Jihad at the Democrat National Convention

The mask (or is that mosque?) is off the Democ-rat party. The party of subversion has gone off the cliff. The Democratic National Convention will open
with a focus on Islam. 20,000 Muslims are expected to attend, according
to the Bureau of Indigenous Muslim Affairs (BIMA), led by one of the un-indicted co-conspirators in the World Trade Center bombing. Are Americans in a coma or is the enemedia, yet again, covering up this blatant stealth coup?

Robert Spencer explains it here.

But the most disturbing aspect of the entire “Jumah at the DNC” is
not the obvious victimhood-mongering of its agenda, but the people
involved. The Democrats are playing host to an unsavory gang of Islamic
supremacists with numerous ties to jihad groups. Even this is not
surprising, but it should be a matter of concern to any Americans who
are more aware of the jihad threat than the average politically correct
Democrat pol.

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Take, for example, BIMA spokesman Jibril Hough. Hough’s mosque, the
Islamic Center of Charlotte, is owned by a Muslim Brotherhood group, the
North American Islamic Trust (NAIT), which was named an unindicted
co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation Hamas terror funding case.
When confronted about this on a radio show,
Hough first professed not to be aware of the charges against NAIT, and
then refused to disavow the organization, saying only that he himself
was “not necessarily” a member of NAIT and: “I was not involved in the
decision to allow NAIT to be the [title] holder.”

Meanwhile, the “Grand Imam”
for Jumah at the DNC is none other than Siraj Wahhaj. Wahhaj is one of
the most sought-after speakers on the Muslim circuit, and has addressed
audiences all over the country; in 1991, he even became the first Muslim
to give an invocation to the U.S. Congress. After 9/11, his renown as a
moderate Muslim grew when he declared: “I now feel responsible to
preach, actually to go on a jihad against extremism.” But as with so
many other Muslim leaders in the U.S., Siraj Wahhaj is not as moderate
as he may appear at first glance.

Wahhaj was several years ago designated a “potential unindicted
co-conspirator” in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. He himself has
denounced this designation as essentially meaningless, but he didn’t
earn it by doing nothing. In the early 1990s he squired the Blind
Sheikh, Omar Abdel Rahman, all around New York City and New Jersey,
sponsoring talks by him in area mosques. The Blind Sheikh, of course, is
now serving a life sentence for his role in the first World Trade
Center bombing in 1993, as well as in jihad plots to blow up the Lincoln
and Holland Tunnels.

When Wahhaj was traveling around with the Blind Sheikh, was Rahman
“moderate,” and then became “radicalized”  later? Or did Rahman and
Wahhaj share a supremacist and violent view of Islam, but Wahhaj is
going about his jihad in a way that is less likely than Rahman’s to draw
law enforcement scrutiny? No one ever asks Wahhaj such questions –
least of all Democrat Party politicians.

Nor is Wahhaj’s association with the Blind Sheikh the only blot on
his reputation as a “moderate.” He has warned that the United States
will fall unless it “accepts the Islamic agenda.” He has also asserted
that “if only Muslims were clever politically, they could take over the
United States and replace its constitutional government with a
caliphate.”

So why is such a man acting as the “Grand Imam” at “Jumah at the
DNC”? The Democrats are so in thrall to multiculturalism that it is
likely that few, if any, DNC organizers know or care about Wahhaj’s
Islamic supremacist statements and ties. To raise any concerns about
such a speaker would be “Islamophobic,” violating every rule of the
anti-American, anti-Western ethos that prevails among so many Democrats
today.

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RedState has this:

Starting
at the end of this month the Democratic National Convention will open
with a focus on Islam.  20,000 Muslims are expected to attend according
to the Bureau of Indigenous Muslim Affairs (BIMA), the national Muslim American non-profit coordinating the two days of events they claim are non-political.  ”Jumah at the DNC”
begins August 29 and will start with a Friday afternoon jummah prayer
followed by other unnamed programs and events, leading up to the Islamic
Regal Banquet. The following day will be an all day Islamic Cultural
and Fun Fest which will include discussions on the topics
of Islamaphobia, Anti-Shariah, Middle Eastern Crisis, Patriot Act,
National Defense Authorization Act and more.  The purpose, according to
BIMA, is to attract national and international attention to the plight
of American Muslims and to hold political parties accountable for issues
that affect them.

[…..]

Jibril Hough may be a name many in Charlotte are familiar with
already.   He is the leader of a Sunni mosque, The Islamic Center of
Charlotte, who is been known for being outspoken
against Representative Sue Myrick – a North Carolina Republican member
of the House Intelligence Committee.  Beyond calling her plan to fight
against jihadist activity in America “a fear campaign” and the “new
McCarthyism (or Myrickism)”, he confronted her in a Muslim Town Hall he
organized in 2010.  According to Jasser, the language used by Hough as
his Town Hall was strikingly similar to that of the Muslim Brotherhood
when he stated, “As citizens of a non-Muslim country and as American
Muslims, we have a contract with America and not a contract on America.
This means that we must abide by the laws of this state and we cannot be
at war with this state.”  As Jasser points out, “note the deep seeded
separatism in this ‘we’ mindset. Basically he is saying that this system
of laws is not his or the Muslims he represents but they will follow
it-for now.”  Further, Hough commented on his support of laws that would
mandate “Muslim” behaviors for American-Muslims, but wouldn’t affect
nonMuslims; again Jasser notes Hough’s separatist tone that mimics
political Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood mindset, which supports
“separate legal paths for each faith” instead of “one law based in
reason”.  Jibril has also stated he is the North Carolina head of the
Islamic Political Party of America(IPPA), based in Charlotte, who in a
2002 press release claimed the Jews were behind 9/11.  As if that
weren’t enough, IPPA is close to another organization known as Jamaat Al
Muslimeen (JAM), The Islamic Peoples Movement, who (in addition to
being Holocaust deniers) had this advice for President Obama:

