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A highly decorated Army lieutenant colonel says he was essentially blacklisted by his superiors after more than 50 Muslim groups complained about a course he taught on radical Islam. Now he is fighting to get his career back.
As previously reported by TheBlaze, Lt. Col. Matthew Dooley, a West Point graduate and decorated combat veteran, was an instructor at the Joint Forces Staff College at the National Defense University, where he was reportedly popular among students and fellow staff members, FoxNews.com reports.
That all changed when Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, slammed Dooley and his “Perspectives on Islam and Islamic Radicalism” course during a Pentagon press conference in May, calling his teachings unprofessional and “against our values.”
He was later given a negative Officer Evaluation Report (OER), which was unusual given the fact that Dooley had passed the evaluations with flying colors the previous five years. Dooley says a bad OER is like being blacklisted in military circles.
“This was a very heavy-handed approach from the very top,” Richard Thompson, president of the Thomas More Law Center, told Fox News. His organization is now representing Dooley in the case. To read one of their latest press releases on the case, click here.
“He had a brilliant career ahead of him,” Thompson added. “Now, he has been flagged…“They [superiors] ordered a negative evaluation. He will never have the opportunity for promotion unless this is overturned.”
(To learn more about some of Dooley’s course material, click here)
Attorneys at the Thomas More Law Center believe a letter sent to the White House, Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies about a year ago and signed by 57 Islamic organizations caused the federal government to clamp down on Dooley, his course and ultimately all the government’s training material on radical Islam. Among the organizations who signed the letter are the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), both named unindicted co-conspirators in the Holy Land Foundation trial, the largest terrorism financing case in U.S. history.
Lawmakers and critics have alleged that the letter led to the massive purge of terms than Muslims might find “offensive” in government training materials, which Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) says threatens U.S. national security. The feds enlisted a number of “Islamic experts” to help with the purge, however, they have refused to reveal who they are despite numerous inquiries from Congress and members of the press.
The Washington Times explains some of the changes that occurred:
“Dooley is still serving in the military and not allowed to speak publicly on his case, according to Thompson. But the soldier is hoping to have his negative OER revised and be reinstated in his job as an instructor, according to Thompson, who maintains that the guidelines from the NDU Faculty Handbook were disregarded when Dooley was relieved of his position,” according to FoxNews.com.
Here is the letter that reportedly led the massive purge of terms relating to radical Islam in government training materials:
US Islamic groups demand Islamophobia ‘purge’ in letter to White House October 19, 2011
The Honorable John Brennan
Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and
Counterterrorism and Deputy National Security Advisor
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. Brennan,
The undersigned Muslim, Arab, and South Asian organizations write regarding the federal
government’s use of biased, false and highly offensive training materials about Muslims and
Islam. The seriousness of this issue cannot be overstated, and we request that the White House
immediately create an interagency task force to address this problem, with a fair and transparent
mechanism for input from the Muslim, Arab, and South Asian communities, including civil
rights lawyers, religious leaders, and law enforcement experts.
While recent news reports have highlighted the FBI’s use of biased experts and training
materials, we have learned that this problem extends far beyond the FBI and has infected other
government agencies, including the U.S. Attorney’s Anti-Terrorism Advisory Councils, the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Army. Furthermore, by the FBI’s own
admission, the use of bigoted and distorted materials in its trainings has not been an isolated
occurrence. Since last year, reports have surfaced that the FBI, and other federal agencies, are
using or supporting the use of biased trainers and materials in presentations to law enforcement
officials. Disclosures of materials through a Freedom of Information Act request by civil rights
organizations and in-depth reporting by Wired magazine show just how prevalent this issue is
throughout the federal government.
Recently disclosed materials, include:
v A 2006 FBI intelligence report stating that individuals who convert to Islam are on
the path to becoming “Homegrown Islamic Extremists,” if they exhibit any of the
following behavior:1
• “Wearing traditional Muslim attire”
• “Growing facial hair”
• “Frequent attendance at a mosque or a prayer group”
• “Travel to a Muslim country”
• “Increased activity in a pro-Muslim social group or political cause”
1 Spencer Ackerman, New Evidence of Anti-Islam Bias Underscores Deep Challenges for FBI’s
Reform Pledge, WIRED MAGAZINE, Sept. 23, 2011, available at
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/09/fbi-islam-domination/all/1.
