Mapping Sharia « Foehammer’s Anvil

For several months I have worked and re-worked a pet project dedicated to the idea of “mapping” Jihad. I have continued this work in relative quiet, behind the scenes here at the Anvil, and have the pieces in place, but considering the amount of work I already do alone, I have had to put things on the back-burners and chisel away slowly while I find the methods to best deliver such a project to you, my readers.

Well, as such things often go, good ideas do not ferment in the minds of just one person, and I have this morning been sent information (thanks v4vigilant) that should interest all of you and at the same time reduce some of the workload I had intended to attempt myself — which now I see was just short of crazy on my part. This project is brand new and is called Mapping Sharia in America: Knowing the Enemy. Here is the proposal from the project site:

The Proposal:

To conduct an extensive mapping of all the Islamic day schools, mosques, and other identifiable organizations in the US and to determine which ones teach or preach Islamic law, Shari�a. Further, the mapping will scale the Shari�a threat by identifying to which school of jurisprudence it belongs, its historical and contemporary call for Jihad, and whether the Jihad includes violent Jihad against non-believers.

This investigation will also map the leadership of these Muslim organizations and their other affiliations. We will also attempt to uncover any related businesses used or run by the organizations as fronts for money laundering and other illicit activities.

Finally, we will examine and map any potential targets situated near these organizations, such as city, county, and federal government buildings, schools and universities, US military installations, major utility or infrastructure sites (i.e., nuclear installations, pipelines, water supply, etc.), and transportation hubs.

To say that this is an ambitious, valuable and worthy project would be a massive understatement, so suffice it to say that I welcome this allied-yet-separate effort with open arms. Indeed, it will allow me to concentrate on my own historically-oriented project at Jihad Mapping, still in its version 2.0 infancy (most of which is still hidden from public view), and this can serve as just another wheel in the machine along with the efforts of the experts involved with Mapping Sharia and other similar projects.

This is war, folks. You don’t win wars alone. So, please visit Mapping Sharia, bookmark it and consider donating there someday soon. It looks to be under the guiding force of some very experienced and skilled hands indeed.