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Articles | June 5, 2015 | CounterJihad Campaign, The Muslim Brotherhood in America,Understanding the Shariah Threat Doctrine
ICNA-MAS in Retreat
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In the wake of violence, looting, and riots that swept across Baltimore, Maryland the
night of 25 April 2015, Muslim Brotherhood supporters from thirty-eight states gathered
in this virtual ghost town over a bloody Memorial Day weekend during which twenty-nine peoplewere shot, including nine reported homicides. While the residents of Baltimore were reeling from
their deadliest month since 1999, the 40 Annual Islamic Circle of North America-Mu slim
American Society Conven tion revealed that Muslim Brotherhood leadership is also in crisis
mode following jihadist attacks against free speech in Copenhagen, Denmark, Paris, France,
and Garland, Texas, compounded by a litany of savage brutality from the Islamic State’s
campaign to conquer and subjugate in the name of a new Caliphate. Atypical of past Muslim
Brotherhood conventions, this most recent ICNA-MAS convention’s almost despondent tone
seemed surreal, while confusion emanated from an uncharacteristically subdued leadership,
which completely overhauled the convention’s theme at the last minute. Facing an identity crisis
and public relations debacle, thanks to jihadist rampages at home and abroad, ICNA-MAS tried
hard to send a convincing message of love and peace to non-Muslim Americans. Nevertheless,
relentless pressure from Americans both Muslim and non-Muslim, newly-awakened to the
shocking reality of Islamic rampages as well as the frightening closeness of Muslim blasphemy
code enforcers, clearly took its toll on this conference.
Even the U.S. Brotherhood could not escape the stark reality that Islamophobia is real, it’s
reasonable, and it’s spreading with every new beheading, crucifixion, execution, and jihadassault flashing across our screens. The Memorial Day 2015 Baltimore ICNA-MAS conference
didn’t change its programming because its leadership disapproves of the jihad assault wave: it
changed it because Islamophobes are multiplying, denouncing the jihad narrative, and turning
against all who are perceived to support the Global Jihad Movement. And that includes ICNA-
MAS.
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Announcements to Passersby of Muslim Brotherhood Convention
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In a message (shown below) to ICNA-MAS convention attendees, ICNA President Naeem Baig
stated in the program book that the theme “was not the one that we had initially decided. The
incident in France made us rethink and we felt obligated to talk about the Prophet of Allah the
way we feel about him.” The end result was that convention attendees were presented with a
lackluster program, poorly designed stage set in the main hall, and uncharacteristically muted,
scripted speakers unable to express what they really thought about Islamophobes in the U.S.
and around the world who have witnessed the sharia offensive being waged against both
Muslims and non-Muslims. Additionally, the Muslim audience must have been confused by theexpropriated Christian themes and theatrics employed by convention speakers, including a
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prancing Imam Siraj Wahhaj, who imitated the preaching style and antics of the fraudulent faith
healer, televangelist types seen on late night television as he tried to cajole financial donations
out of an obviously disinterested audience. The entire performance seemed stilted and staged.
ICNA President Naeem Baig’s Message to Convention Attendees
When U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) Secretary General Oussama Jammal
addressed a delayed 40 Annual ICNA-MAS Convention’s opening session on May 23 in the
main hall, he was met by a distinct lack of enthusiasm that echoed from attendees’ halfhearted
cries of “takbir, allahu akbar”, as many of the approximately 2,000 seats remained empty.
Following its self-described ‘success’ with the first ever national Muslim Advocacy Day on
Capitol Hill on 13 April 2015, the USCMO had nearly a zero presence at this ICNA-MAS event,
where it couldn’t even muster a single intern to staff its exhibit hall table for a mere two days.
Instead, the USCMO’s bare, small table in a poorly lit area remained unmanned and had none
of its own literature or contact information available to interested attendees—had there been
any. Where was the mighty USCMO of 2014? Islamophobes frighten them all off?
