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Poll: Virginia GOP Dominated by Nirthers

Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:38 am PDT

Public Policy Polling has released a new survey of Virginians (PDF), showing that Barack Obama’s approval rating is dropping — but also that Virginia Republicans are overwhelmingly in thrall to the Birther madness. A majority of Virginians who voted for McCain (36%) said they don’t believe Barack Obama was born ...

Nirthers, birth certificate, Barack Obama, Conspiracy Theories, kooks, GOP, Virginia, Poll

New Poll: Only 32% of Virginia Republicans Think Obama's a US Citizen

Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 12:36 pm PDT

Uh oh. A new poll from a reputable firm with more evidence that Nirtherism is not just a fringe phenomenon in the GOP: Just 32% of Virginia Republicans Think Obama is a Citizen. Here’s an advance look at a new Public Policy Polling survey in Virginia completed over the ...

Virginia, GOP, kooks, Conspiracy Theories, Barack Obama, birth certificate, Nirthers, Poll

Former Muslim Brotherhood Front Man Running for Office As Democrat in Virginia

Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 10:47 am PST

Look who’s popping up again, running for office as a Democrat in Virginia: Esam Omeish, former president of the Muslim Brotherhood front group MAS. Elections for vacant seats in the House of Delegates are always interesting, but the Democratic nomination fight in the 35th District looks like it’ll be ...

Virginia, Muslim American Society, MAS, Esam Omeish, Muslim Brotherhood

Video: Virginia GOP Chairman Disses Darwin on His Birthday

Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 9:02 pm PST

On Charles Darwin’s birthday, the Chairman of Virginia’s Republican Party stammers out, “Darwin is best known for the theory of evolution, arguing that men are not only, quote, are, are only, not, not created, but they are not equal, as more, as some are more evolved. Whereas Darwin’s theory was ...

Evolution, Science, Natural Selection, charles darwin, GOP, Republican Party, Virginia

Islamic Saudi Academy Teaching Hatred, Sharia

Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 8:53 am PDT

The Washington Post follows up on the Islamic Saudi Academy in Fairfax, Virginia, and discovers that the textbooks used in the school were still promoting jihad and the hatred of infidels as recently as 2006: Review Finds Slurs In ‘06 Saudi Texts. A Saudi-funded academy in Fairfax County used ...

LGF, islamic saudi academy, fairfax, Virginia, Saudi Arabia, Radical Islam

Video: Al Jazeera on Islamic Saudi Academy

Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 1:15 pm PDT

Al Jazeera aired this report a few days ago on the Islamic Saudi Academy in Fairfax, Virginia (whose textbooks were revealed to be teaching hatred of non-Muslims). It’s over the top grievance theater at its worst, as the reporter blames the controversy on certain “Congressmen” (nudge, wink) who are “hostile ...

LGF, islamic saudi academy, fairfax, Virginia, Saudi Arabia, Radical Islam, Al Jazeera

Islamic Saudi Academy Director Arrested

Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 12:05 pm PDT

As we noted last week, the director of the Islamic Saudi Academy in Fairfax, Virginia, failed to report an allegation of child abuse; on June 9th Abdullah Al-Shabnan was arrested, with virtually no coverage by media. Here is the full report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom ...

LGF, islamic saudi academy, fairfax, Virginia, Saudi Arabia, Radical Islam

Jawdropper of the Week: Islamic Saudi Academy Will Stay Open

Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 3:40 pm PDT

They’re teaching children to hate and kill Jews and Christians. A former school valedictorian, Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, was convicted of joining Al Qaeda and plotting to assassinate President Bush. And they’ve been spreading this radical Islamic ideology in the US for decades. But the State Department has no plans ...

