Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Judge Refuses to Dismiss Lawsuit Against the Islamic Society of Tulsa,
Earlier this year, Judge Gordon McAllister granted several motions to dismiss, but gave Miftah's attorneys 20 days to present an amended petition. It was this amended petition that was the subject of the latest motions to dismiss, which were denied.
We will keep you posted on developments. Here is a link to BatesLine's Jamal Miftah category, where you can catch up on the dispute between Miftah and IST regarding IST expelling him over his op-ed condemning terrorism in the name of Islam.
DOCUMENTS: Here are some of Jamal Miftah's court filings in this case:
June 22, 2007: Jamal Miftah v. Islamic Society of Tulsa et al. - Original Petition
October 30, 2007: Jamal Miftah v. Islamic Society of Tulsa et al. - Response to Motion for
Dismissal
April 2, 2008: Jamal Miftah v. Islamic Society of Tulsa et al. - Amended Petition
May 15, 2008: Jamal Miftah v. Islamic Society of Tulsa et al. - Motion for Continuance
June 9, 2008: Jamal Miftah v. Islamic Society of Tulsa et al. - Response to Motion for Dismissal
The Rest @ Batesline
Many International Salafia are Bleeding-Edge Terrorists
- One Group which recently planned attack on tourists was recently captured by Moroccan Intelligence.
- Morocco also recently broke up an Al Qaeda suicide Bomber Recruiting Ring in North West Africa that claimed to follow the Salafi Doctrine
Anti-Jihad Muslim in Tulsa Persecuted by Local Islamic Society
By suing prominent individuals who speak out against Islamization, the deep pockets of the Islamic groups are brought to bear against people who can ill afford the legal fight.
Along with libel tourism and the full-court press in the media, it’s an effective way of silencing the critics of Islam.
Now one of the little guys is giving the Islamists a taste of their own medicine, and he’s a Muslim himself. Jamal Miftah is a resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma. He says that back in 2005 he spoke up condemn Islamic terrorism, and as a result was threatened and assaulted by various members of his mosque.
He has responded by filing suit against the Islamic Society of Tulsa, the local chapter of the Islamic Society of North America, and the North American Islamic Trust, as well as a number of individuals — Farooq Ali, Javed Jaliwala, Sheryl Siddiqui, Sandra Rana, Tariq Masood, Muhammad Ashwait, Houssam Elsoueissi a/k/a Abu Waleed, Mujeeb Cheema and Ahmad Kabbani (directors and officers of the IST, or “Shura”), Abdullah Roe and Nooruddin Doe (believed to be members of the Tulsa Mosque), charging them with assault, defamation, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
The Rest @ the Gates of Vienna
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
al-Moqrin gives Instructions for Urban Jihad Operations in al-Ekhlaas
Surprising? No. But the communique provides a useful display of tactics, ideology, and imaginary grievances like the "theft" of oil. "Jihadist cells urged to kill Canadians," by Ian MacLeod for CanWest News Service, July 28:
OTTAWA - A virulent al-Qaida website has issued a new call for followers to kill Canadians and other westerners and attack oil and economic targets.
The message on the password-protected al-Ekhlaas.net forum was posted July 7, the third anniversary of the London transit massacre. The website is a notorious and favoured site of hardcore jihadists.
Experts are debating the significance of the latest al-Ekhlaas threat calling for the targeting of Christians, especially those from Canada the United States, Britain, Spain, Australia and Italy.
Most unsettling, perhaps, is the instructional nature of the posting.
- Details of the Arabic-language posting, entitled "Clandestine work inside the city," were recently translated and reported by the Jamestown Foundation, a conservative Washington think-tank.
- Under the nom de guerre Abu Hajar Abdul Aziz al-Moqrin (the former leader of al-Qaida's Saudi wing killed in 2004), the posting explains how a four-unit jihadist cell should be properly trained in urban terror warfare before activation.
An urban cell needs
- a commanding unit
- an intelligence unit
- a logistics unit
- an execution unit
The Site explains.
The units are to communicate indirectly through using the dead letter box technique
- Further, the intelligence cell that collects information on a target must not know the purpose of the information.
- The cell that secures weapons and equipment must not know the target or the time of execution.
Al-Moqrin warns jihadists not to attack religious figures because it harms the cause. Instead, urban cells should seek economic targets, such as Jewish investments in Muslim countries, international companies, international economic experts, exports from "Crusader countries" and raw materials being "stolen from Muslim countries by the enemies," with al-Moqrin calling for attacks on oil wells, pipelines and oil tankers.
Human targets, according to the Jamestown synopsis, should be prioritized as follows:
1. Jews: Jews from Israel and the United States have priority over Jews from Britain and France.
2. Christians, especially those from Canada, the United States, Britain, Spain, Australia and Italy.
3. Apostates, particularly Muslim leaders who keep close ties with Jewish and "Christian governments," such as Egyptian President Husni Mubarak and the leaders of the Gulf States.
4. Secular individuals, including "spies and security officials" who "protect Jews and Christians."
Terrorism experts are divided on the message's import.
The reference to Canada is fairly peripheral and embedded in a broad anti-'kufar' (non-believer) strategy targeting Jews, Christians, apostate Muslim leaders, and 'secular officials'," says Wesley Wark, a security expert and visiting research professor at the University of Ottawa's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.
"The main interest in the story would seem to me the effort taken on some jihadi websites to try to encourage professionalism and clandestinity in terrorist operations.
"This is surely a response to the knowledge that home-grown and loosely affiliated terror networks will normally be lacking in operational knowledge and experience, especially around surveillance and security. The website is another reminder that the Internet is a powerful tool for jihad and al-Qaida and recognized by them as such."
[...]
The latest message, Rudner said Monday, should be viewed with real concern, but not alarm, for three reasons:
- al-Ekhlaas is a legitimate militant Islamist website;
- the call to target oil and energy infrastructure and individuals is specific;
- and, the message may be a formal warning required by Sharia law before jihadists can attack.
Cross Post from JihadWatch
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Salafi Communities in America II
The office was run by Idris Palmer and Friday night lectures were given at the home of Jafar Sheikh Idris. The classes at the home of Sheikh Jaffar created a brotherhood amongst the students that grew and attracted an extremely diverse group of students from all racial and economic backgrounds. Eventually these classes would be given by Sheikh Ali al-Timimi and at other times by Sheikh Jaffar’s son Yusuf.
Under the tenure of Sheikh Ali, the classes would expand tremendously and the tapes and CD’s of the lectures would be mass produced, sold and spread all over the US, Canada and the UK.
Sheikh Ali became such a popular local figure that his classes became “the place to be” for the youth of the masjids throughout the DC-area. People would come who were raised in Muslim homes.
Some were even secular or sufi and generally very far from the Salafi Dawah. The attraction of Sheikh Ali was the fact that this was a man who was born and raised in America, spoke in clear English, and not only had a great knowledge of the deen but was college educated, an IT professional, a cancer researcher and a very serious intellectual. This was a man who could take the knowledge of the Salaf and make it applicable to your everyday life and could speak in a language we all understood.
Contrary to media reports, he was not a firebrand and seldom raised his voice, and sounded like an NPR host most of the time. How he differed from the other Salafi leaders in the community is that he would - from time to time - address political issues and acknowledged the world that we live in.
Eventually the brothers put together an organization called “Dar al-Arqam” where everyone would come together for the classes and get together for food and laughs afterwards. We used to have volleyball tournaments after the classes and did other activities together.
