June 18, 2005

The Enemy Among Us: The Islamic Thinkers Society of NY

The Islamic Thinkers Society are part of a vangaurd of fifth columnists who are enemies of the United States of America. While they may disclaim the methods which Osama bin Laden uses, they do not disclaim his goals. The group wishes to install Taliban like government in all Muslim countries unified under a single Caliphate. Eventually the group wishes to see a global Caliphate replacing the nation-state system.

We have documented the anti-American and pro-jihadi activities of The Islamic Thinkers Society over the past year. For instance, in April they were seen on the streets of New York with signs saying or depicting (as described by Kristine Withers):

US the real terrorist, oppose the war on terror, God hates the US because they have Homosexuals, restoration of the Caliphate, pictures of Abu Gharab, 9/11 pictures saying it was justified, etc.

They were telling me how wicked America and I was. A
member of the group was also telling me, "we will kill you", and "next time we will get all of NYC".

Oh Muslims! Do you know your enemy? Isn't it obvious?...

The so-called terrorists are the only people who truly fear Allah. ... They are the only worthy causes, and the mighty superpower only fears them

Now the group is claiming there is an organized smear campaign out to distort their peaceful message and give Islam a bad name.

But even as they attempt a propaganda campaign out to rehabilitate their name, they reveal the truly evil nature of their goals.

From their website, with commentary in brackets:

Our objective is to resume the Islamic way of life to which will fulfill the purpose of the aim. Our objective is to bring back the apparatus that was destroyed in 1924 i.e. Khilafah [ie, Caliphate which united Sunni Muslims until the end of the Ottoman empire]. Indeed it was the Khilafah that united the Muslim Ummah under one flag, one land, one border, and one leader [This, of course, is not true since Shia Muslims did not recognize the same succession of Caliphs as did Sunnis]. It was the Khilafah which served as the appartus to make sure that Tawheed ['unification', used here to indicate the oneness of faith in the umma, or Islamic nation, under a single religious head] manifested in all ascpect [sic] in the Muslim Ummah's affairs. Surely, anyone who accepts any other system than Allah's Shari'ah is worshipping the one who has put his laws in place of the laws of Allah [in other words, democratic lawmaking with it's assumption that power derives from the people is un-Islamic]. This is a major form of shirk and anyone who commits a major shirk has left Islam. [Remember, the maximum penalty for leaving Islam is death. Therefore, any Muslim who advocates Western style liberal democracy is a heretic, according to the Islamic Thinkers Society. This is essentially the same argument used by Osama bin Laden in his justification for attacking states like Saudi Arabia. It is exactly the same arguement used by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi when he attacks the Iraqi government. It is exactly the same argument used when Ansar al-Sunnah beheads Turkish truck drivers. They are heretics and deserve death.].....

Having given these few evidences, is just to show the importance of having an Islamic State where it will serve as the mechanism to protect & nurture the Muslim Ummah with the correct understanding as well as the correct practicality of Tawheed. [Like most utopians, Salafists like the Islamic Thinkers Society believe that with the renewing of the Caliphate and the subjegation of the Islamic world to a single authority, the Caliph, will usher in a golden age. Like the Communist utopians before them, though, such a state would obviously be horribly oppressive.] This all goes towards purifying Tawheed as well as fulfilling the aim of every Muslim which is to do ibadat to Allah s.w.t. This is what we, as part of Islamic Thinkers Society strive for. To create the ideal Islamic society, where the furqan(criterion) for the individuals as well as the rulers will be the Qur'an & Sunnah [sayings of the Prophet] and the Qur'an & Sunnah only [that is to say, not only are individuals required to follow Islam as a form of personal adherence to righteousness, in the way that other religious people might, but legal authority must be derived from the Quran as well. eg, all forms of government other than Taliban like states based on Islamic Law are illegitimate] . As always, our struggle is intellectual & political. [First, they disclaim violence...but then....] To us, this is a matter of life & death. A matter of jannah [paradise, eg, heaven] & jahannam [hell-eg, those opposed to the Salafist paradigm are heretics and going to hell]. It requires seriousness, dedication, & sabr [uncomplaining dedication].

Hat tip: Aaron over at Internet Haganah.