American Imams Conspire to Acquire Weapons for ISIS

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Behind every jihad attack is the imprimatur of a Muslim cleric. The mosques — the fortresses. The imams — the generals.

Mosques must be monitored.

Photo: Sebastian Gregerson, left, may have had help in purchasing an ‘arsenal’ of weapons by Maryland imam

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Four separate studies since 1999 all found that 80% of U.S. mosques were teaching jihad, Islamic supremacism, and hatred and contempt for Jews and Christians. There are no countervailing studies that challenge these results. In 1998, Sheikh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani, a Sufi leader, visited 114 mosques in the United States. Then he gave testimony before a State Department Open Forum in January 1999, and asserted that 80% of American mosques taught the “extremist ideology.” Then there was the Center for Religious Freedom’s 2005 study, and the Mapping Sharia Project’s 2008 study. Each independently showed that upwards of 80% of mosques in America were preaching hatred of Jews and Christians and the necessity ultimately to impose Islamic rule.

In the summer of 2011 came another study showing that only 19% of mosques in U.S. don’t teach jihad violence and/or Islamic supremacism. Specifically: “A random survey of 100 representative mosques in the U.S. was conducted to measure the correlation between Sharia adherence and dogma calling for violence against non-believers. Of the 100 mosques surveyed, 51% had texts on site rated as severely advocating violence; 30% had texts rated as moderately advocating violence; and 19% had no violent texts at all. Mosques that presented as Sharia adherent were more likely to feature violence-positive texts on site than were their non-Sharia-adherent counterparts. In 84.5% of the mosques, the imam recommended studying violence-positive texts. The leadership at Sharia-adherent mosques was more likely to recommend that a worshiper study violence-positive texts than leadership at non-Sharia-adherent mosques. Fifty-eight percent of the mosques invited guest imams known to promote violent jihad. The leadership of mosques that featured violence-positive literature was more likely to invite guest imams who were known to promote violent jihad than was the leadership of mosques that did not feature violence-positive literature on mosque premises.” That means that around 1,700 mosques in the U.S. are preaching hatred of infidels and justifying violence against them. (Source: Jihad Watch)

Maryland imam swept up in alleged ‘conspiracy’ to commit jihad,” WND, September 22, 2016 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Charitable donations from mosque may have financed ‘arsenal’ in Detroit, other areas

The FBI is widening its probe into a Detroit Muslim who investigators now suspect was conspiring with a Maryland imam to acquire military-grade weapons and commit acts of jihad on behalf of ISIS.

WND reported Aug. 30 on the alleged “arsenal” found at the home of Sebastian Gregerson, a convert to Islam who now goes by the name Abdurrahman Bin Mikaayl.

The Detroit News reported a new twist in the story Thursday, that Gregerson likely did not act alone. He allegedly had help from an imam who specializes in Shariah law. That imam, Suleiman Bengharsa of Clarksburg, Maryland, may have used donations from his mosque to help finance Gregerson’s purchase of grenades, two AK-47s, seven rifles, tactical knives, a shotgun and thousands of rounds of ammunition.

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More than 200 pages of sealed federal court records offer new details about an FBI investigation spanning at least three states, the News reported.

The investigation started about 18 months ago but bore fruit on July 31 when Gregerson was arrested near his Detroit home after allegedly buying fragmentation grenades from an undercover FBI agent.

It is unclear whether imam Bengharsa was financing weapons purchases in other parts of the country, but WND sources, including retired Homeland Security officer Philip Haney, say this type of financing involving American mosques happens all the time.

According to Shariah law, one-eighth of all charitable donations at a mosque, called zakat, must go to fund jihad around the world, Haney told WND. And approximately 80 percent of America’s more than 3,000 mosques are financed by Saudi Arabia, perhaps the most Shariah-compliant nation in the world.

“Based on the totality of the aforementioned information and evidence, there is reason to believe that Bengharsa and Gregerson are engaged in discussions and preparations for some violent act on behalf of (the Islamic State),” an FBI agent wrote in a Jan. 7 search warrant application.

The scope, targets and number of people involved in the investigation are unclear, but the case also involves Virginia, according to the Detroit News report.

Imam Bengharsa, 59, laughed and scoffed at the FBI’s allegations, which he told the Detroit newspaper were “ridiculous.” He also denied being an ISIS supporter and dismissed the charges as a witch hunt against Muslims.

“It feels like McCarthyism,” Bengharsa told the newspaper.

“No, no, no, that is absolutely untrue,” Bengharsa added. “It might appear that way. I am an advocate of the United States and the West getting the hell out of the Middle East and the Muslim world.

“It’s ridiculous. All I can say is it’s ridiculous,” he added. “If this was the case, why haven’t they come to arrest me?”

He said he would rather go to jail than live in a country that goes the route of McCarthyism.

Haney said the imam’s comments were brazen.