There were NUMEROUS active sisters that would attend these classes at Dar Al Arqam from all over the area. These sisters were also highly educated and brilliant women who loved Islam and not victims of misogynist pigs.
Generally, I also want to add that the people in this DC salafi circle tended to be thinkers, and highly educated individuals - including the African-Americans - but those of us who were not educated were made to feel welcome and a part of the family.
There was a number of African-American brothers in this circle who had college degrees and good jobs particularly in the IT field.Those were some very good times. The best times of my life…
Even during the time of growth, there was an overzealous element that and only grew more and more narrow. They were known amongst other Muslims for causing an uproar at local masjids where they would publicly confront the imams and lecturers on what they perceived as bid’ah.
They quickly became disliked by the leaders of many local Muslim communities. This kind of attitude and ill advised outbursts stopped the amazing growth from being even more than it was. In the beginning, it really centered around a couple of issues:-
- Whether or not it was a MUST to call oneself a salafi even if he/she adheres to the salafi dawah-
- Loyalty to the Saudi throne even if one is not Saudi (They will say “the rulers”, but they mean the Saudi throne) On the first issue, there were many of the opinion that it was almost sinful to not distinguish oneself as a salafi and became more and more belligerent and uncompromising over time.
- The zealots were also prone to banging brothers over the head on their position on the Saudi King. It was not good enough to recognize that Saudi Arabia printed copies of the Qur’ans and gave money to spread the dawah. One – in these people’s minds - must be loyal to and praise the Saudi rulers. You couldn’t even remain silent on the issue.
- IANA (Islamic Assembly of North America) on one side and QSS (Qur’an and Sunnah Society of North America) on the other. I
- Sheikh Ali give this lecture in the UK on it in an effort to arrest this cancer’s growth. That lecture got Sheikh Ali permanently thrown out of salafiyyah.
Source UMAR LEE
Salafi Communities in America I
- the Islamic Center of America (ICOA) project in East Orange, NJ (E.O.) led by Abu Muslimah. During this time, E.O. gained a reputation amongst Salafis as “the best Muslim community in the US” and many moved there from other communities to help build the community
- . Unlike the remnant salafi movements today, E.O. did have some brothers in the ranks that were professionals and/or college educated. There were IT professionals, school teachers, Graphic Artists, engineers, and successful businessmen and women in the ranks.Most importantly, Abu Muslimah himself has a degree in Business Management from Rutgers.
- Over time, they had the most impressive salafi accomplishments that I knew of: A school that went up to 12th grade with certified Muslim teachers and students that often went on to college, a huge Eid sized musullah, a festive atmosphere - especially after Jumuah - plenty of Muslim vendors on Fridays, a men’s and womens lounge, bookstore, Janazah washing facilities, food bar, sleeping facilities for guests, exercise room, and other things all in that building. The bookstore distributed tapes all over the United States and Canada as well as many parts of Europe and there was also an independent Hajj package and a Muslim security team.
- It was these accomplishments that caused more reasonable brothers to overlook a lot of the overzealous brothers that were in the rank and file. It would be these types of brothers that would lead the downfall across the country.
In Philadelphia, the salafi community didn’t achieve what the community in E.O. had, but they still had a large number of salafis there. By everyone’s estimation, the largest number of salafis in the country, but still not the more complete community that was in E.O.
- In spite of their numbers, they were a satellite to E.O. at that time.
- In Philly, the salafis were in such large numbers that they set the trend for the other Muslims. Big beards and niqaabs became a normal thing even for people that were not salafi.
- The African-American Muslim community in Philly began to appear more Salafi and gradually incorporated Salafi norms of doing things into their speeches, dress and acts of worship.
- It even got to the point in Philly that non-Muslims even started to dress like the salafis. It was the latest trend.
Outside of EO/Northern New Jersey and Philadelphia, there were some small salafi communities that formed in other cites that consisted of brothers that either could not afford to move to E.O. or Philly or were trying to form a community in their locality and get those from even smaller communities than their’s to move there as well. Some examples of these communities like this were Atlanta, Kansas City, and Nashville. However, all these cities were also ‘satellites’ of E.O. during that time.
The smaller communities never really developed for several reasons, but the most prominent reasons at that time were lack of leadership and brothers eventually leaving for E.O. or Philly.
- However, like on Ghostbusters, there was a pink slime lying underneath that no one was addressing that would contribute to ultimately bringing the entire dawah down.
Northern Virginia
A lot of visits back in the day led to the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC during the 1990’s was becoming the most active and vibrant Muslim community in America as a whole.
(E.O. was the best SALAFI community. Northern Virginia was the best community overall - in my opinion. The DC area community was not founded by Salafis, rather by a concoction of organizations affiliated with the religious outreach programs of the Saudi government, organizations affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood and its American branches mainly being the Muslim American Society, and a variety of other mostly ethnic based groups such as Afghans, Turks, and South Asians.
By the time the 1990’s rolled around, Salafis were becoming a major force in the area due to these major-factors: - The opening of the Institute of Islamic and Arabic Sciences of America (the Mahad) in Fairfax, VA, which trained American-Muslims for free in Arabic and religious studies and many went on to study at the universities in Mecca and Medina. -
The other Saudi-backed organizations such as the World Assembly of Muslim Youth and the Muslim World League-The emergence of a vibrant African-American Salafi community centered at Jammat al-Qawi in Washington, DC - The lectures of two men who would
The above are exceprts from Umar Lee, who wrote a 6 Part series on Salafi Roots in America
MANA Plans for 2008
-Asahd Heinni
Our education initiatives focus on developing standards of Islamic knowledge and expertise, training and certification programs, as well as guidelines and practice models for Imams and masjids.
- In 2008 we will establish a council of scholars and imams and a task force for Masjid development, and inshaAllah conduct one training program for Masjid best practices.
Dawah [islamic education or schooling] is an obligation. Conversions in many cities is decreasing, few masjids have new Muslim programs and many new reverts leave Islam.
- As such, we are developing new models and materials for presenting the message of Islam, primarily to the age group 18-30, using hip-hop and the arts.
- In 2008 we plan to organize a Dawah event with entertainment, speeches, food and bazaar that tours America.
- Additionally, we will develop and produce materials geared towards new Muslims and a new Muslim curriculum that can be implemented by local communities..
- To help achieve these objectives we have formed a Dawah Task Force.
Pattern of American Jihad
The cases of the Lackawanna Six, the Portland Seven, and the Virginia Jihad Group
as well as John Walker Lindh, Adam Gadahn and others demonstrate the need to travel overseas to receive training.
- In all of the above cases, the individuals traveled, or attempted to travel, to Pakistan or Afghanistan.
- As the base of al-Qaeda's leadership and the site of the first jihad, the area continues to be one of the primary destinations for mujahideen seeking training.
- These individuals and others from the US may have arrived at LeT camps, rather than at the Farouq camp or others that have been under Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda, because they enjoy far less scrutiny.
Founded shortly after 1986 as the military wing of the Center for Da'wa and Guidance, LeT initially helped Pakistani mujahideen enter the Afghan jihad against the Soviet Union.
In the 1990s, they focused their efforts on Kashmir and have two of their training camps in Muzaffarabad, the capital of the Pakistan-administered section of the disputed province. LeT also claims to have trained thousands of combatants to join the mujahideen in Afghanistan, Kashmir, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Chechnya, Kosovo and the Philippines.
Clearly, among American Muslims radicalized by militant Salafi Islam, LeT camps in Pakistan became a center for incoming mujahideen, as did bin Laden's guesthouse in Peshawar two decades ago.
