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Chicago Tribune Misses the Mark on Radical Islamists - Coming Soon to a Town Near You

What appears on the surface to be an innocent distribution of Qur'ans is far from it. The network of organizations and Islamists connected are a clear and present danger to Americans and to our national security.

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Recent AIFD Headlines & Commentaries

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Glenn Beck and Zuhdi Jasser discuss the implications to American security of the recent follow-up report from the US Commission on International Religious Freedom exposing the hate taught at the Islamic Saudi Academy in Virginia.

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AIFD Media Focus
AIFD in the Media
The Council on American Islamic Relations: Civil Rights, or Extremism? CAMERA.org
AIFD's President Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser is cited in a circumspect expose on what CAIR really represents.
Investigative Project Releases Gov't Memo Curtailing Speech in the War on Terror IPT News
DHS releases memo admonishing staff and Americans to avoid certain terms in domestic and global conflict against radical Islamists
How Shariah Compliant Financing Curtails Your Economic Freedom Family Security Matters
A deeper look at Sharia-compliant financing reveals a deep network of theocratic control and curtailment of freedoms.
A Voice of Moderation Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Retired Army Colonoel House discusses the ideas presented by Dr. Jasser in Columbus as a guest of the Richard Halleck Foundation.
American Muslim Group: Iran's Threats are not Idle Talk WTOP Radio
J.J. Green interviewed Zuhdi Jasser in Studio and they discussed Iran's intentions.

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Monitoring Islamist Media
Arizona Muslim Voice and Arab Voice Watch
Monitoring local media for radical Islamist ideology.
The Six Imams- Civil Liberties at core In Focus- Southern California Muslim Newspaper
Aziz provides an apologetic for the imams and cites dissenting Muslim organizations as 'fringe groups'.
The Suing Imams
Exhibit A in defense of the notion that America doesn't take Islamist terrorism seriously enough has to be the curious Case of the Flying Imams.

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Global Islamist Monitor
Monitoring Islamist vitriol antithetical to AIFD is essential to this war of ideas.
Awad, Ihsanoglu Discuss Future CAIR-OIC Projects Arab News (English Saudi Daily)
Awad and Islamists at CAIR meet with the OIC and announce project in the US on the heels of recent Bush announcement of OIC envoy.
Egyptian Coptic Intellectual Analyzes Islamist's Views on Muslim-Copt Relations mem
Coptic intellectual Magdi Khalil discusses the attitude of Dr. Muhammad Salim Al-'Awa, a prominent figure in political Islam in the Arab world, towards Egypt's Copts.

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AIFD Issues in the Media
Domestic Policy Issues
State Dept stands alone on Virginia Saudi School IPT
More concerns raised about Islamic Saudi Academy in Northern Virginia and still no action from State.
The perils of Shariah-compliant finance Center for Security Policy
A warning about the potential regulatory, legal and national security pitfalls of "Shariah-Compliant Finance."
The Walls should better Separate Wall Street Journal (subscription)
A poignant letter to the editor concerning the charter school church state indiscretions of the Tarik Ibn Zayd Academy in Minnesota.

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Foreign Policy Issues
Young Muslims are turning to extremism Telegraph.co.uk
Extremists are winning the battle for the hearts and minds of Britain's young Muslims, a disturbing police report warns.
Islam stuck in the Middle Ages says Professor Hans Kung Times online
A leading Roman Catholic and theologian from Germany, warned in a lecture of a "deadly threat" to all humankind unless new efforts are made to build bridges with Islam.
The Emergence of the 'Infallible Jihad Fighter' – The Salafi Jihadists' Quest for Religious Legitimacy MEMRI
The corrupt Salafi Jihadists seek legitimacy in the face of moral turpitude and internal discord.

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