{"id":3090,"date":"2011-06-18T16:20:18","date_gmt":"2011-06-18T16:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=3090"},"modified":"2011-06-18T16:20:18","modified_gmt":"2011-06-18T16:20:18","slug":"some_notes_on_representative_k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=3090","title":{"rendered":"Some Notes On Representative King&#8217;s Hearing On Radicalization of Prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org\/p18745.xml\">Center For Security Policy<\/a>&nbsp;posted an article about the literature currently found in Mosques in America and the hope that the same literature would not be allowed in our prisons.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Such materials were used in a new peer-reviewed study published last week in the highly respected journal <em>Middle East Quarterly (MEQ) <\/em>as indicators of jihadist sentiment and proselytization in a random sample of 100 American mosques.&nbsp; This<em> <\/em>study, which is entitled <em>Shari&#8217;a and Violence in American Mosques<\/em>, involved the collection of empirical data through repeated on-site investigations over several years.&nbsp; It established that 81% of U.S. mosques had the cited materials on the premises. The study also found that in over 84% of the mosques surveyed, the imam recommended texts advocating violent jihad.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The article lists the texts cited in the study:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The seven texts featured in the <em>MEQ<\/em> analysis are illustrative of the body of hate-mongering, supremacist literature and films used by shariah-adherent Muslims to inculcate in targeted populations their call to violent jihad:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: bold\">Riyad-us Saliheen<\/span> (<em>Gardens of the Righteous<\/em><em>)<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: bold\">Jihad in Islam<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: bold\">Umdat al-Salik<\/span> (<em>The Reliance of the Traveller)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: bold\">Tafhim al-Qur&#8217;an<\/span> (<em>The Meaning of the Qur&#8217;an<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: bold\">Fiqh-us-Sunnah<\/span> (<em>The Book on Acts of Worship)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: bold\">Tafsir<\/span> <span style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: bold\">Ibn<\/span> <span style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: bold\">Kathir<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: bold\">Ma&#8217;alim fi&#8217;l-Tariq <\/span>(<em>Milestones<\/em><em>)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>We have all heard the expression &#8220;You are known by the company you keep.&#8221;&nbsp; In this case, I think we can say &#8220;You are known by the books you read and promote.&#8221;&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>As Americans, we need to understand that the goal of many Muslims (not all) is to promote Sharia Law around the world and create a worldwide caliphate.&nbsp; Although I believe radical Muslims&nbsp;are entitled to believe whatever they choose to believe, I do not believe they have the right to undermine the U. S. Constitution within the United States prison system.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>I applaud the efforts of Representative King to raise awareness on the issue of radicalization in our prisons.&nbsp; Please read the entire article at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org\/p18745.xml\">Center for Security Policy<\/a> for a list of the witnesses that will be called and further details on the MEQ study.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday the Center For Security Policy&nbsp;posted an article about the literature currently found in Mosques in America and the hope that the same literature would not be allowed in our prisons.&nbsp; The article reports: &#8220;Such materials were used in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=3090\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3090\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}