These cases all suggest that ideology, above anything else, is the common identity among group members. Their belief and commitment to the Salafi movement and its aims to purify Islam, which is the foundation on which bin Laden and other jihadist leaders have built their platforms, was the common factor that bound together these diverse individuals with various ethnic, national and linguistic backgrounds.
Even a cursory look at the Brent case reveals ties to members of Ali al-Timimi's northern Virginia jihadist group and, through them, a much larger world of official Saudi funding and militant Salafi influence.
For nearly all the terrorism cases involving radical Islam, the subjects began their journey with the Salafi Islam offered by the Saudi establishment, its leading scholars, and its prestigious institutions in Mecca and Medina.
Although they are clearly responsible for a portion of the radicalized Muslims now on a course for militancy, whether headed for a jihadist front in Iraq, Somalia or Lebanon or in the United States or the United Kingdom, those same individuals who have committed themselves to the cause cannot be effective without adequate training.
Such individuals are encouraged - by Ali al-Timimi and Abu Musab al-Suri alike - to seek training in a place such as Pakistan as an essential stage in their path to truly serving the jihad.
Chris Heffelfinger is an independent researcher affiliated with the Combating Terrorism Center at the US Military Academy, West Point, New York. Note
Profile of an Ameriican Salafi
Ohio-born Mahmud Faruq Brent, 32, admitted to attending training camps run by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT, Army of the Pure) in 2002, a Pakistan-based jihadist group established during the 1980s campaign against the Soviets in Afghanistan. After training at various locations in Pakistan, Brent returned to the United States, residing in Baltimore when he was arrested in August 2005.
- Brent told Tarik Shah - who pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to al-Qaeda - that he had been up in the mountains training with the mujahideen. [1]
- Through Shah, Brent's training is linked to other cases of Americans who attended LeT-run camps in Pakistan.
- After Shah's arrest, he agreed to record conversations with Brent in cooperation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
In Shah's cellular telephone, along with Mahmud al-Mutazzim, another name Brent used, was the contact information for Seifullah Chapman, who also knew Brent. Chapman, a former marine, was part of the "Virginia Jihad Group", another informal network convicted of terrorism-related charges stemming from their training in Pakistan. - He was sentenced in 2005 to a 65-year prison term.
As disturbing as these cases are individually, collectively they demonstrate an even more troubling trend of radicalized American Muslims -
- bound by Salafi ideology
- Receiving training overseas and returning to the United States for potential future operations.
The Virginia Jihad Group
Based out of Falls Church, Virginia, the informal Virginia Jihad Group was led by Ali al-Timimi. A US citizen, Timimi was sentenced to life in prison for soliciting others to levy war against the United States.
Eleven people were charged in the case, and the prosecutors successfully argued that the network was part of the jihadist threat akin to al-Qaeda. Timimi was born in Washington, his father a lawyer for the Iraqi Embassy.
At age 15, he moved with his family to Saudi Arabia. While there, he grew interested in Islam, inevitably the Salafi variety that is espoused by the Saudi religious establishment.
After returning to the US, he received a PhD in computational biology from George Mason University in Virginia. In addition to his academic pursuits, Timimi was an Islamic teacher in the northern Virginia area.
Yet he was also involved with the Islamic Assembly of North America (IANA), a group based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, that receives funding from the Saudis to promote Salafi Islam in the US, especially in the prison system.
Naturally, Timimi's scholarly ties, more than anything, reveal his ideological proclivities.
- Establishing a center for Islamic education, Timimi contacted the well-known Egyptian-born Salafi Abd al-Rahman Abd al-Khaliq and translated his works into English. Abd al-Khaliq openly promoted the Salafi Islam prominent in the Persian Gulf region, and privately encouraged more militant Salafism among his followers, telling them that US troops were legitimate targets of the jihad.
- Ties to Salafi organizations Timimi's work for IANA - which included leading a five-person delegation to Beijing in 1995, where he defended female circumcision at an international women's conference - ties him into a much broader circle of Salafis, such as those in the Saudi Salafi establishment.
- Like many others who have been a part of that movement, he sought more militant teachings that condoned violence against Americans.
Yet the path to militancy often begins with seemingly benign teachings at austere mosques and Islamic centers. Commonly called Wahhabi, they call themselves Salafi, but for purposes of da'wa (proselytizing) and education, they do not emphasize their denomination.
It is simply presented as "pure" Islam, and theirs is a purification movement. A former chairman of IANA, Muhammad al-Ahmari, told the New York Times that as of 2001, roughly half of his organization's funding came from the Saudi government, with the remainder primarily coming from private individual donations from the Gulf region.
IANA received at least US$3 million from 1995 through 2002, which funded the distribution of 530 packages containing Korans, tapes, lectures and other instructional Salafi educational material to prisoners in the US.
Part of the funds, however, also went to disseminating what is among the most militant Salafi material to date in the US.
The group's webmaster, Sami Omar Hussayen, was a graduate student in Idaho when he posted two fatwas from Saudi Salafi-Jihadis Salman al-Awda and Safar al-Hawali, which incited jihad against Americans.
Sami's uncle, Saleh Hussayen, is a high-ranking Saudi minister who gave at least $100,000 to IANA. He was also a director of a northern Virginia organization (the Safa Group) with, the US government contends, about 100 front companies operating under it to launder money to al-Qaeda through Isle of Man and Swiss bank accounts.
- Those raids, which took place in late 2001 and early 2002, have not yet come to trial.
- More inexplicable yet, Hussayen also came under scrutiny for a trip to the US, where, on September 10, 2001, he stayed at the same Marriott Residence Inn near the Washington area's Dulles Airport as three of the Saudi hijackers who crashed Flight 77 into the Pentagon the following day.
- Hussayen was questioned by the FBI, but there was no evidence he actually met or interacted with the hijackers. He was said to feign a seizure during the interview and taken to the hospital, where he was declared to be in good health.
- He returned to Saudi Arabia and to his post as minister of religious endowments, overseeing the two holy mosques in Mecca and Medina.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Salafis in Gaza - American Examples?
-Ahmed Heinni
Saudi Salafi Investment in America
Reza F. Safa, author of Inside Islam, estimates that since 1973, the Saudi government has spent an unbelievable $87,000,000,000 to promote Wahhabism in the United States, Africa, Southeast Asia and Europe.
- According to official Saudi information, Saudi funds have been used to build and maintain over 1,500 mosques, 202 colleges, 210 Islamic Centers wholly or partly financed by Saudi Arabia, and almost 2,000 schools for educating Muslim children in non-Islamic countries in Europe, North and South America, Australia and Asia.
