I met up with the Federalist’s Ben Weingarten in Minneapolis this past fall when he was in the process of finishing American Ingrate: Ilhan Omar and the Progressive Islamist Takeover of the Democratic Party. With a foreword by Andrew McCarthy, the book is published in paperback today by Bombardier Books; it is available on Amazon at the link.
Ben sent me and a few other students of Omar a copy of the book in galley last month. At my request, Ben forwarded the blurbs his early readers offered to recommend the book. With Ben’s permission, I am posting them below in lieu of a formal review of the book this morning:
Victor Davis Hanson: “Benjamin Weingarten professionally and thoroughly dissects the strange case of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and demonstrates that much about the congresswoman is an enigma at best and a fraud at worst. We do not know, and authorities are apparently not interested in, her strange marriage…her tax avoidance, her violations of campaign financing laws, and her apparent disgust with a country that she…sought out and presently finds profitable. Weingarten’s case study of Omar serves as a larger indictment of the therapeutic mindset, which Omar manipulated so well on her way to notoriety and power. Weingarten suggests that if Omar had not existed, she would have had to be invented, given that she is a metaphor for a larger American pathology of progressive virtue-signaling and, ultimately, self-loathing.” – Victor Davis Hanson, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Dennis Prager: “American Ingrate is a serious, deeply researched work that makes the compelling case Rep. Ilhan Omar is the new face of the Democratic Party, and delves deeply into her background and beliefs. It compellingly sets forth the argument that she not only personifies but leads a Progressive-Islamist alliance held together by the glue of hatred of America, of Judeo-Christian values, of Western civilization, and of Israel. Read it and weep. Or better, read it and fight back. This is a manual in that fight.” – Dennis Prager, nationally radio talk show host and columnist, co-founder of PragerU, and New York Times bestselling author of ten books, including, most recently, the first two volumes of The Rational Bible, a five-volume commentary on the Torah
Aceh’s all-female Sharia flogging squad is the perfect metaphor for Western feminists’ refusal to denounce Sharia oppression of women. When the time comes, maybe the Women’s March or Code Pink could select female floggers for Sharia police in the U.S.
“Indonesia’s Sharia police tout historic female flogging squad: ‘Her technique was nice,’” by Douglas Ernst, Washington Times, January 28, 2020:
Indonesia’s Sharia police have a unique take on diversity that might seem odd to Western ears: its historic all-female flogging squad.
Banda Aceh Sharia police chief investigator Zakwan, who uses one name, told Agence France-Presse this week that he was thrilled with a new recruit’s lashing performance.
“I think she did a good job. Her technique was nice,” he said for an interview published Tuesday.
The piece by Haeril Halim detailed justice being meted out against an unmarried woman who was found in a hotel room with a man.
“The masked woman nervously approaches her target, shuffles into position and then unleashes a flurry of lashes — proving herself as the newest member of the first female flogging squad in Indonesia’s Aceh province,” the piece reads. “But despite her reticence, she persevered and delivered her first flogging.”
AFP noted that the city of roughly 220,000 has three shifts of Sharia police patrolling throughout the day.
Other crimes that may result in beatings with a a rattan cane include the following: adultery, drinking alcohol, having gay sex, and gambling.
“We train them to make sure they’re physically fit and teach them how to do a proper whipping,” Zakwan told AFP. “It’s kind of an indoctrination that we give to them so they have a better understanding of their role — have no mercy for those who violate God’s law.”…
Many in the West today are grappling as to how Islam has been able to get a foothold in our society. We know of Islamists’ present-day means to get government officials to capitulate to their whims through lobbying and the mainstream media, presenting themselves as victims of the same Western society that has helped them. But how have they been able to acquire such political leverage? Apparently, there has been a willful lack of circumspection or foresightedness. Back in the 1970s, the late archbishop Marcel Lefebvre had said:
“As long as Muslims are an insignificant minority in a Christian country, they can live on friendly terms, because they accept the laws and customs of the country that receives them. But as soon as they become numerous and organize, they become aggressive and try to impose their laws, which are hostile to [Western] civilization.”
Protagonists such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar — both supposed allies of the United States and the European Union — have been able to forge or manipulate situations having politicians and the mainstream media to direct attention to military conflicts in the Middle East, such as Syria and Afghanistan, or by “exclusively” focusing on the Iranian regime as the principle source of terrorism. As Ayaan Hirsi Ali explained, because of the West’s obsession with terror, we have become blind to the broader threat of the dawa, (Islamic proselytizing): the ideology behind the terror attacks — and what drives numerous Muslims to Islamize us. In other words, by leading us to believe that the threat of Islam is only in far-off distant lands, Islamists have been able to conceal their ultimate weapons of Islamization: exploitation of democracy and pluralism, immigration, and the multiplication of the progeny.
