Extremism, terrorism: FBI confirms ‘Fuqraa’ Jihadi training camps going on in America
Washington, February 2: Islamic Extremism is the face of ‘inhuman’ ideology which has infected thousands of families in the name of ‘religion’ across the globe. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) newly released documents has confirmed that members in America and Canada are being taught undercover regarding extremism, terrorism, using weapons, crimes etc.
In a report obtained by Clarion project shed a light over ‘Jamaat ul-Fuqraa’ training members across America and Canada. The Clarion Project has received a series of documents from the FBI investigation dated between 2002 and 2004, and the files confirm that concern about MOA’s extremism is justified.
Fuqra, which now goes by the name of the Muslims of the Americas (MOA) among other titles, is a cultish Islamist group with a history of crime and terrorism. The group is led by Sheikh Mubarak Ali Gilani in Pakistan.
Also, United States government confirmed in a letter to the Clarion Project that an investigation into a terror-linked Islamist cult named Muslims of America (MOA) is ongoing. The group is known for its “Islamic villages” and “Islamberg” headquarters in upstate New York is its most well-known village.
The documents refer to “Islamberg” in Hancock, New York; “Ahmadabad West” and “Ahmadabad East” in Red House and Meherrin, Virginia; “Islamville” in York County, South Carolina; “Hassanville” in Ontario, Canada; the “village” in Dover, Tennessee and one in the state of Washington. Travel to and from Pakistan, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, Georgia, Texas, Michigan.
The documents state that “all locations have individuals who are involved with criminal scams to raise money for MOA/JAF,” including worker’s compensation fraud, insurance fraud, credit card fraud, illegal straw purchases of weapons and conversions of semi-automatic firearms into fully-automatic guns. MOA members send the funds to “Islamberg” in New York and/or Lahore, Pakistan for Sheikh Gilani.
Muslims of America (MOA) used to be known as Jamaat ul-Fuqra when it carried out a series of terrorist attacks on U.S. soil from the 1970s to the early 1990s. The group is led by Sheikh Mubarak Ali Gilani -a radical cleric in Pakistan and claims to have 22 “villages” in the U.S., some of which are known to have been used for basic military-type training. Although the FBI documents from a 2009-2011 state that Fuqra has about a dozen “jamaats” in America.
“MOA members from all compounds also travel to Pakistan for both religious education as well as military-style training and operational experience fighting in the Kashmir region of Pakistan,” the document states.
During early 1990’s: Sheikh Mubarak Ali Gilani appeared in a secret video offering to use Fuqra offices to provide guerilla training to aspiring jihadists.
During 1992: One of Fuqra’s terrorist training camps, a 101-acre tract of land in Colorado, was raided which was later on abandoned by the group.
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During 2003: FBI documents released by Clarion Project said that MOA was linked with al-Qaeda in Pakistan.
During 2009: The first FBI document is dated November 27, 2009, and labels the Muslims of the Americas, Inc. as “armed and dangerous.” It begins by summarizing the group’s consistent history of extremism, terrorism and crime.
During 2010: Newly-released document from December 2010 clearly refers to “the Muslims of the Americas [aka Fuqra] terrorist organization” and states.
“The MOA [Fuqra] is composed primarily of black American Muslim converts, many who converted to Islam while in prison. Many MOA members reside in rural communities (jamaats) to live and worship free from non-Muslim influence.
The MOA jamaats are located on land that has been privately owned or rented by members. Each jamaat usually has numerous trailers where members reside, a mosque, and a guard post, some with armed guards, at the entrance to the properties. These communities, similar to commune type facilities, have women and children residing in them with the children being homeschooled.
Organized training is also conducted to include weapons training, tactics, and hand-to-hand combat, rappelling, and live-fire exercises.”
Fuqra has also documented history of conducting paramilitary training in America, Pakistan and Kashmir.
FBI reports from a 2003-2007 investigation in Texas warned, “The MOA [Fuqra] is now an independent organization which possesses an infrastructure capable of planning and mounting terrorist campaigns overseas and within the U.S.”
The downside to this case is that ‘Fuqra’ is not yet designated as Foreign Terrorist Organization by the State Department. As the Justice Department’s Bureau confirmed that investigation is underway.
Over a dozen North American Muslim groups have joined Clarion Project in asking the U.S. State Department to look at designating Fuqra as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
The Justice Department’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms recently confirmed to Clarion Project that it still has Fuqra members under investigation. ATF has prosecuted Fuqra members on firearms-related charges, including illegal possession of guns. Clarion Project also recently reported that Fuqra’s General Counsel, Tahirah Amatul-Wadud, is running for Congress in Massachusetts.