Revolutionary Islam in the Americas --

An Open Source Threat Assessment:

Part of the “Connecting the Dots” Series

by Sandra Warmoth

Builders of Zion International Relations Director

October 2009

Most Americans have devoted little attention to the Islamic revolution entrenching upon the homeland and advancing toward our southern and northern borders.  As Islamists within work to undermine our interior, jihadists without are reconnoitering our borders with an eye on attacking our homeland.  This threat environment did not develop in a vacuum.  Whitewashing at the highest levels, widespread apathy and a disproportionately tolerant public mindset has created excellent conditions for the exploitation of America’s generous freedoms -- freedoms that we will lose if we lack the collective resolve to take corrective action.  A concise threat assessment follows to help Americans understand the nature and extent of the threat our country is facing.  If we hold dear our liberty and Judeo-Christian values, our citizenry and its leadership can no longer meet the threat with inaction and irresolution.

The Threat from Within:

Americans are in denial regarding the pervasiveness and determination of the Islamists within our midst.  One hallmark of revolutionary Islam is infiltration.  A targeted country, in this case the United States, is introduced to a progressive set of objectives by the infiltrators: building up a sizeable, vocal and politically active minority group; exploiting fundamental domestic systems to consolidate a base of power; asserting human rights to gauge the durability of existing laws, and manipulating public sympathies to support a popular uprising/intifada.  The uprising leads to full-fledged insurrection, backed by terrorism where necessary – a holy war -- in order to accomplish a subversive ascension to power.  This results in the ejection of any of the victimized country’s established political, economic, social, educational and religious systems that do not accommodate the new actuality.  Jihad, by principle, is offensive, and lionized in all facets of Islamic life, across all socioeconomic strata.  Our progressive, multicultural nation is the perfect breeding ground for shielding Islamists who are working to overthrow our country.  The Ummah within America is predominately engaged in subtly altering our domestic landscape.  This cultural jihad is a diplomatic process to spread the Islamic ideology, which brings with it a da’wah, invitation, and an expectation that Americans will submit to Islam.  There are numerous da’wah projects and centers operating in America today that work to mitigate our suspicions, appraise our mind set, attract new converts, and put an American face on Islam.  If America rejects the da’wah, a holy war will follow.  Islamist activities of this nature include revisionist teaching within our schools; propagandizing in our workplaces; indoctrinating the disaffected on our streets and within our prisons; masquerading as moderates before our media; exploiting our laws in our courts; creating front organizations in our communities, and infiltrating sensitive posts within our government.  More aggressive Islamization includes charismatic Imams peddling subversive Wahhabist teachings in America’s mostly Saudi-funded mosques, Jamaat ul-Fuqra cadres training for Islamic military warfare in the rural hamlets dotting our country, and Muslim youth scaling the walls at the CAIR-owned-and-operated Buffalo-based Islamic paramilitary compound a stone’s throw away from Canada.  Islamist organizations that make up the terrorist infrastructure within the United States include the Muslim Brotherhood, al-Qaeda, Hizb’allah, HAMAS, and “palestine” Islamic Jihad, most of which are actively planning attacks against our homeland and enjoy state support and cleric-level sanctification to employ nuclear, biological, chemical, and other weapons of mass destruction in their anticipated holy war on our soil.  There is an exponential post-9-11 upsurge of individuals appearing on the U.S. terrorism watch list, and a growing trend of American-bred Islamists traveling abroad for jihadist training and returning to recruit for operations and to assist major Islamist groups here with identifying potential targets and planning attacks against our homeland.  All of these multistage revolutionary activities are a continuous, collaborative Islamist effort to transmute our federal republic into a Shari’ah state.  Qur’anic injunctions and the consequential global Islamic revolutionary reality fly in the face of the mantra that Islam is a religion of peace and coexistence, which simply suffers from a few radicals hijacking the religion.  There are no shortages of imams and scholars lauding jihad, no deficiencies in funding for martyrdom operations, no scarcity of recruits for jihadist training, no lack of missions to carry out, and no few states struggling with Islamic hegemony.  What the worldwide Ummah understands, and Westerns do not, is that Muslims steering jetliners into buildings; blowing up holy sites, embassies, dance halls, pizza parlors, buses, trains, subways, hotels and schools; training children in the politics of oppression and victimization; in the arts of beheading, maiming, hostage-taking, assassination, hijacking, looting, insurrection and war gaming are neither radical nor extreme.  They are anti-Western Islamic activists faithfully acting out the tenets of their religion; the dictates set forth in their Qur’an and Ahadith, all sanctified by Allah; all confirmed by Muhammad’s living example on waging offensive jihad.  Muhammad’s later revelations calling for offensive jihad during the height of his spiritual adventurism and bloody campaigns abrogate his earlier seemingly conciliatory utterances that he delivered when he was just an oddity building up a following.  All of this runaway bloodletting justified today in the name of freedom fighting, human rights and self-determination will morph tomorrow into Islamic triumph over every religion, system, and nation because our global village collectively lacks the resolve to stop it.  That jihad is considered a “divine” institution whose purpose is to extend Islam into non-Islamic territories and being fully engaged in it is a sacred duty incumbent upon the entire worldwide Muslim community, reveals much about the muted Muslim response to the resurgent holy war/conquest over non-Muslim nations, and explains why there is little call for reform.  Those few Muslims who do raise their voices in earnest against revolutionary Islam are bucking the very tenets of their religion and will eventually be compelled to make a choice: join the jihad or face execution by the Islamic sword.  Rather than “radical” Islam, America is grappling with Islam revealed, and sanitizing it is whitewashing a lethal problem and granting it time to mutate until it is strong enough to dictate the terms of our very existence.