The Honorable John Brennan
October 19, 2011
Page 2
v In 2007, William Gawthrop, a FBI intelligence analyst who has stated that the
Prophet “Muhammad’s mindset is a source for terrorism” taught a class at the
National Defense Intelligence College, the professional education institution run by
the Defense Intelligence Agency.2
v A January 2009 powerpoint presentation by the FBI’s Law Enforcement
Communications Unit, which trains new recruits, states that Islam is a religion that
“transforms [a] country’s culture into 7th-century Arabian ways.”3 A reading list
accompanying the presentation includes books such as:
• The Truth About Mohammed: Founder of the World’s Most Intolerant
Religion, by Robert Spencer, the co-founder of a group called Stop
Islamicization of America—designated a hate group by the Southern
Poverty Law Center—and a well-known Muslim-basher who was cited
by the Oslo, Norway terrorist 65+ times in his manifesto “justifying”
his attack.
• The Arab Mind, by Raphael Patai (which contains such quotes as “In
the Arab view of human nature, no person is supposed to be able to
maintain incessant, uninterrupted control over himself. Any event that
is outside routine everyday occurrence can trigger such a loss of
control . . . Once aroused, Arab hostility will vent itself
indiscriminately on all outsiders”)
v A report, authored by Army Command and General Staff at the Fort Leavenworth
School of Advanced Military Studies, dated May 21, 2009, includes statements such
as:4
• “Moderate Muslims are not exercising moderation; they are simply
applying other means to accomplish the same goal of establishing
global Islamic dominance.”
2 Spencer Ackerman, Justice Department Official: Muslim ‘Juries’ Threaten ‘Our Values’,
WIRED MAGAZINE, Oct. 5, 2011, available at
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/islamophobia-beyond-fbi/2/; see also Ex-official:
Muhammad Reveals Key to Overcoming Jihadists, WorldNetDaily, Oct. 31, 2006, available at
http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=38575.
3 Spencer Ackerman, FBI ‘Islam 101’ Guide Depicted Muslims as 7th-Century Simpletons,
WIRED MAGAZINE, July 27, 2011, available at http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/07/fbiislam-
101-guide/.
4 See Major David A. Strauss, Global Insurgency to Reestablish the Caliphate; Identifying and
Understanding the Enemy, School of Advanced Military Studies, United States Army Command
and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 2009, available at
http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA506224.
The Honorable John Brennan
October 19, 2011
Page 3
• “Islamic doctrine is based upon the establishment of its culture in
dominance of all others. In essence, all other cultures must not only
accept, but convert or submit, to Islam.”
v A May 19, 2010, powerpoint presentation prepared by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for
the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and delivered at a Defense Department
conference, states that “Internal Islamic Failures/Collapse . . . Did NOT Start on
9/11,” but instead date back “~1400 years” (to the birth of Islam and the death of the
Prophet Muhammad)5.
v In July 2010, Robert Spencer presented a two-hour seminar on “the belief system of
Islamic jihadists” to the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) in Tidewater, Virginia.
He presented a similar lecture to the U.S. Attorney’s Anti-Terrorism Advisory
Council, which is co-hosted by the FBI’s Norfolk Field Office.6
v In January 2011, Stephen Coughlin, a former consultant on Islamic law for the Joint
Chiefs of Staff who criticized ex-President George W. Bush’s assurances that the
U.S. is not at war with Islam for having a “chilling effect” on intelligence analysis,
gave a presentation to the FBI’s D.C. field office, during which, according to
attendees, he claimed that Islamic law was incompatible with the U.S. Constitution
and that there is no such thing as a loyal American Muslim.7
v A power point presentation from a March 21, 2011, FBI training, “Strategic Themes
and Drivers in Islamic Law,” included statements such as:8
• “Accommodation and compromise between [Islam and the West] are
impermissible and fighting [for Muslims] is obligatory”
• “There may not be a ‘radical’ threat as much as it is simply a normal
assertion of the orthodox ideology . . . [t]he strategic themes animating
these Islamic values are not fringe; they are main stream”
• The Islamic practice of zakat, alms-giving, is characterized as a
“funding mechanism for combat”
v An undated FBI powerpoint presentation titled “Militancy Considerations” shows a
comparative line graph where the Torah, Bible, and Quran are charted on an axis
showing a trajectory of the sacred texts from “violent” to “non-violent.” The Torah
and Bible are graphed until 2010, reaching the zenith of “non-violent,” while the line
5 Ackerman, supra note 2.
6 Ackerman, supra note 1.
7 Id.
8 Spencer Ackerman, FBI Teaches Agents: ‘Mainstream’ Muslims Are ‘Violent, Radical,’ WIRED
MAGAZINE, Sept. 14, 2011, available at http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/09/fbimuslims-
radical/.