- The Kingdom has fully or partially financed Islamic Centers in Los Angeles; San Francisco; Fresno; Chicago; New York; Washington; Tucson; Raleigh, N.C. and Toledo, Ohio as well as in Austria, Great Britain, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Russia, Turkey, and even in some Muslim countries such as Morocco, Indonesia, Malaysia and Djibuti.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Salafi by Region
Markaz in Birmingham2715 13th Ave. N.Birmingham, AL 35234Phone: (205) 954-1924Website: http://www.geocities.com/aboo_abdullaah/
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California Masjid Al-Mu'min1635 S. St. Andrews PlaceLos Angeles, CA 90019Phone: (323) 296-5961Fax: (323) 294-3691E-mail: madina@pacbell.comAt-Tasfiyah wat-Tarbiyah PublicationsP.O. Box 5200-276Anaheim, CA 92804Website: www.twtpubs.com E-mail: info@twtpubs.com
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware Manhaj as-Salaf Dawah Center408 W. 30th StreetWilmington,
DE 19802Phone: (302) 764-4055
Florida Masjid Al-Ghurabaa844 George W. Engram Blvd.Daytona Beach, FL 32114Phone: (386) 252-0087website: www.masjidalghurabaa.orge-mail: info@masjidalghurabaa.org
Georgia By Safiyyah - products for mind, body and soul737 Lawyers LaneColumbus, GA 31906Website: www.freewebs.com/safiy_yahE-mail: kie4trying@yahoo.comMasjid As-Salaf As-Salih3916 Glenwood RoadDecatur, GA 30032Phone: (404) 284-8855Website: www.assalafi.comE-mail: masjid@assalafi.com
Hawaii
Idaho
IllinoisMasjid Tawheed8726 South Halsted StreetChicago, IL 60620Phone: (773) 487-9368Website: www.masjidtawheedchicago.org Authentic BookzChicago, ILWebsite: www.authenticbookz.comE-mail: admin@authenticbookz.com
Indiana IslamicAudioStore.comP.O. Box 40603Indianapolis, IN 46240-0603Website: www.islamicaudiostore.comE-mail: info@islamicaudiostore.comMasjid As-Salaf As-Saalih3408 E. 10th StreetIndianapolis, IN 46201Phone: (317) 822-8161Topeka Masjid7105 S 700 W.Topeka, IN 46571Phone: (260) 593-3191Angola Islamic Center406 S. Darling StreetAngola, IN 46703Phone: (260) 668-4307
Iowa
Kansas Tasfiyah Institute for Islamic Da'wahWebsite: http://www.tasfiyah.org/E-mail: info@tasfiyah.orgMasjid Al-Ma'roof Islamic Center119 E. 11th StreetJunction City, KS 66441Website: www.islamiccenterofjunctioncitykansas.com
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
MarylandMasjid Ad Da'watu ilat Tawheed2112 N. Charles StreetBaltimore, MD 21218Phone: (410) 244-0799Masjid Ghurabaa608 Washington Blvd.Laurel, MD 20707Phone: (301) 543-7110
Massachusetts Salafi Markaz of Boston (Bookstore)UPRIGHT BOOKS109 W. Walnut ParkBoston, MA 02119Suite B1Phone: (617) 848-9026website: www.uprightbooks.com
MichiganMasjid al-Ihsaan3401 N. Saginaw Street Flint, MI 48505Phone: (810) 789-1019Maktabatus-Sunnah420 Grand AvenueGrand Rapids, MI 49503Sunnah PublishingP.O. Box 150680Grand Rapids, MI 49515-0680Phone: (616) 308-1886Website: www.sunnahpublishing.netE-mail: Admin@SunnahPublishing.netMasjid Tawheed18640 West WarrenDetroit, MI 48228Phone: (313) 271-0731Website: www.masjidtawheed.orgMasjid of Coldwater123 Perkens St,Coldwater, MI 49036Phone: (517) 278-6291 Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri Masjid Al-Ghuraaba2904 Park AvenueKansas City, MO 64109orP.O. Box 270482Phone: (816) 923-1103Website: www.kansascitysalafi.comE-mail: INFO@KansasCitySalafi.com
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New JerseyMasjid Muhammad Ibn Abdul-Wahab1032 Spruce StreetPatterson, NJ 07501Phone: (973) 357-0122Masjid Ansar As-Sunnah61 Washington StreetPatterson, NJ 07501Phone: (973) 357-0122Masjid Al-Furqaan22 South Pennsylvania Ave.Atlantic City, NJ 08401Phone: (609) 344-0279E-mail: masjidfurqaan@verizon.etMasjidul Bayaan 209 Bond StreetAsbury Park, NJ 07712Phone: (732) 774-5336Masjidu-Rahmah657 Martin Luther King Blvd.Newark, NJ 07103Phone: (973) 621-8833 E-mail: masjidrahmah@hotmail.comAuthentic StatementsP.O. Box 4146East Orange, NJ 07019Phone: (973) 676-3646Website: www.authenticstatements.comE-mail: info@authenticstatements.comSuq As-Sunnah (Bookstore)P.O. Box 1106Oakhurst, NJ 07755Website: www.suqas-sunnah.com
New Mexico
New York Umm Kutubah's Salafi Book Store634 Park PlaceBrooklyn, NY 11238Website: www.ummkutubahssalafibooks.com E-mail: uksb@msn.com Dawah tu Salafi Sisters Book Club634 Park PlaceBrooklyn, NY 11238Website: www.dtssbc.comE-mail: dtssbookclub@yahoo.comMasjid Ahlis Sunnah Assalafi32 N. Main St.Liberty, NY 12754Phone: (845) 295-0869Masjid-An-Nur297 Lyell AvenueRochester, NY 14608Phone: (585) 647-6685Fax: (585) 647-8935E-mail: masjidannur@frontiernet.netMasjid-As-Sunnah490 N. Goodman StreetRochester, NY 14609Phone: (585) 262-4740
North Carolina Masjid Al-Ansaar us Sunnah1620 Peagram StreetCharlotte, NC 28205Musalla As-Salafiyyah wa Markaz of Winston-Salem922 Kirkridge Ln.Winston-Salem, NC 27107Markaz Tawheed was Sunnah 3714 S. Alston AvenueDurham, NC 27713Phone:(919) 767-1044Website: www.mtws.org
North Dakota
Ohio Masjid as-Sahaba795 East Hudson StreetColumbus, OH 43211Phone: (614) 262-8511E-mail: assahaba@hotmail.com
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania IIIN Dawah Center (Ilm-Online)5102 Germantown AvenuePhiladelphia, PA 19144Phone: (215) 848-4880Markazul Bayaan 3841 N. Broad StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19140Phone: (215) 228-2833 / (215) 239-5953Website: www.markazulbayaan.comMasjid Muqbil Bin Hadee2735 W. Alleghany AvenuePhiladelphia, PAMasjid At-Tawheed9 S. Belvidere AvenueYork, PA 17404Phone: (717) 699-1988Website: www.masjid-at-tawheed.comE-mail: assalafee@hotmail.com Masjid Muwah-hiydeen225 South Main StreetWilkes Barre, PA 18702Phone: (570) 821-1730E-mail: masjidmuwahhiydeen@hotmail.comAl-Masjid Al-Awwal1911 Wylie AvenueP.O. Box 994 (Alternate address)Pittsburgh, PA 15106Office: (412) 434-7981General: (412) 434-7979Website: http://www.1mm.homestead.comMasjid Al-Fajr2009 W. 3rd StreetChester, PA 19013Phone: (610) 364-1975Masjid Al-Khair 435 N. 60th StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19151Phone: (215) 471-0913Website: www.TheRighteousPath.comE-mail: info@therighteouspath.comMasjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah4944-46 Germantown AvenuePhiladelphia, PA 19144Phone: (215) 848-2615Fax: (215) 848-2614Website: http://germantownmasjid.org/E-mail: info@germantownmasjid.org
Rhode Island South Carolina Masjid As-Salafiyeen2742 River Dr.Columbia, SC 29201Phone: (803) 256-6988 website: www.scmasjidsalafi.com
