Islamist Groups Push Conspiracy Theories in Homegrown Terror Cases
Nor is the Niazi case unique; there are many parallels in Islamist tactics responding to the arrest of four alleged terrorists in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx on May 20, accused of plotting to attack two synagogues and to bring down U.S. military airplanes.
The alleged Bronx terrorists met at Masjid al-Ikhlas, a mosque in Newburgh, New York, whose head, Imam Salahuddin Muhammad, blames the FBI informant who discovered the plot for inciting his congregants. Like his peers in California, Muhammad disparages the informant as a convict.
“I am very concerned that the hard work of building bridges here in Newburgh over the last quarter of a century will now be dismissed, because of the actions of a convicted felon,” Muhammad says.
These conspiracy theories are echoed and expanded by other prominent Islamists and their apologists. According to Adem Carroll, the executive director of the Muslim Consultative Network, the government has co-opted Islamic extremists for its own ends.
“These plots are being used to drive funding for the war on terrorism,” Carroll says.
CAIR has made an even more peculiar claim, saying that the Bronx incident may be an FBI conspiracy to “drive a wedge between two American religious minorities” — Jews and Muslims.
Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblatt of the Riverdale Jewish Center, one of the sites targeted in the plot, fails to see how ignoring threats to his community’s security improves Muslim-Jewish relations.
“It is clear that the aspiration to do harm and the commitment to fulfill that aspiration runs like a dark thread through this entire thing, and that’s not the FBI,” Rosenblatt says.
The Islamists have begun openly to undermine the FBI’s ability to confront terrorism. On the CAIR-New York website, an article entitled “Visited by an FBI Agent? Know Your Rights” was published, detailing how to legally avoid providing information to the agency.
The Islamists’ penchant for conspiracy theories is not benign: it is a calculated effort to deny inconvenient truths and an excuse to remain passive in the face of homegrown terrorism. By blaming the FBI for radicalized members of their community, the Islamists effectively discourage American Muslims from complying with their country’s efforts to ensure their security and that of their fellow citizens.
In choosing to side with fringe elements of their population — like Niazi and the alleged Bronx terrorists — over the FBI, the Islamists effectively portray these radicals’ worldview as an accepted norm in their community. The Islamist leadership’s actions are detrimental to the image of American Muslims and a betrayal of their constituency’s broader interests.
Here’s a more pertinent headline:
“White Republicans Push Conspiracy Theories in American Born President Case”
“I am very concerned that the hard work of building bridges here in Newburgh over the last quarter of a century will now be dismissed, because of the actions of a convicted felon,”
How exactly does that amount to a conspiracy charge? Its the exact same statement that the jewish rabbis of NJ is using. Rotten apples, etc.
Protecting oneself from the FBI is just common sense. Knowing one’s rights when confronted by law enforcement is important – education on this topic is a public service, not an indication of “betrayal”.
It is clear that the FBI and CIA have been operating in a far too permissive environment for years now, and that some time will be required to re-calibrate the restraint needed by these agencies.
Blaming “Islamist” groups (aren’t they Muslim?) for pushing conspiracies is rather naive when one reflects upon the nature of the GOP assault on Islam and America. It is not the jihadis who are tapping our phones, reading our mail, and detaining US citizens indefinitely without charge.
The FBI deserves every bit of criticism it is receiving.
Peace.
DS
Moho @ #1
How many of the “birthers” are plotting to blow things up? How many have been caught planning to blow things up? How many have threatened to kill other Americans? How many attend a church or synagogue which espouses hatred for the kafir? So, while the “birthers” are wrong in their assumption (IMHO) concerning the legality of Obama’s citizenship, they have not committed any crime unlike the Muslim nutters who have. Your strawman argument is just stupid.
Poor CAIR, angry that their ‘minority’ ingredient of hate, and intolerance sprinkled in our melting pot make some of us sick, and we no longer want it listed in the recipe.
Please, let them be reminded, that if they have a problem with being a minority in this country, and have a problem with our law enforcement authorities doing their job to root out enemies who wish to kill us, there is an area that takes up approximately one-fourth of the world where they will be a majority, and can live among the like-minded.
Would they like a donation to help pay for the moving costs?
On second thought better we deal with them here, Israel doesn’t need any more humans who wish to wipe them from the face of the earth.
“How many of the “birthers” are plotting to blow things up? How many have been caught planning to blow things up? How many have threatened to kill other Americans?”
Are you serious? I’m afraid to find out.
David S. Your comments do not stand up to criticism. I do agree that it is important for citizens to know and understand their rights, those rights protect them from oppressive government. However, it should not be encouraged to refuse assisting law enforcement authorities in identifying and capturing violent radicals and preventing their plans from coming to fruition. I am sure your stance might be different if we were discussing radical and violent pro-life groups/individuals.
There is no GOP assault on Islam and America, that would be a conspiracy theory, and one easily dismissed given that the Democrat majority continues those same policies and in fact seeks to use them for more nefarious purposes (ala the privacy agreement for clunkers for cash). It would be more accurate (and honest) to recognize the outright constitutional violations perpetrated by the federal government over the course of decades and seek to reverse them, which is a very conservative type of issue (Libertarians anyone?). While the patriot act was wrong, I personally believe that it originated from the best of intentions to streamline the process of obtaining information. Who wants their family killed by a bombing that could have been stopped if the FBI wasn’t still waiting for that wire tap warrant and missing out on key intel? I think it was enacted without careful consideration for the violations of civil liberties it would allow because in post 9/11 America, we were and in some cases still are, in reactionary mode.
In fact, there is no assault on Islam at all. This is an imagined policy concocted to protect the violent radical groups that emerge, from the Muslim community, by the radicals themselves. What better smokescreen than to claim persecution of Islam as a whole and secure special protections under the law not afforded other religions. A protective umbrella under which they are able to spread their poison while pretending to be the same as the friends, neighbors and co-workers that we know to be Muslim.
Nobody is being plucked from the streets to be detained without having some connection with terrorist organizations, not yet anyway, but with big-brother government that the left is trying to force on us, it soon may be a reality.
6. Anonymous:
Are you serious? I’m afraid to find out.
With such absurd & farcical fears, how can you function in the real world.
Oh, that’s right, you can’t. Your world is make believe.
CAIR, and the Muslim brotherhood are enemys of these United States. More, and more Americans are learning about the religion of peace.
ROPMA!
@1. Moho:
You said:
““White Republicans Push Conspiracy Theories in American Born President Case”
You get the answer if you google: “”EXECUTIVE ORDER 13489″
First day on throne the JOCKER sealed all his personal records for no apparent reason; – no other pres. ever did thing like that. To wit, we must know nothing about his background and actions: therefore our suspicions and doubt are well founded.
Are you capable of comprehend the consequences of hiding EVERYTHING from the voters and for this action he paid about $1 million legal fees.
You are the staunch defender of the Jocker and the oppressed people of color so I respectfully ask you to relate us the story: how turned Hussein Obama in Hawaii to Barry Soetero in the Indonesian school and back again to Hussein Obama? Thanks