MOA on Parade

***EVENT ALERT***

In an attempt to assert their presence and deflect negative perceptions about the group, the Muslims of the Americas (MOA), the main front group for Jamaat ul-Fuqra, are planning a parade in Binghamton, NY this coming Saturday. Make no mistake, this is a pure propaganda effort.

Here's the word from the local paper, the Press & Sun-Bulletin:

Sunday March 30, 2008
Muslims to hold celebration in city
Downtown event to mark prophet's birthday

By William Moyer
Press & Sun-Bulletin

BINGHAMTON -- The Muslims of the Americas group intends to celebrate the prophet Muhammad's birthday in downtown Binghamton.

The community traditionally observed Milad-un-Nabi (celebration of the Holy Prophet) with a parade, singing and other activities at its privately owned property in Hancock, where 35 to 40 Muslim families live.

This year, though, the group wants to expand the celebration to include a parade and other activities from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday in downtown Binghamton.

Link to the full article.

We contacted a former member of this group for their reaction and here is what they had to say:

First off, in Islam we don't celebrate no one's birthday. Even Muhammad himself said do not do this. Second, that last statement [in the article, about the group's property being a clean, rural environment] is a lie - those lands are filthy with trash and people. No matter what they do or what they say, they created a dark cloud that will never go away until they leave the group.

Peaceful counter-demonstrations are encouraged. If anyone in this area can make it out to the event and send back a report, that would be great. We would also be interested in seeing any pictures or video if you can manage it. Please contact us at alfuqraexposed@gmail.com.

UPDATE: Another former member writes:

This group goes out of their way to hide their deep secrets by announcing to the local communities, "Look what we are doing, notice us." The reality is they know their past, they know others know their past and they are doing everything in their power to avoid the truth of their group, but the truth always will be revealed no matter how hard they try to hide it.

UPDATE: Another source connected to the group says:
I don't know why the community is celebrating Maulid again. It was already celebrated in South Carolina on the 20th of March.

Muslims of America Story Makes Front Page on FoxNews.com

As I type this, the Muslims of America story from Red House, VA reported by Fox News last Friday is featured on the front page at FoxNews.com about a third of the way down. The spotlight on this group is shining a little brighter at the moment. This is good news!

Fox News Channel Reports on Muslims of America

Here's a link to the video on FoxNews.com

Fox News Visits Red House!

I was just informed by Baron Bodissey at the Gates of Vienna blog that FoxNews is reporting from Red House, Virginia today on the compound that belongs to Muslims of the Americas, the front organization of Jamaat ul-Fuqra, a place with which readers of this blog should be familiar. Also, the FNC schedule indicates that this will be a feature story on Special Report with Brit Hume tonight. Tune in to see some big-time light shed on this group. Hopefully, this will just be the beginning.

Read Baron's post with a rough draft transcript of the initial report from earlier today.

I just read the transcript he has posted and apparently the mayor of the Red House compound says they have no connection to Jamaat ul-Fuqra and they don't even know who that is. THIS IS A COMPLETE LIE! Stay tuned for more to come...

Registered Sex Offender Living at "Holy Islamville"

Late last week, someone posted a comment on three separate threads here on the site that caught my attention...

I AM NEW TO THIS BLOG THING BUT I CANNOT KEEP QUIET ABOUT THIS..I HAVE SOME VERY INTERESTING INFO ABOUT THIS "HOLY ISLAMVILLE" THAT NEEDS TO BE SHARED.. THEY CLAIM THAT THEY LIVE "HOLY" LIVES AND DETEST VIOLENCE..DO THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A REGISTERED 3RD DEGREE CRIMINAL SEX OFFENDER WHO WAS FOUND GUILTY OF 2 COUNTS, LIVING IN THEIR COMPOUND!!!IF YOU LOOK ON THE SOUTH CAROLINA REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS WEBSITE AND DO A SEARCH BY YORK CITY OR YOU CAN USE HIS NAME "NATHAN SCOTT KENNEDY"AND CAN GET ALL HIS INFO AND PICTURE..(PRETTY SCARY LOOKING)I SURE HOPE SOMEONE IS KEEPING AN EYE ON THESE PEOPLE.IT IS AMAZING TO ME THAT THEY CAN BE ALLOWED TO FUNCTION AS A SOCIETY WITHOUT HEAVY SURVELLIANCE...

