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September 25, 2008
Former U.S. Officials Promoting American Wing Of Muslim Brotherhood's "U.S. Muslim Engagement Project" By BEILA RABINOWITZ and WILLIAM MAYER September 25, 2008 - San Francisco, CA - PipeLineNews.org - Ingrid Mattson, the president of the Islamic Society of North America [ISNA], recently addressed the launch of the "Report of the Leadership Group on U.S. Muslim Relations," part of a new stealth jihad effort called the U.S. Muslim Engagement Project. ISNA is an unindicted co- conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation terror funding prosecution and is widely regarded as being the American wing of the Muslim Brotherhood. According to their website, the U.S. Muslim Engagement Project, "...has been producing a new set of strategies that better meet the long-term national security interests of the U.S. by addressing the sources of tension between the U.S. and Muslims in key countries and region..." [source, http://www.usmuslimengagement.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=42] The ISNA website identified a number of prominent lefties as being associated with the effort, including Madeline Albright and former ambassador Dennis Ross, "The Group includes respected names in public service and business such former secretary of state Madeline Albright, president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Paul Brest, president of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Stephen Heintz, Bishop Denis Madden, Tufts University professor, Dr. Vali Nasr, and U.S. Special Middle East envoy and negotiator, Dennis Ross." [source, http://www.isna.net/articles/News/ISNA-SERVES-ON-GROUP-THAT-SEEKS-BETTER-US-MUSLIM-WORLD-RELATIONS.aspx] Islamists on the board of the Leadership Group on U.S. Muslim Engagement include, Ingrid Mattson, the President of ISNA, Ziad Asali President and Founder, American Task Force on Palestine, Daisy Khan,Executive Director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement, her husband Feisal Abdul Rauf, the Imam of Masjid Farah in New York City and Ahmed Younis, the former director of the Muslim Public Affairs Committee. [source, http://www.usmuslimengagement.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=44] Members of the group briefed House Foreign Affairs Committee chair Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA), who stated that, "Congress should give these proposals the fullest possible considerations." The ability of Islamists to garner support among formerly prominent U.S. government officials, in this case working directly with the Muslim Brotherhood by aligning with ISNA and granting the group undeserved legitimacy, continues unabated. The phenomenon is seemingly omnipresent, as these writers recently wrote in "Homeland Security Official Addresses American Wing of The Muslim Brotherhood, "why did Daniel Sutherland (a DHS official) seemingly bestow the semi-official seal of approval to ISNA, an Islamist group which proclaims their goal is to turn the United States into "the Islamic society of North America?" [source, http://www.pipelinenews.org/index.cfm?page=dhsid=9.23.08%2Ehtm] The same question could be asked of the government officials and others who are involved with this newest stealth jihad initiative. It is long past time that ISNA and other Islamist groups and individuals should be shunned because of their terror friendliness while rejecting their plans to Islamize the United States. ------------------------------------------------------------------
MIM: An excerpt from the U.S. Muslim Engagement Project's mission statement. The U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project has been producing a new set of strategies that better meet the long-term national security interests of the U.S., by addressing the sources of tension between the U.S. and Muslims in key countries and regions. It has been convened jointly by Search for Common Ground and the Consensus Building Institute. The project's goals are to:
An eminent Leadership Group on U.S.-Muslim Engagement has been working since January 2007 to reach consensus on comprehensive recommendations. In September 2008, the project will issue a report titled "Changing Course: A New Direction for U.S. Relations with the Muslim World" and launch an intensive education campaign to influence the views and actions of national officeholders, candidates for office, the new administration elected in November 2008, private institutions and the public at large. http://www.usmuslimengagement.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=42 ------------------------------------------- MIM: An article from the ISNA website announcing their participation in the U.S. Muslim Engagement Project is below. ISNA SERVES ON GROUP THAT SEEKS BETTER U.S.-MUSLIM WORLD RELATIONS WASHINGTON, DC Mainstream America needs to carry out a systematic and earnest effort to humanize Muslims, said ISNA president, Dr. Ingrid Mattson. Dr Mattson was addressing the launch of the Report of the Leadership Group on U.S.-Muslim Engagement in Washington, DC. The Group includes respected names in public service and business such former secretary of state Madeline Albright, president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Paul Brest, president of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Stephen Heintz, Bishop Denis Madden, Tufts University professor, Dr. Vali Nasr, and U.S. Special Middle East envoy and negotiator, Dennis Ross . The Report, entitled "Changing Course: A New Direction for U.S. Relations with the Muslim World" has been prepared after consultations among a group of thirty-four distinguished Americans, including Muslim Americans, who represent both spectrums of the national political setup.The project was borne out of the concern of how America is perceived in the 1.3 billion strong Muslim world, and how the US engages the Muslim world. The participants agreed there is a need to change these perceptions in order to improve relations between the U.S. and the Muslim world. Earlier, members of the group briefed House Foreign Affairs Committee chair Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA), who welcomed the report, adding: "Congress should give those proposals the fullest possible considerations." The event also announced the launch of the organization's website, www.USMuslimEngagement.org. The report also notes a change in Americas' understanding of Islam, but in the wrong direction. The media, in particular, was called upon to play a leading role in correcting negative perceptions about Islam and Muslims, several million of whom are Americans. The Group aims to engage the new occupant in the White House, as well as the transition team to help get its recommendations incorporated into future American policies toward the Muslim world. The Group plans to engage with the foreign policy community, work with leading governance and democracy organizations, engage leaders in the education, commercial, and investment communities, both in the US and the Muslim world, continue to expand partnerships, and catalyze the work of philanthropic organizations to coordinate and elevate their funding of activities consistent with the report's recommendations. http://www.isna.net/articles/News/ISNA-SERVES-ON-GROUP-THAT-SEEKS-BETTER-US-MUSLIM-WORLD-RELATIONS.aspx -------------- Leadership Group on U.S.-Muslim Engagement |
The Leadership Group on U.S.-Muslim Engagement drives the project. The Leadership Group includes a former Secretary of State and a former Deputy Secretary of State, former members of Congress, a former U.S. envoy on the Middle East peace process, and leaders and experts from business, faith communities, foreign policy, social sciences and related fields. One third of the group is Muslim-American. The participating leaders have been drawn together by their collective recognition of the issue's urgency and the need to create wise, broadly supportable solutions. In four plenary meetings and numerous exchanges since January 2007, they have reached an extraordinary convergence of views and have committed to see the project through to completion. Leadership Group MembersOrganizational affiliations are listed for identification purposes only.
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Staff members from Search for Common Ground-USA, the Consensus Building Institute and the Institute for Resource and Security Studies have been working on this project since January 2007.
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