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas At-Tawheed Da'wah Center500 Pampa Dr. #207Austin, TX 78752Phone: (512) 371-9907Ibnul Qayyim PublicationsP.O. Box 50762Fort Worth, TX 76105Phone: (214) 329-1238Fax: (214) 447-9549Website: www.ibnulqayyim.comE-mail: info@ibnulqayyim.comMasjid UthaymeenStreet Address:4206 S. Fitzhugh AvenueDallas, TX 75210 or1452 Park CircleLancaster, TX 75134 Phone: (972) 567-1840Website: www.masjiduthaymeen.orgTarbiyyah BookstoreArlington, TXPhone (972) 274-5922Website: www.tarbiyyahbookstore.comUtah Islamic Society of Ogden ValleyMasjid as-Salaam1061 23rd StreetOgden, UT 84401Phone: (801) 392-1515E-mail: isofov@yahoo.comVermont Virginia Washington Washington D.C. Masjidu Ahlul Qur'aan wal Hadeeth3415 18th Street NEWashington, DC 20018Phone: (202) 269-0911Website: www.salafisocietydc.orgE-mail: info@salafisociety.orgMarkaz Ibn Abdul Wahaab3415 18th Street NEWashington, DC 20018website: www.markazibnabdulwahhab.comE-mail: info@markazibnabdulwahhab.com West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Canada: (Provinces)Masjid Furqaan & Da'wah Centre874-A Weston RoadToronto, ON CanadaM6N 3R6Phone: (416) 243-5320Website: www.troid.org Islamic Homepage of Calgary Website: www.calgaryislam.comMéxico:Centro Salafi de MexicoMusalah Muhammad Ibn Abdul WahabSur 77 No. 32 esq. Lorenzo Boturini, Depto. 7Col. Lorenzo Boturini C.P. 15820 Mexico D.F.Phone: (55) 5541-85-83 (55) 2766-29-98 (55) 1451-52-07English: (55) 2764-08-81Website: www.islammexico.netE-mail1: markazassalafi@yahoo.com.mxEmail2: markazassalafi@hotmail.comPaíses del Caribe:The Salafi Masjid in Barbados Islamic Teaching CentreHarts GapChrist ChurchBarbadosPhone: 246-427-0120This message was edited by ibrahim.bukhari on 8-14-06 @ 1:52 AM
Source: IslamMexiconet
Organizations
2. Al Taqwa Trade, Property and Industry Company Ltd. (f.k.a. Al Taqwa Trade, Property and Industry; f.k.a. Al Taqwa Trade, Property and Industry Establishment; f.k.a. Himmat Establishment; a.k.a. Waldenberg, AG)
3. Al-Hamati Sweets Bakeries
4. Al-Ittihad al-Islami (AIAI)
5. Al-Manar
6. Al-Ma’unah
7. Al-Nur Honey Center
8. Al-Rashid Trust
9. Al-Shifa Honey Press for Industry and Commerce
10. Al-Wafa al-Igatha al-Islamia (a.k.a. Wafa Humanitarian Organization; a.k.a. Al Wafa; a.k.a. Al Wafa Organization)
11. Alex Boncayao Brigade (ABB)
12. Anarchist Faction for Overthrow
13. Army for the Liberation of Rwanda (ALIR) (a.k.a. Interahamwe, Former Armed Forces (EX-FAR))
14. Asbat al-Ansar
15. Babbar Khalsa International
16. Bank Al Taqwa Ltd. (a.k.a. Al Taqwa Bank; a.k.a. Bank Al Taqwa)
17. Black Star
18. Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (a.k.a. CPN(M); a.k.a. the United Revolutionary People’s Council, a.k.a. the People’s Liberation Army of Nepal)
19. Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) (a.k.a. Continuity Army Council)
20. Darkazanli Company
21. Dhamat Houmet Daawa Salafia (a.k.a. Group Protectors of Salafist Preaching; a.k.a. Houmat Ed Daawa Es Salifiya; a.k.a. Katibat El Ahoual; a.k.a. Protectors of the Salafist Predication; a.k.a. El-Ahoual Battalion; a.k.a. Katibat El Ahouel; a.k.a. Houmate Ed-Daawa Es-Salafia; a.k.a. the Horror Squadron; a.k.a. Djamaat Houmat Eddawa Essalafia; a.k.a. Djamaatt Houmat Ed Daawa Es Salafiya; a.k.a. Salafist Call Protectors; a.k.a. Djamaat Houmat Ed Daawa Es Salafiya; a.k.a. Houmate el Da’awaa es-Salafiyya; a.k.a. Protectors of the Salafist Call; a.k.a. Houmat ed-Daaoua es-Salafia; a.k.a. Group of Supporters of the Salafiste Trend; a.k.a. Group of Supporters of the Salafist Trend)
22. Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement (a.k.a. Eastern Turkistan Islamic Party; a.k.a. ETIM; a.k.a. ETIP)
23. First of October Antifascist Resistance Group (GRAPO) (a.k.a. Grupo de Resistencia Anti-Fascista Premero De Octubre)
24. Harakat ul Jihad i Islami (HUJI)
25. International Sikh Youth Federation
26. Islamic Army of Aden
27. Islamic Renewal and Reform Organization
28. Jamiat al-Ta’awun al-Islamiyya
29. Jamiat ul-Mujahideen (JUM)
30. Japanese Red Army (JRA)
31. Jaysh-e-Mohammed
32. Jayshullah
33. Jerusalem Warriors
34. Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LET) (a.k.a. Army of the Righteous)
35. Libyan Islamic Fighting Group
36. Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF)
37. Makhtab al-Khidmat
38. Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (a.k.a. GICM; a.k.a. Groupe Islamique Combattant Marocain)
39. Nada Management Organization (f.k.a. Al Taqwa Management Organization SA)
40. New People’s Army (NPA)
41. Orange Volunteers (OV)
An American Salafi
His sincerity is clear, though it puts him on a self-destructive path with his country.
American Salafis
[1] Early usage of the term appears in the book Al-Ansab by Abu Sa'd Abd al-Kareem al-Sama'ni, who died in the year 1166 (562 of the Islamic calendar).
Under the entry for the ascription al-Salafi he stated, "This is an ascription to the salaf, or the predecessors, and the adoptation of their school of thought based upon what I have heard." He then mentions an example or more of people who were utilizing this ascription in his time.[2] However, an even earlier ascription of the term Salaf was used by Muhammad who noted, "I am the best Salaf for you."[3]
Salafis view the first three generations of Muslims, who are Muhammad's companions, and the two succeeding generations after them, the Tabi‘in and the Taba‘ at-Tabi‘in, as examples of how Islam should be practiced.
This principle is derived from the following Sunni hadith by
Muhammad:
“The people of my generation are the best, then those who follow them, and then those who follow the latter (i.e. the first three generations of Muslims).[4]”
- The principal tenet of Salafism is that Islam was perfect and complete during the days of Muhammad and his companions, but that undesirable innovations have been added over the later centuries due to materialist and cultural influences.
- Salafism seeks to revive a practice of Islam that more closely resembles the religion during the time of Muhammad.[5]
- Salafism has also been described as a simplified version of Islam, in which adherents follow a few commands and practices.[6]
- Salafism is often used interchangeably with "Wahhabism". Adherents usually reject this term because it is considered derogatory and because they believe that Muhammad ibn Abd-al-Wahhab did not establish a new school of thought nor self-describe themselves as such.[citation needed]
- Typically, adherents used terms like "Muwahidoon," "Ahle Hadith,"[7] or "Ahl at-Tawheed."[8]
This fundamental view of Islam is the belief system which promotes the doctrine of the external Jihad, which in its final stages, supports Muslims at war to bring non-adherents into the Umma (Muslim multi-national state, roughly meaning "the people").
