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VIDEO -AL QAEDA’S BASE AT MIT

Tuesday, October 27th, 2015

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HISTORY – OUR LADY OF VICTORY – UNDERSTANDING THE THREAT

Friday, October 9th, 2015

 

Today, October 7th, the free West celebrates and remembers that on this date in 1571 the last great naval battle of oared ships took place in the Gulf of Corinth (Greece).  Known as the Battle of Lepanto – where the Muslims had their fleet – this was the first defeat of the Muslim Turks at sea by Christian forces.
 
Prelude
In the 16th century, the Islamic Caliphate – the Ottoman Empire – was continuing it’s incursion and expansion into Western lands, including the Mediterranean and more of Europe.
Caliph Suleiman ruled the Caliphate from 1520 to 1566, and was followed by Selim II who ruled until 1574.
In May 1565, the Ottomans laid siege to the island of Malta (due south of Sicily) with 250 ships carrying 40,000 Muslim fighters.  Malta was defended by 700 Knights of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitallers) and approximately 8,000 Maltese troops.  For four months the Christian forces defended Malta and inflicted large casualties on the Ottoman Turks, who finally fled when reinforcements arrived.  Thereafter, the Knights carried the title the “Knights of Malta.”
 
The Battle of Cyprus
In the spring of 1570, the 4th Ottoman-Venetian war began when the Muslim Turks attacked Cyprus with 70,000 men.  The Venetians appealed to Pope Pius V to come to their defense.
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PHOTOS – SHARIA LAW – JOHN GUANDOLO, ICON LECTURE SERIES

Friday, September 18th, 2015

 

John Guandolo, a counter terrorism expert, was the guest speaker at ICON Lecture Series on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The Subject of his talk was Sharia Law: The Force Behind the Global Islamic Movement. John gave an in-depth and comprehensive look at Islamic law and how it is influencing the turmoil that we see throughout the world today. For detailed information on this subject, please go to John Guandolo’s blog which is www.UnderstandingtheThreat.com.

The next ICON lecture, The War on Christianity and the Jews, will be on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 in Chapel Hill. Please go to www.iconlectureseries.com for more details and for tickets for the event.

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Quotes from the Quran

Quotes from the Quran

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Quran 8:12 and Quran 3:151

Quran 8:12 and Quran 3:151

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John answering questions after the lecture

John answering questions after the lecture

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ICON Greeters - From the left:  Barbara Beard, Mary McKinney and Kathy Arab

ICON Greeters – From the left: Barbara Beard, Mary McKinney and Kathy Arab

Janie Wagstaff, President of ICON Lecture Series and her son, Jack

Janie Wagstaff, President of ICON Lecture Series and her son, Jack

Fom the left: Nancy Clark, Candance, Meg Gresham, Terry Wiegers, Kimberly Sanchez and Betty Ann Guiidry

Fom the left: Nancy Clark, Candance, Meg Gresham, Terry Wiegers, Kimberly Sanchez and Betty Ann Guiidry

From the left:  Glady Kofalt and Cynthia West

From the left: Glady Kofalt and Cynthia West

Dave and Mary Carter and this son, Chris

Dave and Mary Carter and this son, Chris

From the left:  Gadi Adelman, Dee Sams and Gary Kanady

From the left: Gadi Adelman, Dee Sams and Gary Kanady

From the left:  P.J. Gentry, Dr. Rosemary Fernandez Stein and her daughter, Hannah

From the left: P.J. Gentry, Dr. Rosemary Fernandez Stein and her daughter, Hannah

From the left:  Pam Gaio, and Gus and Karen Kolias

From the left: Pam Gaio, and Gus and Karen Kolias

Susie Mann and Thomas Kenna

Susie Mann and Thomas Kenna

From the left:   Zan Bunn and Gladys Kofalt

From the left: Zan Bunn and Gladys Kofalt

Dr. Leon Coleman and Cheri Hardman

Dr. Leon Coleman and Cheri Hardman

From the left:  Evelyn Poole Kober, Martha Ann and Chrissie Beh

From the left: Evelyn Poole Kober, Martha Ann and Chrissie Beh

Bev and Bill Egan

Bev and Bill Egan

Dr. Steve Bishop and his wife, Ruth

Dr. Steve Bishop and his wife, Ruth

From  the left:  Cynthia West, Carolyn Ballou of Act for America, Andrea George, Kathy Arab and Dawnielle Gladden

From the left: Cynthia West, Carolyn Ballou of Act for America, Andrea George, Kathy Arab and Dawnielle Gladden

