2 posts tagged “hesham islam”
I have been following the case (if you will) of Maj. Stephen Coughlin’s contract not being renewed by the Department of Defense (DOD). Most posts I have read in the blogosphere have laid the case that Hesham H. Islam and Coughlin were knocking heads over Coughlin’s tough portrayal of Islamists and Islamist infiltration into American government entities of which the DOD was one. Islam is a friend and advisor to Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon English and is accused of using that influential position to not renew Coughlin’s contract as an expert on Islam for the DOD.
You can follow my posts backward from this post: Islamist Infiltration in America and the West.
I have recently come to understand that Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC) decided to personally investigate the Coughlin case. Her efforts have earned Coughlin a renewed contract at the DOD in another department other than the one associated with English and Islam.
Sounds good, right?
Rep. Myrick issued a statement (which I picked up at Andrew Bostom’s blog) laying heaps of praise on Coughlin’s thesis of Islamist infiltration in America; however there is a big BUT. The BUT is that Rep Myrick in her investigation of the circumstances of Coughlin’s dismissal, found NO evidence of a conspiracy by Islam to have Coughlin removed. Rep. Myrick in her statement even says she interviewed Coughlin and Coughlin told her he did not feel there was a conspiracy to shut him up.
I was gratified to read about Coughlin’s renewed contract and the admonishment that America should step up to the plate to examine Islamist infiltration just as much as America did with Communism during the Cold War.
I was confused about exonerating Hesham H. Islam and Gordon English of trying to shut Coughlin up. The first thing that comes to my mind is that Rep. Myrick pulled the hat trick to not embarrass the DOD while twisting the DOD arm to put Coughlin back to work. Rep. Myrick simultaneously got Coughlin to go along with inter-departmental diplomatic negotiation to allow Coughlin’s influence to continue to be heard in official channels.
I am (hopefully) speculating this is not the complete happy ending and that Islam (and perhaps English) is to be watched to see if there is any Islamist infiltration or influence. Time will tell.
I became aware of this excellent article on Major Stephen Coughlin published at Newsmax.com from the e-list I am on at the American Congress for Truth.
To those of you who may be in the dark, Coughlin was fired officially of lack of money to renew his contract as an Islamic expert at the Pentagon. However, details are beginning to emerge that Coughlin was fired because he is hard-nosed on Islamist terrorism and his views offended a Muslim aide of Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England. That aide’s name is Heshem Islam, a Muslim born in Egypt.
The offense of Coughlin: Coughlin authored a document on the Muslim Brotherhood that was filed as evidence in the Holy Land Foundation trial that ended up in a Hung Jury (under dubious circumstances). What do Heshem Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood have in common? Both originate from Egypt!
Do the math!
JRH 1-22-08
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Here is the ACT introduction from the email about the Newsmax.com article by Ken Timmerman:
In the American Congress for Truth blog we have been following the unfolding events relating to the sacking of Major Stephen Coughlin, recognized as the leading expert on Islamic law and extremism inside the Pentagon. Our efforts and the efforts of other organizations to expose what led to Coughlin’s firing have begun to stir things up in Washington. Below is an article written by Ken Timmerman, author, 2006 Nobel Peace prize nominee, and a member of the Advisory Board for American Congress for Truth. Note that Timmerman makes reference to Jerry Gordon, American Congress for Truth board member and the editor of the ACT blog and the ACT! for America news site.
Monday, January 21, 2008 2:51:40 PM
