Daily Kos and Others on Jihad

By Jeffrey Imm

What do the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC), and the Daily Kos all have in common? They are all seeking to define the enemy as other than "jihadists".

A. Daily Kos: Jihad Not Terrorism

Three weeks after AP's report of the NCTC/DHS recommendations to eliminate the term "jihadist" (among others) from the lexicon describing Jihadist terrorism, the latest salvo in this "war of ideas" was published on the popular Daily Kos web site by "Amad" on May 12: "Who Speaks for Islam? Part 3b: Jihad, Religion & Politics". The Daily Kos author states that to "most Muslims, jihad implies honor and sacrifice for others", and "[u]sing jihad and terrorism as synonyms is wrong and counterproductive" -- seeking to define the threat as "extremism". The article also expands on the real cause of "extremism" as "disrespect for Islam", "aggressive" U.S. foreign policy, and "double-standards exhibited by the US on democracy and human-rights". It quotes a student at the American University of Cairo as condemning U.S. foreign policy: "Bush has given Israel carte blanch to attack Palestinians and Lebanese. The war on terror is an open-ended war on Muslims."

Daily Kos provides a biography on "Amad" stating: "Amad runs MuslimMatters.org... [and]... was one of the founders of Texas Dawah." Amad's blogroll on Daily Kos promotes MuslimMatters.org and CAIR. What Daily Kos does not mention is who some of the participants at Texas Dawah meetings and at the MuslimMatters.org website are, as they include supporters of jihadist groups, unindicted co-conspirators in U.S. terror trials, and supporters of the Taliban.

Texas Dawah 2007 convention speakers included:
- Siraj Wahhaj - "unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing". "Blind Sheik" Omar Abdel-Rahman attended Imam Wahhaj's mosque and gave a lecture at the mosque stating "Muslims should rob banks to benefit Islam".  Siraj Wahhaj has reportedly called for replacing the U.S. government with an Islamic caliphate.
- Imam Johari Abdul-Malik - outreach director for Dar al-Hijrah mosque where "Virginia 11" member Ali Asad Chandia attended (supporter of Lashkar-e-Taiba group) and alleged fund raiser for Ali Asad Chandia. Abdu-Malik supported litigation to stop Israeli attacks on Hamas leaders
- Dr. Salah As-Sawi - issued refutation of fatwa with the intent to deny that American Muslim soldiers had the responsibility to fight against the Taliban after 9/11 attacks, history of involvement with organizations under investigation, and served as a professor at Al-Azhar in Egypt - reportedly "a bastion of the dangerous Muslim Brotherhood"
- The December 3, 2007 Jawa Report also provides other details about Texas Dawah speakers

Another speaker at the Texas Dawah 2007 convention, who is also a regular contributor to MuslimMatters.org, is Musa Maguire. As Musa states in one of his articles on MuslimMatters.org, "I always get a special welcome from the folks at the airport...[t]o be fair, I can understand why I may have ended up on one of their lists". But MuslimMatters.org's Musa Maguire does not tell you why. Could it be because Musa (aka Thomas) Maguire is the cousin of American Taliban John Walker Lindh?

In 2006, the Daily Telegraph reported on Musa Maguire and American Taliban John Walker Lindh: "Thomas Maguire, his cousin, also converted as a teenager, but said that Lindh found the rigorous path of Islam easier to follow. 'John exhibited a glowing innocence that propelled him to openly investigate the truth of Islam,' Maguire (known as Musa) wrote on a Muslim website. Maguire, who now hosts an English-language talk show on an Egyptian cable television network, praised Lindh's 'unswerving' faith and thoughtfulness. In words that would unnerve many Americans, he also described his cousin as 'one of the greatest success stories in the modern propagation of Islam in the West'." Musa Maguire calls American Taliban John Walker Lindh aka "Sulayman" - "a champion of Islam", has charged that "the case against Sulayman is nothing less than attack against our deen", and states that he "deserves the support of the Muslim community".

