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The Muslim Radicals Of SouthSide Virginia
By Greg L | 8 August 2007 | Virginia Politics | 21 Comments
Ever heard of Jamaat ul-Fuqra? Neither did I, until BVBL reader “Patriot” brought them up in one of the comment threads.
Apparently, in the sleepy little town of Red House, Virginia there’s a little Muslim compound which was recently visited by Fox News. Fox was drawn to this little enclave of rural ethnic diversity because of persistent rumors that this organization had terrorist ties. From “Gates Of Vienna“:
The compound in Red House is about 44 acres, 22 trailer homes, with about 100 people living there at any given time. Two men on the compound told Fox that there are Muslims from all over the US as well as Mexico, Puerto Rico and Europe. They say their spiritual leader, or imam, lives in Lahore, Pakistan. They identify him as Sheikh Mubarak Gilani.
The sheikh received a lot of attention back in 2002 when Wall Street Journal Reporter Daniel Pearl was abducted. Pearl was reportedly on his way to see Gilani when he was taken. That said, Gilani and his group, identified as law enforcement as Jamaat ul-Fuqra, deny any involvement in Pearl’s death, or other acts of violence.
There are also suspected links between Jamaat ul-Fuqra and convicted shoe bomber Richard Reed, and the DC Sniper Jon Allen Muhammad. According to a federal law enforcement fact sheet obtained by Fox, members of Jamaat ul-Fuqra are suspected in 10 unsolved assassinations and 17 bombings since 1980.
Of course, when Fox visited, no one knew anything about terrorism. That seems unusual, given all the discussions about this organization. Defense Watch seems to know more about them than they themselves know:
The Red House, Va., compound was under surveillance by law enforcement prior to the 9/11 attacks for stockpiling weapons. Three members of the compound, including leader Vincente Pierre and his wife Tracy Upshur, were later arrested for illegal arms purchases.
Al Fuqra members Earl Grant and Clement Rodney Hampton El were both convicted along with Sheikh Rahman in connection with the first World Trade Center attack and a plot to bomb New York City tunnels and landmarks. It has been ominously observed that since 1993 al Fuqra has hosted numerous low level Tri-State area bridge and tunnel workers for weekend retreats at their Hancock, N.Y. compound.
Convicted shoe-bomber Richard Reid and African embassy bomber Wadih El-Hage have also been connected with the organization.
Despite Al Fuqra’s continuous history of criminal activity and close association with international terrorist organizations, the group has been able to avoid officially being classified by the U.S. government as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
And then there’s the South Asian Terrorism Portal, which seems to have amassed a lot of information about how the organization has engaged in terrorism, money laundering, illegal possession of firearms, and a host of other crimes. Even though the focus around here has been on potential muslim radicals in Northern Virginia, there’s a much more clear cause for concern in Southside Virginia.
For more on this, visit Gates Of Vienna.
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J. ul Fuqra is apparently in several strategic locations: http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:l-e2UQR2MQ8J:www.townhall.com/content/2a5ce800-4f18-471d-8172-3dec8613a7c3+vicente+pierre,+manes+pierre&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=9&gl=us
Greg: Thought you might find this interesting - it is a map of the known terrorist cells in the US:
http://standeyo.com/News_Files/NBC/Terrorist_cells.html
Let us all remember you must ask a Muslim the right questions:
1. Do they think it is okay to hurt “innocent” people? They would say No.
2. Who is considered “innocent”? [this is a question that is never asked but should be asked]
3. Do you think it is okay to hurt “the enemy”? They would say Yes.
4. Who is considered “the enemy”? [this is a question that is never asked but should be asked]
You will be amazed! Did you know according to the Muslims that “innocent” people are Muslims. Did you also know that according to Muslims “the enemy” are all non believers of Islam. Why are these specific items never addressed in the media?
Because the Media ALWAYS sides with who THEY consider to be “the oppressed.” And for whatever messed up reason, Muslims, in their minds, are oppressed and victims.
