Governor Christie’s Islamist Problem
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is a rising star in the Republican Party, forcing him to constantly deny that he will run for president in 2012. His stardom has just hit a bump though, as he is under fire for embracing Muslims with Islamist ties.
The controversy began when Governor Christie nominated Sohail Mohammed, the general counsel to the American Muslim Union (AMU), to become a Superior Court judge. The Investigative Project on Terrorism has discovered that the AMU is not a moderate group, as its online newsletter has told readers that a “Zionist commando orchestrated the 9/11 terrorist attacks.” The group has also supported the Neturei Karta, an Orthodox Jewish group that rejects Israel’s right to exist and supports Hamas and Ahmadinejad. The AMU also declined to support the 2005 “Free Muslims March Against Terror.”
The organization is also very closely tied to the Islamic Center of Passaic County (ICPC), as it has had five common officials. The ICPC was founded by a Hamas operative named Mohammed el-Mezain. In November 1994, el-Mezain boasted of how the ICPC and the Holy Land Foundation, of which he was chairman, were supporting Hamas and how he had raised $1.8 million for it. He was later convicted in 2008 of financing the terrorist group.
The ICPC has had a cozy relationship with groups tied to the Muslim Brotherhood. For example, the former president of the Muslim American Society, Esam Omeish, used to be a chairman of the mosque’s board, according to the website of an MSA chapter. He has called the Muslim Brotherhood “moderate” and admits that he and the MAS have been influenced by them. In 2004, he described the founder of Hamas as “our beloved Sheikh Ahmed Yassin” and has praised Palestinians who knew “that the jihad way is the way to liberate your land.”
The mosque has also brought in speakers like Abdelhaleem Ashqar, who has extensive ties to Hamas but has been acquitted of helping finance the group. Telephone records show Ashqar has been in communication with Hamas officials. He was convicted for refusing to testify before a grand jury about the financing of Hamas in the United States.
Sohail Mohammed has a history of defending Islamists. He steadfastly proclaimed the innocence of Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Sami al-Arian, who he claimed was being victimized by a “politically motivated indictment” and a “witch hunt.” He has also defended the Holy Land Foundation, railed against the depiction of Muslim terrorists on the TV show 24, and protested the use of the term “Islamic militants” in the prosecution of the Fort Dix plotters by Christie’s office when he was the U.S. attorney for the District of N.J.
As much as an ahole that donut Christie is, why blame him for our immigration policy. Once you let them mussulmans in, they have the right to live as their culture requires. What did you expect?
Tim,
“Once you let them mussulmans in, they have the right to live as their culture requires. What did you expect?”
Even if that means allowing them to enslave their women?
Governor Christie showed his colors when he unnecessarily pandered to the Muslim community by coming out in support of the Ground Zero Mosque. That did it for me. There are very few Muslim organizations operating in this country who’s members should not be deported. Pandering to their voting base is not the way to deal with the Muslim problem.
Unfortunately the state of NJ can’t do the deporting and the feds won’t. Paterson in particular, Jersey City, and other Jersey towns are overrun with Muslims.
The Muslim Problem is an even bigger problem than the Economy. Both are getting worse the longer they are not dealt with. One shrinks our wallets and the other places all Non Muslim lives in jeopardy.
You might feel better if you lived in a state which honors the 2nd Amendment. But the nanny state of NJ knows best for you little commuters. HELL….Jersey doesn’t even trust you to pump your own gas into your cars. Guess that gas nozzle looks too much like a gun after all!
Know why most guys in Jersey wear mustaches?
Ans: They want to look like their moms!
and another oppurtunity lost for NJ to shine a bit brighter.
There was never any “brightness” in NJ. At it’s best it’s hazy,smoggy dull and overcast. And that’s it’s economic / political forecast. Sumo Chrstie won’t change that dump much.
Oh Tim, Tim, Timmy…..so much stupidity in so few words.
This article has next to nothing to do with “immigration policy.” While a valid topic vis a vis islam, this isn’t within Christie’s purview, as others here have noted.
“Once you let them mussulmans in, they have the right to live as their culture requires.” As implied by others, your idiotic statement defies American law. As we do NOT live under sharia law, NO and HELL NO does anyone have the “right” [sic] to murder, stone, and so on.
Grow up, kid.
But nobody steps in until an honor killing is committed or a terrorist act is planned. Until then everyone is all PC and compliments the nice tame “moderate” Muslims (while making sure they clear out of Paterson by sundown).
