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Should American Muslims Work Through The American Political Process To Try To Change American Foreign Policy Towards The Muslim World?

Osama Bin Ladins 1998 fatwa says, The ruling to kill the Americans and their allies civilians and military is an individual duty for every Muslim who can do it in any country in which it is possible to do it, in order to liberate the al-Aqsa Mosque and the holy mosque from their grip, and in order for their armies to move out of all the lands of Islam, defeated and unable to threaten any Muslim. This is in accordance with the words of Almighty God, And fight the pagans all together as they fight you all together, and Fight them until there is no more tumult or oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in God. This is in addition to the words of Almighty God: And why should ye not fight in the cause of God and of those who, being weak, are ill-treated (and oppressed)? women and children, whose cry is: Our Lord, rescue us from this town, whose people are oppressors; and raise for us from thee one who will help!
We now hear regular news reports of attempted attacks by Muslims against American targets around the world, including inside America.
The former head of the CIA’s “Bin Ladin Unit,” Michael Scheuer, says there are two ways to prevent future Al Qaeda attacks in America. One way to prevent future Al Qaeda attacks in America is to improve security in America and militarily defeat Al Qaeda in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen, and elsewhere. America has been trying to do this since 9/11 with mixed results.
Scheuer says the other way to prevent future Al Qaeda attacks is to eliminate the Muslim grievances (relating to American foreign policy) that allow Al Qaeda to raise money and recruit fighters. Read the rest of this entry »

Osama Bin Ladin’s February 23, 1998 fatwa says, “The ruling to kill the Americans and their allies — civilians and military — is an individual duty for every Muslim who can do it in any country in which it is possible to do it, in order to liberate the al-Aqsa Mosque and the holy mosque from their grip, and in order for their armies to move out of all the lands of Islam, defeated and unable to threaten any Muslim.”
Some American Muslims have responded to Osama Bin Ladins call. For example, in October 2004, an American Muslim from New York, James Elshafay, pled guilty to conspiring to blow up a New York subway station. In November 2007, an American Muslim from Illinois, Derrick Shareef, pled guilty to plotting to attack a shopping mall with hand grenades. In January 2009, an American Muslim from New York, Bryant Neal Vinas, pled guilty to providing Al Qaeda with information that could have been used to attack the Long Island Rail Road. In April 2010, an American Muslim from New York, Zarein Ahmedzay, pled guilty to plotting to bomb the New York City subway system. Ahmedzay told the judge that he planned to bomb the subway to pressure the U.S. military to withdraw from Afghanistan. In June 2010, an American Muslim from Connecticut, Faisal Shahzad, pled guilty to attempting to set off a car bomb in New York Citys Times Square. When the judge asked Shahzad whether he had realized that his car bomb could have killed children in Times Square, Shahzad said, It’s a war. I am part of the answer to the U.S. terrorizing the Muslim nations and the Muslim people. On behalf of that, I’m revenging the attack. Living in the United States, Americans only care about their people, but they don’t care about the people elsewhere in the world when they die. The judge said that civilians in Times Square did not have anything to do with American foreign policy, and Shahzad replied, The people select the government. We consider them all the same. Shahzad told the judge he was a Muslim soldier. Shahzad said he chose a warm Saturday night in May 2010 for the bombing, because he knew that Times Square would be more crowded on a warm weekend night, so more people would be injured or killed. Several other American Muslims (and Muslims of other nationalities) have been convicted of plotting attacks against targets inside the U.S.
Many American and European Muslim scholars and organizations have repeatedly condemned attacks on civilians since the 9/11 attacks. Following the London bombings, the Fiqh Council of North America issued a fatwa stating, “Targeting civilians’ life and property through suicide bombings or any other method of attack is haram — or forbidden.” Read the rest of this entry »

Some Americans worry that American mosques may be teaching hostility to America and encouraging terrorist attacks on the U.S. They want mosques to be watched by the government.
Since 2002, FBI undercover agents have been authorized to visit mosques to gather information about whats going on in the Muslim community, even when theres no evidence of illegal activity. However, electronic wiretaps can only be used when there is evidence of illegal activity.
In 2003, the FBI decided to count the number of mosques in various regions of the country, in order to help determine how many terrorism investigations and wiretaps were needed in each region.
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Should America Send More Troops To Afghanistan And Try To Decisively Defeat The Taliban, Or Should America Cut Its Losses And Withdraw?
Would Being Neutral, Between Palestinians & Israelis, Make America Safer?
Should American Muslims Be Loyal To America?

Do American Muslims Think The Afghan War Is Worth Fighting?
Did Kobie Williams Have A Religious Obligation To Fight American Troops In Afghanistan?
Did Daniel Patrick Boyd Have A Religious Obligation To Fight Israeli Soldiers And Settlers?
Should American Muslims Work As Government Informants?

Should America Support Or Oppose President Musharraf?
Should America Attack Iran To Prevent Iran From Developing Nuclear Weapons?

NYPD Report on Risk of Radicalization in America (2007)
Bin Laden Denies Involvement In 9/11 Attacks (Ummat newspaper, September 28, 2001)
Bush: US Policies Fed Mideast Radicalism (see paragraph 4)
Al Qaeda Training Manual
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Confession About 9/11 (censored audio and transcript)
The National Security Strategy of the United States of America (2002)
Pew Forum on Islam and Violence (July 2005)

Bin Ladin Takes Credit For 9/11 (From Aljazeera, 2004)
National Intelligence Estimate (July 2007) On Increasing Radicalization in America
MPAC’s campaign against terrorism