From the left:  Tracy Murillo, Emily Walker and Zan Bunn

From the left: Tracy Murillo, Emily Walker and Zan Bunn

From the left:  Terry Wiegers, Gadi Adelman, Dee Sams, Mary Lou Drake, Col. (ret) Jay Stobbs, and Bob Drake

From the left: Terry Wiegers, Gadi Adelman, Dee Sams, Mary Lou Drake, Col. (ret) Jay Stobbs, and Bob Drake

John Telling and Pamela Ransohoff

John Telling and Pamela Ransohoff

From the left:  Rhett and Karin  Macomson and Nancy Kenna

From the left: Rhett and Karin Macomson and Nancy Kenna

From the left:  Dr. Laura Gutman, and Kimberly and Ed Sanchez

From the left: Dr. Laura Gutman, and Kimberly and Ed Sanchez

AFTER THE LECTURE AT THE CITY KITCHEN IN CHAPEL HILL

John Guandolo, Janie and Jack Wagstaff and Mary McKinney

John Guandolo, Janie and Jack Wagstaff and Mary McKinney

Nancy Clark and John Guandolo

Nancy Clark and John Guandolo

Carolyn Ballou and John Guandolo

Carolyn Ballou and John Guandolo

 

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IRAN DEAL DANGEROUS & DISCONNECTED FROM REALITY

Friday, July 17th, 2015

 

July 16, 2015

Iran Deal Dangerous & Disconnected from Reality

by John Guandolo
The “Joint Comprehensive Plan”(JCP) – also known as the “Iran Deal” among many – is dangerous for America’s security and demonstrates a true disconnect from reality by those who work towards it’s implementation.

Disconnected from Reality
In section (ii) of the Preamble, the JCP states: “The full implementation of this JCPOA will ensure the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear programme.”

This level of delusion reveals a White House and State Department which are devoid of any capability for reasonable thought, or a White House and State Department which are intentionally opening America up to grave danger – even more so than already exists.  This assumes that an written agreement is going to keep the regime in Tehran in line.

Since 1979, Iran has called for the destruction of America and Israel. We need not look any further than the Iranian Constitution for all we need to know – as if the constant barrage of “Death to America” for the last 35 years isn’t enough.

In the first substantive paragraph after the “Preamble,” the Iranian Constitution reads:

“THE VANGUARD OF THE MOVEMENT
Imam Khomeini’s crushing protest against that American plot, The White Revolution, which was a step taken with a view to strengthening the foundations of the despotic regime and consolidating Iran’s political, cultural and economic links with World Imperialism, was the motive force behind the united uprising of the nation.”

Enshrined in Iran’s Constitution is hatred for America. This has not been amended by the way.  Later in the Iranian Constitution we read: (more…)

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CONNECTING THE DOTS TO THE TEXAS GUNMEN

Wednesday, May 6th, 2015

 

The following two articles have in-depth  information about the Phoenix mosque (Islamic Community Center of Phoenix) where the two gunmen attended.   The articles are written by Clare Lopez and John Guandolo, two experts in the field of counter terrorism.   Nancy
CONNECTING THE DOTS TO THE TEXAS GUNMEN

Their Phoenix mosque maintains Shariah-compliant support for jihad

Washington Times, By Clare M. Lopez      Clare M. Lopez is vice president for research and analysis at the Center for Security Policy.

– – Tuesday, May 5, 2015:

Both gunmen identified in the May 3 attack against the “Draw Muhammad” event at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas, attended the Islamic Community Center of Phoenix, according to news reports. Elton Simpson and his roommate, Nadir Soofi, both were known to mosque leadership dating from 2006, although Usama Shami, chairman of the mosque’s board of trustees, claimed they stopped attending recently.

Interestingly, the imam at the Islamic Community Center of Phoenix (ICCP) is Sheikh Mahmoud Abdul-Aziz Ahmad Sulaiman, one of the so-called “flying imams,” who filed suit in March 2007 against US Airways officials for allegedly showing discrimination in removing them from a flight after the imams’ suspicious behavior raised alarm among crew and passengers. That behavior included loud praying at the gate area prior to boarding, refusal to sit in assigned seats, requests for seat belt extensions that were unnecessary and unused, and travel on one-way tickets with no checked baggage.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, which was demonstrated in federal District Court to be affiliated with Hamas (the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, a designated terrorist organization as listed by Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates), and its attorney, Omar Mohammedi, a former president of CAIR’s New York chapter, filed the lawsuit on behalf of the six imams, including Imam Sulaiman.