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USCMO Exhibit at ICNA-MAS Convention
At th e kickoff session for a weekend that included a service day on May 24 featuring implicit
messaging aimed at co-opting African-Americans by playing on victimhood and social justice
themes, there was not even one official representative from Baltimore Mayor Stephanie
Rawlings-Blake, Maryland state officials, or Congressmen André Carson and Keith Ellison to
convey a welcoming message. Muslim Brotherhood leadership did make clear, however, that
Islam is the solution for the problems in Black America. Strangely, though, the much flaunted
interfaith relationships of the Muslim Brotherhood and its interfaith partners were evident only by
their complete absence during the main sessions as well as in the exhibitor hall. In their place,
an interfaith dinner by invitation only was held in a private room, which conflicted with the time of
the keynote session in the main hall that same day.
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Main Session Hall for ICNA-MAS at Baltimore Convention Center
Exhibitor Hall for ICNA-MAS at Baltimore Convention Center
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Instead of the upbeat music and dynamic multimedia normally used to inspire the audience at
such conventions, here the organizers and speakers were clearly on the defensive regarding
Islam, even while trying their best to avoid such an appearance, while presenting an over-
inflated stream of adulation for their prophet and what he should mean to America. Overall, the
tone from the speakers was unsettling, in large part because it came across as disingenuous in
the desperation of repeated pleas that non-Muslim Americans be convinced to understand the
beautiful, peaceful virtues of the Muslims’ gentle, loving prophet. In the final analysis, it had tobe wondered if even the audience in attendance believed all the hype or shared any confidence
they would be capable of conveying such messages to the Islamophobes.
The 2015 ICNA-MAS convention organizers made a valiant attempt to livestream main hall
sessions to non-Muslim Americans and assorted Islamophobes, all doubtless glued to their
computer screens; however, technical glitches plagued their efforts throughout the Memorial
Day weekend. Main hall sessions sometimes started with delays and/or speakers not beginning
on time. Sessions in small breakout rooms scattered throughout the convention center often
experienced problems with starting on time and frequently were missing moderators and/or
speakers. Attendees appeared to be disconnected, disinterested, and generally unenthusiastic.
Some simply fell asleep in their seats. It was not an uncommon sight for attendees to arrive late
and leave before the end of scheduled presentations. On the Facebook events page for the
2015 ICNA-MAS Convention, one attendee noted his deep disappointment about the overall
lack of organization for the weekend.
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Screenshot of Attendee’s Comments on 2015 ICNA-MAS Convention Facebook Page
Not once during the Memorial Day weekend did Muslim Brotherhood leadership acknowledge
the ultimate sacrifices made by Americans to defend and preserve freedoms in this country,
much less memorialize Muslims in the U.S. military who lost their lives in defense of the nation.
Tariq Ramadan emphatically stated in December 2012, “So this is why Muslims when they say
we are at home should institutionalize the presence in the country…We are at home, show it!
Not show it with what you say, show it with the institutions you have in this country –
institutionalize the Muslim presence as Americans.” The messaging at this 2015 ICNA-MAS
convention in Baltimore, however, bore little resemblance to Ramadan’s words. Instead,
Muslims were told that there is no Americanized Islam, and that while Muslims are not guests in
America, Muslims are still str angers in the land. There were no U.S. flags on display anywhere
throughout the entire convention center rooms, exhibitor/vendor area, or on the main stage.
Stage lighting almost studiously avoided any red, white, and blue themes.
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Throughout the weekend, the Muslim Brotherhood bemoaned its lack of funding for programs to
combat Islamophobia and failure to establish a think tank in Washington, DC and national
television station to teach Americans about Islam. As illustrated in the following screen image
shown during a session addressing the power of the media, when facing up to the unwelcome
truth among its own, the Muslim Brotherhood acknowledges the stubborn ability of the average
Islamophobe who obstinately continues to resist the allure of shariah.
Power of the Media ICNA-MAS Convention Session
In sum, this was a convention that started on a decrescendo and descended from there. Even
Brother Mazen Mohktar was unable to inspire the faithful in a mostly empty main hall during the
closing session on Memorial Day Monday. This 40 annual ICNA-MAS convention limped
dejectedly to an uninspiring conclusion, apparently done in by a nefarious, if unlikely,
combination of jihadis and Islamophobes.
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Conclusion of ICNA-MAS Convention on Memorial Day
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