MPAC's Pack of Lies

I have observed with keen interest the dialogue and exchanges between Edina Lekovic of MPAC (the Muslim Public Affairs Council) and Steven Emerson of Counterterrorism Blog. I must admit that I agree with his assertions about Edina being evasive and untruthful about her involvement with al-Talib, an Islamic publication she was actively involved in while in college. After reviewing the evidence (the PDF's of the issues) it is clear that she openly lied about her involvement with al-Talib and wished to hide her open support of vile and despicable positions of violence. It saddens me because after trying to give so-called "moderate Muslim organizations" the benefit of doubt and deeply hoping for an emergence of a voice of moderation in Islam, I am convinced by Edina's own dishonesty as well as other actions by Islamic organizations that there is no such thing as a moderate, main-stream Muslim that is truly integrated into American society. Will MPAC speak out and denounce Hamas and Hizbollah? No. Will MPAC speak out and denounce Saudi Arabia's discrimination of Christians and Jews? No. Does MPAC as well as Edina Lekovic believe that Shaykh 'Umar 'Abd al-Rahman is truly innocent? Shaykh 'Umar 'Abd al-Rahman was the terrorist that orchestrated the first World Trade Canter bombing.

Shameful.

A Muslim cannot be a true Muslim unless he believes what Muhammud said in 009:029.

29. Fight against those who (1) believe not in Allâh, (2) nor in the Last Day, (3) nor forbid that which has been forbidden by Allâh and His Messenger (4) and those who acknowledge not the religion of truth among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), until they pay the Jizyah with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.

Would MPAC be willing to set aside that passage from the Qur'an? What is MPAC's position on that passage?

How can MPAC call their critics islamophobes and racists with anti-Muslim bias when we see your actions, hear your words and read what Muhammud said to do to those who are not of Islam? Groups like MPAC and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) are just another part of the "hudna", a false peace and an olive branch that hides a sword.

I think I'll take Muhammud at his word rather than what MPAC and Islam tries to shove down my throat. I am absolutely convinced now that Islam will not be satisfied until we all see a world-wide caliphate and those who do not convert to Islam pay the jizyah or are dead.

Religion of peace indeed.

Iran's Political Machinery

Here's a great analysis of the political situation in Iran by Pepe Escobar of the Asia Times from December 19. He notes that if Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi - the gray eminence and spiritual leader of President Mahmud Ahmadinejad - is among the 16 clerics representing Tehran in the Council of Experts, the political situation in Iran may be more volatile than we know.

Note this excerpt -

Yazdi and his followers have always stressed they want to implement "real Islam". They view the Rafsanjani camp as a bunch of filthy rich, morally and legally corrupt decadents, totally oblivious to the concerns of "ordinary people", whose self-styled key symbol happens to be Ahmadinejad.

Yazdi is also the spiritual mentor of the Hojjatieh, a sort of ultra-fundamentalist sect whose literal interpretation of Shi'ite tradition holds that chaos in mankind is a necessary precondition for the imminent arrival of the Mahdi - the 12th hidden (since AD 941) Shi'ite imam who will come to save the world from injustice and widespread corruption. Ahmadinejad may not be a Hojjatieh himself, but he understands where they are coming from.

Yazdi's "real Islam" has nothing to do with Western democracy. He wants a kelafat - a caliphate. Ayatollahs like Yazdi are simply not concerned with worldly matters, foreign policy, geopolitical games or Iran's nuclear program; the only thing that matters is work for the arrival of the Mahdi. Yazdi is on record as saying that he could convert all of America to Shi'ism. But some in Tehran accuse him of claiming a direct link to the Mahdi, which in the Shi'ite tradition would qualify him as a false prophet.

Read the whole thing and get to know the political machinery of our enemy a little better.