I followed up on the tip and sure enough, a man named Nathan Scott Kennedy does reside at an address within the Muslim village known as Holy Islamville near York, SC - a compound that is linked to the terrorist group Al Fuqra (aka Jamaat ul-Fuqra) and its front group Muslims of the Americas.

From the tone of the comment, I'm not sure if this came from just some individual doing research or what. However, the way it is worded along with the phrase, "I cannot keep quiet about this" indicates to me that it might have come from someone who is close to the group and is unhappy with the environment. This would certainly be a good sign. It's no wonder that someone would become disillusioned in the group - most live in miserable conditions in run-down trailers while the elite of the group live quite well; they are forced to live among criminals and now, apparently, sex offenders who may pose a threat to the women and children on the land. It's good that this sort of thing is made known. Maybe Child Services should pay a little visit. Who knows who else is lurking around there? To whomever left the comment, thank you, and if you are indeed involved with this group, I hope you find peace away from them and that others will follow.

That said, here is the link to Nathan Scott Kennedy's profile in the South Carolina Sex Offender Registry. A copy of the record is embedded below. What makes this a little more interesting is that he's white, because there are very few white members among 'the Fuqra'. He was originally convicted in Michigan in 1993 on two counts of criminal sexual conduct-third degree. The female victim was 37, he as about 20. He looks like a real model citizen.



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Previous Posts on Holy Islamville
Fuqra Community: York, SC
UPDATE: Fuqra Compound: York, SC
Fox Carolina Visits Holy Islamville
Fuqra Fugitives
Gilani & Sudan: The Turabi Connection

A blogger went down to Georgia

Update on Aliville, a very rural Muslim village in southeast Georgia linked to followers of Sheikh Mubarik Ali Shah Gilani, a militant jihadist from Pakistan.

Throughout my work here at this site exposing the Islamist network of Jamaat ul-Fuqra that operates in the U.S. under the name Muslims of the Americas (MOA), I have received many interesting emails from readers with tips, suggestions, and useful information. I am often impressed by not only the quality of their information, but also the spirit of patriotic comradery in which they offer it. A couple weeks ago, I was contacted by another such American.

An intrepid reader going by the pseudonym Counter-Jihadist at the Constantinople Again Blog was on the road the other day and decided to swing past one of the MOA villages in southern Georgia and snap some pictures.

Read the description of his visit to Aliville here.

View/download the pics in the document below



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Previous Posts
Aliville, Part 1
Aliville, Part 2

Muslims of the Americas tied to Muslim Brotherhood?

A while back, some sleuthy readers sent me information about this and I wasn’t quite sure what to make of it. I’ve looked into it again and am still not sure what is there exactly, if anything, but perhaps someone else might have some additional insight.

The readers sent me links to several listings for a non-profit in Hancock, NY called Ikhwanul Muslimun Inc. [Being interpreted, “Ikhwanul Muslimun” = “Muslim Brotherhood”]

Ikhwanul Muslimun is, in fact, listed in the IRS online database of “Charities & Non-Profits”. The organization is also listed on two websites listing presumably charitable organizations accepting car donations [here and here]. Interestingly, the address for Ikhwanul Muslimun corresponds to that of the Muslim Parochial School near Hancock [here and here].

Records listing contact names for both Ikhwanul Muslimun and the Muslim Parochial School were then matched to the address of Islamberg, the headquarters compound of Muslims of the Americas (MOA). Incidently, another "charity", which isn't listed with the IRS, called Hand-to-Hands Inc. is also based at Islamberg. It purports to be the "humanitarian and social welfare arm" of the MOA. International Quranic Open University is yet another arm of the group based in Hancock. MOA, which owns possibly two-dozen settlements like the one in NY throughout the US and claims several thousand members, is the primary front organization for a Pakistan-based Islamist militant group known as Jamaat ul-Fuqra.

MOA has a long history in Brooklyn. An address history search for the individual connected with Ikhwanul Muslimun showed links to addresses in Hancock, Deposit, and Brooklyn, NY among other locales. Another search linked the principal of the Muslim Parochial School to both Brooklyn, NY and Williamsport, PA where an MOA group used to operate.

So, dots have been connected. But, what else do we know? Still not sure. Is this a branch of THE Muslim Brotherhood? Is it a funding arm for a Kashmiri militant group? Whatever the case, it appears to represent yet another MOA front organization.

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(Hat tip to Agent99Mom)