Video of MOA Parade in Binghamton

Earlier in the week, we posted about the Muslims of the Americas parade in downtown Binghamton, NY celebrating Muhammad's birthday. The group has now posted video of the parade on the Islamberg YouTube page and they are embedded here below.

As we noted before, the only people that showed up for this event were MOA members, a handful of non-Muslim observers, and the police escort. As you'll see in the videos, the parade participants are carrying a number of banners. Most of these are banners for various other front groups MOA has formed to improve their image. They include International Quranic Open University, Inc.; Muslim Veterans of America; Muslim Scouts of America; Hand to Hands Social Service Agency, Inc.; and The Islamic Post, which is the group's newspaper. A contact of ours familiar with the group points out that most of the group's elders are there. These men are the older leaders that generally call the shots on the various compounds.

Also, note particularly in the videos how many women and children are marching. If you watch carefully, you see very few smiles on the faces of these people. They are marching and singing half-heartedly, but there is no doubt many of them are being forced to do this. We have heard a number of stories of women wanting to leave the group, some of them living in forced or polygamous marriages, tired of living in poverty and squalor amongst criminals with no real education or opportunities for their children, yet they are not allowed to leave. It is quite sad.

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