UTT Assesses Detroit Suburbs of Hamtramck & Dearborn as Enemy Strongholds
Islamic Center of America – the largest mosque in North America – in Dearborn, Michigan This past week UTT’s Vice President, Chris Gaubatz, deployed to Dearborn, Warren, Hamtramck, and Sterling Heights, Michigan – suburbs of Detroit – to assess the level of jihadi penetration in these areas. As an organization, UTT is fully aware – […]
UTT Throwback Thursday: What is the Purpose of a Mosque?
Hamas’ Dar al Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, VA (USA) The Koran says Islam’s prophet Mohammad is a “beautiful pattern of conduct” (33:21) and an “exalted standard of character” (68:4). Therefore, the purpose of a mosque is based on the example of Mohammad. Mohammad used the mosque as the seat of Islamic government where […]
UTT Assesses Las Vegas Attack As A Jihadi Operation
There has been a lot of speculation in both mainstream media and social media about Sunday night’s tragedy in Las Vegas, where, according to the latest from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, 516 people were injured and 59 people were murdered by Stephen Paddock. Before any real information about the shooter was put out […]
Collapse of CAIR-Supported Sheriff’s Effort to Discredit UTT
By John Andrews UTT National Board Chairman Several weeks ago, I alerted friends of Understanding the Threat about an attempt to discredit our organization and its president, John Guandolo, on the part of sharia-friendly elements in the Twin Cities, where civilization jihad is further advanced than anywhere else in the country. Gratefully, that thrust has […]
UTT Storms Nebraska & Iowa Leaving Hamas/CAIR in Its Wake
Understanding the Threat (UTT) stormed Nebraska and Iowa last week speaking to several audiences and educating them about the threat of the Islamic Movement in the United States. The multi-day trip, hosted by the Global Faith Institute of Omaha, culminated in an event in front of 150 citizens in the rural town of Oakland, Iowa […]
How Can US Leaders NOT Know About Islam?
When Understanding the Threat (UTT) conducts its 3-day “Understanding and Investigating the Jihadi Network” two things are always true at the end of the course: (1) the attendees tell us none of them – including FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force agents/officers – were aware of the information presented prior to attending the course, and (2) […]
UTT Throwback Thursday: US Government’s Failure to Address Domestic Threat
Summary The attacks of 9/11 were conducted against the U.S. homeland with support from the Islamic Movement inside the United States. The U.S. government’s response to fight on battlefields overseas, while leaders of the U.S. Islamic Movement exclusively provided “advice” to our leaders, led to strategic defeats in Afghanistan and Iraq despite the fact the […]
Civilization Jihad at the Ground Level in Southern California
Speaking truth about the danger Islam poses to civilized society is improper social etiquette in many parts of America these days – especially among America’s elites. Yet a few dare to do it. Understanding the Threat (UTT) certainly does. The folks at the Counter Jihad Coalition in Southern California are also unafraid to speak truth […]
Threat to Homeland High – Negotiation Not the Solution
Famed terrorist Carlos the Jackal said: “Only a coalition of Marxists and Islamists can destroy the United States.” In September 2015, UTT published a brief article entitled The Convergence of Threats which illuminates the marriage between the U.S. Islamic Movement and the hard-left Marxists. Today, this marriage moves ever closer to is objective of overthrowing the U.S. […]
UTT Throwback Thursday: ISNA Was and Is a Jihadi Organization
In 1963, the first US-based national Islamic organization – the Muslim Students Association (MSA) – was created by the Muslim Brotherhood at the University of Illinois, Urbana. In the early 1980’s the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood created the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) as the next generation of the MSA – headquartered in Plainfield, Indiana […]