The Honorable John Brennan
October 19, 2011
Page 4
for the Quran stops at 622 AD and remains at the “violent” stage, with a parenthetical
that “this moderating process has not happened.”9
v During a June 8, 2011, presentation by FBI analyst William Gawthrop to Infragard, a
partnership organization between the FBI and the private sector, Gawthrop stated that
al-Qaida was “irrelevant” compared to the threat of Islam itself. He also compared
Islam to the Death Star and stated that it needs to be shot with a “torpedo.”10
v As recently as September 1, 2011, mandatory orientation material for all 4,400
members of the FBI’s JTTF’s stated:11
“Sunni Muslims have been prolific in spawning numerous and varied
fundamentalist extremist terrorist organizations. Sunni core doctrine
and end state have remained the same and they continue to strive for
Sunni Islamic domination of the world to prove a key Quranic assertion
that no system of government or religion on earth can match the
Quran’s purity and effectiveness for paving the road to God.”
v The FBI’s intranet features antiquated and offensive documents about Muslims and
Islam, including:12
• “The Personal Law of The Mahommedans.” (19th Century text)
• “Mohammed Or Christ: An Account Of The Rapid Spread of Islam In
All Parts of The Globe, The Methods Employed to Obtain Proselytes,
Its Immense Press, Its Strongholds, & Suggested Means to be Adopted
to Counteract the Evil.” (1915 text)
v The FBI’s library at the FBI training academy in Quantico, Virginia holds books from
a number of authors who have publicly defiled and maligned Islam and Muslims,
including:13
• Militant Islam Reaches America, by Daniel Pipes
• Islamikaze: Manifestations of Islamic Martyrology, by Raphael Israeli,
who equated “normative Islam” to “horrendous cruelty and
inhumanity”
9 Id.
10 Spencer Ackerman and Noah Shachtman, Video: FBI Trainer Says Forget ‘Irrelevant’ al-
Qaida, Target Islam, ’ WIRED MAGAZINE, Sept. 20, 2011, available at
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/09/fbi-islam-qaida-irrelevant/.
11 Ackerman, supra note 1.
12 Id.
13 Id.
The Honorable John Brennan
October 19, 2011
Page 5
• Muhammad’s Monsters, by David Bukay, who wrote “Islam and
democracy are totally incompatible, and are mutually inconclusive”
• Onward Muslim Soldiers, by Robert Spencer
The use of bigoted trainers and materials like those above is not only highly offensive,
disparaging the faith of millions of Americans, but leads to biased policing that targets
individuals and communities based on religion, not evidence of wrongdoing. Inaccurate and
bigoted training materials also foster fear and suspicion of American Muslims amongst law
enforcement and the general public, increasing discrimination, bullying, harassment and anti-
Muslim violence.
In response to these recent disclosures, federal officials across the country—particularly FBI
field offices—have been reaching out to local Muslim communities to state that the offensive
training materials do not reflect the opinion of the FBI, its field offices or the federal
government. Until the following steps are taken to remedy this problem and to prevent it from
recurring, we will not be confident in these assertions. We urge you to create an interagency task
force, led by the White House, tasked with the following responsibilities:
1. Review all trainers and training materials at government agencies, including all
FBI intelligence products used such as the FBI intranet, FBI library and JTTF
training programs; US Attorney training programs; U.S. Department of Homeland
Security, U.S. Department of Defense, and US military intranet, libraries and
training materials, resources and experts;
2. Purge all federal government training materials of biased materials;
3. Implement a mandatory re-training program for FBI agents, U.S. Army officers,
and all federal, state and local law enforcement who have been subjected to biased
training;
4. Ensure that personnel reviews are conducted and all trainers and other
government employees who promoted biased trainers and training materials are
effectively disciplined;
5. Implement quality control processes to ensure that bigoted trainers and biased
materials are not developed or utilized in the future; and
6. Issue guidance clearly stating that religious practice and political advocacy are
protected activities under the First Amendment, not indicators of violence, and
shall not be the basis for surveillance or investigation.
The interagency task force should include a fair and transparent mechanism for input from the
Muslim, Arab, and South Asian communities, including civil rights lawyers, religious leaders,
and law enforcement experts.