The ideological influences of those associated with the MuslimMatters.org author and Texas Dawah co-founder writing in Daily Kos provide context behind his attempts to convince millions of Americans that Jihad is not terrorism, and that our only enemy is "extremism".

Why does it matter what the Daily Kos reports? According to the latest blog traffic statistics for 2008, the Daily Kos is getting between 20 million and 30 million visits per month. Daily Kos has had its own meetings with Democratic primary candidates for president. Daily Kos contributors include current office holders such as: Nancy Pelosi, Richard Durbin, Tom Harkin, John Conyers, Barbara Boxer, Russ Feingold, John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, Jim Moran, and Barack Obama.

B. Who are the NCTC and DHS Sources for Changing Terror Lexicon?

It is still not clearly known who the reported Muslim American sources and groups are that have recommended the removal of "jihadist" from the terror lexicon of DHS, NCTC, and the U.S. Government. DHS reportedly refused to tell Steven Emerson. Although there are public reports from the San Francisco Chronicle on Secretary Chertoff's meetings in May 2007, DHS Civil Rights and Civil Liberties states that it "has consulted with some of the leading U.S.-based scholars and commentators on Islam to discuss the best terminology to use when describing the terrorist threat." Who are these "scholars and commentators"? Why are they anonymous?

We still don't know who is providing the basis for the NCTC and DHS recommendations to define the enemy as other than "jihadists".

Why won't they reveal their sources? Why wouldn't they want to hold up such sources to public scrutiny and discussion to make their case as to the validity of their position? Surely a subject as important to a democracy as the definition of an enemy at war with your country deserves full and open discussion with the public that such government serves.

C. Who Else Agrees With the NCTC/DHS "Terror Lexicon" Recommendations

The NCTC/DHS "terror lexicon" recommendations to end the use of the term "jihadist" are also supported by:

-- Muslim American Society (MAS) -- founded by the Muslim Brotherhood whose motto is "Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope."

-- Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) -- whose spokeswoman Edina Lekovic was managing editor for Al-Talib when it instructed Muslim readers to "defend our brother" Osama bin Laden, and "refer to him as a freedom fighter, someone who has forsaken wealth and power to fight in Allah's cause and speak out against oppressors. We take these stances only to please Allah." Moreover, as Steven Emerson has pointed out, MPAC "repeatedly has lobbied to remove Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hizballah from the U.S. list of designated terrorist groups."

-- Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) -- unindicted co-conspirator in Holy Land Foundation terror trial, whose 2007 convention speakers included supporters of Hamas, supporters of 1993 WTC terrorist "Blind Sheik" Omar Rahman, and a speaker who seeks to replace U.S. government with an Islamic caliphate

-- Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) -- As CAIR-Chicago stated in "Taking Islam out of Radicalism", "[t]o use the word Islam to qualify the problem of radicalism is highly problematic". CAIR is an unindicted co-conspirator in Holy Land Foundation terror trial. The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) has a 10 part, 118 page expose on CAIR and its links to Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood, Saudi-funded groups "whose U.S. offices have been raided to investigate possible links to Hamas and Al Qaeda", "CAIR's involvement in radical conferences and denigration of moderates", "CAIR's Extremism and Anti-Semitism", and "CAIR's denial of the challenges posed by Radical Islamists"

Oh, yes, and reportedly, also include in that list of those who agree with the NCTC/DHS "terror lexicon" guidelines -- President Bush.

On May 12, UPI's Shaun Waterman reported that "a senior administration official involved in counter-terrorism policy, who was authorized to speak anonymously to the media, told United Press International that President Bush had been 'absolutely at the forefront' in promoting and using the kind of language the guidelines recommend."

The reason why the unknown administration official had to "speak anonymously" regarding guidelines to provide terminology defining the enemy was not explained. Nor was there an explanation as to why President Bush used the term "jihadists" in defining the enemy in an April 29 press conference (five days after the AP reported on the NCTC/DHS guidelines stating that using the term "jihadist" legitimized Jihadist terrorist efforts). It is speculated that President Bush's reference to "jihadists" on April 29 was merely an error, but since neither the President nor the UPI-interviewed administration official won't go on the record about any of these issues, we don't know. Perhaps UPI can ask their "administration official" source about this.

