From Wikipedia:
Islamberg is a community founded by Imam Al Sheik Mubarik Ali Shah Jilani Hashimi, it is a branch of Muslims of the Americas Inc., a tax-exempt organization formed in 1980 by Pakistani Sufi cleric Sheikh Mubarak Ali Gilani, who refers to himself as "the sixth Sultan Ul Faqr". Gilani has been linked to Jamaat ul-Fuqra.
It got its start about 20 years ago in the Catskills mountains within Hancock New York, when — inspired by the words of the Sufi cleric, a group of primarily black Muslims from Brooklyn left New York City to escape crime, poverty and racism. Aiming to lead what they believed was a peaceful and holy Muslim life, they built a community of some 40 family houses, their own grocery store and a bookstore.
And they weren't alone. Other groups, also inspired by Gilani, have set up similar communities in 19 other states. According to the group's own Web site, the Islamberg community is still "struggling," and is asking for donations to complete its mosque.
According to locals, the land previously belonged to a Deposit, N.Y., woman who opened up her home in the in the late 1970s or early '80s to disadvantaged youths from the city so that they could avoid being led astray by a financially and morally bankrupt urban environment.
Allegations of verbal threats of violence against a blogger on behalf of the community have been reported, and documented by the Spokane Police Department.
Two members of Jamaat ul-Fuqra spent time in Islamberg prior to being convicted for their involvement with the first World Trade Center bombing and for conspiring to bomb New York City tunnels and landmarks.
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For more information about Islamberg, Sheik Gilani and Jamaat ul Fuqra, please seem my other videos, and the links below:
http://nicedeb.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/islamberg-back-in-the-news/
http://mosquewatch.blogspot.com/2008/05/michael-savage-islamberg-and-islam.html
http://www.canadafreepress.com/2007/cover051507.htm
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48868
http://politicsofcp.blogspot.com/2005/10/digest-of-jamaat-ul-fuqra-coverage.html
http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/Gilani
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/03/13/60II/main503644.shtml
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/255
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObYpts2MClM&NR=1
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WOW !
mosquewatch 3 years ago
excuse me but love thy neighbor is not a tenet of the islamic DEATH CULT ....this PRIEST should read a BOOK ..what kind of drugs is he on??"???
SHMUJEW 3 years ago
what does this have to do with three faiths?????? this has to do with a death cult called ISLAM ....ISLAM must be destroyed ...BOMB THE KABBAH and the METEORITE that these pagans pray too
SHMUJEW 3 years ago
Sorry bout acting a fool, but to hear that man say that pisses me off worse then the Muslims having views I know thgey already hold, or that liar of a Muslim saying " No, this is not the mainstream view". I expect that dung from Muslims. But to have a Christian, who is in charge of teaching other Christians say that bullshit pisses me off to the point of exploding. And for you wussies saying to yourself a Christian shouldn't act as I am and cuss, my sins are no greater or lessor then yours...
MirroringTruth 3 years ago
Oh bullshit...excuse my language. Every time I hear some Christian, much less a bishop, say we have something fundamental in all our religions like , love your neighbor, I throw up a little in my mouth. Yeah, all 3 believe justice must be done, but obviously this old fool knows nothing about Islamic history, and their kind of justice. I get so infuriated when morons speak with not one bit of knowledge. I want to find out the church he presides over and ask him if he's simply a fool or a retard.
MirroringTruth 3 years ago