The Honorable John Brennan
October 19, 2011
Page 6
The gravity of this issue and the need for an independent, effective investigation into the federal
government’s training of its agents and other law enforcement is imperative. We appreciate your
attention to this matter and look forward to your response.
Sincerely,
AlMaghrib Institute
American Coalition for Good Government
American Muslim Association of Lawyers
American Muslim Voice
American Pakistan Foundation
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)
Arab American Association of New York
Arab American Institute (AAI)
Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS)
Arab Muslim American Federation (AMAF)
Bay Area Association of Muslim Lawyers (BAAML)
Capitol Area Muslim Bar Association
Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago (CIOGC)
Council of Islamic Organizations of Michigan (CIOM)
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
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EMERGE-USA
Florida Muslim Bar Association
Georgia Association of Muslim Lawyers
Houston Shifa Services Foundation
Indian Muslim Relief & Charities (IMRC)
Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA)
Islamic Information Center
Islamic Medical Association of North America (IMANA)
Islamic Networks Group (ING)
Islamic Relief USA
Islamic Shura Council of Southern California
Islamic Society of Greater Houston (ISGH)
Islamic Society of North America (ISNA)
KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights
Majlis Ash-Shura (Islamic Leadership Council) of Metropolitan NY
Michigan Muslim Bar Association
Muslim Advocates
Muslim American Civil Liberties Coalition (MACLC)
Muslim American Society (MAS)
Muslim Bar Association of Chicago
Muslim Bar Association of New York
Muslim Bar Association of Southern California
The Honorable John Brennan
October 19, 2011
Page 7
Muslim Congress/Justice360
Muslim Consultative Network (MCN)
Muslim Lawyers Association of Houston
Muslim Legal Fund of America (MLFA)
Muslim Peace Coalition USA
Muslim Progressive Traditionalist Alliance
Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)
National Muslim Law Students Association
National Network for Arab American Communities (NNAAC)
New England Muslim Bar Association
Northern California Islamic Council
Ohio Muslim Bar Association
Pakistani American Bar Association (PABA)
Pakistani American Leadership Center (PAL-C)
Pakistani American Public Affairs Committee
Somali Action Alliance
South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT)
South Asian Network (SAN)
Women in Islam, Inc.
cc: The Honorable Eric Holder, Jr., U.S. Attorney General
The Honorable Leon Panetta, Secretary of Defense
The Honorable Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security
The Honorable Robert Mueller, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigations
The Honorable Thomas E. Donilon, National Security Advisor
The Honorable Denis McDonough, Deputy National Security Advisor
So this IS part of the Islam / Muslim 'Project' as they stated to Take over 'Jihad 1st phase' in America... You demand Nothing be said about you no matter how True it is, No longer Train the good guys to Defend America from terrorists / jihadists / etc.
Hitler would have loved this.... and Stalin... Hey can you no longer talk about us Nazi's or Communists in a negative way, you may only say good things about us no matter how false they are, and never say we harm, spy, are working to destroy your civilization and culture...
Jihadists are Evil, they are by fact Islam / Muslims 100% of the time, they are in power and have infiltrated All of our military, and the congress, senate, white house.... at all levels.
They now demand Silence!
So they can more easily continue to completion their 'Project' as they call it or the overthrow of the American Civilization, US Constitution, Bill of Rights, Freedom for All religion, Freedom for Women, minorities, and normal God given rights to live.
This is a serious danger, and I would hope we can have a cleansing upon the change of White House residences....President.
Then we need to clean out all known jihadists, supporters of sharia law the opposite of our laws, and supporters of Islam, who is a Sworn enemy of America....
This is not what they Jihadists deem islamophobia, this is protecting our very lives and freedoms from a group of international people, a political ideology that is evil, that is sweeping aside civilized governments all over the world, replacing them with 8th century barbarianism or Sharia enslavements.. This is a danger.
Army Instructor Ousted Over Muslim Groups‘ Complaints About ’Bigoted’ Teachings on Radical Islam Fights Back
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Lt. Col. Matthew Dooley (Thomas More Law Center)
As previously reported by TheBlaze, Lt. Col. Matthew Dooley, a West Point graduate and decorated combat veteran, was an instructor at the Joint Forces Staff College at the National Defense University, where he was reportedly popular among students and fellow staff members, FoxNews.com reports.
That all changed when Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, slammed Dooley and his “Perspectives on Islam and Islamic Radicalism” course during a Pentagon press conference in May, calling his teachings unprofessional and “against our values.”