D. Terror Lexicon Recommendations -- a Reaction to Claims of "Islamophobia"?

How much of the terror lexicon recommendations by groups within the administration are reactions to bullying efforts by groups claiming "Islamophobia"? What has the impact been of groups aligned with groups such as CAIR, ISNA, MAS, MPAC, and others in influencing such NCTC/DHS terror lexicon recommendations?

Unindicted HLF terror trial co-conspirator CAIR has a position paper on "Islamophobia" which defines Jihadist terrorists as "extremists", where it accuses "Daniel Pipes, Steve Emerson, Judith Miller, and Bernard Lewis among many others" of "Islamophobia", and also states:
-- "American government should work to resolve or, at the very least, refrain from opposing national liberation movements" (like Hamas or Hezbollah?)
-- "legitimate resentment [will not end]... so long as the U.S. government is in the grip of those who believe in an imperial America"
-- "some Americans deny that Islamophobia exists or that anti-Americanism is related to America's unjustified militarism and support of oppression"
-- blames "American foreign policy" for "political chaos in the Muslim world"

Unindicted HLF terror trial co-conspirator ISNA has a similar position, as described by ISNA Leadership Development Center (ILDC) executive director Dr. Louay Safi. Per Dr. Safi, "Islamophobes are keen to turn the war on terrorism into a war on Islam", and Dr. Safi recommends the focus be fighting against "extremism and terrorism". Yet in 2004, this same ISNA official, Dr. Louay Safi, stated "the assertion by 'world leaders' that the war on terrorism is not a war on Islam is nothing but a piece of propaganda and disinformation that was meant to appease Western Muslims and to maintain the coalition against terrorism". Indeed, even the term "war on terror" is an Islamophobic slight and conspiracy according to ISNA.

This demonstrates the inch-by-inch bullying by such groups to define the enemy, the issues, and most of all, the war. Clearly, per the NCTC/DHS terror lexicon guidelines, that approach is succeeding, and (directly or indirectly) groups like CAIR and ISNA are increasingly defining who America is (and should be) fighting.

E. Terror Lexicon Recommendations -- and "The American Muslim" Charges of "Islamophobia"

If indeed the UPI's anonymous administration source is correct regarding President Bush's position, will it mean that Sheila Musaji can remove him from "The American Muslim" (TAM) list of those committing "Islamophobia" and list of those making "distorted claims about Islam"? Or does President Bush's April 29 "jihadists" comment still keep him on such lists?

President Bush is on two of Sheila Musaji's lists on "The American Muslim" (TAM) website - the "Islamophobia" list, and her "Responses to Claims Made BY Specific Individuals and Organizations ABOUT Muslims" list.

On TAM's "Islamophobia" list, Sheila Musaji has President Bush, along with Senator Barbara Boxer, Senator Frank Lautenberg, Representative Peter King, Representative Tom Tancredo, a host of various media commentators and authors, and "U.S. government officials refer to specter of 'the caliphate'". Sheila Musaji doesn't name who such "U.S. government officials" are, just includes them on her "Islamophobia" list. Perhaps she was referencing such comments by Senator Barack Obama - that the enemy "seek[s] to create a repressive caliphate"? (It is interesting to note that the NCTC/DHS terror lexicon guidelines would condemn Senator Obama for using such language.)

On TAM's "Responses to Claims Made BY Specific Individuals and Organizations ABOUT Muslims" list, Sheila Musaji states that individuals and groups provide "distorted claims about Islam", including President Bush, Senator Hillary Clinton, Senator John McCain, Congressman Anthony Weiner, Steven Emerson, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Rudy Giuliani, Muslims M. Zuhdi Jasser and Irshad Manji, Muslims Against Sharia, New York Times, Freedom House Report on Saudi Publications, Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), and a host of others.

