Rashad Hussain, the Deputy Associate Counsel to President Obama was recently named by the president to be the envoy to the OIC (a Saudi based and backed global Islamist governmental organization).
In 2008 he co-wrote a Brookings paper titled Reformulating the Battle of ideas Understanding the Role of Islam in Counterterrorism Policy. This paper claims Islam is the most important counter terrorism ally we have. Hussain believes Islamic religious leaders should be brought into our policy decision making who would speak with more credibility that our own policy makers because Muslims distrust our democracy.
What more could the Muslim Ummah want but to have someone within an arms reach of the president call for the downgrade of our democracy and the upgrade of Islam?
In the first sentence in the introduction it states: "Implementing a more effective national security strategy in the coming decades will require the deployment of perhaps the most potent tool for combating terrorism: Islam". Why promote democracy and freedom when "many Muslims associate American freedom and democracy with immorality and impermissible secularism --", he wrote. He went on; "Similarly, many Muslims view “American democracy” as pro-secular, anti-religion, and anti-Islamic law". To help offset this he said the U.S. should "incorporates mainstream Islamic scholarship into policymaking as a part of a comprehensive counterterrorism strategy.
Hussain's eight point plan is highlighted below:
First: Instead of calling our struggle as one for freedom and democracy vs. terrorist ideology we should just call it a conflict with terrorists within the Muslim world (America's struggle against terrorism is to protect our freedom and democracy which Hussain apparently wants us to deny).
Second: No use of the word Islamic terrorist instead say Al Qaeda terrorism. (do not link terrorism with Muslims, period)
Third: Create a coalition of partners outside of those who support democracies which could be led by Muslim nations (do you get it?)
Fourth: Enlist Islamic scholars of Islam and the Muslim World -- "these scholars should analyze the most persuasive methods for applying Islamic law to reject terrorism." (does he mean introduce Sharia law into our government?)
Fifth: Include these scholars into our policymaking decision. (confirmed, bring Sharia law into the highest levels of our democracy)
Sixth: Promote scholarships with Fiqh Council of North America and others groups (I know at lease one member who was ID'd by the FBI as part of the Muslim Brotherhood - an Islamic supremacist global organization. , I suspect many others are members or supporters. BTW, why is their anti-terrorism page so thin?)
Seventh: Strengthening the authoritive voice of mainstream Islam in the U.S. (depends greatly on whom he considers mainstream)
Eighth: The primary cause of broad-based anger and anti-Americanism is not a clash of civilizations but the perceived effect of U.S. foreign policy in the Muslim world. (i.e., U.S. bad)
"While an examination of political and economic problems that are frequently cited as major grievances not just of terrorists but also of large populations of Muslims around the world is beyond the scope of this paper, the U.S. should continue to promote effective economic and social reforms and to work with allies in crafting fair and peaceful resolutions to conflicts in the Middle East and in other parts of the Muslim world."
I'm speechless.
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