Focus on Infiltration Not
Radicalization
Based on the
past history of Muslim terrorists’ cells and knowing that terrorists are being
radicalized in places such as Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria and many
other places, our citizens have been worrying about the wrong priorities when
it comes to terrorism and the national security of our country.
Most citizens
already accept the fact that peaceful Muslims can be radicalized by extremism. What
they want are government assurances that there is no possible way for American
Muslims as well as foreign Muslims to become an unstable element in our
government and society. To carry this threat one step further, the infiltration
does not have to be performed by a Muslim, for it can be a spouse or relative
or sympathizer to the cause of Islam converted or radicalized.
Mr. Syed R.
Farook was a health inspector. He had a government job and access to government
buildings as well as public buildings such as colleges and K – 12 schools. In addition,
he had access to many restaurants in the San Bernardino County area. His
ability to move around unrestricted was basically unlimited in the nature of
his scope of work as a health department inspector.
Now that it
has been exposed both Tashfeen Malik and Farook were radicalized, America is
worried about radicalization when in fact, they should be worried about
infiltration. Regardless how the FBI resolves this mass shooting, this couple
had access to heartland America through his job. His mission was easily
accomplished merely based on his occupation and access to various areas within
the county.
Infiltration
is easy – all these men and women have to do is acquire a skill, trade or
occupation with the military, police or government and gain access to sensitive
areas vulnerable to terrorism. Because our laws are designed to such a fact we
must not discriminate, this opens up more opportunities in safety sensitive areas
including security, law enforcement, transit and airline positions. The list is
endless.
The second
element of this infiltration is their ability to acquire or gain access to government
identification cards to gain access to weapons without any restrictions. The fact
is, if someone is on a mission, there are no boundaries for them to overcome
under our social and justice systems as designed. This creates an open season
on terrorist-endangered Americans.
To reduce infiltration,
Muslims or American Muslims must police themselves in order to avoid being
radicalized by extremism or individuals who have a “death wish” against
America. This requires an entirely
different honor system than the one they are used to as Muslims – they must in
fact be taught to snitch off each other if suspected of a crime or extremism.
America must
rely on family members, neighbors and co-workers to detect infiltration and
covert work to undermine the safety of our communities. This means noticing
different behaviors, ideologies, and hints of changed mindsets that focuses on
carnage rather than healthy reasons in our societies.
We, as
Americans, have to rely on the Muslim community to report their own to avoid
terrorism. There are means established for reporting suspicious behaviors or
activities but the social cult does not allow free exchange of information
without severe consequences by their own as treason towards their own religious
members or targeted by law enforcement to cover up potential crimes.
At the
moment, such self-reports are the most reliable means to prevent a crime or act
of terrorism and is not yet firmly established to be the right thing to do by
fellow Muslims who hesitate to report their own as they must live in the Muslim
community as a tight knit group due to social pressures and religious demands.
It would be
unreasonable to report someone who has become radicalized by another group or
extremist who is co-existing within the same culture or ethos group and who has
adopted this radicalized ideology in the name of Islam. Yet, the truth is, if
this is not done, people will die needlessly and more hate and fear will be propagated
in this community. Hate and fear spread causes mistrust and alienation.
The Muslim
community cannot risk such fragmentation thus it is likely they would not
report anyone of such infiltration or radicalization. It’s a common sense
concept we all understand – peer pressure and social contagion of such
extremism is silently controlled and not shared outside the mosque or
community. That is a fact we have to deal with today.
The answer
to domestic and foreign terrorism relies on the Muslim communities, American
and refugees, to accept this responsibility to police their own. They must
accept this responsibility if there is to be harmony and trust in our
communities.
We can work
on identifying Islamic terror attacks coming from outside our borders but the
greatest threat is the infiltration and destabilization of our infrastructures
that keeps our communities safe and orderly.
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