LGF, islamic saudi academy, fairfax, Virginia, Saudi Arabia, Radical Islam

The Sordid History of the Islamic Saudi Academy

Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 2:51 pm PDT

Patrick Poole has a good piece on the Islamic Saudi Academy in Fairfax, Virginia, in the news recently for the radical Islamic ideology they’re teaching children. But the story is actually a lot worse than it first appears: What Virginia’s Islamic Academy Doesn’t Want You to Know. The Islamic ...

LGF, islamic saudi academy, fairfax, Virginia, Saudi Arabia, Radical Islam, Child Abuse

Islamic School in Virginia: Kill the Infidels and Take Their Property

Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 8:42 am PDT

The Associated Press reports that there are some “troubling passages” in texts at Va. school. That would be the notorious Islamic Saudi Academy, and those “troubling passages” say things like “kill the infidels and steal their property.” Troubling. McLEAN, Va. (AP) — Textbooks at a private Islamic school in ...

LGF, Saudi Arabia, Wahhabism, Virginia, islamic saudi academy

Al Qaeda in Falls Church

Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 8:33 pm PST

Another terror connection to the Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Falls Church, Virginia: Imam From Va. Mosque Now Thought to Have Aided Al-Qaeda. This is the same mosque where Muslim American Society leader Esam Omeish is a member of the Board of Directors. Even before the 2001 terrorist attacks, American-born ...

LGF, Al Qaeda, Death Cult, Jihad, Terrorism, Virginia, MAS, Esam Omeish

Virginia Primary Thread 2

Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 7:03 pm PST

It’s Barack Obama, and John McCain. Buh bye, Hillary.

LGF, Election 2008, Primaries, Virginia, Washington DC

Virginia Primary Thread

Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 5:13 pm PST

Here’s a thread to discuss the Virginia Primary; as I write, Barack Obama is running away with it on the Democrat side, while John McCain is pretty even with Mike Huckabee....

LGF, Election 2008, Primaries, Virginia, Washington DC

MAS Official Mahdi Bray: Support for Hamas Was Just a Joke

Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 11:10 am PDT

Muslim American Society official Mahdi Bray has spoken to the Northern Virginia Daily about the video in which he’s seen cheering, as imprisoned Islamist leader Abdurrahman Alamoudi announces his support for Hamas and Hizballah: Gilbert, Athey criticize Kaine: Delegates - Ties too close. It was all a joke. They were ...

LGF, Virginia, Muslim American Society, MAS, Esam Omeish, Muslim Brotherhood, Immigration, CAIR, Mahdi Bray

MAS Leader Propagandizes in Washington Post

Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 9:31 am PDT

The Washington Post gives Muslim American Society front man Esam Omeish carte blanche today to whitewash his past and lie about the opposition to his appointment to a Virginia immigration commission: Why I Resigned. I won’t bother quoting anything from this one; you know what it says already: pointing out ...

LGF, Virginia, Muslim American Society, MAS, Esam Omeish, Muslim Brotherhood, Immigration, CAIR

Feds Recommend Closing Saudi School in Virginia

Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 8:32 am PDT

The Saudis have been quietly (and sometimes not so quietly) infiltrating America for decades, spending billions of oil dollars to build mosques and hardline religious schools in nearly every state of the union. But now there appears to be at least one government agency that is awake to the danger. ...

LGF, Saudi Arabia, Wahhabism, Theocracy, Islam, Jihad, Virginia

Virginia Delegates Demand Information on Omeish Appointment

Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 10:02 am PDT

Three Republican delegates from Viriginia are demanding information on how Governor Timothy Kaine could have missed all the radical Islamic roots and connections of the Muslim American Society, and hired their leader for an immigration commission: Details sought on immigration panel selections. Three Republican delegates have filed a request ...

LGF, Virginia, Muslim American Society, MAS, Esam Omeish, Muslim Brotherhood, Immigration, CAIR

Emerson: When Islamists Get Caught

Wed, Oct 3, 2007 at 1:11 pm PDT

Steven Emerson looks at what happens When Islamists Get Caught: they immediately cry “Islamophobia!” and “Free speech!” and “Out of context!” And the mainstream media covers for them. The Esam Omeish affair is the latest example of a “moderate,” “peaceful” American Muslim leader done in by his own words, ...