This explains why Christie was such a dud with his evasive non-answers on the Ground-Zero Mosque.
He’s revealing himself to be a fatter, unbearded version of Grover Norquist. Behold: the emergence of the “dhimmi-cons”. (This, we need?)
No Christie, No Way. Palin-West in ’12.
Jack, when I first read this article I immediately thought of the faux, stealth jihadisH Republican Norquist.
He has been an Islamist plant in the Party for years, he hearts with the PA/Hamas agenda, his PA wife is his entry to their world.
I agree, Palin-West, or, West-Palin will be the best antidote to the treachery.
Huckabee is a very principled choice, I back him too.West by far is the man I would want at the helm when the Islamic crap hits the fan in the streets of the US-and it absolutely will.
Did you ever stop and think that Christie could be using Sohail Mohammed as an informer against some of the more radical Muslim elements in New Jersey? Christie was a former prosecutor and used snitches and other shady characters to prosecute criminals all the time. What was that saying from the Godfather? “Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.” There is a reason for everything this guys does. Don’t be surprised if he’s playing Sohail Mohammed like a violin.
Christie is a pro-islamist phony conservative, who said about the Ground Zero mosque: don’t “politicise” it:
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/08/16/chris-christie-stop-playing-politics-with-the-ground-zero-mosque/
He’s a disgrace to Conservatives, no matter his alleged policies on “fiscal resonsibility.”
You mean he’s a capo, too?
I hope. It’s the only way to get results in New Jersey.
This is one of your sillier posts.
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I was very disturbed upon hearing this. I don’t know what to think. But I did think the same thing as you and I hope to God you are correct in your assertion.
This wasn’t Christies first ‘bump’.
Those patriots who understand the game Christie played with the wrongfully convicted man transporting his own unloaded firearms in the trunk of his car are outraged.
Proactive laws (especially ones infringing inalienable rights) are synonymous with tyranny.
Winghunter – My sentiments exactly. In light of this and his having appointed this Muslim, I’m not sure why neocons like Bill Kristol think Christie should run in 2012.
After Kristol’s article calling Glenn Beck over reaction to the Muslim Brotherhood, I think we have the answer!
I voted for Christie because he was saying all the right things. So far in NJ, there has been no taxpayer relief, just a lot of talking about the structural issues with the right words. Christie also said the World Trade Center Mosque is okay with him. IMO, the jury is still out because Christie is starting to look more and more like a politician and less like a reformer
Oh dear, ANOTHER much ballyhooed politician bites the dust.What is the matter with these fools who see NO Islamic evil, hear NO Islamic evil, at least when it comes to prostrating themselves for potential votes?
Ignorance is NOT a defense, in fact, it is an indictment! I have known about ALL the players involved in this article, ever since the 555 Grove St,Holyland Foundation trial, hit the public arena.
Therefore, as a former high level lawyer it is impossible for him not to have known about these facts.
Christie is now just another blow hard, he talks the talk, but can’t walk the walk, all the while endangering US security.
Disgraceful.
Ignorance is NOT a defense, in fact, it is an indictment!
Hear hear!
Well said, sir!
And pretended ignorance is even worse!
Christie is so yesterday,he is for cap and trade,amnesty and gun control. The fat man is OK for Jersey but not for the country.
Once upon a time, immigrants were screened for fascist or communist backgrounds. But though Islamists have a long term vision to take over America and impose *their* culture, by being deemed “just another religion” they get a pass. And Christie, if he’s not an idiot, should know better. Yet by putting them into positions of influence, he is going beyond simple pandering. He’s advancing their agenda.
i say the republicans and the tea party members need to stage a protest and have christie thrown out of the republican party….this is the kind of crap we have come to expect from progressives
The question is: What did Christie know and when did he know it? If it can be proved that he KNEW about the situation which is being reported here, he should be impeached for national security reasons and then jailed. We had best get our doo-doo in a pile.
Chris Christie is a rising star in the Republican Party
Only among the RINO crowd. As this report shows, “fiscal conservatives” can’t be trusted.
When money is the most important thing, money is the only thing.
Maybe the implications are 100% true and Christie is a not-so-secret supporter of jihad. Maybe Christie has another side to the story.
