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A Muslim Missionary Group Draws New Scrutiny in U.S.
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The name Tablighi Jamaat is Arabic for the "group that propagates the faith," and its members visit mosques and college campuses in small missionary bands, preaching a return to purist Islamic values and recruiting other Muslim men — often young men searching for identity — to join them for a few days or weeks on the road.
I love it when people go "searching for identity." I always want to ask, "Where was it last time you saw it? Did you look behind the couch?"
"We have a significant presence of Tablighi Jamaat in the United States, and we have found that Al Qaeda used them for recruiting, now and in the past," said Michael J. Heimbach, the deputy chief of the F.B.I.’s international terrorism section.
So turn them or shut ’em down.
The official added, "Then extremists use that as an assessment tool to evaluate individuals with particular zealousness and interest in going beyond what’s offered."
They're called funnels...
"It’s a very great accusation, a total lie," said Abdul Rahman Khan, a leader of the group’s North American leadership council. "Anybody who has been active in our work, who spends at least three days, will have an understanding of our peaceful nature."
Islam means peace, you silly kafirs.
"Lies! All lies!"
They preach a return to the teachings and trappings of Islam’s seventh-century founders, including segregation of women and rejection of activities like voting that they say distract Muslims from the worthier task of preparing for judgment day.
I think the seventh century thing gives it away. I mean in case you had any doubts.
"What we’re trying to do is unite the hearts of all people, and politics has a propensity to divide," said Walid-Muhammad Scott, a Philadelphia activist who is a member of the leadership council. "That’s why we don’t talk about it at all."
Politics have no place in the Khalifa. Nor do mini-skirts, beer, bikinis or naughty pictures.
Meanwhile, three Tabligh acolytes huddled over coffee in a Mexican restaurant across the street... Sprouting a small reddish beard and dressed in a long tunic and loose trousers, he said Tablighi Jamaat had rescued him from drugs. Now, he said, his name is Ali Abdullah and his dream is to study Islam in Pakistan.
Clue alert
"I want to be in a Muslim environment," he explained. Was he also interested in political causes like Chechnya, Kashmir or the Palestinian-Israeli conflict? "Man, I know I’d kill anybody who killed another Muslim," he blurted, rapping a quick drumbeat with his hand on the table. His two companions glared at him. One kicked him sharply under the table.
"Fool. You gave our secret plan for dire revenge to the kafir! There is only one way for you to redeem yourself now..." Laughed out loud, as those crazy kids on the Internet say.
Posted by: 11A5S 2003-07-14
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