Since its foundation, islam has always been transnational as it spread across the world when the nation-state and national identity were at best inchoate and more often nonexistent. This has impelled many Muslims, regardless of their views of democracy, to utilize the democratic instruments of pluralism and freedom of expression to insert themselves into society with the goal of propagating Islam at the expense of others. The most salient example has been the election of Ilhan Omar to the House of Representatives. Notwithstanding marrying her own brother, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, to get him a green card to the U.S., even before being sworn into Congress on a Quran, she successfully demanded that Congress reverse a 181-year ban on the wearing of any headgear — in her case she was able to wear the hijab: a religious attire, when lawmakers cannot even display a cross — on the floor of Congress.
Like a Trojan horse, Islamists have been able to infiltrate, for example, the Western field of education, creating an environment of receptivity and understanding for the next generation of Americans to accept their sharia-based lifestyle. Saudi money has financed institutions alongside multitudes of other Islamic organizations across the world and within the United States (80 percent of 1,200 mosques operating in the United States were built after 2003). Qatar’s equal vision for America is being peddled through our children’s classrooms, targeting a pliable population and one with a long shelf life.
This has reciprocally occurred with the assistance of terror-linked NGOs, such as the Council for American-Islamic Relations and the Islamic Society of North America, which have bought off Washington influencers and think tanks and having them capitulate to Islamic “needs” in our society.
Many of you are familiar with a couple of congressional seats that were picked up by Muslim women and the first Muslim state attorney general put into office in Minnesota. What you may not realize is just how many political offices were filled by electing Muslims in 2018. Even more concerning is the high percentage of Muslims voting and their openness to promote the fact that they want to “change” our culture and society.
First, the information comes from JETPAC, which stands for Justice Education Technology Political Advocacy Center. According to their Mission Statement:
Jetpac (Justice Education Technology Political Advocacy Center) seeks to build a strong American Muslim political infrastructure and increase our community’s influence and engagement.
We will take our place at the table across all levels of government.
Our philosophy of change is rooted in a community-based approach, grassroots mobilization, civics training, and technology application. We have developed our own training curriculum, as well as proprietary social media technology and automation tools, to give our Fellows the skills and resources they need to win elections. (emphasis mine)
One wonders if some of those tools involve voter fraud, especially after what we witnessed in Minnesota.
Let’s break down the Muslim wins from federal to the local level, and then we’ll sort them by states.
Federal
| Rashida Tlaib (D) | MI 13th Congressional District | WON |
| Keith Ellison (D) | MN Attorney General | WON |
| Ilhan Omar (D) | MN 5th Congressional District | WON |
| Andre Carson (D) | IN 7th Congressional District | WON |
State
| Sheikh Rahman (D) | GA State Senate District 5 | WON |
| Safiya Wazir (D) | NH State House Merrimack 17 District | WON |
| Robert Jackson (D) | NY State Senate District 31 | WON |
| Nasif Majeed (D) | NC State House District 99 | WON |
| Mujtaba Mohammed (D) | NC State Senate District 38 | WON |
| Mohamud Noor (D) | MN State House District 60B | WON |
| Jason Dawkins (D) | PA State House District 179 | WON |
| Hodan Hassan (D) | MN State House District 62A | WON |
| Charles Fall (D) | NY State House District 61 | WON |
| Ako Abdul-Samad (D) | IA State House District 35 | WON |
| Aboul Khan (R) | NH State House Rockingham 20 District | WON |
| Abdullah Hammoud (D) | MI State House District 15 | WON |
| Abbas Akhil (D) | NM State House District 20 | WON |
County
| Sam Baydoun (D) | MI Wayne County Commission District 13 | WON |
| Sadia Gul Covert (D) | IL Dupage County Board District 5 | WON |
| Sabina Taj | MD Howard County Board of Education | WON |
| Mohammad Ramadan | NJ Passaic County Board of Education | WON |
| Cheryl Sudduth | CA West County Wastewater District Director | WON |
| Babur Lateef | VA Prince William County School Board | WON |
| Assad Akhter (D) | NJ Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders | WON |
| Abdul “Al” Haidous (D) | MI Wayne County Commission District 11 | WON |
Municipal
| Salman Bhojani | TX Euless City Council Place 6 | WON* |
