By Abu Junayd

There is a new "American Movement" afoot aimed at taking America back to the days of the Spanish rule under Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. This new movement or should I say this current rehash of the same old intolerant religious fanatical terrorism is bent on making America "SANE"

The Society for American National Existence (SANE) is calling for the imprisonment of Americas’ Muslims for a term of no less than 2o years. The only crime would be the actual practice of Islamic principles. Those who refuse to adopt a so-called moderate version of Islam as dictated by these inquisitors would be deprived of their freedoms until they repented of said heresies. Those who convert or feign conversion to this "modern" version of Islam would be spared. These individuals would of course be required to turn in their more "radical brothers" who actually want to practice their faith in the "Land of the Free."

Serious students of history know very well the story of the inquisitions which began during the decline and fall of the Roman Empire and lasted until 1834, when the last vestiges of Spanish state sponsored terrorism were finally eradicated. These were perhaps the darkest days of modern European history. Religious intolerance had reached such an extreme, that those unwilling to convert to Catholicism (the official state religion) were given the chance to repent or were forced to confess. In order to extract confessions physical torture was frequently used. The civil authorities ( since the church would not directly sully its hands with such affairs) made use of such painful methods as burning with live coals, piercing, stretching of limbs on the rack (both vertically and horizontally), and by crushing of fingers and toes. Those who were "belligerent" and refused to confess to heresy (and actually survived the torture) were normally either imprisoned for life or burned alive at the stake.

The Society of Americans for National Existence" or SANE, under the partial leadership of Mr. David Gaubatz the "Director of Intelligence & Counter-terrorism" has as their immediate objective:

This group of inquisitors intends to "conduct a thorough mapping and indexing of Shari’a in America". They will employ "open source" and "intelligence gathering" (read domestic spying on private American citizens). This group of inquisitors will develop dossiers on Muslim community leaders, teachers, students, business people and private citizens. No one will be spared the inhumanities of having their right to privacy violated. Like victims of the Spanish inquisition, those who cooperate will be spare the penalty meted out by those who choose to actually practice Islam. During the Inquisition in Spain mere practice of Islam was enough to sentence one to life imprisonment at a minimum and at most a swift and painful death by impaling of by burning at the stake.

A recent example of the tactics used by this group of inquisitors may be found in their recent visit to the Dar ul Hijrah Masjid in Falls Church Virginia.

As with any form of religious intolerance and fanaticism be it the fanaticism of these modern-day inquisitors, or the Spanish inquisitors led my Tomas de Torquemada they regard themselves and those who support them as the only SANE individuals in the society. Muslims have lived through such tyranny at the hands of Jews, Christians and Muslims. Recent Islamic history abounds with stories of torture, imprisonment, and mass executions reminiscent of the Spanish inquisitions. We only have to look at Bosnia, Palestine, Sudan, Libya, Kashmir, etc. to see the end result of such exclusivist thinking.

American Muslims are no stranger to the tactics of such fanatical home grown terrorists. The students of Al Imam Sheikh Sayyid Mubarik ‘Ali Gilani have been under attack by such groups for the past 30 years. Any rag tag group seeking to make a name for itself or to get on the map, will stage some sort of protest at their door steps or conduct some sort of so-called secret investigation into the doings of the Muslims of the American and the International Qur’anic Open University. The majority of Americas’ Muslims have not had to endure the slander, the infiltrations, the entrapments, the provocations by implanted undercover agent provocateurs. We have endured and survived thus far with the permission of Allah and the guidance of our Sheikh. Our survival has been as a direct result of our actually adhering to the Divine principals of Islam in our daily lives.

Perhaps soon they will come and take me away as I am proud to be a practicing Muslim, adherent to the Hanafi school of Islamic Jurisprudence and a follower of the school of inner Islamic Spiritual Purification re-established by the Noble Sheikh Sayyidinaa Abdul Qadir Gilani al Baghdadi ( May Allah be pleased with him). I am most fortunate to his Noble Son, and the Son of the Beloved Prophet Muhammad Pace and Blessings of Allah be upon him Al Imam Sheikh Sayyid Mubarik Ali Jilani as my personal Leader (Imam) and Guide (Murshid).

Americas Muslims, both indigenous and immigrant must stand together against this terroristic threat. Our Sheikh has taught us and rightly so, that we must practice Islam in letter and spirit if we are to survive in this world with any semblance of dignity and respect. This is our country, we will not flee to Mexico or Canada as freedom is our right. We end with these words from the "SANE" people and thank God that we are counted as among the insane in their eyes. Oh Allah please protect us from such bigotry, hatred, evil and blindness, ameen.

For three decades Americas Muslims by and large turned a deaf ear to the many injustices perpetrated against Sheikh Sayyid Mubarik Ali Shah Gilani. The Muslims of the Americas over the years have been and shunned by most of the major Islamic organizations in the United States. Many bought in to the lies and thought that by distancing themselves they would be safe. This is not an attack on the liberties and freedoms of just one group of Muslims. It is an attack on the liberty and freedom of all Americas’ Muslims. Many Americans still think (even in light of recent the CIA "Family Jewels" dirty trick revelations) that surely the lies and slanders which have persisted for 30 years must have had some basis in truth. Lies no matter how oft-repeated nonetheless remain lies. How long will America’s people allow themselves to be manipulated, corralled and deprived of their rights by the politics of fear?