Those who hold this belief system have been sending "missionaries" (this is not an islamic term) around the world for generations.
It is from this religious conviction that Islamists around the world believe that war with any non-islamic state (including secular states where Muslims dominate) is eventually neccessary.
Those who believe their own state should be Islamic may choose Jihad, going to war, to bring their own country into submission to God. These may be called Islamists.
When their war goes beyond their country, they may plug into a network of multi-national Jihadists called "al Qaeda" or "the Network"
My purpose here is track information about Salafism in America, since some have decided since they know theyt are Muslims first, and though they are themselves American, they are already at war with America.
The concept of the this blog was inspired by the Shimron Letters, a blog that seems to mostly post information about Jihad in Africa.
-Ahmed Haenni
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Shi'ia Organizations Confused with Salifiyya
The records, recently obtained by the Investigative Project on Terrorism through Freedom of Information Act requests, show that FBI agents investigated a parent organization to ISNA, the North American Islamic Trust (NAIT), during the mid 1980s.
The FBI investigation concluded that the Muslim Brotherhood members who founded U.S.-based groups had risen to "leadership roles within NAIT and its related organizations," including ISNA, "which means they are in a position to direct the activities and support of Muslims in the U.S. for the Islamic Revolution." The FBI memo also said that:
Within the organizational structure of NAIT, there have been numerous groups and individuals identified as being a part of a covert network of revolutionaries who have clearly indicated there (sic) support for the Islamic Revolution as advocated by the AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI and his government as well as other fanatical Islamic Shiite fundamentalist leaders in the Middle East.
This faction of Muslims have declared war on the United States, Israel and any other country they deem as an enemy of Islam. The common bond between these various organizations is both religious and political with the underlying common goal being to further the holy war (Islamic Jihad).
The FBI memos date back to 1987-88. Dozens of pages of the released files are redacted in their entirety. But others contradict ISNA claims that it "never was, and is not now, affiliated with or influenced by any international organizations including the Muslim Brotherhood." Furthermore, ISNA still considers NAIT an affiliated organization. ISNA's president is an ex-officio NAIT board member and Muzammil Siddiqi, NAIT's chairman, serves on ISNA's governing board.
NAIT holds the deeds to more than a quarter of the mosques in the United States and continuously seeks to build on that volume.
The dispute is important as ISNA officials assert that the organization is a voice of moderation in the American Muslim community, actively courting outreach and dialogue with government officials and leaders of other religions. ISNA President Ingrid Mattson was among the organization's representatives at last week's international interfaith conference in Madrid. As the IPT reported last week, conference organizer Abdullah al-Turki is alleged in civil lawsuits to have ties to a senior Al Qaeda financier and has openly justified Palestinian suicide bombings.
ISNA's denials, however, are challenged by the Chicago Tribune, federal prosecutors in Dallas, internal Muslim Brotherhood documents and the newly declassified FBI memos. ISNA officials have ignored those reports or denied their legitimacy. Their most recent denial came in the wake of a mistrial in the first HLF trial last October. A retrial is scheduled for September.
But in the past month, ISNA co-founder and convicted terrorist Sami Al-Arian acknowledges that he was a Muslim Brotherhood member in 1981 – the year ISNA formed. Click here and read paragraph 6 on page 5, then see Al-Arian's biography to see his claim that he is an ISNA founder.
In his June 24 affidavit, Al-Arian admits for the first time that his former charity, the Islamic Committee for Palestine (ICP) advocated for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), a fact he heatedly denied for more than a decade. ICP conferences routinely featured leaders of the PIJ and other terrorist groups.
Similarly, the FBI concluded that ISNA conferences in the 1980s "provided opportunities for the extreme fundamentalist Muslims to meet with their supporters."
Among the recently declassified FBI memos, NAIT activities are described:
Their support of JIHAD (a holy war) in the U.S. has been evidenced by the financial and organizational support provided through NAIT from Middle East countries to Muslims residing in the U.S. and Canada. The organizational support provided by NAIT includes planning, organizing and funding anti-U.S. and anti-Israel demonstrations, pro-PLO demonstrations and the distribution of political propaganda against U.S. policies in the Middle East and in support of the Islamic Revolution as advocated by the (Government of Iran).
ISNA and NAIT are fighting their continued inclusion as unindicted co-conspirators in the Hamas-support trial of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) and five former officials. In a recent rebuttal, prosecutors listed a series of checks routed by ISNA to HLF, often dedicated for "Palestinian Mujahideen" in the memo line. The military wing of Hamas initially was referred to as the Palestinian Mujahideen, prosecutors said.
Internal documents released at the trial show ISNA's founders had been leaders of the Muslim Students Association, which also was founded by Muslim Brotherhood members who came to the U.S. for college. In addition to introducing all the financial transactions between ISNA/NAIT and HLF, prosecutors introduced a Muslim Brotherhood "Explanatory Memorandum" on the group's goals, as the document explains:
The process of settlement is a "Civilization-Jihadist Process" with all the word means. The Ikhwan [Muslim Brotherhood] must understand that their work in America is a kind of grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and "sabotaging" its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated and God's religion is made victorious over all other religions. Without this level of understanding, we are not up to this challenge and have not prepared ourselves for Jihad yet. It is a Muslim's destiny to perform Jihad and work wherever he is and wherever he lands until the final hour comes, and there is no escape from that destiny except for those who chose to slack. But, would the slackers and the Mujahedeen be equal.
ISNA is the first U.S.-based organization listed under a section titled "A list of our organizations and the organizations of our friends."
In their brief, prosecutors continue in describing the Explanatory Memorandum:
At the end of the document, the memorandum lists those Muslim Brotherhood organizations that – if they all worked together – could help accomplish this grand objective. These organizations include ISNA, NAIT, the Occupied Land Fund (OLF)(the former name of the Holy Land Foundation), the Islamic Association for Palestine (IAP), the United Association for Studies and Research (UASR), and others.
The documented links between ISNA and the Muslim Brotherhood have reached critical mass. While it is not illegal to be a part of the Brotherhood, ISNA knows its credibility is at stake here. It appears to have dug in its heels too deeply.
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
The Salafi-Jihad as a Religious Ideology
Assaf Moghadam assumes (wrongly) that the ultimate goal of the the Salafi-Jihad is an improved quality of life, of peacful and productive co-exsistance, and that if he can persude them that their theology works against better quality of life, they will abandond their religious persuits.
However, he must now assume that they believe their purpose in being alive is to bring the world into submission to God, and that there is no price too high to pay to forward that agenda. They are willing to pay with their life or the lives of others.
What reason can work against that?
-Ahmed Haenni
Author: Assaf Moghadam, Research Fellow, International Security Program/Initiative on Religion in International Affairs
Belfer Center Programs or Projects: International Security; Religion in International Affairs
"...Accurately labeling the nature of Salafi-jihadist doctrine as a religious ideology is not merely an exercise in academic theorizing, but has important policy implications. Most importantly, it should be obvious that the United States and its allies are not facing a religion — Islam — as their main enemy, but an ideology, namely the Salafi-jihad.
The fact that the Salafi-jihad is no ordinary secular ideology, but a religious one, however, is of additional significance because it renders the attempt to challenge that ideology far more complex.
- Salafi-jihadists employ religious rhetoric and symbols to advance their cause. Although they selectively pick from the Islamic tradition only those elements that advance their narrow agenda, they nevertheless draw from the same religious sources that inform the lives and practices of more than a billion other Muslims.