He was later given a negative Officer Evaluation Report (OER), which was unusual given the fact that Dooley had passed the evaluations with flying colors the previous five years. Dooley says a bad OER is like being blacklisted in military circles.
“This was a very heavy-handed approach from the very top,” Richard Thompson, president of the Thomas More Law Center, told Fox News. His organization is now representing Dooley in the case. To read one of their latest press releases on the case, click here.
“He had a brilliant career ahead of him,” Thompson added. “Now, he has been flagged…“They [superiors] ordered a negative evaluation. He will never have the opportunity for promotion unless this is overturned.”
Attorneys at the Thomas More Law Center believe a letter sent to the White House, Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies about a year ago and signed by 57 Islamic organizations caused the federal government to clamp down on Dooley, his course and ultimately all the government’s training material on radical Islam. Among the organizations who signed the letter are the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), both named unindicted co-conspirators in the Holy Land Foundation trial, the largest terrorism financing case in U.S. history.
Lawmakers and critics have alleged that the letter led to the massive purge of terms than Muslims might find “offensive” in government training materials, which Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) says threatens U.S. national security. The feds enlisted a number of “Islamic experts” to help with the purge, however, they have refused to reveal who they are despite numerous inquiries from Congress and members of the press.
The Washington Times explains some of the changes that occurred:
The FBI training manual changed. Nearly 900 pages of training that was considered offensive were deleted. Members like Congressman Allen West, Florida Republican, and Congressman Louie Gohmert, Texas Republican, were critical of the purge.Watch Gohmert’s epic House floor speech on document purge and radical Islam back in February:
Gohmert questioned FBI director Robert Mueller in May 2012 about the deleting of FBI material. Rep. Gohmert went to the House floor and compared the number of times certain terms (at 22:40) were used in the 9/11 Commission report as opposed to the now purged FBI training manual. For example, according to Gohmert, the 9/11 report mentioned the word “Islam” 322 times. However, Gohmert discusses that the FBI training manual can no longer mention the terms: Islam, Muslim, jihad, enemy, Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Hezbollah, al Qaeda, caliphate, Shariah law.
“The people who were the hijackers the people who planned the attacks that hoped to have killed tens of thousands of Americans instead of three thousand those were Islamists…they believed in Islam. And thank God that they only represent a tiny percentage of Muslims around the world, but let’s be realistic. As one intelligence officer said, ‘we are blinding ourselves to being able to see who our enemy is.’”
“Dooley is still serving in the military and not allowed to speak publicly on his case, according to Thompson. But the soldier is hoping to have his negative OER revised and be reinstated in his job as an instructor, according to Thompson, who maintains that the guidelines from the NDU Faculty Handbook were disregarded when Dooley was relieved of his position,” according to FoxNews.com.
Here is the letter that reportedly led the massive purge of terms relating to radical Islam in government training materials:
US Islamic groups demand Islamophobia ‘purge’ in letter to White House October 19, 2011
The Honorable John Brennan
Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and
Counterterrorism and Deputy National Security Advisor
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. Brennan,
The undersigned Muslim, Arab, and South Asian organizations write regarding the federal
government’s use of biased, false and highly offensive training materials about Muslims and
Islam. The seriousness of this issue cannot be overstated, and we request that the White House
immediately create an interagency task force to address this problem, with a fair and transparent
mechanism for input from the Muslim, Arab, and South Asian communities, including civil
rights lawyers, religious leaders, and law enforcement experts.
While recent news reports have highlighted the FBI’s use of biased experts and training
materials, we have learned that this problem extends far beyond the FBI and has infected other
government agencies, including the U.S. Attorney’s Anti-Terrorism Advisory Councils, the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Army. Furthermore, by the FBI’s own
admission, the use of bigoted and distorted materials in its trainings has not been an isolated
occurrence. Since last year, reports have surfaced that the FBI, and other federal agencies, are
using or supporting the use of biased trainers and materials in presentations to law enforcement
officials. Disclosures of materials through a Freedom of Information Act request by civil rights
organizations and in-depth reporting by Wired magazine show just how prevalent this issue is
throughout the federal government.
