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March 29, 2008
Radical Islam a Criminal Enterprise
by Jack Lee
Given the many thousands of undeniable and grossly violent criminals acts committed by Islamic extremists over an extended period of time, the question begs to be asked, is their form of the Islamic religion nothing more than a criminal enterprise?
The FBI defines a criminal enterprise as "a group of individuals with an identified hierarchy, or comparable structure, engaged in significant criminal activity. These organizations often engage in multiple criminal activities and have extensive supporting networks.
The Continuing Criminal Enterprise statute, or Title 21 of the United States Code, Section 848(c)(2), defines a criminal enterprise as any group of six or more people, where one of the six occupies a position of organizer, a supervisory position, or any other position of management with respect to the other five, and which generates substantial income or resources, and is engaged in a continuing series of violations of subchapters I and II of Chapter 13 of Title 21 of the United States Code."
This definition appears to fit a number of fundamentalist Islamic Mosques here and abroad. If radical Islamic Mosques and their membership are a criminal enterprise, and obviously some are, we should not allow them in the United States and why we do speaks to political correctness taken to an absurd end. Those criminal enterprises ought to be considered for what they are, organized crime, and prosecuted under the RICO act!
Peaceful, lawful, Islamic sects within the U.S.A. deserve to be recognized as not involved with terrorism and protected from being defamed or attacked because of the deeds of those violent sects that are criminal enterprises. And in that case isn't it reasonable to identify those illegal groups wherever in the world they exist so they can be distanced from the peaceful sects in Islam?
Posted by Post Scripts at March 29, 2008 01:37 PM
Comments
Yes.
Posted by: Nick at March 29, 2008 07:39 PM
Jack - Is there really Radical Islam?
Or is it Islam, and the minority peaceful Islamic sect?
Posted by: Aaron Park at March 30, 2008 09:15 PM
Thats a fair question Aaron and I can't say with any certainty, but if you look at historic Islam, it's a very bloody religion of ruthless conquest. If you look at Islam in this century that has migrated into North America and most of Europe, it's been reasonably peaceful, considering their large numbers and finally if you look at Islam spread across North Africa and the middle east it's pretty much 70-30, with 40 being in favor of violence. Of course this is just my opinion.
That being said, I think we're nuts to encourage Muslims of any sort to immigrate here because what they believe and what we believe are incompatible. True Islam and a free and open democracy are basically polars apart and don't mix.
We just don't need to invite that kind of potential for trouble as France and the UK are now discovering. However, for those of the Islamic faith that are already here and are law abiding people, then I think we should treat them like anyone else. The Chico Mosque is very liberal and peaceful, but they are not the sect we see in the middle-East.
Posted by: Jack at March 30, 2008 11:43 PM