Memo that prompted Pentagon to purge 'Offensive to Islam' material released
Islam
September 23, 2012
By: Christopher Collins
The Thomas More Law Center (TMLC), a national public interest law firm based
in Ann Arbor, Michigan, announced late last week that it is representing
U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Dooley, a 1994 Graduate of the U. S.
Military Academy at West Point and released the letter sent by 57 Muslim
groups demanding the removal of military instructions that they say is
offensive to Islam.
http://www.thomasmore.org/sites/default/files/files/Letter_to_John_Brennan_1
9_OCT_2011%20%283%29.pdf
In April 2012, LTC Dooley, a highly decorated combat veteran, was publically
condemned by General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
and relieved of his teaching assignment because of the negative way Islam
was portrayed in an elective course entitled, "Perspectives on Islam and
Islamic Radicalism" the release said.
The actions against LTC Dooley, an instructor involved with this elective,
follow a letter to the Department of Defense dated October 19, 2011 and
finally released and was signed by 57 Muslim organizations, demanding that
all training materials that they judge to be offensive to Islam be "purged"
and instructors "are effectively disciplined."
Richard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel of the Thomas More Law Center
commented, "We are privileged to represent Lieutenant Colonel Dooley. He has
honorably served his Nation for 18 years and effectively carried out every
assigned mission with distinction. He served as Aide- de- Camp to three
different General Officers and deployed to Bosnia, Kuwait, and Iraq for a
total of six operational and combat tours. During that time, he received
numerous awards and decorations. Now after a lifetime of service to his
country, he is being sacrificed on the altar of political correctness and
expediency by the Army he so loyally served and loves."
Thompson also stated, "In order to appease Muslims and the White House,
General
Dempsey and the Department of Defense rushed to punish LTC Dooley. In the
process, they
violated not only our Nation's core principles of free speech and academic
freedom guaranteed
by our Constitution, but also, a number of the military's own regulations
dealing with academic
freedom and non-attribution policies of the National Defense University
(NDU) to which LTC
Dooley was assigned. They violated the right to due process of law and even
by-passed the
University's Provost, who under NDU's own rules has primary responsibility
for adjudication of
this matter."
Some of those 57 Muslim and Arab organizations are the Council on
American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), noted for their extremism and support of
terrorist background; Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), EMERGE-USA,
Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), and Islamic Society of North America
(ISNA) and many are tied to the Muslim Brotherhood.
Although there may be more on the list, backgrounds on some of the named
groups above have ties to terrorist organizations.
In regards to EMERGE-USA, the co-founder and spokesman of EMERGE, Khurrum
Wahid, has given legal support to what would seem to be a who's who of
accused terrorists in America, including a man who threatened to assassinate
President George W. Bush and two South Florida imams who were charged with
sending at least $50,000 to the Taliban to murder American troops overseas.
As well, Wahid is a former representative of the Hamas-linked Council on
American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). In 2011, he landed on a U.S. government
terrorist watch list.
The Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) is also without controversy in
their support of terrorist organization, Hamas and their opposition to
Israel, the same goes for CAIR.
Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), ISNA, its key leaders, and its
affiliated entities appear to have made few statements regarding terrorism
before the events of September 11, 2001 and the statements which were made
generally expressed concern that Muslims would be stereotyped and or in some
other way victimized as a result. However, there is evidence that ISNA had
been providing ideological support for terrorism in areas that the
Saudi/Muslim Brotherhood network consider appropriate.
In July 1995, Muzzamil Siddiqi of ISNA made the following comments following
an early suicide bombing in Tel Aviv: "In order to eliminate an injustice,
[a Muslim] should not do a greater injustice..Islam teaches the use of
non-violent methods, such as speaking out and demonstrating. Islam says you
have the right to defend yourself, and if you die, this is a blessed
death..But not in aggression. This is not very different from other
communities, where you are considered a hero if you die defending your
country. In religious terminology, you have eternal life, a blessed life.
Those who die on the part of justice are alive, and their place is with the
Lord, and they receive the highest position because this is the highest
honor. But it does not apply to those who die for unrighteousness."
In further statements regarding LTC Dooley, Thompson said, "This is a threat
to our National Security. In effect, our own government is applying Islamic
Sharia law to prevent any criticism of Islam. The chill on instruction is
already happening at the Joint Forces Command College of the National
Defense University, to which LTC Dooley is assigned."
"Betrayed by his military chain of command, all of whom refused to stand
behind their
own Academic Freedom and Non-Attribution regulations, LTC Dooley stands
alone in his
association with what had been previously acceptable methods of educational
inquiry. As a
result, LTC Dooley, an 18-year Army Officer and combat veteran, has been
stripped of his
teaching position and is now the subject of a negative evaluation report
that threatens to damage
his otherwise sterling career."
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