If I learn that Christie refuses to use the word “terrorist”, wants to give civilian trials to jihadists, believes the Fr Hood terrorist is a mixed up lovelorn, supports the Muslim Brotherhood, and stands by idly as Iran develops nukes; then I’ll scratch him off the list of people I’d like to see replace little lenin. At that point, there would be 299,999,998 I’d like to see replace the marxist psychopath and 2 who would be off the list (Holder and Christie).
Alll the work on the State spending, getting tough on Union’s to stand with the citizens of NJ and feel the need to cut back and participate in these hard economic times, talking honeslty and frankly to every corner of NJ of exactly what is avail to work with , which is very little, and being viewed as one of the Gov’s that be seen as a model for others to follow and maybe a hope for the office of President, has now been shattered. I am unsure how this appointment will pan out in the ability to truly be effective and how any ruling will escape close examination.
A whole host of other issues will now be fore front and IMHO I feel that this will be more of a hinderence than a help.
Was it an idea worth persuing in appointing this person? On maybe quick glance possibly, but only a quick glance, are the credentials there? On paper yes, but no where else, and a Judge on the NJ Supreme Ciurt needs to be so much more. Now was that time to give so much back to the people of NJ in this appointment, sad to see it was thrown away, and another oppurtunity lost for NJ to shine a bit brighter
“and another oppurtunity lost for NJ to shine a bit brighter”
Sorry…NJ’s the butt of the nations jokes! If the country needed an enema, it’d flat out, hands down, be New Jersey!
The best jersey will ever do is…smoggy with a bright haze and smaze ( smoke & haze ).
Ever see how Jersey troopers dress? They look like they’re ready to invade Poland. Very close to SS uniforms.
All the more reason to never, ever put too much faith in one person. There are certainly good ones and some with good intentions but beyond that you take what you can while keeping your eyes wide open.
Democrat or republican, these politicians will fold before the Islamists like cheap accordians. A combination of Saudi oil money and political correctness have ensured that both sides of the aisle are wholly owned subsidiaries of islamic jihadists. For every demon-rat that is soft on islamic terror, you’ll find a republi-con that is just as clueless. Face it, the Islamists have us checkmated: heads they win, tails you lose.
Chris Christie is a Mitt Romney supporter and RINO. This story helps explain that further.
As a Tea Party member for over 2 years now, Chris Christie has been placed on the back burner with his support of this radical Muslim. The “bump in the road” is more like a baracade and he now has a long way to go to get the support of any Tea Party endorsements!
Yeah, I crossed him off my list when I stumbled across this site: http://conservativenewjersey.com/the-myth-of-christie-conservatism-intro
Interesting multi-part reading to say the least – but they did not have any news on Islam like here at Pajamas.
Nat, Mark v, and Jim: If you all live in Jersey, you deserve another Corzine term. That Christie can immediately lower taxes and undo the decades of Dem corruption in half a term is an fiction that not even a “true believer” can buy. You all must be Kos kids.
They could all be trolls. The pros use single, common first names on this site. They don’t usually use the tactic of attacking from the right, but these three might be attempting to gain some influence that way and helping to undermine a candidate who would be a major threat to little lenin.
I also find it a bit surprising that the comments would be 80-90% against Christie when polls show he is well liked by conservatives.
Moreover, there aren’t many regulars speaking against Christie on this thread so far, even though all regulars are rock solid on the issue of jihad.
these “regulars” could be here under a different name. I am.
EdWhy,
Please take your head out of the sand for at least a minute. Christie just floated “NOT” rolling back toll increases for the ill fated tunnel into Manhattan and has allowed local towns to go beyond his 2% property tax hike cap.
Then add to this Christie’s position on the Ground Zero Mosque and his latest islamo fascist appointment and there are definitely red flags that require closer scrutiny.
Christie can say all the right things all day long, but until he actually gets tangible results for the over burdened NJ taxpayer, the jury is still out.
There’s no doubt that Christie has done wonders financially, but that’s only part of the equation. On every other front, Christie is a leftist in the mold of a John McCain or a Lindsey Graham.
Do some homework on him before you decide to worship him.
That kind of blind loyalty is what I’ve come to expect from Romneyites. Hmmm. Is Christie a Mormon?
BTW, I’m considerably more conservative than most of the columnists on PJ.
Buck up New Jerseyians. Maybe Sharia law is coming to a community near you. Just look at the goodies. Women in burkas, daughters cliorized, beheadings, hand amputations, maybe stonings and whippings. All from the religion of “peace”.
