Radical Islam Alert

Issue 58 01.05.12 In This Issue: Wake Forest University's Radical Imam Did You Know... Ignoring the Call to Islam will Bring Jihad Islam Commands Individual Jihad Featured Videos U-Report Recommended Reading The President of Wake Forest University in North Carolina, Nathan O. Hatch, has praised his recently appointed Assistant Chaplain, Khalid Griggs, as a “well-respected individual, both on campus and throughout the Winston-Salem community.” What President Hatch does not acknowledge however is Imam Griggs’ other, less publicized activities, such a being a senior ranking official of the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), an organization with strong ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. He is also a member of the Shura Council for the Muslim Alliance of North America (MANA), an organization co-founded and led by Siraj Wahhaj, an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombings. So how is someone like Khalid Griggs able to work in an environment where he has access to thousands of young, impressionable minds, and more importantly – why is no one protesting? Clarion Fund Senior Fellow Clare Lopez investigates. [Special thanks to Donald Woodsmall who brought this story to our attention]. Wake Forest University's Radical Imam - A UReport Special Investigative Feature by Clare M. Lopez When Wake Forest University hired Khalid Griggs in February 2010 to be its first Muslim Assistant Chaplain, President Nathan O. Hatch hailed the "broader dialogue among people of different faith traditions" and the "greater awareness of differing beliefs" that he apparently supposed would flow naturally from the appointment. Hatch might have been excused for his ignorance at the time, because the Center for Security Policy (CSP, a Washington, D.C. think tank, had not yet published its seminal study on Islamic law (shariah) and the Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwan). "Shariah: The Threat to America." Once that work came out in October 2010, though, it is difficult to understand how the president of such a respected American university could have remained so oblivious to the serious implications of allowing an individual like Griggs with openly-publicized links to the Muslim Brotherhood access to Wake Forest students. [MORE] Did You Know... Ignoring the Call to Islam will Bring Jihad by Clare M. Lopez ‘Conquest through Da’wa [proselytizing] that is what we hope for. We will conquer Europe, we will conquer America! Not through sword but through Da’wa.’ -- Yousef al-Qaradawi , Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader The Arabic word ‘Da’wa’ means the “call to Islam.” But do not think that Da’wa is the same thing as an invitation to an optional holiday event. The classical Islamic doctrine of jihad mandates that enemies must be given the opportunity to convert to Islam or pay the jizya tax before it is permissible to attack them. This obligation is compulsory because it is written in the Qur’an as a divine order. [MORE] Did You Know� Islam Commands Individual Jihad? by Clare M. Lopez According to Islamic law, Jihad is warfare to spread the religion and is obligatory for all Muslims everywhere until such time as �there is no more Fitna [resistance to Islam] and the religion will all be for Allah alone.� (Quran 8:39) Jihad against the infidel (kuffar) is of two types: offensive and defensive. The offensive kind, called �Fard Kifaya,� is conducted under the leadership of the Caliph and is for the purpose of defending the borders of Islam and sending out the armies of Islam at least once a year to terrorize the enemies of Allah. Offensive Jihad is a collective duty and when enough Muslim fighters respond to the call of the Caliph, the remainder of the Muslim population is relieved of this duty. Defensive jihad is a compulsory duty upon all Muslims primarily when the kuffar enter Muslim lands. It is considered so critical to repulse the invader that Ibn Taymia even asserted it took precedence over making the hajj. [MORE] Featured Videos: Islam Was Not For Me – watch former Iranian and apostate to Christianity, Amil Imani’s impassioned video essay about his decision to leave Islam. [WATCH VIDEO] First Shariah-Controlled Zone in Australia– Muslim leader moves to enforce Shariah law in Lakemba neighborhood in Sidney [WATCH VIDEO] News & Blogs Ugandan Pastor Blinded in Muslim Acid Attack Afghan Child Bride Tortured by In-Laws [BLOG] How a Taliban Ringtone Could Save Your Life RadicalIslam.org invites you to report to us about issues concerning Radical Islam in your area. Let us know about attempts by Muslims to impose Islamic laws in your community, report about radical Muslim demonstrations or activities on your college campus or in your neighborhood. Send us all the details and after being reviewed your story may be published on RadicalIslam.org Write to us and help us spread awareness about the threat of Radical Islam in the United States. Recommended Reading In Radical State: How Jihad Is Winning Over Democracy in the West, author Abigail R. Esman argues that in large measure, it is actually jihad which has emerged victorious over democracy, not only because of the actions of Muslim terrorists, but because of our own response to extremist Islam in the West. With the best of intentions, Western (European) countries have permitted antidemocratic, ultraconservative Islamic beliefs and traditions to flourish in their societies as they've responded to the influx of Muslim immigrants to their shores, largely as a result of the guest-worker programs which began in the 1960s and 1970s across Europe. But this multicultural approach has only backfired, creating cultural wars in which even the most intolerant and undemocratic of belief systems and values have been permitted...