, said the purpose of the screening is to educate people of all religions and cultures about the conflict between Palestine and Israel.   NewsOK

You can watch this very biased film here for FREE and at your convenience:

Part 1 of 11 (each video is around 8-9 minutes long)

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Part 2

Part 3