“People will say, ‘Oh, Sharia doesn’t teach that.’ Well, one-eighth Muslim charitable contributions are obligated according to Shariah to go to the support of jihad, which means if this imam is gathering money up to buy hardware, like grenades and guns, then he’s doing it in accordance with Shariah. And according to the Detroit News article, he’s an expert in Shariah,” said Haney, author of the best-selling book “See Something Say Nothing.”

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ColonelNeville
ColonelNeville
7 years ago

Imagine if the following were true and that the left media remained entirely silent or apologetic about it. You can’t. It’s impossible – but the above is happening now as always – “Four separate studies since 1999 all found that 80% of U.S. churches were teaching violent global terrorism, Christian supremacism, and hatred and contempt for Jews and Muslims.”

Peter Joffe
Peter Joffe
7 years ago

This is very wrong. Mosques must be destroyed not monitored. The only people who are going to destroy radical Islam are non radical Muslims if there are such people,but they are too sacred or to ineffectually to do anything other than praise Allah for his hate and religion of death. Many Muslims came to the West for a better life but they assist now in getting a better publicized death. Good Muslims, if there are such people have to get up and fight against the haters of civilization.

Fred8512
Fred8512
7 years ago
Reply to  Peter Joffe

Peter, there is no such thing as a moderate mudslime, they all want everyone who does not agree with them dead; and there is no such thing as a radicalized mudslime, they read and pray from the same book. If there were moderate mudslimes, the koran would be rewritten to delete all the evil and hate from it.

I agree with you that all mosques need to be razed.

Fred8512
Fred8512
7 years ago

How about all mudslimes/inslamest be deported, and all mosques razed, and never let mudslimes/islamest into the U.S. again. If the demonrats want them, deport the demonrats to the hell holes.

knightsstrength
knightsstrength
7 years ago
Reply to  Fred8512

No good deporting any Muslims as they will kill others. Better to kill themvor put them where they cannot harm another human but their own. Yes all that support Muslim refugees and Muslims need to go

charlie baker
charlie baker
7 years ago

If 80% of Mosques are preaching Jihad then we should bulldoze them and build Piggly Wiggly markets to replace them. The Jihad is here, now. We had best do something.

knightsstrength
knightsstrength
7 years ago
Reply to  charlie baker

If they preach Jihad, we should be shooting them

Logic PrObe
Logic PrObe
7 years ago

Seems to be a fair amount of traitors over there………as there are here.
I think a ban on dual citizenship should be implemented for starters.

Mig
Mig
7 years ago
Reply to  Logic PrObe

coming from a legal immigrant (i.e. me)… citizenship is much like the law in that it is only words on a piece of paper… good citizen immigrants, just like law abiding citizens, obey laws and respect pledges of allegiance because they agree to be bound by them… if someone wants to come here and do harm, being a US citizen, dual citizen or even illegal immigrant will make no difference… Major “I’m a muzzrat and I want to kill you all” Hassan (Fort Hood shooter) was/is a US citizen… his status as a citizen of the US didn’t stop him from going jihad on our asses… I doubt banning dual citizenship will make a difference either… however, as an immigrant from the UK now living in the US, I firmly believe that one should renounce one’s previous citizenship just on the principle of becoming a citizen in another country… one cannot be faithful to two masters… choose one!

Logic PrObe
Logic PrObe
7 years ago
Reply to  Mig

I realise that it won’t stop people with evil intent…………it’s just a bugbear of mine!
I used to praise the US for it………..then they changed it so Murdoch could get his Aussie citizenship back!

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
7 years ago

Wouldn’t it be a breath of fresh air if the “powers that be” were willing to grant the benefit of the the doubt to law enforcement in the same measure they do these raghead conspirators?

knightsstrength
knightsstrength
7 years ago

No problems Obama will give it to them mysteriously as how US weapons found their way to Bosnian Muslims under Clinton’s Presidency to kill Serbian Christians before bombing the Christians

Aaron
Aaron
7 years ago

Pamela: these are only the ones they’ve caught. And it is not beyond reason they are the decoys–put people at ease over a threat diminished.

The trained Iranian Revolutionary Guard fighters who are here in sleeper cells all over the country, are the smart ones.

Never underestimate the Iraians. They think the Arabs are a lesser species–like hillbilly dumb-dumb second cousins. They don’t mind using them while they take care of the real business at hand.

Of all the Mislem groups, it’s the Iranians who can most easily pass as “Hispanics.” They love that…

Metatrona
Metatrona
7 years ago

Mosques must be bulldozed. Muslims have to be registered.

SFTOBEY
SFTOBEY
7 years ago

Tell that piece of scheisse imam that McCarthy was right all along!!!!!

KitCarson CarsonCity
KitCarson CarsonCity
7 years ago

DAMN IT! Fight back and fight back HARD.

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