LGF, Virginia, Muslim American Society, MAS, Esam Omeish, Muslim Brotherhood, Immigration, CAIR

Shocka! CAIR Supports VA Jihad Doctor

Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 9:36 am PDT

Very predictably, unindicted Hamas co-conspirators CAIR and their thuggish leader Ibrahim Hooper spring to the defense of Muslim American Society leader Esam Omeish, whine that his “jihad” rhetoric was “taken out of context” (apparently, there has never been a case in history where radical Islamists were quoted in context), seethe ...

LGF, Virginia, Muslim American Society, MAS, Esam Omeish, Muslim Brotherhood, Immigration, CAIR

MAS Leader Whines: They're Quoting My Words! It's a Smear Campaign!

Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 10:58 am PDT

As expected, Dr. Esam Omeish, the MAS leader caught on numerous videotapes spewing violent, hateful jihad rhetoric, is whining today about a “smear campaign.” “Smear,” in this case, being defined as having his own words quoted and reported. Esam S. Omeish, the Muslim leader from Fairfax County who resigned ...

LGF, Virginia, Muslim American Society, MAS, Esam Omeish, Muslim Brotherhood, Immigration

Video: MAS Leader Dropped from VA Immigration Commission

Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 3:55 pm PDT

From Fox News’ Big Story, here’s Rich Lowry on the case of Dr. Esam Omeish, head of the Muslim Brotherhood front group calling itself the Muslim American Society. [Video] Rich makes some good points, but I have to differ with his opinion that Virginia governor Timothy Kaine can’t be blamed ...

LGF, Virginia, Muslim American Society, MAS, Esam Omeish, Muslim Brotherhood, Immigration

Breaking: MAS Leader Steps Down From VA Immigration Commission

Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 11:46 am PDT

Virginia radio station WRVA is reporting that Esam Omeish, leader of the Muslim Brotherhood front group calling itself the Muslim American Society, is stepping down from the state’s Immigration Commission. Developing... UPDATE at 9/27/07 11:56:17 am: LGF reader clairevoyant has called the station, and confirmed the report. Yes! Expect the ...

LGF, Immigration, Muslim Brotherhood, MAS, Virginia, Muslim American Society, Esam Omeish

Outrage of the Week: Leader of Muslim Brotherhood Front Group Appointed to Virginia Commission on Immigration

Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 12:51 pm PDT

The Democratic governor of Virginia, Timothy M. Kaine, has appointed Dr. Esam Omeish to the Virginia Commission on Immigration: Valley delegate challenges Kaine appointee to immigration panel. Esam Omeish is a name LGF readers may recognize; he’s the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood’s primary front group in the United States, ...

LGF, Virginia, Muslim American Society, MAS, Esam Omeish, Muslim Brotherhood, Immigration

Last Virginian Muslim Sentenced in Terror Case

Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 8:39 am PDT

The last defendant in the Virginia jihad case has been sentenced to 15 years in prison: Ex-teacher gets 15 years for aiding terror group. A federal judge yesterday sentenced a former third-grade teacher at a Muslim school in Maryland to 15 years in prison for providing support to a terrorist ...

Virginia, Jihad, Paintball, CAIR, Royer

Final Virginia Jihadi Guilty

Tue, Jun 6, 2006 at 9:31 pm PDT

The final defendant in the “Virginia Jihad” case has been convicted of three counts of providing material support to Pakistani terror gang Lashkar-i-Taiba: Final Defendant Guilty in ‘Va. Jihad’. (Hat tip: SoCalJustice.) A federal jury yesterday convicted the last man charged as a member of the “Virginia jihad network,” deciding ...

Virginia, Jihad, Terrorism, Pakistan, Paintball