The Egyptian-born Imam Sulaiman has served since 2002 as the imam at the ICCP, which was founded in 1982 and received its tax-exempt 501(c)3 status as a religious establishment. The ICCP website openly identifies the mosque as Shariah-compliant, with reference on its donations page to paying the “zakat,” an obligatory annual tax for all Muslims that is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, and of which one-eighth must go to support jihad. According to its website, the ICCP’s property is owned by the North American Islamic Trust (NAIT). The trust is yet another Muslim Brotherhood affiliate, as confirmed in a 2009 ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas Dallas Division, which identified the trust as a Hamas associate.

Imam Sulaiman is a member of the Washington, D.C.-based North American Imams Federation, whose board of trustees include the Jordanian-born Imam Omar Shahin (another of the so-called “Flying Imams” and former imam of the Islamic Center of Tucson, Ariz.) and Imam Siraj Wahhaj, whose name appeared on a U.S. government list of unindicted co-conspirators for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. (more…)

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JIHAD CENTRAL – STERLING, VIRGINIA – ADAMS Center

Thursday, March 12th, 2015

 

ADAMS Center in Sterling, VA: Jihad Central

  By JGMarch 9, 2015   John Guandolo

One of Northern Virginia’s most prominent Islamic organizations, the All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) Center was created by jihadis, and continues today to be a center of the Islamic Jihadi Movement in the Washington, D.C. area and beyond.

Despite this, ADAMS continues to be the primary “go-to” Islamic organization for churches, synagogues, and even the FBI in the D.C. metropolitan area.

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Imam Mohamed Magid speaking at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

The face of ADAMS continues to be Imam Mohamed Magid, the Executive Director of ADAMS and the previous leader of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), identified by the U.S. government as a financial support entity for Hamas – a designated terrorist organization – and the “nucleus” for the Muslim Brotherhood’s Islamic Movement in North America.

ISNA & ISIS:  On February 6, 2015, the FBI issued a Press Release announcing that six (6) Bosnian nationals were charged with Conspiracy and Material Support of Terrorism.  One of the six, Nihad Rosic, was arrested by the FBI in Plainfield, Indiana.  For those unfamiliar with Plainfield, it is a small town that also happens to be the home of the ISNA Headquarters, and not much else.

This should not shock UTT readers.  As has been documented here previously – from the 9/11 hijackers to Major Nidal Hasan to the “Virginia 5″ to the Boston Marathon bombers, and now to ISIS – jihadis use the Muslim Brotherhood’s Jihadi network in America for logistical, financial, and material support of their operations, and ISNA and the ADAMS Center are in the middle of it all.

Besides this obvious link between ADAMS and ISNA, ADAMS identifies itself as an affiliate of ISNA on its website (see image below).

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PART 4 – THE POLITICAL LEFT’S MARRIAGE TO ISLAMIC JIHAD

Tuesday, February 24th, 2015

 

 The final Part 4  in a series of The Political Left’s Marriage to the Islamic Jihad by John Guandolo.   At the very end of this article, John  gives a step-by-step approach to what we can personally do to become educated on the threat and to help others to be educated about the threat to our country.  To read all in the series, please go to www.UnderstandingtheThreat.com  
John Guandolo will be the guest speaker on September 15, 2015 at the ICON Lecture Series in Chapel Hill, North Carolina   
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TOGETHER.
SHAPING THE FUTURE.

This is the fourth of a 4-part series on The Political Left’s Marriage to the Islamic Jihad

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As has been detailed in several articles on the UTT Blog as well as in the firstsecond, and third iterations of this 4-part series, the Political Left in America is:  promoting the Muslim Brotherhood’s (MB) Jihadi Movement in the United States; “negotiating” with Iran and the Taliban; providing material support to Al Qaeda/MB in Iraq, Libya, and elsewhere; promoting Palestinian (Hamas) causes and showing deference to them while failing to stand with Israel; flooding America with people from hostile nations (Somalia, Syria, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, etc) through the State Department’s Refugee Resettlement Program and various student programs; and failing to clearly articulate the threat while demonstrating weakness and inviting greater danger to our nation and its people. (more…)

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SILENCING TRUTH AND LYING AS A STRATEGY BY JOHN GUANDOLO

Friday, February 20th, 2015

 

The Political Left’s Marriage to the Islamic Jihad: Silencing Truth and Lying as a Strategy

  By JGFebruary 20, 2015   by John Guandolo 

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This is the third in a 4-part series on The Political Left’s Marriage to the Islamic Jihad

The truth always offends those who do not have it.