The Threat from Our Southern Border:

The Islamist reach into Central and South America, regions plagued with weak governance, political instability, corruption and poverty, and lacking supervision of their waterways and airfields, must be seen, inter alia, within the context of Iranian posturing in South America.  Iran established several offices throughout the region and is nurturing bilateral relations with oil-rich Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Brazil, Nicaragua and Mexico.  Host to state sponsors of terrorism, haven for Islamist non-state actors, and champion of autocracies, Venezuela is riding a wave of anti-American sentiment by spearheading a caudillo-mullah alliance in the region.  Hizb’allah runs a base in Venezuela and a training camp off its coast in nearby Isla Margarita, its logistical hub.  Venezuela has accommodated Russian military exercises within its territorial waters; has been arming itself with Russian fighter jets, helicopters and Kalashnikov rifles, and has cemented an agreement with Russia for licensed production of Kalishnikov rifles on its soil, which will enable it to offer these weapons to the region’s malcontents.  Venezuela also routinely falsifies identification documents from its consulate in Columbia for Middle Eastern Islamists traveling to unknown destinations, and nearby Ecuador issues diplomatic passports to Islamists.  The fundamentalist Sufi al-Murabitun is engaged in prolific missionary activities in the region, playing the colonial “oppression” card to the marginalized populace and advocating collective “reversion” to Islam to empower and ready them for a revolt against “imperialistic” America.  The region’s Ummah, Muslim communities from the Levant, South and Southeast Asia, and the Caribbean Basin, has been successful in intermarriages with the indigenous peoples.  Jamaat al-Muslimeen remains a resilient Islamist force in Trinidad and Tobago, while the lawless Tri-border area of Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil with its geographical extremes that camouflage illicit activities, hosts jihadist groups, a sizeable Arab immigrant populace, and European-passport-carrying Middle Easterners with little knowledge of European languages.  From the TBA, Hizb’allah runs a regional logistical/operational base; conducts paramilitary training, and is engaged in extensive operations involving drug smuggling, counterfeiting U.S. currency, money laundering and fundraising.  Another Hizb’allah fundraising hot spot is in Iquique, at Chile’s northern end; at its southern end, Punta Arenas sports the flag and colors of “palestine.”  Hawala, which facilitates anonymous movement of TBA funds to the Middle East, is established in the region, where Islamists help launch “legitimate” Arab-owned businesses by providing interest-free Shrai’ah financing and accepting paybacks with principal-based “donations.”  HAMAS, the Egyptian Gammat al-Islamiyya and al-Qaeda all have a presence in the TBA area.  Al-Qaeda, which networks with Hizb’allah and Islamic Jihad in Latin America, is engaged in counterfeiting digital technology, money laundering, human, drug and uranium smuggling operations, and manufacturing non-conventional weapon systems in Latin America, and it is casing our border with Mexico, a country with a growing Muslim population.  Elements of the network are active in the common border area of Columbia, Peru and Ecuador, and operate in Honduras, Nicaragua, and Uruguay.  With the continual involvement of Hizb’allah, HAMAS, al-Qaeda, and Lebanese Shi’ite expatriates in narcotics production and/or smuggling in Latin America, expect Mexican drug traffickers to readily assist the Islamists in heavily infiltrating our southern border.  Latin America’s propagandized Muslim converts will enthusiastically facilitate the resulting incursions into our southern border states.

