Sam Westrop

I've been collecting radical sermons from one of @AbdulElSayed's favorite mosques, the Islamic Center of Detroit (ICD). From the hundreds of examples gathered, almost 50 include open praise for jihad and the mujahideen, along with open supplications for the slaughter of Israelis.

"Burn them" .... "kill them one by one" ... "tear them apart."

This is perhaps one of the most dangerous, concentrated collections I've seen in over a decade of counter-extremism work.

The ICD has been in the news recently because U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is reportedly a congregant.

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Hello @jamestalarico (and other Texas state reps and mayors present). I would have hoped your advisors warned you against meeting with operatives such as Masoud Khayyat, who has praised terrorist attacks and openly expressed support for leaders of U.S. designated terrorist organizations.
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Interesting: Moazzam Begg of the U.K. Islamist group CAGE, admits that the Taliban regime is assisting his efforts to free Aafia Siddiqui, a.k.a. Lady Al-Qaeda.

CAGE works with a number of U.S. Islamist partners to advocate for a whole bunch of jailed jihadists, with Aafia as their flagship martyr.

Fiyaz Mughal: We are at a historic juncture in the struggle for Islam’s soul and such people are part of the problem. Will our institutions choose to support those who fundamentally believe in the core defence and values of our country, or will they pander to those religious bigots who spin a yarn that they “speak for most Muslims”? thetimes.com/comment/column…

1/ Islamist nonprofits tied to foreign extremist movements, are openly electioneering—endorsing candidates, soliciting campaign donations, distributing campaign literature, hosting campaign booths, and campaigning from the pulpit—in seemingly clear violations of federal law.