I guess people in the media haven’t studied world history?
They have, but more dangerous, they do not learn from it. BTW, GREAT post, Patriot, with the bullet items - glad to see that YOU are willing to ask the tough questions as well
Way to go Patriot, this helps validate that this isn’t just some conspiracy theory brought on by racism and bigotry.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
July 1, 2002
Militant Muslims seek Virginia base
By Jerry Seper and Steve Miller
RED HOUSE, Va. — Militant American Muslims operating out of rural communes in California and other Western states have targeted this rural Virginia community for an influx of members who have ties to Middle Eastern terrorists.
Law-enforcement authorities said the Muslims — mostly converts — are expected to join with radical Muslims living on 45 acres in this small Charlotte County community, 25 acres near Meherrin in neighboring Prince Edward County and on other parcels of land owned by the group’s members and supporters.
Muslims in the Red House area have been negotiating to purchase an additional 100-acre site in neighboring Campbell County, authorities said, adding that a number of the radical group’s members also have purchased smaller lots in the region.
The suspected Western exodus likely was sparked by the shutting down of Gateway Academy Charter School in Fresno, Calif. The 12-school charter, established in 1998 by Khadijah Ghafur, a Muslim convert, was closed by school officials after auditors found $1.3 million in public money was missing.
“They had a tremendous funding source here that dried up,” said Dennis Peterson, an investigator for the Fresno County District Attorney’s office. “They are no longer on the candy wagon, and without that money it’s going to be tough times.”
The California group numbers between 200 and 400 people, and members lived on a 1,000-acre tract in the Sierra Mountain foothills. Guarded by an armed post at the entrance, the encampment — known as Baladullah, or “City of God” — was the site of the International Quranic Open University, founded by Sheik Mubarik Ali Shah Gilani as an educational arm of Muslims of America, a group he founded.
The community drew the attention of local law-enforcement agencies last summer after a man studying at the university, Ramadan Abdullah, was arrested and charged in the slaying of a Fresno County sheriff’s deputy. Trial in the case is pending.
Signs posted last week at the Baladullah compound announced the pending withdrawal: “Everything must go,” said one of the placards in announcing a yard sale. Several of the homes at the site were deserted.
Tulare County Sheriff’s Lt. Greg Langford told the Fresno Bee he was told by some families at the compound that they would be gone by July.
The Red House and Meherrin Muslims, who number between 200 and 300 people, including women and children, have been linked to various money-laundering operations and weapons violations, and are believed to have aided and abetted various terrorist groups, authorities said.
Annual Holy Days gatherings at the Red House site, operated by Muslims of America, have drawn between 400 and 500 people from around the region.
Law-enforcement authorities said they believe radical Muslims are seeking to create a patchwork of “hide-outs” in rural southern Virginia for would-be terrorists and other extremists. They said the sanctuaries have been established to follow the teachings of Sheik Gilani.
Sheik Gilani is a Pakistani cleric who founded the tax-exempt Muslims of America in 1980, which is linked to Jamaat al-Fuqra, a terrorist group committed to waging jihad, or holy war, against the United States.
In addition to providing safe harbor for an unknown number of American Muslims faithful to Sheik Gilani, authorities believe members of Jamaat al-Fuqra are involved in laundering money bound for Pakistan.
“We know these places have become hide-outs for some of the organization’s most violent members,” said one law-enforcement official. “The faces of those we have seen in the communities are continually changing. It’s unclear who’s there at any given time and what they’re doing.”
Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was on the way to meet Sheik Gilani in Pakistan when he was kidnapped and later killed. Mr. Pearl was investigating accusations that shoe-bomb suspect Richard C. Reid was one of Sheik Gilani’s followers. Sheik Gilani was not charged in Mr. Pearl’s death.
Sheik Gilani’s followers have set up rural encampments throughout the United States and Canada that federal authorities believe are linked to murders, bombings and other felonies. It is not clear to authorities where the organization gets its funding, other than a few local odd jobs by group members.