Recently disclosed materials, include:
v A 2006 FBI intelligence report stating that individuals who convert to Islam are on
the path to becoming “Homegrown Islamic Extremists,” if they exhibit any of the
following behavior:1
• “Wearing traditional Muslim attire”
• “Growing facial hair”
• “Frequent attendance at a mosque or a prayer group”
• “Travel to a Muslim country”
• “Increased activity in a pro-Muslim social group or political cause”
1 Spencer Ackerman, New Evidence of Anti-Islam Bias Underscores Deep Challenges for FBI’s
Reform Pledge, WIRED MAGAZINE, Sept. 23, 2011, available at
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/09/fbi-islam-domination/all/1.
The Honorable John Brennan
October 19, 2011
Page 2
v In 2007, William Gawthrop, a FBI intelligence analyst who has stated that the
Prophet “Muhammad’s mindset is a source for terrorism” taught a class at the
National Defense Intelligence College, the professional education institution run by
the Defense Intelligence Agency.2
v A January 2009 powerpoint presentation by the FBI’s Law Enforcement
Communications Unit, which trains new recruits, states that Islam is a religion that
“transforms [a] country’s culture into 7th-century Arabian ways.”3 A reading list
accompanying the presentation includes books such as:
• The Truth About Mohammed: Founder of the World’s Most Intolerant
Religion, by Robert Spencer, the co-founder of a group called Stop
Islamicization of America—designated a hate group by the Southern
Poverty Law Center—and a well-known Muslim-basher who was cited
by the Oslo, Norway terrorist 65+ times in his manifesto “justifying”
his attack.
• The Arab Mind, by Raphael Patai (which contains such quotes as “In
the Arab view of human nature, no person is supposed to be able to
maintain incessant, uninterrupted control over himself. Any event that
is outside routine everyday occurrence can trigger such a loss of
control . . . Once aroused, Arab hostility will vent itself
indiscriminately on all outsiders”)
v A report, authored by Army Command and General Staff at the Fort Leavenworth
School of Advanced Military Studies, dated May 21, 2009, includes statements such
as:4
• “Moderate Muslims are not exercising moderation; they are simply
applying other means to accomplish the same goal of establishing
global Islamic dominance.”
2 Spencer Ackerman, Justice Department Official: Muslim ‘Juries’ Threaten ‘Our Values’,
WIRED MAGAZINE, Oct. 5, 2011, available at
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/islamophobia-beyond-fbi/2/; see also Ex-official:
Muhammad Reveals Key to Overcoming Jihadists, WorldNetDaily, Oct. 31, 2006, available at
http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=38575.
3 Spencer Ackerman, FBI ‘Islam 101’ Guide Depicted Muslims as 7th-Century Simpletons,
WIRED MAGAZINE, July 27, 2011, available at http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/07/fbiislam-
101-guide/.
4 See Major David A. Strauss, Global Insurgency to Reestablish the Caliphate; Identifying and
Understanding the Enemy, School of Advanced Military Studies, United States Army Command
and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 2009, available at
http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA506224.
The Honorable John Brennan
October 19, 2011
Page 3
• “Islamic doctrine is based upon the establishment of its culture in
dominance of all others. In essence, all other cultures must not only
accept, but convert or submit, to Islam.”
v A May 19, 2010, powerpoint presentation prepared by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for
the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and delivered at a Defense Department
conference, states that “Internal Islamic Failures/Collapse . . . Did NOT Start on
9/11,” but instead date back “~1400 years” (to the birth of Islam and the death of the
Prophet Muhammad)5.
v In July 2010, Robert Spencer presented a two-hour seminar on “the belief system of
Islamic jihadists” to the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) in Tidewater, Virginia.
He presented a similar lecture to the U.S. Attorney’s Anti-Terrorism Advisory
Council, which is co-hosted by the FBI’s Norfolk Field Office.6
v In January 2011, Stephen Coughlin, a former consultant on Islamic law for the Joint
Chiefs of Staff who criticized ex-President George W. Bush’s assurances that the
U.S. is not at war with Islam for having a “chilling effect” on intelligence analysis,
gave a presentation to the FBI’s D.C. field office, during which, according to
attendees, he claimed that Islamic law was incompatible with the U.S. Constitution
and that there is no such thing as a loyal American Muslim.7
v A power point presentation from a March 21, 2011, FBI training, “Strategic Themes
and Drivers in Islamic Law,” included statements such as:8
• “Accommodation and compromise between [Islam and the West] are
impermissible and fighting [for Muslims] is obligatory”
• “There may not be a ‘radical’ threat as much as it is simply a normal
assertion of the orthodox ideology . . . [t]he strategic themes animating
these Islamic values are not fringe; they are main stream”
• The Islamic practice of zakat, alms-giving, is characterized as a
“funding mechanism for combat”
v An undated FBI powerpoint presentation titled “Militancy Considerations” shows a
comparative line graph where the Torah, Bible, and Quran are charted on an axis
showing a trajectory of the sacred texts from “violent” to “non-violent.” The Torah
and Bible are graphed until 2010, reaching the zenith of “non-violent,” while the line