So with the context that TAM's condemnations would view presidential candidates Senators Obama, Clinton, McCain, as well as current President Bush as either "Islamophobes" or having made "distorted claims about Islam", The American Muslim (TAM) also provided its support this week for the NCTC/DHS terror lexicon guidelines.

TAM's Sheila Musaji, who claims that she is "not a 'moderate' Muslim", agrees with the NCTC/DHS terror lexicon guidelines stating "Terrorism is not Jihad, it is Hirabah". In her article "Thank God Someone Is Listening to Us - Terrorism Is Not Jihad", she provides such sources for her argument as Dr. Muzammil Siddiqi, Hamza Yusuf, and Jim Guirard. (Interestingly, Sheila Musaji forgets that she previously listed Jim Guirard on her list of individuals who "make distorted claims about Islam".)

Who are Sheila Musaji's sources, Muzammil Siddiqi and Hamza Yusuf, to support her claim that Jihad is not terrorism?

-- Muzammil Siddiqi - Steven Emerson's article "Muzammil the "Moderate" states that "when Siddiqi was President of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) in 1997, his organization received special thanks from Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzook, who wrote that ISNA supported him through his jailing and extradition process, writing that such efforts 'consoled' him." As Steve Emerson's column points out, "Siddiqi has made numerous pro-jihad statements in the past and has denied that 9/11 was carried about by Muslims." Muzammil Siddiqui has been a member of Fiqh Council of North America (FCNA), whose members have been connected to Islamic extremism and terrorism. 

The Investigative Project on Terrorism reports that it has a video recording of Siddiqi from 15 years ago stating:

"When people really carry on Jihad, they carry on the Islam in its peak in its totality. And that’s why in the hadith the Prophet (SAS) said (Arabic), ‘No people have ever neglected Jihad except they became humiliated.’ And people leave, renounce Jihad, they became humiliated. That means in order to gain the honor, Jihad is the path, Jihad is the way to receive the honor."

[…]

"The most first and foremost the most important effect of Jihad on Afghanistan on the Muslim Ummah at large because I do not see that Jihad of Afghanistan, only the victory of the Afghan people. Certainly it is the victory of the Afghan people, but I see it as the victory of the Muslim Ummah at large. I see it as the victory of Islam and in that sense it brings, aychsa, dignity and honor to the whole Muslim Ummah."

"I can see that there is already some impact after Jihad in Afghanistan in the Intifada movement in Palestine. With this, more courage, more strength, more confidence and shall I even say that in a few years we will be celebrating with each other the victory of Islam in Palestine. Insh’allah, we shall be celebrating the coming of the Masjid al-Aqsa under the Islamic rule. We shall be celebrating insh’allah the coming of Jerusalem and the whole land of Palestine insh’allah and the establishment of the Islamic State throughout that area."

-- Hamza Yusuf - per Steven Schwartz, in "1991, he delivered a classic oration titled 'Jihad is the Only Way' to a local group of the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), an arm of the Jama'at-i-Islami movement in Pakistan, which in turn is an al Qaeda ally." This is the same Hamza Yusuf who claimed that WTC terrorist "Blind Sheik" Omar Abdel Rahman was "unjustly tried". And after the 9/11 attacks, the FBI wanted to question Hamza Yusuf "about a speech he had given two days before the Sept. 11 attacks, in which he said that the U.S. 'stands condemned' and that 'this country has a great, great tribulation coming to it'." Not surprisingly (in retrospect), after the 9/11 attacks, Hamza Yusuf was at the White House, along with Muzammil Siddiqi, arguing how much they were against the same Jihadists that they had been supporting. (And of course, President Bush believed them.) Regarding his less radical comments after 9/11, to use Yusuf's own words: "There are times when you have to live like a sheep in order to live in the future like a lion."