| Dawn Haynes | NJ Newark Public Schools School Board | WON* |
| Yasir Khogali | MI City of Plymouth District Library Board | WON |
| Mohamed Khairullah | NJ Prospect Park Mayor | WON |
| Mohamed Al-Hamdani | OH Dayton Public Schools Board of Education | WON |
| Mo Seifeldein | VA Alexandria City Council | WON |
| Maimona Afzal Berta | CA Franklin-McKinley School Board | WON |
| Jihan Aiyash | MI Hamtramck Public School Board | WON |
| Javed Ellahie | CA Monte Sereno City Council | WON |
| Hazim Yassin | NJ Red Bank City Council | WON |
| Haseeb Javed | VA Manassas Park City Council | WON |
| Farrah Khan | CA Irvine City Council | WON |
| Ali Taj | CA Artesia City Council | WON |
| Alaa Matari | NJ Prospect Park Borough Council | WON |
| Alaa “Al” Abdel-Aziz | NJ Paterson City Council Ward 6 | WON |
| Aisha Wahab | CA Hayward City Council | WON |
| Ahmad Zahra | CA Fullerton City Council District 5 | WON |
| Salim Patel | NJ Passaic City Council | WIN |
| Sabina Zafar | CA San Ramon City Council | WIN |
Judiciary
Democrat candidates are falling all over each other to see who can offer more”free stuff”. The truly serious problem of Islam and Sharia Law subverting our country is not even mentioned. Nancy
Now that the Russian Hoax hoopla has finally died down, perhaps the media will take seriously the threat from the Grand Jihadic Strategy of the Muslim Brotherhood to infiltrate and eventually overcome America. Thanks to Mike Scruggs for sharing. Nancy
Mike Scruggs- The Muslim Brotherhood is the most powerful Muslim political organization in the world. Its motto is: “Allah is our objective; the Prophet is our leader; the Koran is our law; Jihad is our way; dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope.”
Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan al-BannaThe Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwan in Arabic) was established in Egypt in 1928 by Hassan al-Banna, a devout Muslim school teacher, and six followers. Al-Banna, his followers, and many Muslims in Egypt believed that Islam had become shamefully secularized and marginalized during British Colonial Rule and that of the secular Muslim leaders that followed after Egypt’s independence in 1922. Moreover, British military and political influence continued.
The Brotherhood was established as a Muslim revivalist organization with the goal of bringing Egypt and eventually all other Muslim nations back to the pure Islam of the Koran and the teachings of Muhammad. As purists, they also advocated expanding Islam over the whole world by peaceful or violent means, whichever is required.
By analogy, it was a “reformation” to turn Islam back to the doctrines and practices of its founders.
By 1938, the Brotherhood had 200,000 members in Egypt. By the end of 1948 and the birth of Israel, the Ikhwan had 2,000,000 members in Egypt, about 10 percent of the total population including women and children.
The Muslim Brotherhood operates primarily within the Sunni branch of Islam, competing for world dominance with the numerically smaller Shia branch led by Iran. The Brotherhood’s modern operating philosophy is often called “Civilization Jihad” or stealth Jihad.
They typically work by deception, infiltration, and subversion until they are strong enough to take power and enforce their dominance by the sword. Hamas and Islamic Jihad were two of their first terrorist branches, but they also had a significant role in establishing al-Qaeda, which is essentially a spinoff of Hamas.
Similarly, ISIS is essentially a spinoff of Al-Qaeda. Oil money, especially from Saudi Arabia and Qatar, has been one of their most powerful resources for propagandizing, bribing, and corrupting political, civil, education, banking, and church leaders in the West.
Although the Muslim Brotherhood is a Sunni organization, they often cooperate with Shia Muslims and even the secular Left against common enemies. The Muslim Brotherhood also has immense influence in the 57-nation member Organization for Islamic Cooperation within the United Nations.
The Brotherhood’s strategic goals in the United States were uncovered by an FBI raid in August 2004 on the Annandale, Virginia, home of Ismail Elbarasse, suspected of fundraising for the Hamas terrorist group and planning to sabotage the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Maryland. Among the 80 boxes of Muslim Brotherhood archives was an “Explanatory Memorandum” of the Brotherhood’s game plan for bringing America down by infiltration and subversion from within.
When two people share the same goals, they can disagree – even strongly disagree – and still have a productive discussion about how to reach those shared objectives. As comedian and author Owen Benjamin explains, the problem with America today is we no longer share the same goals, and that’s tearing us apart.