The Threat from Our Northern Border:

Islamists will infiltrate our largely unmanned 4,000-mile-long northern border with Canada, where under-screened and uncontrolled immigration is creating a threat environment for the overworked security apparatus, especially to the west.  Puget Sound, Washington, an area rich in natural cover, and the porous border area of Port Angeles are draws for U.S.-bound illegal aliens dodging sparse U.S. and Canadian border security forces.  The challenge to protect our northern border leading into the 2010 winter Olympics to be hosted in nearby Vancouver will further strain limited resources, as security is elevated to meet emerging threats from Islamists seeking to upstage the 1972 Olympics outrage and from heightened attempts by aliens trying to gain entry into the U.S.  Legal and illegal Aliens of Special Interest Countries flying into Canada under relaxed visa regulations present another security challenge for Canadian law enforcers, whose efforts to track these groups are frustrated by a three-day requirement to purge international flight entry records.  The influx of Muslim immigrants exploiting the loose immigration policy makes Canada a magnet for Islamists seeking to use its vast territory as a staging ground for attacks against America.  Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) reports that, with the exception of the U.S., Canada has more active international terrorist groups than any country in the world.  Hizb’allah and other Shiite Islamic organizations; HAMAS, al-Qaeda, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Armed Islamic Group of Algeria, Ansar al-Islam, and other Sunni groups all have a presence in Canada.  Canadian Islamists reinforcing insularity among their immigrant Muslim minority groups provide fertile ground for saturation in conservative Muhammadan dictums aimed to steer their large reservoir of impressionable youth toward these jihadist groups.  Muhammad defined “oppression” as opposition to Islam’s advance and artfully used this watchword as his rallying cry to wage offensive jihad to rid Muslims of impediments.  Islamists use the watchword today to arouse Muslim anger and channel it into martyrdom operations, purportedly to free oppressed Muslim brethren and to defend Islam’s honor.  The dangerous combination of self-isolation and religious dogma have spawned second- and third-generation Canadian born Muslims, and converts, who are actively engaged in promoting violence, recruiting operatives and physically training for jihad in Canada and abroad, and participating in the resulting operations.  High-profile jihadist attacks against the West to which Canadian Muslims are linked include 9-11 and the London transit system bombings.  Other Islamist activities involve maneuvers to establish tribunals and to institute Shari’ah law as a parallel legal framework to the existing body of civil laws until Islam is strong enough to usurp Canada’s legal system.  Should the predicted demographic shift favoring Muslims in the religious landscape continue, the Islamists’ goal of making Canada’s legal system obsolete will be realized – a scenario envisioned by Muslims seeking a Shari’ah state enveloping the Americas.

The Threat on the High Seas: 

Maritime terrorism will increasingly play a role in the Islamic global jihad.  Sea-based piracy follows a longstanding Arabian practice of bounty raids or ghazu, conducted in the tradition of Muhammad’s land raids, and the practice will prove to be a potent weapon in the hands of Islamist revolutionaries who have America in their trajectory.  The current lack of governance in at risk states, the lure of heftily paid ransom, and the success of the pirates despite deployed multi-national naval and air forces is creating a proliferation of piracy on the high seas that is luring Islamist revolutionaries into its fold.  Islamic terror on the high seas commands the attention of an international audience, and the brazen acts send a message that the Islamic revolutionary movement is commanding, while the nations are powerless to stop its advance.  The bounty from these raids funds Islamist movements such as al-Qaeda, al-Shabaab, and Jemaah Islamiyah, which, in turn bolsters Islam’s spheres of influence.  There are pirate hot spots in Central and South America, including near Columbia, Venezuela and Brazil.  Meanwhile, piracy runs rife near Nigeria, continues unabated off the coast of Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden nearby Yemen -- two unstable states where al-Qaeda has been regrouping -- dips down into the Kenyan and Tanzanian coasts, and piracy activities near the Indian Sub-continent extend down to Indonesia and to other areas of Southeast Asia.

The Threat from Ground Zero: 

Israel sits at the strategic crossroads of the Asian and African continents.  A two-state solution involving a handover of Judea and Samaria will elevate Islam’s sphere of influence and shrink Israel to indefensible borders.  This will open the door for Islamist conventional and non-conventional forces, including the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Hizb’allah, HAMAS, al-Qaeda, Asbat al-Ansar and others, led by a nuclear-armed Iran, to converge upon the judenrein strategic hilltops to form a global revolutionary force.  This force will thus be postured in the strategic Fertile Crescent Region, enabling it to tie the Asian and African continents together to form a vast Islamic stronghold free of democratic checks, which will, in turn, advance the creation of a Shari’ah superstate in the region that will radically alter the existing balance of power on the world stage.  An apocalyptic messianic Iranian president citing Qur’anic dictates will compel the states and entities within the neighborhood to submit to the new reality, and this sweeping act of amalgamation will embolden a heavily indoctrinated worldwide Ummah or Muslim community.  A supreme multi-faceted jihad will erupt from the Fertile Crescent Region and Israel will be too weak to keep it in check without Divine intervention.  The revolutionary force will further penetrate Africa, and Asia and its environs, and the Iranian axis, assisted by a Russo-Chinese axis, will embroil the Western axis in nuclear exchanges.  Imams will foment revolutionary fervor from their de facto capitol within the highly symbolic Jerusalem by calling upon all Muslims to become fully engaged in the final push to make Islam victorious over our global village.  Insurrectional activity will ensue in the host countries, and those Muslims who refuse to join the foray will become kafir and will face the Islamic sword as infidels.