The American Muslim's (TAM) Dr. Hesham A. Hassaballa provides a similar endorsement of the NCTC/DHS "terror lexicon" guidelines in his article "Words Do Matter". Dr. Hassaballa states that "'Jihad' in the West has one meaning; in the East, it means something completely different."

According to reports, Dr. Hassaballa understands Jihad all too well. CAIR Watch reports that "Hassaballa has promoted Hamas-related charities on his website, including Islamic Relief and KindHearts"; Hesham Hassaballa's blog since "has been removed" according to Google. In addition, CAIR Watch reports that Dr. Hassaballa was "a co-founder and former Executive Board member of CAIR-Chicago (CAIR-Illinois) and former writer for CAIR's (dissolved) Independent Writer's Syndicate (IWS)".

F. House Democratic Intelligence Committee Silence on Their Rejection of Term "Jihad"

As previously reported, on May 8, the Democratic majority in the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence rejected Congressman Hoekstra's amendment to the 2009 Intelligence funding bill that "would prohibit the intelligence community from adopting speech codes that encumber accurately describing the radical jihadist terrorists that attacked America and continue to threaten the homeland." Congressman Hoekstra was referencing the NCTC/DHS "terror lexicon" guidelines that were reported by AP and UPI.

UPI reported that "every GOP member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence voted for an amendment to an intelligence bill that would have banned the use of federal cash to produce documents like the terminology guidelines from the U.S. National Counter-Terrorism Center that recently leaked and were posted online. The amendment, authored by Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich., the GOP ranking member, was defeated on a party-line vote."

What the UPI did not report was that Democratic representatives on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence voted to have funding for intelligence on global warming, but did not view the definition of our enemy as a priority. This is precisely why organizations like CAIR, ISNA, and others have been able to gain influence in defining the enemy for us.

Last week, I challenged Democratic Congressmen Reyes, Boswell, Cramer, Holt, Ruppersberger, Tierney, Thompson, Langevin, Murphy, Schiff, and Democratic Congresswomen Eshoo and Schakowsky, to provide an explanation as to why the consistent understanding of the jihadist enemy is not a priority in our intelligence operations. Their silence has been deafening.

The UPI report concluded with "'Representative Hoekstra believes in free speech and accurately defining our enemy,' spokesman Jamal Ware told UPI Sunday. 'He will continue to fight against speech codes'."

G. Who Disagrees With the NCTC/DHS "Terror Lexicon" Recommendations

In addition to Congressman Hoekstra's efforts, there have certainly been advocates within the anti-jihadist community that have recently spoken out on the NCTC/DHS "terror lexicon" issue, including:
-- Steven Emerson: Investigative Project Releases Gov't Memos Curtailing Speech in War on Terror, Dangerous Word Games
-- Robert Spencer: US urges officials to stop linking Islam with terrorism, Who is teaching Chertoff and the DHS about jihad?, No Jihadis Here!, 'Jihadist' booted from government lexicon, New State Department lexicon forbids use of the words "jihad" or "jihadist"
-- Andrew McCarthy: The Government's Jihad on Jihad -- Still lookin' for love in all the wrong places, Re: Re: Jihad on Jihad
-- Diana West: It's Islamic Jihad, Not Extremism, Uncle Sam, and WOE Is US
-- Patrick Poole: Flying Blind in the War on Terror
-- Joseph Myers: Strategic Collapse in the War on Terror

But I have special thanks for a different fighter against jihadism that gets very little recognition: the average American citizens who know that this is their war too.

Last week, after the defeat of the Hoekstra amendment by the Democratic majority in the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, I invited the average American citizen to sign a petition demanding that those Congressmen and Congresswomen who voted against the Hoekstra amendment explain themselves.

To those who think the American people don't care about the issue, I have proof that this is not true. To date, over 870 average American men and women have signed this petition demanding that those who seek to ignore the importance of defining the Jihadist enemy explain themselves -- and more sign the online petition every day.