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He should ensure that those Muslims he talks to do
represent authentic Islam. All Islamic movements oppose America’s
policies. If Obama talks to Muslims who support America’s policies, it
will be an exercise in futility.

In response to Hough accusing Rep. Myrick of being anti-Muslim, he was interviewed
on the formerly conservative radio station WBT in Charlotte.  Radio
host Keith Larson questioned him as to why his mosque was owned by The
North American Islamic Trust (NAIT), an organization blacklisted by the
U.S. Justice Department as an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest terror finance case in U.S. history.  According to the government,
NAIT is also a front for HAMAS and the Muslim Brotherhood in America.
 Hough, when presented by Larson with the documents, claimed he didn’t
realize his mosque was owned by NAIT and was also unaware that they had
been blacklisted.  Hough went on in the interview to defend HAMAS and
accuse the U.S. and Israel of the only “real” terrorism.

Imam Siraj Wahhaj is imam of a mosque in Brooklyn, New York, the leader of The Muslim Alliance in North America, a member of CAIR, and an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. As
a character witness for Omar Abdel Rahman (the Blind Sheik) who was
convicted of plotting to blow up the World Trade Center and other New
York City landmarks, Wahhaj described him as a “respected scholar,” and “bold, as a strong preacher of Islam.”  Wahhaj is also a Board of Trustee member of the North American Imams Federation
(NAIF)(who’s website currently features an anti-Jewish, anti-black
rant), a Muslim Brotherhood front organization, who (coincidentally)
held a conference in Charlotte last year on Islamophobia.  Like Hough, Wahhaj is also connected to NAIT by way of his membership in the Islamic Society of North America(ISNA), which was also found
by the government to be a front for HAMAS and the Muslim Brotherhood.
 While Hough has been careful to play politics in Charlotte, Wahhaj has
not hidden his hatred for America.  He is quoted
as calling America, “a garbage can… filthy, filthy and sick.”  As an
imam, he has stated, “Where ever you came from, you came to America. And
you came for one reason – for one reason only- to establish Allah’s
deen (a complete way of life).”  He believes that the only reason to get
involved in politics is to use it as a weapon in the cause of Islam.
 By his own admission, the question of why Wahhaj would be interested in
hosting events at the DNC is obvious.

How
BIMA gained access to the DNC is more of a mystery.  Muhammad Heshaam
Jaaber, the Executive Director, Jibril Hough, spokesman, and Captain
James Yusuf Yee, BIMA National Representative for the DNC are the only
publicly identified members and each one appears to be connected to U.S.
Representative Keith Ellison; the first Muslim ever to be elected to
Congress and a former supporter of Louis Farrakhan.  Ellison, who
attended President Obama’s Iftar Dinner earlier this month, made the news last
month when Representative Michelle Bachmann called for him (among
others) to be investigated for ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.  Whether
or not he has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, Ellison is not far from
them having associates within BIMA.  Jasser points out that Hough sought
advice from Ellison before proceeding with his Town Hall with Rep.
Myrick.  Captain Yee (who will be speaking at the event) appears in
BIMA’s promotional video for Jumah at the DNC quoting Ellison as saying,
“If you’re not at the table, then you’re on the menu.”  Yee is described
by BIMA as “a chaplain in the U.S. Military” and an “eye witness to to
the unjust treatment of military detainees and prisoners of Guantanamo
Bay” who was allegedly detained “when he took steps to prevent the
injustice.”  However, BIMA fails to mention that Yee was charged by the
military with sedition, aiding the enemy, spying, espionage and failure
to obey a general order; charges ultimately dropped due to national
security concerns about releasing evidence in the case.  Also speaking
will be Hassen Abdellah, who BIMA has no problem admitting was “a lead
defense attorney for the 1993 First World Trade bombing suspects”
 Ellison has also appeared alongside Wahhaj on many speaking engagements
for organizations such as ISNA and NAIF, despite both organizations
being fronts for the Muslim Brotherhood.  If Ellison is the link between
BIMA and the DNC, then can it be said that, not only does he not mind
the questionable associations of those within the organization, but also
the other speakers they will be bringing in?

BIMA has stated
they have smaller events planned for the Republican National
Convention, however when reached out to, GOP convention staff said they
have no knowledge of any events planned in or around Tampa at the time.
 With the Democratic National Convention only a couple weeks away, it
will be interesting to see if the media chooses to cover what one would
assume to be a controversial start to renominate President Barack Obama.

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