Challenging the Islamists: The "Other Muslims" Demand Their Say

March 9, 2010

The "most important ideological struggle in the world today is the battle over the future of Islam," writes Hudson Institute scholar Zeyno Baran.
Baran is the editor of an important new book, which goes on sale March 16, entitled "The Other Muslims: Moderate and Secular" - a compilation of personal analyses from 10 American and European Muslims who warn of the danger posed by radical Islamism.

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The Letter Dogging Tom Campbell

March 5, 2010

The Investigative Project on Terrorism has obtained the 2002 letter California Senate candidate Tom Campbell wrote to the University of South Florida on behalf of suspected terrorist supporter Sami Al-Arian.
Campbell, who claims he was unaware of national exposure of Al-Arian's support for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, wrote that he never heard Al-Arian "say anything anti-Semitic, or racist," and that the university would score "a tremendous victory" for academic and free speech if it reversed course.

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The UK and the Future of Islamist Subversion

March 4, 2010

A brilliant exposé on Channel 4’s “Dispatches” and the pages of the Telegraph, reveals that the extremist Islamic Forum of Europe (IFE) – which has chapters across Europe – has infiltrated the British Labour Party in London, holds sway over local government spending, and tries to manipulate electoral politics.
These steps follow the guidance of Syed Abul A'ala Maududi – the godfather of modern Islamism - who called for an Islamic revolution by placing "men who have imbibed the Islamic ideology" in positions as economists, jurists and politicians.
While it has not enjoyed the same success, an American effort to follow the same formula is well entrenched in America.

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CAIR's Ayloush Dupes MSU Audience

March 2, 2010

Hussam Ayloush, Executive Director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Los Angeles chapter, brought the heavy spin during two sessions on the topic of “Islam in America” last week at Montana State University.
He minimized the depth of Al Qaeda's popular support in parts of the Muslim world. Ignoring a series of prominent Islamist clerics, he told his audience "I cannot think of one Muslim scholar ... who has actually condoned terrorism."

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