- It is for that reason that ordinary Muslims — not to speak of non-Muslims — find it particularly difficult and dangerous to challenge Salafi-jihadists without running the risk of being accused of targeting Islam as a whole.
If the vast majority of non-Muslims find it difficult to strike the right chord between attacking Salafi-jihadists without being perceived as attacking Islam, the hurdles for the United States and its allies seem almost insurmountable. Therefore, a counter-terrorism approach that highlights the corruption of Salafi-jihadist ideology not on religious, but on secular grounds, is more likely to have the desired effect of weakening that ideology's appeal.
Rather than highlighting the doctrinal and theological inconsistencies among Salafi-jihadists, the United States and its allies should grasp every opportunity to highlight the disastrous consequences that Salafi-jihadist violence has wrought on the everyday lives not only of Westerners, but first and foremost on Muslims themselves.
- It is a simple, though not sufficiently emphasized fact that the primary victims of Salafi-jihadists are Muslims, who are killed and maimed in far greater numbers than non-Muslims.
- Salafi-jihadists openly justify the killing of civilians, including Muslims, under a logic of the ends justifying the means.
- It is equally a fact that leaders of Salafi-jihadist organizations hypocritically preach about the benefits of martyrdom, but rarely, if ever, conduct suicidal operations themselves, or send their loved ones on such missions.
- It is a fact that al-Qa`ida and associated groups offer no vision for Muslims other than perennial jihad — hardly an appealing prospect.
- Waging a battle against a religious ideology such as the Salafi-jihad is a challenging task that requires commitment and ingenuity. Yet, highlighting a few simple, yet damaging facts about the actual results of Salafi-jihadists can go a long way."
Sunday, January 06, 2008
The Following Groups Signed the Fatwa Against Terrorism after the 9-11 Attacks
Islamic Association of Cary, Shakil Ahmed
Islamic Association of Central Florida, Dr. Zafer Sabawi, Imam
Islamic Association of Greater Shreveport, Sayed Jumaa Salam
Islamic Association of Kokomo
Islamic Association of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Riaz Hussain, Treasurer
Islamic Association of West Virginia, Mohamad Jamal Daoudi, Imam
Islamic Center Inland Valley
Islamic Center of America, Sayed Hassan Al-Qazwini, Imam
Islamic Center of Blacksburg
Islamic Center of Boca Raton, Jalal Khan, Imam
Islamic Center of Calremont
Islamic Center of Canejo Valley
Islamic Center of Cape Girardeau, Shafiq Malik, Imam
Islamic Center of Carbondale, Muhammad Kamran, President
Islamic Center of Cleveland, Fawaz Damra, Imam
Islamic Center of Contra Costa, Abdul Quddus Saleh, Imam
Islamic Center of Cypress
Islamic Center of Des Moines,
Ibrahim Dremali, Imam
Islamic Center of El Paso, Yaser Birjas Issa, Imam
Islamic Center of Fremont, Mubashir Ahmed,
PresidentIslamic Center of Granada Hills
Islamic Center of Greater Cincinnati, Saleem Foad, Director of Education
Islamic Center of Greater Toledo, Farooq S. Aboelzahab, Imam
Islamic Center of Hawthorne
Islamic Center of Inland Empire
Islamic Center of Little Rock, Islam Mossaad, Imam
Islamic Center of Marietta, Amjad Taufique, President
Islamic Center of Maryland, Amin Ezzeddine, Imam
Islamic Center of Moreno ValleyIslamic Center of Morgantown, Diaa Eldin M. Nassar, General Secretary
Islamic Center of New England, Talal Eid, Imam
Islamic Center of New Mexico, Isam Rajab, Imam
Islamic Center of North CountyIslamic Center of North Ridge
Islamic Center of Northeast Florida, Zaid Malik, Imam
Islamic Center of Oakland
Islamic Center of Old Bridge, Alvi Fakhruddin, Imam
Islamic Center of Omaha, Dr. Ahmad Az-Zaare, Imam
Islamic Center of Passaic County, Mohammad Qatanani, Imam
Islamic Center of Pleasanton/Dublin
Islamic Center of Pomona
Islamic Center of Portland, Samir Horani, Board Member
Islamic Center of the Quad Cities, Julie Abdel-Fattah, Dir. Public Relations
Islamic Center of Raleigh, Mohammed Bainonie, Imam
Islamic Center Of Reseda, Ali Shakoor, Imam
Islamic Center of RialtoIslamic Center of Riverside, Mohammad Ashrif, Chairman of the Board
Islamic Center of San Deigo
Islamic Center of San Gabriel Valley
Islamic Center of Santa Claria Valley
Islamic Center of Somerset, Husein Turki
Islamic Center of South Florida, Hassan Sabri, Imam
Islamic Center of Southern California, Jamil Momand, Chairman
Islamic Center of Stockton
Islamic Center of Tampa, Ziad Taha, Director
Islamic Center Of Temecula
Islamic Center of Temecula Valley, Imam Mahmoud Harmoush
Islamic Center of Topeka, Imam Omar Hazim
Islamic Center of Virginia, Shaheed Coovadia, Imam
Islamic Center South BayIslamic Center of Mid City
Islamic Council of Ohio, Sohail Khan, Secretary
Islamic Cultural Center of Eugene (Oregon), Dr. Tammam Adi, Director
Islamic Cultural Center of Illinois
Islamic Education & Services Institute, Abdoulrahman Kattih, Director
Islamic Education Center, Ahmad Bahriny, Imam
Islamic Education Center, Dr. Ahmad Sakr, Director
Islamic Educational Center of North Hudson, Mohamed Alhayek, Imam
Islamic Educational Center of Orange County
Islamic Education Foundation, Animar M Daghestani, Teacher
Islamic Foundation of America, Mohammad M. Billah, President
Islamic Foundation of Central Ohio, Siraj Haji
Islamic Foundation of Chicago
Islamic Foundation of Peoria, Muhammad F. Malik, Secretary
Islamic Foundation of South Florida, Rashid Ahmad, Imam
Islamic House of Wisdom, Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi
Islamic Jaffaria Association, Mohamed Banglori, Imam
Islamic Learning and Practicing, Dr. Misbah Eldereiny
Islamic Mosque of Cleveland (Masjid al-Islam)
Islamic Movement of Florida, Moneer Khan, Imam
Islamic of Northern ValleyIslamic School of Greater Kansas City, Fadi Banyalmarjeh, Chairman
Islamic Shura Council of Southern California, Shakeel Syed, Executive Director
Islamic Society of Norco/Corona
Islamic Society of Akron and Kent
Islamic Society of Annapolis, Mohammad Arrafa, Imam
Islamic Society of Baltimore, Abid Husain, General Secretary
Islamic Society of Boston, Shaykh Besyouni Nehela
Islamic Society of California