In the Sharia (Islamic Law), “Slander” is defined as follows:  “To mention anything concerning a person (Muslim) that he would dislike (Um Dat al Salik, Islamic Sacred Law, r2.2).”   The Quran, the Hadith, and a consensus of the Muslim scholars all agree that anyone who insults the Prophet and/or Islam must be killed (e.g. Surah 9:12, Hadith – Abu Dawud and al-Nasa’i, from Ibn-‘Abbas).  The punishment for Slander in Islam is death.

Currently, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) – the largest international body in the world second only to the UN, made up of all 57 Islamic nations on the planet – is officially calling for “deterrent punishments” (Section VII, para 3) for anyone who offends Islam, and continues to petition the United Nations for such action.  This campaign is called “Islamophobia.”

Islamophobia is the imposition of the Islamic Law of Slander.  To be called an “Islamophobe” is to be threatened.

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Book R of the Um Dat al Salik (Islamic Sacred Law) is entitled “Holding One’s Tongue.”  Section 8 is “Lying” with a sub-section titled “Permissible Lying.”  This alone is telling.  The Sharia quotes the Prophet Mohammad from the authoritative Hadiths of Bukhari and Muslim:  “I did not hear (the Prophet) him permit untruth in anything people say, except for three things:  war, settling disagreements, and a man talking with his wife.”

The law is clarified further:  “It is permissible to lie if attaining the goal is permissible…it is obligatory to lie if the goal is obligatory (ibid, r8.2).”  Jihad is obligatory.

The Political Left around the globe, and especially in the United States, also uses lying, deceit, and the destruction of those who speak the truth as weapons for their own ends. (more…)

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CULTURE OF DEATH BY JOHN GUANDOLO

Thursday, February 19th, 2015

 

The Political Left’s Marriage to the Islamic Jihad: Culture of Death

  By JGFebruary 18, 2015    by John Guandolo

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In this second of a 4-part series on The Political Left’s Marriage to the Islamic Jihad, we will explore the Culture of Death that pervades both ideologies at their core.

To read the first installment, click here.

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Let us begin with the fact that the Political Left is responsible for more murders in the last 90 years than all other ideologies combined, including the Islamic Jihad.  From Vladamir Lenin to Mao Zedung to Pol Pot to Adolf Hitler to Josef Stalin the communists and socialists in the 20th century killed tens of millions of people – in brutal and barbaric ways.

Elites on the Political Left will say these “extreme” examples of Stalin and Hitler are not related to their efforts to bring “equality” and “justice” to the average man and woman, and they would never support such treatment of people.  This soft-spoken language of socialism is no less dangerous because it lays the foundation for the likes of Stalins and Hitlers, and have for over 90 years.

We must also begin with the fact that America was founded on the principle that God gave us our right to life and, therefore, each of us has value and dignity in the eyes of God.  This “unalienable right” as written by Thomas Jefferson in our Declaration of Independence, is defined in legal dictionaries in the 1800’s to mean “a right that could not be taken away from you even if you tried to give it up.”  When free people surrender the right to life in any manner, we surrender it for all of us.  Tyranny knows no boundaries. (more…)

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THE POLITICAL LEFT’S MARRIAGE TO THE ISLAMIC JIHAD

Tuesday, February 17th, 2015

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The Political Left’s Marriage to the Islamic Jihad

  By JGFebruary 16, 2015  by John Guandolo

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This is the first of a four (4) part series on the long historical relationship between the political left/Progressives and the global Jihadi Movement over the last century and its current culmination in the attempt to bring down Western civilization in general, and the United States specifically.

In this first edition, we will review the general history of the relationship between the Left and the Islamic Jihad movement, and the disconnect from reality that must take place for the Left to believe the leaders of any totalitarian movement will allow them to survive despite a hundred years of history to the contrary.

This unholy marriage has several key areas of common ground:

   * They seek to undermine the security of Western nations in furtherance of their ultimate destruction
   * They seek to destroy the moral fabric that has undergirded the West for centuries
   * They use propaganda, lies, and deceit strategically and tactically to move their efforts forward
   * They have a culture of death that focuses on eliminating or subjugating those they see as threats
   * They are both anti-Semitic
  * They work against the Law of Nature and Nature’s God attacking our inherent rights to life and liberty while diminishing God to a position of non-existence (Political Left) or as a harsh non-loving judge of mankind (Islam) (more…)
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