One of the Red House Muslims, Vicente Pierre, was convicted in November of two felony firearms violations. Three other members of the Red House commune have been arrested on weapons charges in the past year, including two after the September 11 attacks.
During a September detention hearing for Pierre, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agent Tom Gallagher described al-Fuqra as a “violent, black Muslim extremist sect that acts out jihads against perceived enemies.”
The State Department has said al-Fuqra seeks to purify Islam through violence.
Authorities said the FBI notified California law-enforcement agencies in the early 1990s, asking them to keep an eye on the Muslim community in the Sierra foothills. Last year, U.S. marshals arrested James Hobson, who was visiting Baladullah, on a firearms warrant out of South Carolina, where al-Fuqra has another encampment.
The case of the missing school funds in California is similar to an operation the group had in Colorado, which was shut down in 1993 by state law-enforcement officials. Five al-Fuqra members were convicted of defrauding the Colorado government of approximately $350,000 through bogus worker’s compensation claims.
Muslims of America claims to be nonviolent, saying in a recent statement that Sheik Gilani “does not condone nor teach us to condone violence, especially against the innocent.”
Raids by police in 1992 and 1993 on a 101-acre Muslim commune in central Colorado turned up bombs, automatic weapons, ammunition and plans for terrorist attacks. At least two of the communes — in New York and California — have shooting ranges.
Thomas Jefferson knew of the danger that Islam brings. Read up on his views (particularly with regard to the “Barbary Coast Pirates”. Also, read why he had his own copy of the Koran (he wanted to educate himself on the threat!).
http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=196411
This is an eye opener!
Hmmmmmmm, I wonder if they drove up to be a part of the dedication of PWC’s new mosque?
Is Faisal Gill their unregistered lobbyist?
Patriot,
Thomas Jefferson was a Freemason. When Mason’s take their “oath” it is over 3 books, the Kuran, the old testiment and the new testiment…. George Washingon was a Mason. The Mason’s have been working towards creating a civilized world for 1,000 + years. It’s like the old saying…you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make them drink.
Freedom,
At the 51st HOD there were license plates with Gill stickers from VA, NC, and MD. Look at the terrorist cell map John Light provided.
Quite often the research trails on places like Red House drop off after 2002….so I ask what has the Bush Administration been doing? Or, is it that the esponiage runs so deep in the FBI, Homeland Security, State Department, Department of Energy…etc., etc., etc.
JY…Are you starting to see the light?….
Has anyone searched the land records for Red House to see who owns it?
Ari Stotle, you wrote “When Mason’s take their “oath” it is over 3 books, the Kuran, the old testiment and the new testiment….”
I am sorry, but this just is not true. A Mason ONLY takes the oath on that book which is Holy to him. For example a Jew or a Christian will NOT have to take the oath on either’s book as it would not mean anything to him. To the Christian, the Koran is just a book, to a Muslim, it is Holy Scripture.
As a follow-up, the Masons DO instruct that all hatred ends at the door. That if you are a Mason, you are a member of a Brotherhood and you are now above politics and hate when it comes to a Brother Mason, and will strive to spread tolerance and understanding. Amsterdam was a good example of tolerance, until a Muslim came in and commited the murder of the journalist/cartoon artist (I believe that was his profession) a couple years ago.
Ari Stotle said on 9 Aug 2007 at 8:42 am:
“Has anyone searched the land records for Red House to see who owns it??
Here is a good place to start. Need the address or taxmap / parcel Id number.
http://realestate.charlottesville.org/LandRover.asp
Ari…I suggest you research on the Barbary Pirates and how it relates with Thomas Jefferson.
I always wondered how the folks in Southern Virginia were spending the vast tax subsidies they receive from Northern Virginia.
Providing government services to the country get-a-ways for terrorists.
Wonderful.
Patriot…very interesting! The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
JF has presence in several sections of the United States. See
http://politicsofcp.blogspot.com/