In what was described as the inaugural sortie in a “guerrilla campaign” targeting Americans of the Islamic faith, an unidentified group of cyber-hijackers created a bogus website claiming to represent the Islamic Center of Wheaton, Illinois – one designed to validate every imaginable anti-Muslim trope and stereotype. Prior to being taken down after an injunction was issued by a US District Court, the website touted ISIS and the “myrters” [sic for “martyrs”] who carried out terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, and featured a section entitled “teaching children to be martyrs” depicting youngsters carrying assault rifles and marching under the ISIS flag.
The only substantive clue regarding the identity of the website’s creator was a “press” link to a manifesto composed by an individual referring to himself as “Commander X.” Supposedly a lifetime resident of Wheaton who has expatriated to a “Scandinavian country,” the author expressed outrage “that the local Wheaton government, a critical number of Wheaton College professors and so many Christian Churches have been co-opted by the radical left and their open immigration agenda.” He also praised Donald Trump for provoking public discussion over the immigration and refugee policy by proposing a ban on allowing Muslims into the United States.
The imposture wasn’t known to representatives of the Wheaton mosque until they received a visit from a police detective who asked questions about its content.
“An email went out last week to local officials with an ICW signature pointing recipients to the fake website,” explained a statement on the mosque’s authentic website. “The email made it to the local Wheaton Police Department, who in turn contacted ICW for notification and clarification.”
“Our first concern was, `Is this our Islamic center putting this out?’ and we quickly found out it wasn’t,’” explained Wheaton Police Chief Jim Volpe to the Daily Herald newspaper.
In addition to misrepresenting both the ICW and the faith it represents, the spurious website “is also making mockery of Christians who are interacting with ICW,” complained the statement from the mosque. Far from being an insular, secretive terrorist training academy, the ICW has been transparent with the local community and prominently involved in interfaith outreach efforts.i've long considered things that pop up and shed a negative light on certain groups or people were orchestrated by those on the republican side of the street. one glaring example was to 47 republican senators who sent the letter to Iran telling them not to trust the deal with Pres. because they will kill it if elected 2016.
go back a few centuries White guys would rape and kill and blame it on a Black person. look at what they blame Pres. for things happening before he took office. now with every exaggeration they include Hillary's name a 2fer, so why not do this i also wonder about home grown terror how much of is really homegrown and less ISIS??????????????????????????????? REMEMBER JUST RECENTLY REPUBLICANS TRIED TO BLAME Pres. for No. Korea H bomb detonation??? and don't forget they try to blame Pres. for creating ISIS and Al Qaeda when there was none before the Cheynet/ Bush invasion of Iraq.
http://theweek.com/articles/535878/how-gop-became-party-ideological-extremism
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/03/16/senators-iran-letter-shows-deteriorating-respect-for-the-oval-office
http://www.salon.com/2015/11/17/we_created_islamic_extremism_those_blaming_islam_for_isis_would_have_supported_osama_bin_laden_in_the_80s/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/15/bush-acknowledges-absence_n_151144.html