5 Ackerman, supra note 2.
6 Ackerman, supra note 1.
7 Id.
8 Spencer Ackerman, FBI Teaches Agents: ‘Mainstream’ Muslims Are ‘Violent, Radical,’ WIRED
MAGAZINE, Sept. 14, 2011, available at http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/09/fbimuslims-
radical/.
The Honorable John Brennan
October 19, 2011
Page 4
for the Quran stops at 622 AD and remains at the “violent” stage, with a parenthetical
that “this moderating process has not happened.”9
v During a June 8, 2011, presentation by FBI analyst William Gawthrop to Infragard, a
partnership organization between the FBI and the private sector, Gawthrop stated that
al-Qaida was “irrelevant” compared to the threat of Islam itself. He also compared
Islam to the Death Star and stated that it needs to be shot with a “torpedo.”10
v As recently as September 1, 2011, mandatory orientation material for all 4,400
members of the FBI’s JTTF’s stated:11
“Sunni Muslims have been prolific in spawning numerous and varied
fundamentalist extremist terrorist organizations. Sunni core doctrine
and end state have remained the same and they continue to strive for
Sunni Islamic domination of the world to prove a key Quranic assertion
that no system of government or religion on earth can match the
Quran’s purity and effectiveness for paving the road to God.”
v The FBI’s intranet features antiquated and offensive documents about Muslims and
Islam, including:12
• “The Personal Law of The Mahommedans.” (19th Century text)
• “Mohammed Or Christ: An Account Of The Rapid Spread of Islam In
All Parts of The Globe, The Methods Employed to Obtain Proselytes,
Its Immense Press, Its Strongholds, & Suggested Means to be Adopted
to Counteract the Evil.” (1915 text)
v The FBI’s library at the FBI training academy in Quantico, Virginia holds books from
a number of authors who have publicly defiled and maligned Islam and Muslims,
including:13
• Militant Islam Reaches America, by Daniel Pipes
• Islamikaze: Manifestations of Islamic Martyrology, by Raphael Israeli,
who equated “normative Islam” to “horrendous cruelty and
inhumanity”
9 Id.
10 Spencer Ackerman and Noah Shachtman, Video: FBI Trainer Says Forget ‘Irrelevant’ al-
Qaida, Target Islam, ’ WIRED MAGAZINE, Sept. 20, 2011, available at
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/09/fbi-islam-qaida-irrelevant/.
11 Ackerman, supra note 1.
12 Id.
13 Id.
The Honorable John Brennan
October 19, 2011
Page 5
• Muhammad’s Monsters, by David Bukay, who wrote “Islam and
democracy are totally incompatible, and are mutually inconclusive”
• Onward Muslim Soldiers, by Robert Spencer
The use of bigoted trainers and materials like those above is not only highly offensive,
disparaging the faith of millions of Americans, but leads to biased policing that targets
individuals and communities based on religion, not evidence of wrongdoing. Inaccurate and
bigoted training materials also foster fear and suspicion of American Muslims amongst law
enforcement and the general public, increasing discrimination, bullying, harassment and anti-
Muslim violence.
In response to these recent disclosures, federal officials across the country—particularly FBI
field offices—have been reaching out to local Muslim communities to state that the offensive
training materials do not reflect the opinion of the FBI, its field offices or the federal
government. Until the following steps are taken to remedy this problem and to prevent it from
recurring, we will not be confident in these assertions. We urge you to create an interagency task
force, led by the White House, tasked with the following responsibilities:
1. Review all trainers and training materials at government agencies, including all
FBI intelligence products used such as the FBI intranet, FBI library and JTTF
training programs; US Attorney training programs; U.S. Department of Homeland
Security, U.S. Department of Defense, and US military intranet, libraries and
training materials, resources and experts;
2. Purge all federal government training materials of biased materials;
3. Implement a mandatory re-training program for FBI agents, U.S. Army officers,
and all federal, state and local law enforcement who have been subjected to biased
training;
4. Ensure that personnel reviews are conducted and all trainers and other
government employees who promoted biased trainers and training materials are
effectively disciplined;
5. Implement quality control processes to ensure that bigoted trainers and biased
materials are not developed or utilized in the future; and
6. Issue guidance clearly stating that religious practice and political advocacy are
protected activities under the First Amendment, not indicators of violence, and
shall not be the basis for surveillance or investigation.