While the long history of jihadist apologist infiltration continues to be revealed in parts of our government, among some members of Congress, through "expert consultants", through cultural attaches, and through special interest groups and lobbyists -- those of us who stand against Jihad must never forget our strongest ally -- the American people.

To many, many American people the NCTC/DHS "terror lexicon" guidelines were a wake-up call in the war of ideas, and an alert to the dangerous levels of jihadist apologist influences in our government. Those concerned Americans say "Enough". And they have just begun to fight.

Sources and Related Documents:

Site Meter Web Traffic Statistics on Daily Kos
Daily Kos - Wikipedia
Daily Kos - Prominent contributors who are current officeholders
July 3, 2006 - Newsweek: The War's Left Front -- The Daily Kos thinks the politics of Iraq will help him shape the Democratic Party.
May 12, 2008 - Daily Kos: "Who Speaks for Islam? Part 3b: Jihad, Religion & Politics"
Daily Kos - Amad's Biography
Texas Dawah 2007 Convention Speakers
December 3, 2007 - Jawa Report: FBI/Police to Share Stage with 9/11 Skeptics & Terror Supporters at Radical Islamic Conference
Siraj Wahhaj - Wikipedia
October 24, 2003 - Wall Street Journal: Baptist to Nationalist in '60s, Siraj Wahhaj Now Preaches Self-Help and Militancy -- describes how "Blind Sheik" Omar Abdel-Rahman attended Imam Wahhaj's mosque and gave a lecture at the mosque stating "Muslims should rob banks to benefit Islam"
The Kashmir Telegraph: Kashmiri Pundit View-point -- discusses Siraj Wahhaj calling for caliphate to replace U.S. government
November 2001: The Danger Within: Militant Islam in America - by Daniel Pipes -- discusses Siraj Wahhaj calling for caliphate to replace U.S. government
October 27, 2007 - CBN News: Ohio No Stranger to Radical Islam - reference to Siraj Wahhaj
Johari Abdul-Malik - Wikipedia
Johari Abdul-Malik - Support for Hamas - Wikipedia
March 23, 2004 - U.S. Muslim Group Calls for Legal Moves Against Israel -- references to Johari Abdul-Malik
June 20, 2006 - London Times: British agents trace 7/7 terror links to smalltown America -- regarding Joharri Abdul Malik
Refutation of a Fatwa Issued Concerning the Permissibility of Muslims Participating in Military Operations Against the Muslims in Afghanistan by Sheikh Salah as-Sawi - Sha'ban 1422, November 2001
Dr. Salah as-Sawy - Sharia Academia Biography
December 6, 2006 - WorldNetDaily.com: Doubts grow over Muslim lawmaker's loyalty -- references to Salah As-Sawi
Musa Maguire - MuslimMatters.org Biography
August 16, 2007 - MuslimMatters.org - "Homegrown... On the NYPD 'Intelligence' Report - by Musa Maguire
April 8, 2006 - Daily Telegraph: The new Malcolm X? - by Philip Sherwell -- references Musa (aka Thomas) Maguire
John Walker Is My Cousin By Blood, And My Brother In Faith -- by Thomas Maguire, 19 December 2002
February 20, 2002 - Baltimore IMC: Rally in Support of Authentic American Hero Sulayman Lindh -- Musa Abdun Nur Maguire
Q-News: Letters From My Cousin: John Walker - by Musa Abdun Nur Maguire
April 27, 2008 - Muslim American Society (MAS) Web Site - "Homeland Security Report Sharply Rebukes McCain's 'Islamic Extremism' Rhetoric"
Muslim American Society (MAS) Dossier - The Investigative Project on Terrorism
Muslim Brotherhood Movement -- Theme
April 30, 2008 - Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) - MPAC Applauds Gov't Initiative to stop using "jihadist" terminology
May 30, 2007 - Ms. Lekovic...A Dozen Printing Mistakes? -- by Steven Emerson
September 2003 - Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) - A Review of U.S. Counterterrorism Policy - American Muslim Critique and Recommendations
Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) News Brief: "Jihadist Booted from Government Lexicon"
