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This past Monday and Tuesday, West Chester University (WCU) in Pennsylvania presented a forum titled "Islam in America: Understanding Intercultural Differences." That benign-sounding title gives no indication of the bitterly anti-Israel, anti-American views espoused by the key individuals who spoke at the event. The fact that such views were represented becomes less surprising, however, when we consider that one co-sponsor of "Islam in America" was the Muslim Students Association (MSA). West Chester's campus MSA is a chapter of MSA National, which was originally founded by members of the Muslim Brotherhood, an organization that supports the worldwide imposition of Islamic Law and seeks to pursue "a kind of grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying … Western civilization from within."
The keynote speaker at "Islam in America" was one of the most influential Shi'a religious leaders in the United States, Imam Sayid Hassan Qazwini. Carefully presenting himself to the public as a voice of reason and moderation in the Muslim community, Qazwini heads the Dearborn, Michigan-based Islamic Center of America (ICOA), the largest mosque on the continent. He has been embraced by three credulous American presidents—Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama—as a valued ally in the quest for mutual respect and tolerance among practitioners of different faiths. Moreover, Qazwini was given the honor of offering a prayer at the opening session of the 108th Congress in 2003.
But while Qazwini is careful to eschew the lexicon of Islamic jihad in public, he appears to be quite comfortable with it when he thinks no "infidels" are within earshot. Consider this: On November 15, 1998, Qazwini's ICOA sponsored an event—attended by more than 1,000 primarily Arab Muslim-Americans—where the featured speaker was the infamous racist and Jew-hater, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. Qazwini and his fellow organizers introduced Farrakhan as "our dear brother," "a freedom fighter," and "a man of courage and sacrifice." One attendee reported that Farrakhan delivered a lengthy, hateful diatribe against Jews and Christians on the one hand, and in praise of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein on the other; that when Farrakhan referred to Jewish Americans as "forces of evil" with a "Satanic mentality," Qazwini and his congregants registered their approval with a standing ovation; and that Farrakhan used the occasion to issue an open call for "jihad."