Hamas is a terrorist organization -- so declared by the United States -- currently funded by Iran and now in control of Gaza. Its charter makes it clear its ultimate goal is to destroy Israel and kill Jews. Ever since it wrested control of Gaza from the Palestinian Authority, it has been bombarding Israeli village, towns and cities with mortars, rockets and missiles. After too many months and more than 6,000 of such bombardments Israel struck back to force a halt to the assaults. But Hamas kept firing.
Around the world, including in the United States, pro-Hamas rallies have sprung up calling for death to Jews and the elimination of Israel. Neo-Nazis and leftists have joined with Palestinians in demonstrations that have often turned violent. Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Fort Lauderdale, Boston, New York and smaller towns such as Allentown, Pennsylvania held pro-Hamas rallies organized by local Islamic groups.
To grasp the extent of the infiltration of supporters of Islamic terrorism in Europe and the United States, check out this compilation of demonstrations held on and around Saturday, January 10th.
Is Hamas only a threat to Israel? Not at all. Hamas is a spinoff of the Muslim Brotherhood, whose goal is world domination for Islam. In the United States it operates under the name of the Muslim American Society wth the express purpose of undermining American civilzation from within to eventually replace the Constitution with Islamic law, Sharia. Hamas cells are in at least 40 cities in the United States and the Muslim American Society (MAS) is entrenched in more cities than that.
How successful have such organizations been in insinuating themselves into positions of influence? In the recent Holy Land Foundation trial in Dallas in which the foundation and five of its top officials were found guilty of over 100 charges of funding Hamas, three prominent Islamic organizations linked to the Muslim American Society were named as unindicted co-conspirators -- the Islamic Society of North America ISNA), the North American Islamic Trust (NAIT) and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
CAIR is treated by the national media as the representative voice for American Muslims. NAIT is the owner of the huge new mosque built in Boston which is run by MAS. A representative of ISNA will be leading prayers at the Obama inauguration.
While some true believer Muslims are doing what the Koran says and Mohammad commanded by waging active war and violent terrorism wherever they can against Jews, Hindus, Christians and other infidels, others are working less directly but no less purposefully to build Islamic influence and power in the cities, towns and villages of Europe and America. Demonstrations such have occurred in recent weeks are part of the effort to not only delegitimize Israel's right to exist and to denigrate Jews, but also to show through intimidation the rising power of Islam.