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, CR NO. 3:04-CR-240-G, Attachment A - List of Unindicted Co-conspirators and/or Joint Venturers
August 27, 2007 - US Justice Dept to Co-Sponsor Convention of ISNA - Unindicted Co-Conspirator in HLF Trial
Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) - Combating Islamophobia in Milwaukee
January 31, 2004 - Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) - Removal of Salman Rushdie's Article from Naval Chaplain Corps' Web-site
December 29, 2005 - Will the Extreme Right Succeed? - Turning the War on Terror into a War on Islam - by ISNA's Louay M. Safi
May 7, 2007 - Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) Web Site - "U.S. Officials Urged to Avoid Linking Islam, Jihad with Terrorism"
December 29, 2006 - CAIR-Chicago: Taking Islam out of Radicalism -- by Reem Rahman
CAIR: Islamophobia and Anti-Americanism Book Excerpts
Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) Series of Reports on The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) full dossier "CAIR Exposed"
March 14, 2008 - National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) - Counter Terror Communications Center (CTCC) Memorandum, Volume 2, Issue 10 - "Words that Work and Words that Don't: A Guide to Counterterrorism Communication"
January 2008 - Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties - Terminology to Define the Terrorists: Recommendations from American Muslims
June 5, 2007 - San Francisco Chronicle: Security agency enlisting Muslims to rebut radicals
May 12, 2008 - UPI: Analysis: Terror lexicon reveals GOP split
April 29, 2008 - Transcript: Press Conference by the President
May 13, 2008 - The American Muslim: Thank God Someone Is Listening to Us - Terrorism Is Not Jihad -- by Sheila Musaji
Sheila Musaji - Wikipedia
July 19, 2007 - The American Muslim: Islamophobia - alarming statements - by Sheila Musaji
May 12, 2008 - The American Muslim: Responses to Claims Made BY Specific Individuals and Organizations About Muslims - by Sheila Musaji
October 27, 2007 - The American Muslim: There is no such thing as a moderate Muslim? by Sheila Musaji
July 30, 2007 -- Muzammil the "Moderate" -- by Steven Emerson
Backgrounder On the Fiqh Council of North America and the Council on American-Islamic Relations
January 24, 2005 - Weekly Standard: Hamza Yusuf, At It Again - A radical Muslim cries discrimination - by Stephen Schwartz
November 3, 2004 - Khaleej Times: Muslim society 'has lost ability to strategise'
October 2, 2001 - Washington Post: Muslim Leaders Struggle with Mixed Messages -- addressing Hamza Yusuf
May 11, 2008 - The American Muslim: Words Do Matter! -- by Dr. Hesham A. Hassaballa
CAIR Watch Profile of Hesham Hassaballa
God, Faith, and a Pen: The Official Blog of Dr. Hesham A. Hassaballa ...
May 13, 2008 - National Review: The Government's Jihad on Jihad -- Still lookin' for love in all the wrong places -- by Andrew McCarthy
May 8, 2008 - Jihad and U.S. Intelligence Resources - by Jeffrey Imm
-- Related Petition to U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Hoekstra Amendment
May 8, 2008 - Hoekstra Effort to Strip Earmarks from Intelligence Bill Successful - Bill Still Fails to Close Terrorist Loophole
May 2, 2008 - Investigative Project Releases Gov't Memos Curtailing Speech in War on Terror - by Steven Emerson
April 30, 2008 - The Continuing Debate Over "Jihadists" As The Enemy - by Jeffrey Imm
April 24, 2008 - Who is America Fighting - Jihadists or Extremists? - by Jeffrey Imm
April 24, 2008 - AP: Terms to use and avoid when talking about terrorism
April 24, 2008 - AP: 'Jihadist' booted from government lexicon
Democratic Members of House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Members
"War of Ideas" Sources on the Debate over the Identity of the Jihadist Enemy
July 17, 2007 - Preventing the West from Understanding Jihad - by Dr. Walid Phares

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