Islamic Society of Central Florida, Mohammed al Masri, Imam
Islamic Society of East Bay, Dr. Mohamed Rajabally
Islamic Society of Essex County, Ismail Elshikh, Imam
Islamic Society of Greater Columbus, Dr. M. N. Tarazi, President
Islamic Society of Greater Houston, Rodwan M. Saleh, President
Islamic Society of Greater Kansas City, Shahir Safi, President
Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City, Imad Enchassi, Imam
Islamic Society of Greater Portland, Zafar Hassan, Board Member
Islamic Society of Greater Valley Forge
Islamic Society of Michiana, Mohammed Sirajuddin, Imam
Islamic Society of Milwaukee, Ahmed Quereshi, Secretary
Islamic Society of Orange County, Ismail Majoo, President
Islamic Society of Palm Springs
Islamic Society of Pinellas County, Haitham Barazangi, Imam
Islamic Society of Salt Lake City, Ali Mohammed, Imam
Islamic Society of San Fransisco, Souleiman Ghali, President
Islamic Society of San Luis Obispo County, Hisham Assal, President
Islamic Society of Santa Barbra
Islamic Society of Schuylkill County, Shiraz Mansoor, Imam
Islamic Society of Tampa Bay Area, Muhammad Sultan, Imam
Islamic Society of the Coachella Valley, T. Themam Wassil, Imam
Islamic Society of Washington Area, Faizul Khan, Imam
Islamic Society of Wichita Falls, Abdullah Shamsid-Deen, Director
Jafaria Islamic Center
Jamat Masjid Ul-Islam Inc
Jumaa’atu Masjidul-Muminiin Inc., L.M. Martin, Imam
Kalamazoo Islamic Center, Tariq Jameel, President
Karbala Islamic Educational Center, Hisham Al-Hussany
King Fahad Mosque
Long Beach Islamic Center, Tarek MohamedMakki Masjid, Amaan Bhim, President
Masjid AbuBakr AlSiddique, Abdur Rahman Bashir, ImamMasjid Al Heyder, Hafiz Inayadullah
Masjid Al- Madina Al-Munawar
Masjid Al Muminun, Furqan Muhammad, Imam
Masjid Al-AnsarMasjid Al-Ansar, Nasir Ahmad, Imam
Masjid Al-Faizal, Roshan Ali, Imam
Masjid AlfalahMasjid Al-Falah, Abdul Latif Azom, Imam
Masjid Al-Haqq, Luqman Al-Amin, Imam
Masjid Al-Hijrah, Kamruz Hosein
Masjid Al-Ihsan, Tarik Chebbi, Imam
Masjid Al-Ikhlas, Tauheed Rashad, Imam
Masjid Al-IttihaadMasjid Al-Kauthar, Rudolph Ali, Imam
Masjid Al-MominMasjid Al-Nahl , Rashad Mujahid, Imam
Masjid Al-Noor
Masjid Al-Noor, Danish Siddiqui, President
Masjid Al-Qudoos
Masjid Al-Rashid
Masjid Al-Rasul, Mujahid Abdul-Karim, Imam
Masjid Al-Salaam
Masjid Al-Sharif
Masjid Al-Taqwa
Masjid Al-Taqwa, Abdul Karim Salih, Imam
Masjid An-noor
Masjid An-Noor,
Mohamed Zakaria Badat, Imam
Masjid Annour Islamic Community,
Mohammad Afzaluddin, Imam
Masjid Ar-Ribat Al-Islami
Masjid Bilal Ibn- Rabah
Masjid Centralia, Dr. Zahir Ansari
Masjid Dalal
Masjid Dalal, Clyde Rahman, Imam
Masjid Darul Huda, Abdul Hameed, Director
Masjid Dar-ul-Argum
Masjid Gibreal
Masjid Hamza
Masjid Ibadullah
Masjid Iman Bukhari
Masjid Jama Al Mumineen, Khalil Hussain, Imam
Masjid Jihad, Imam Maajid Faheem Ali
Masjid Mohammed, Said Mohammed
Masjid Mumineen
Masjid Muttaqeen, Usman Rahman
Masjid of Anteloap Valley
Masjid of Irvine
Masjid of Long Beach
Masjid Omar
Masjid Omar Al Farouk
Masjid Omar Ibn-Alkhetab
Masjid Qurtubah
Masjid Saad Foundation, Ziad Abu Hummos, President
Masjid Sahmsuddin, Foad Farahi, Imam
Masjid Taqwa, Imam Abdul-Malik Ali
Masjid Tawheed-Afghan Cultural Center
Masjid Usman
Masjid Wali Muhammad, Gary Al-Kasib, Imam
Masjidullah, Imam Abdul-Wali Muhammad
Mecca Learning Center
Mecca Masjid
Medical Center Musallah
Miami Gardens Masjid, Abdul Hamid Samra, Imam
Mission Bend Masjid
Momin Lodge
Mosque Foundation, Sheikh Kifah Mustapha
Mosque of Sheikh M.R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen,
Muhammad Abdul Lateef Hayden
Mosque of Riverside
Muslim Association of Huntington, Jamil M. Chaudri, Spokesperson
Muslim Association of Lehigh Valley, Mohammad Sadiq Bajwa, President
Muslim Association of Virginia, Rafi Uddin Ahmed, President
Muslim Center of Middlesex County, Abubakr Nadwi
Muslim Children Education & Civic Center, Abdul Wahid
Muslim Community Association of the Peninsula
Muslim Community Association of the San Francisco Bay Area
Muslim Community Center, Azad Ejaz, President
Muslim Community Center of Greater Pittsburg, Sayed Jafri, President
Muslim Community Center of San Francisco
Muslim Community of the Western Suburbs of Detroit, Sajid Siddiqui, President
Muslim Community of Greater San Diego, Imam Abdur Rahim Khan
Muslim Community of Knoxville, Dr. Mohammad Islam, President
Muslim Community of North East Tennessee, Taneem Aziz, President
Muslim Community of Palm Beach County, Murtaza Kakli, President
Muslim Community ServiceMuslim Community Service
Muslim Community Services, Inc., M. Rezar Rahman
Muslim Federation of New Jersey, Saif Ul-Nabi, Qari
Muslim Home Education Alliance, Cherrie J Karima Webb, Director
Muslim Majlis of Staten Island (Masjid Al-Noor), Abdul Rehman, Director
Muslim Youth of Minnesota, Kashif Saroya, President
Muslims Association of Cleveland East (MACE)
Mustafa Center, M. Zia, Imam
Masjid North Hollywood Islamic Center
Northshore Masjid
Nur Ul Islam, Roshan Ali, Imam
Omar Mosque, Nimer Judeh
Orange County Islamic Foundation
Palm Beach Mosque, Osman Chowdhury, President
Pearland Musallah
Qur'an Memorization Center
Rhode Island Council for Muslim Advancement, Mamoun Najjar, Outreach Director.
Jamaludeen Afghan Islamic Center
Salaam Cleveland (Greater Cleveland Muslim Women’s Association)
Salaam in the Ummah (Peace in the Hood), Ohio
San Ramon Valley Islamic Center
Shi'a Islam Student Association, George Mason University, Seyede Katayon Kasmai, Founder
Siddiquia Jamia Masjid, Tariq Khawaja
South Bay Islamic Association, Tahir Anwar, Imam
South Valley Islamic Center, Ilyas Anwar, Imam
South Zone Masjid
Southeast Zone Masjid
Spring Branch Center
Synott Road Masjid
The Islamic Center of Tucson, Mohammed Elfarooqui, Imam
The Muslim Center, Abdullah El-Amin, Imam
The Muslim Community Center, Sheikh Elkheir Elkheir
The Muslim Unity Center, Muhammad Muhammad Musa
United Muslim Association of Toledo, M.Y. Ahmed, President
United Sisterhood, Ohio
Uqbah Mosque Foundation, Ramez Islambouli, President
Vallejo Islamic Center, Mohamed Yunus
Virginia Muslim Political Action Committee
Wilcrest Masjid
Woodlands Masjid
Yaseen Foundation and the Muslim Community Center
Zaytuna Institute
Source US Organizations for Study