I wish the Governor would please explain and justify the appointment. Am still reserving judgement, but it’s become much more difficult in light of this expose.
Any Muslim Organization even with a tinge of Radicalism cannot function within the American structure.This Country cannot combine any radical tinge within this Judeo Christian Country and expect it to work in any way shape or form. You cannot be a Radical Muslim and accept Christianity in any way.Your Philosophy keeps you as far from it as Mars is from the Earth.Cannot be done.Another thing is that no Negotiations can be had with the Radical Muslim factors.Look only to the end result,if you don’t believe in Islam you die.Think about this.You have to know for sure if the Muslim is truly peace loving or truly Radical. How can you tell? Be sure or die.No guessing allowed.Only the facts prevail.
The more that is known about Islam the more it appears to be not a religion of peace, but a religion of murder, slavery, and mayhem. No thanks, we don’t need it.
Any Muslim Organization even with a tinge of Radicalism cannot function within the American structure.
What you call, “radicalism”, is simply being a faithful, obedient Muslim.
Are you aware any Islamic organization that is not tinged with “radicalism”?
Did the NJ Senate confirm Sohail Mohammed’s appointment? I hope not! Please call the NJ Governor’s office and complain about this nomination!!!
Cuz Sumo Chrisie ,, RINO in Baiting ,, and a Big One at that ,, ia nothing but another Jerry-Beam me a TurnCoat- Brown . What is Wrong with the NE? Are there No True Conservatives?
I just finished reading the book “Triple Cross”, by Peter Lance. It is the third of his books dealing with al-Qaeda, and the events that led to 9/11. In this book, the focus is primarily on Ali Mohamed, a spy for Osama bin Laden who operated in this country with impunity for many years, and who penetrated the FBI, Green Berets and the CIA.
The book outlines in great detail the failures by our law enforcement and intelligence services, most notably the FBI, to connect the dots leading to 9/11, despite a wealth of information in their possession that should have revealed the plot years in advance.
In chapter 35, on page 374 (hard cover), the author discusses Mohammed El-Atriss who, along with Waleed al-Noor, incorporated Sphinx Trading Company, a check-cashing business in Jersey City, 4 doors down from the mosque where the blind Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman operated. If you have even a passing interest in the details of the 9/11 plot, you’ve no doubt heard of Sphinx Trading Company.
El-Atriss was an unindicted co-conspirator in ‘The Day of Terror’ trial, and Sphinx Trading was used by El Sayyid Nosair (murderer of Rabbi Meier Kahane) as a mail-drop, and also used to obtain fake identification cards by 2 of the 9/11 hijackers.
That’s just a little context. Here’s what jumped out at me:
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… “The U.S. attorney’s office in Newark reported that he [El-Atriss] had taken a polygraph test that cleared him of any involvement in the 9/11 plot.
But in testimony at the bail hearing, Detective Ernst indicated that the U.S. attorney’s office had been openly hostile to the sheriff’s investigation. In fact, on the day Ernst and fellow detectives had obtained search warrants and were planning to raid El-Atriss’s home and business, Christopher Christie, the Newark U.S. Attorney telephoned Ernst’s boss, Passaic County Sheriff Jerry Speziale, and threatened that if he held a press conference attendant to the raids, he ‘would be arrested and the U.S. Attorney would… shut down the Sheriff’s Department.”
Was this another attempt by the Feds to cover up an earlier embarrassment – their failure to connect the dots on Sphinx and thus uncover the hijackers? We don’t know.
But as the clock ticked away in the late summer of 2001, the FBI would get one last opportunity to prevent the attacks of September 11.”
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Yup. That U.S. Attorney is the same Christopher Christie who is now the Governor of New Jersey. The same guy who was so intent on interjecting his views into the debate about the Ground Zero Mosque. The same man who just nominated Sohail Mohammed to a Superior Court judgeship in Passaic County, NJ.
It’s not my intent to demonize Christie, or imply he is somehow responsible for the failure to stop the 9/11 attacks, but he has shown several signs of questionable judgment, misaligned priorities and a tendency to place political expedience above principle.
If author Peter Lance is correct, as a U.S. Attorney Christie was more interested in covering backsides than assisting law enforcement in prosecuting one of the people who ultimately played a peripheral role in the 9/11 attacks… and his appointment of Sohail Mohammed to a Superior Court judgeship is also troubling.