The interagency task force should include a fair and transparent mechanism for input from the
Muslim, Arab, and South Asian communities, including civil rights lawyers, religious leaders,
and law enforcement experts.
The Honorable John Brennan
October 19, 2011
Page 6
The gravity of this issue and the need for an independent, effective investigation into the federal
government’s training of its agents and other law enforcement is imperative. We appreciate your
attention to this matter and look forward to your response.
Sincerely,
AlMaghrib Institute
American Coalition for Good Government
American Muslim Association of Lawyers
American Muslim Voice
American Pakistan Foundation
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)
Arab American Association of New York
Arab American Institute (AAI)
Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS)
Arab Muslim American Federation (AMAF)
Bay Area Association of Muslim Lawyers (BAAML)
Capitol Area Muslim Bar Association
Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago (CIOGC)
Council of Islamic Organizations of Michigan (CIOM)
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
DRUM - Desis Rising Up and Moving
EMERGE-USA
Florida Muslim Bar Association
Georgia Association of Muslim Lawyers
Houston Shifa Services Foundation
Indian Muslim Relief & Charities (IMRC)
Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA)
Islamic Information Center
Islamic Medical Association of North America (IMANA)
Islamic Networks Group (ING)
Islamic Relief USA
Islamic Shura Council of Southern California
Islamic Society of Greater Houston (ISGH)
Islamic Society of North America (ISNA)
KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights
Majlis Ash-Shura (Islamic Leadership Council) of Metropolitan NY
Michigan Muslim Bar Association
Muslim Advocates
Muslim American Civil Liberties Coalition (MACLC)
Muslim American Society (MAS)
Muslim Bar Association of Chicago
Muslim Bar Association of New York
Muslim Bar Association of Southern California
The Honorable John Brennan
October 19, 2011
Page 7
Muslim Congress/Justice360
Muslim Consultative Network (MCN)
Muslim Lawyers Association of Houston
Muslim Legal Fund of America (MLFA)
Muslim Peace Coalition USA
Muslim Progressive Traditionalist Alliance
Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)
National Muslim Law Students Association
National Network for Arab American Communities (NNAAC)
New England Muslim Bar Association
Northern California Islamic Council
Ohio Muslim Bar Association
Pakistani American Bar Association (PABA)
Pakistani American Leadership Center (PAL-C)
Pakistani American Public Affairs Committee
Somali Action Alliance
South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT)
South Asian Network (SAN)
Women in Islam, Inc.
cc: The Honorable Eric Holder, Jr., U.S. Attorney General
The Honorable Leon Panetta, Secretary of Defense
The Honorable Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security
The Honorable Robert Mueller, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigations
The Honorable Thomas E. Donilon, National Security Advisor
The Honorable Denis McDonough, Deputy National Security Advisor
So this IS part of the Islam / Muslim 'Project' as they stated to Take over 'Jihad 1st phase' in America... You demand Nothing be said about you no matter how True it is, No longer Train the good guys to Defend America from terrorists / jihadists / etc.
Hitler would have loved this.... and Stalin... Hey can you no longer talk about us Nazi's or Communists in a negative way, you may only say good things about us no matter how false they are, and never say we harm, spy, are working to destroy your civilization and culture...
Jihadists are Evil, they are by fact Islam / Muslims 100% of the time, they are in power and have infiltrated All of our military, and the congress, senate, white house.... at all levels.
They now demand Silence!
So they can more easily continue to completion their 'Project' as they call it or the overthrow of the American Civilization, US Constitution, Bill of Rights, Freedom for All religion, Freedom for Women, minorities, and normal God given rights to live.
This is a serious danger, and I would hope we can have a cleansing upon the change of White House residences....President.
Then we need to clean out all known jihadists, supporters of sharia law the opposite of our laws, and supporters of Islam, who is a Sworn enemy of America....
This is not what they Jihadists deem islamophobia, this is protecting our very lives and freedoms from a group of international people, a political ideology that is evil, that is sweeping aside civilized governments all over the world, replacing them with 8th century barbarianism or Sharia enslavements.. This is a danger.
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