(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Today (May 28th, 2011) along with the Muslim American Society (MAS), the Islamic Society of North America [ICNA] will be holding its 36th annual convention, entitled "Quran: Guidance Towards a Just and Balanced Way." The event is scheduled to take place at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, Connecticut.
Although lately, we have been hearing from a broad spectrum of the media about the wide influence of the Muslim Brotherhood throughout the Middle East, serious discussions about the Brotherhood inside America are few and far between.
There is also a newfound awareness of the Muslim Brotherhood for people inside the U.S., who might not previously have heard of the group. What many Americans still unaware of, however, is the fact that the Brotherhood has a fairly large presence inside the U.S., where many if their entities operate under the guise of "civil rights" organizations.
The Muslim Brotherhood motto is: "Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. The Qu'uran is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest cause."
There is also a newfound awareness of the Muslim Brotherhood for people inside the U.S., who might not previously have heard of the group. What many Americans still unaware of, however, is the fact that the Brotherhood has a fairly large presence inside the U.S., where many if their entities operate under the guise of "civil rights" organizations.
According to ICNA's website, featured as speakers at this year's event will be a number of Islamic radicals. These include According Siraj Wahhaj, a government-named "unindicted co-conspirator" for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, and Jamal Badawi, whose work, Gender Equity in Islam, justifies wife beating.
Another of the scheduled speakers is Yusuf Islahi, whose involvement with ICNA is substantial. In addition to speaking at ICNA functions, Islahi has been the Chief Patron of ICNA's Islamic outreach (dawah) faction, named: Why Islam (WI). Until recently, Islahi's personal website, farrukh.net, was the Registrant for ICNA National's official site.
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