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Springtime in Islamberg
Radical Muslim paramilitary compound flourishes in upper New York state
By Paul L. Williams Ph.D., (author of THE DAY OF ISLAM)

With files from Douglas Hagmann, Northeast Intelligence Network,

(www.homelandsecurityus.com/Gilani) 2006 article: Pakistani terror Sheikh angry over investigative report

With the able assistance of Bill Krayer and Michael Travis

Friday, May 11, 2007




 
Dr. Paul Williams at the entrance of Islamberg
Situated within a dense forest at the foothills of the Catskill Mountains on the outskirts of Hancock, New York, Islamberg is not an ideal place for a summer vacation unless, of course, you are an exponent of the Jihad or a fan of Osama bin Laden.

The 70 acre complex is surrounded with "No trespassing" signs; the rocky terrain is infested with rattlesnakes; and the woods are home to black bears, coyotes, wolves, and a few bobcats.

Update on story: June 4, 2007Suspected terrorists in JFK Airport plot tried to forge connection with Jamaat al-Muslimeen

Update on story: May 22, 2007"Islamberg" founder Sheikh Gilani blames Doug Hagmann for CFP story

Update on story: May 21, 2007 Islamberg not the only radical Muslim compound flourishing in North America

Update on story: Blogger who posted CFP Islamberg story had life threatened

 
Muslim Lane
The entrance to the community is at the bottom of a very steep hill that is difficult to navigate even on a bright sunny day in May. The road, dubbed Muslim Lane, is unpaved and marred by deep crevices that have been created by torrential downpours. On a wintry day, few, save those with all terrain vehicles, could venture forth from the remote encampment.

A sentry post has been established at the base of the hill.

The sentry, at the time of this visit, is an African American dressed in Islamic garb - - a skull cap, a prayer shawl, and a loose fitting shalwat kameez. He instructs us to turn around and leave. "Our community is not open to visitors," he says.

Behind the sentry and across a small stream stand dozens of inhabitants of the compound - - the men wearing skull caps and loose fitting tunics, the women in full burqa. They appear ready to deal with any unauthorized intruders.

The hillside is blighted by rusty trailers that appear to be without power or running water and a number of outhouses. The scent of raw sewage is in the air.

The place is even off limits to the local undertaker who says that he has delivered bodies to the complex but has never been granted entrance. "They come and take the bodies from my hearse. They won't allow me to get past the sentry post. They say that they want to prepare the bodies for burial. But I never get the bodies back. I don't know what's going on there but I don't think it's legal."

On the other side of the hill where few dare to go is a tiny village replete with a make-shift learning center (dubbed the "International Quranic Open University"); a trailer converted into a Laundromat; a small, green community center; a small and rather squalid grocery store; a newly constructed majid; over forty clapboard homes; and scores of additional trailers.

 
 
It is home to hundreds - - all in Islamic attire, and all African-Americans. Most drive late model SUVs with license plates from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The locals say that some work as tollbooth operators for the New York State Thruway, while others are employed at a credit card processing center that maintains confidential financial records.

While buzzing with activity during the week, the place becomes a virtual hive on weekends. The guest includes arrivals from the inner cities of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania and, occasionally, white-robed dignitaries in Ray-Bans from the Middle East.

Venturing into the complex last summer, Douglas Hagmann, an intrepid investigator and director of the Northeast Intelligence Service, came upon a military training area at the eastern perimeter of the property. The area was equipped with ropes hanging from tall trees, wooden fences for scaling, a make-shift obstacle course, and a firing range. Hagmann said that the range appeared to have been in regular use.

Islamberg is not as benign as a Buddhist monastery or a Carmelite convent. Nearly every weekend, neighbors hear sounds of gunfire. Some, including a combat veteran of the Vietnam War, have heard the bang of small explosives. None of the neighbors wished to be identified for fear of "retaliation." "We don't even dare to slow down when we drive by," one resident said. "They own the mountain and they know it and there is nothing we can do about it but move, and we can't even do that. Who wants to buy a property near that?"

Islamberg's Grocery Store
 
Islamberg's Grocery Store
The complex serves to scare the bejeesus out of the local residents. "If you go there, you better wear body armor," a customer at the Circle E Diner in Hancock said. "They have armed guards and if they shoot you, nobody will find your body."

At Cousins, a watering hole in nearby Deposit, a barfly, who didn't wish to be identified, said: "The place is dangerous. You can hear gunfire up there. I can't understand why the FBI won't shut it down."

Islamberg is a branch of Muslims of the Americas Inc., a tax-exempt organization formed in 1980 by Pakistani cleric Sheikh Mubarak Ali Gilani, who refers to himself as "the sixth Sultan Ul Faqr," Gilani, has been directly linked by court documents to Jamaat ul-Fuqra or "community of the impoverished," an organization that seeks to "purify" Islam through violence.Ý

 
 
Though primarily based in Lahore, Pakistan, Jamaat ul-Fuqra has operational headquarters in New York and openly recruits through various social service organizations in the U.S., including the prison system. Members live in hamaats or compounds, such as Islamberg, where they agree to abide by the laws of Jamaat ul-Fuqra, which are considered to be above local, state and federal authority. Additional hamaats have been established in Hyattsville, Maryland; Red House, Virginia; Falls Church, Virginia; Macon, Georgia; York, South Carolina; Dover, Tennessee; Buena Vista, Colorado; Talihina, Oklahoma; Tulare Country, California; Commerce, California; and Onalaska, Washington. Others are being built, including an expansive facility in Sherman, Pennsylvania.