Just How Many Muslims Won Political Office In 2018? The Numbers May Surprise You!
Many of you are familiar with a couple of congressional seats that were picked up by Muslim women and the first Muslim state attorney general put into office in Minnesota. What you may not realize is just how many political offices were filled by electing Muslims in 2018. Even more concerning is the high percentage of Muslims voting and their openness to promote the fact that they want to “change” our culture and society.
First, the information comes from JETPAC, which stands for Justice Education Technology Political Advocacy Center. According to their Mission Statement:
Jetpac (Justice Education Technology Political Advocacy Center) seeks to build a strong American Muslim political infrastructure and increase our community’s influence and engagement.
We will take our place at the table across all levels of government.
Our philosophy of change is rooted in a community-based approach, grassroots mobilization, civicstraining, and technology application. We have developed our own training curriculum, as well as proprietary social media technology and automation tools, to give our Fellows the skills and resources they need to win elections. (emphasis mine)
One wonders if some of those tools involve voter fraud, especially after what we witnessed in Minnesota.
Let’s break down the Muslim wins from federal to the local level, and then we’ll sort them by states.
Federal
Rashida Tlaib (D) MI 13th Congressional District WON Keith Ellison (D) MN Attorney General WON Ilhan Omar (D) MN 5th Congressional District WON Andre Carson (D) IN 7th Congressional District WON State
Sheikh Rahman (D) GA State Senate District 5 WON Safiya Wazir (D) NH State House Merrimack 17 District WON Robert Jackson (D) NY State Senate District 31 WON Nasif Majeed (D) NC State House District 99 WON Mujtaba Mohammed (D) NC State Senate District 38 WON Mohamud Noor (D) MN State House District 60B WON Jason Dawkins (D) PA State House District 179 WON Hodan Hassan (D) MN State House District 62A WON Charles Fall (D) NY State House District 61 WON Ako Abdul-Samad (D) IA State House District 35 WON Aboul Khan (R) NH State House Rockingham 20 District WON Abdullah Hammoud (D) MI State House District 15 WON Abbas Akhil (D) NM State House District 20 WON County
Sam Baydoun (D) MI Wayne County Commission District 13 WON Sadia Gul Covert (D) IL Dupage County Board District 5 WON Sabina Taj MD Howard County Board of Education WON Mohammad Ramadan NJ Passaic County Board of Education WON Cheryl Sudduth CA West County Wastewater District Director WON Babur Lateef VA Prince William County School Board WON Assad Akhter (D) NJ Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders WON Abdul “Al” Haidous (D) MI Wayne County Commission District 11 WON Municipal
Salman Bhojani TX Euless City CouncilPlace 6 WON* Dawn Haynes NJ Newark Public Schools School Board WON* Yasir Khogali MI City of Plymouth District Library Board WON Mohamed Khairullah NJ Prospect Park Mayor WON Mohamed Al-Hamdani OH Dayton Public Schools Board of Education WON Mo Seifeldein VA Alexandria City Council WON Maimona Afzal Berta CA Franklin-McKinley School Board WON Jihan Aiyash MI Hamtramck Public School Board WON Javed Ellahie CA Monte Sereno City Council WON Hazim Yassin NJ Red Bank City Council WON Haseeb Javed VA Manassas Park City Council WON Farrah Khan CA Irvine City Council WON Ali Taj CA Artesia City Council WON Alaa Matari NJ Prospect Park Borough Council WON Alaa “Al” Abdel-Aziz NJ Paterson City Council Ward 6 WON Aisha Wahab CA Hayward City Council WON Ahmad Zahra CA Fullerton City Council District 5 WON Salim Patel NJ Passaic City Council WIN Sabina Zafar CA San Ramon City Council WIN RELATED: Florida Senate Candidate Shows Why Libertarianism Absent Christian Roots Fails
Judiciary
Shahabuddeen Ally NYC Civil Court, NY County WON Sam Salamey MI District Courts, District 19 WON Rabeea Collier TX District Courts, 113th District WON Halim Dhanidina CA Court of Appeal, Second AppellateDistrict, Division Three WON George Abdallah Jr. CA Superior Court of San Joaquin County, Office 12 WON Adel A. Harb MI Wayne County Circuit Court WON
In breaking these down by state, Deplorable Kel formulated a list.
Trevor Loudon speaks of the Far Left in our government and how they work with the Marxists and the Islamists. He names influential members of congress and those running for congressional seats in last weeks election. Absolutely frightening. Please share with your email lists. Nancy