Chris Christie may be strong on fiscal policy, and he may even be the best possible governor for New Jersey at this time. But I am very wary of his national political aspirations, and I pray conservatives will not be sucked into a cult of personality similar to that which got Obama elected.
I have been in contact with Peter Lance-actually he called me for assistance several months ago regarding entry into the Israeli media-(knowing full well that I have such contacts)re his most recent findings, that the first target of the Egyptian El Nosair was not Rabbi Kahane, but ex PM Sharon.In addition, he had other matters of terror related import which he felt needed to be aired.
Moreover, his proofs are borne out of facts, facts which indict the PC culture of see NO Islamic evil, hear NO Islamic evil permeating US law enforcement and intelligence circles.
So, IF Lance attests to the interference from Christie, as he protected Islamists operating in NJ, then you can take said info to the bank.
Lance has no political agenda, he just gathers the facts and lays them bare.
Christie should NEVER get his hands on the helm of the White House.IF he does it will be Obama redux, cloaked in Republican garb.
I call it like I see,NOT like I wish it to be.Others should as well.
…but to make the muslim a JUDGE WTF …repeat WTF
Christie was a supporter of Mike Castle in Delaware and he acts like a dhimmi and I think he may be weak on defending the 2nd Amendment. That’s enough for me not to want him, but it is good to see him taking on public sector parasites.
Hey, you guys, you seem well and truly ready for a pogrom. Reminds me of Germany ca. 1934.
Just ban muslim immigration; they won’t hate us any more than they do now and the moderates among them back home might at last start saying, “See what you’ve done now? Just shut up when you get to America and live a peaceful life cuz you’re wrecking it for everyone.”
Well, muslims are certainly wrecking what parts of America they come in touch with. We just don’t benefit in any way that I can see from having muslims come to America – they bring nothing to the table and take away quite a bit in my opinion.
I’m sorry but I think our great, great grandchildren are going to spit on us for our immigration policies which amount to a faith based religion about the essential good of an Islamic culture that actually demonstrates this quality nowhere in the world I can see.
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James – You cannot travel to another middle east country if you step foot in Israel.
I agree we should put a moratorium on all immigration from Middle Eastern Countries. There seems to be quite a long process to actually become an ‘American’ citizen. What puzzles me is how has so may been able to be granted citizenship in what seems to be a very short period of time? What is really going on here??
No, we couldn’t be hated more no matter what we do. I know it’s a long stretch, and may sound crazy but I say just get out of the Middle East period. The US should really use our own resources to become more independent. I also blame the Liberals and Progressives for their political correctness which is being used against us both inside the country and from out side the country.
There has never been any question about the true nature of Islam for me or mine, coming as we do from a Middle Eastern (Christian) family background. Therefore I view the introduction of the idea of “tolerance” in these discussions, however well-meaning, to be misguided to the point of insanity. Sort of like deliberating about how much cyanide we can all eat and still be OK. I have slowly come to the heartbreaking conclusion that it is the deep innocence of most Americans, so beautiful in the abstract, that is at the heart of what makes us highly vulnerable to this lethal adversary. Thus there may not be a cure for this Achilles heel until it is far too late.
So to those good folks commenting on this article for whom the jury is apparently still out on Islam and therefore the actions of Mr. Christie, I would urge you to take a few minutes to listen to these two clips of remarks by LT Col Allen West. One deals directly with the “religion of peace” myth, the other with illegal immigration, for of course they are INTIMATELY related.
http://secure.afa.net/afa/activism/takeaction.asp?id=384
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmn0mFV7xFs&feature=related
Very well said, madame. Most Americans are profoundly ignorant of what Islam is. It can be seen in the responses to this column, and in every discussion of the subject.
“Cyanide” is actually too mild a comparison.
Thanks for the link – I only had an audio one a long time ago. He is wonderful and I got a feeling we are gonna need him soon.
Mayberry Lady – I totally agree with you! Coming from the middle east myself (Jewish) I know how arabs think and I know how they behave – taqiya all the way. Sure, you have some sincere and nice ones, but they are irrelevant. The good people of North America are, quite frankly, extremely naive. And yes, Lt Col Allen West understands all too well what the middle east is all about. He speaks from experience, having dealt with this barbarian islamic cult first hand while in Iraq.
Sure wish he would run for President in 2012. He is definitely qualified!