Before becoming a citizen of Islamberg or any of the other Fuqra compounds, the recruits - - primarily inner city black men who became converts in prison - - are compelled to sign an oath that reads: "I shall always hear and obey, and whenever given the command, I shall readily fight for Allah's sake."

In the past, thousands of members of the U.S. branches of Jamaat ul-Fuqra traveled to Pakistan for paramilitary training, but encampments, such as Islamberg, are now capable of providing boot-camp training so raw recruits are no longer required to travel abroad amidst the increased scrutiny of post 9/11.

Over the years, numerous members of Jamaat ul-Fuqra have been convicted in US courts of such crimes as conspiracy to commit murder, firebombing, gun smuggling, and workers' compensation fraud. Others remain leading suspects in criminal cases throughout the country, including ten unsolved assassinations and seventeen fire-bombings between 1979 and 1990.

The criminal charges against the group and the criminal convictions are not things of the past. In 2001, a resident of a California compound was charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of a sheriff's deputy; another was charged with gun-smuggling' and twenty-four members of the Red House community were convicted of firearms violations.

By 2004 federal investigators uncovered evidence that linked both the DC "sniper killer" John Allen Muhammed and "Shoe Bomber" Richard Reid to the group and reports surfaced that Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was captured and beheaded in the process of attempting to obtain an interview with Sheikh Gilani in Pakistan.

Even though Jamaat ul-Fuqra has been involved in terror attacks and sundry criminal activities, recruited thousands of members from federal and state penal systems, and appears to be operating paramilitary facilities for militant Muslims, it remains to be placed on the official US Terror Watch List. On the contrary, it continues to operate, flourish, and expand as a legitimate nonprofit, tax-deductible charity.

Holy Islamville
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Holy Islamville is a community in South Carolina founded by Pakistani Hanafi Sufi cleric Sheikh Mubarak Ali Gilani Hashimi in 1983, it is a branch of Muslims of the Americas Inc., a tax-exempt organization formed in 1980 also by Gilani, who refers to himself as "the sixth Sultan Ul Faqr," claiming to be a a direct descendant of Mohammed. Gilani is also associated with the terrorist entity known as Jamaat al-Fuqra a body that has previously been placed on the U.S. Department of State's Foreign Terrorist Organization list. [1] The community was established over twenty years ago in York County, South Carolina. They are currently in the process of erecting a Khanqah called Baitun-Noor Shrine, purportedly the first Muslim shrine in America, the organization claims miracles have been witnessed at the location such as "Allah" written on the walls in rainbow colors - and instantaneous healings.

My question is;  When do we get our name change from "United States of America" to,
" Holy Cow We Live in Islam Now"!

I would laugh at that but unfortunately it is so true that it is a very serious matter and only a matter of time. The city of Dearborn, MI is now being referred to as Dearbornistan, Shi'ia capitol of America. One visiting dignitary from Lebanon called the area Dearborn is in as being New Lebanon.

Just shoot me now.

No, no ... can't do that. You have to suffer like the rest of us until the Lord comes.   :D :D

Thanks pal.  With friends like you who needs friends!
(yes, i said it like i meant it Friend!)  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Now the response that I was hoping for was "Then Lord come soon! so that way none of us having to suffer it.

 ;) ;D ;D

Oops.  My bad.  That too of course!!  ;D :o ;D

There is a city called Hamtramck in Michigan that approved islamic prayers to be broadcast over loud speakers that can be heard over the entire town 5 times per day. The city already has a muslim on the city council and the upcoming election has 5 more running which would then fill all six available seats on the council with muslims. Another American city bites the dust.

I guess if I was there, I'd be thrown in jail.

It doesn't sound very smart on our part to have armed enemy training camps under our very noses. These are just the ones that we know about. How many more are there that we don't know about? Allowing just one is insane.

Two weeks before the terrorists attacks of September 11, the Islamic Circle of North America held a "Jihad Camp" in Pennsylvania. The terrorists network in the United States has been setting up and planningfor more than a decade and half. The following list is a partial listing only and is not an accurate consensus of the current terrorists network and is only for Al Qaeda. It does not include the many other groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Hisballah, National Islamic Front or the many other names these terrorists go by.

Al Qaeda

Seattle, Wash
Portland, OR
Bly, OR
Lodi, Calif
Santa Clara, CA
San Diego, CA
Denver, CO
Phoenix, AZ
Tuscon, AZ
Arlington, TX
Houston, TX
Columbia, MO
Columbus, OH
Orlando, FL
Minneapolis, MN
Chicago, IL
Detroit, MI
Lackawanna, NY
Atlanta, GA
New York, NY
Washington DC (metro)
Boca Raton, FL
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

I don't think I'd lose any money betting that in Seattle the largest consentration is right here at Microsoft from what I've seen.