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When a documentary on the threat of Islamist terrorism, called The Third Jihad, was screened for the NYPD, the New York Times ran several articles condemning the movie as "Islamophobic" (see, "In Police Training, a Dark Film on U.S. Muslims"). Most arguments in support of the documentary have focused on ties between the New York Times and Islamist groups such as the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), an organization labeled by former Congressman Cass Ballenger as a "fundraising arm for Hezbollah." Yet not many have addressed the dangerous stifling of free speech that intelligence and law enforcement officers endure because of such politically charged accusations of Islamophobia.
It should be noted that not all Muslims in the U.S., including myself, are offended by the documentary. Zuhdi Jasser, a Muslim-American of Syrian origin, serves as the narrator of The Third Jihad. After watching the documentary it seems Jasser simply wants Americans to know the difference between a moderate Muslim — an individual who sees his or her faith as a personal matter — and political Islam, or what political scientists call Islamism. Proponents of Islamism, or Islamists, desire to "Islamicize" society through non-violent means. To this end, Islamists maneuver through social, legal, judicial, educational, and political institutions with the goal of indoctrinating future generations to accept Islamist principles and institute tenets of Sharia law. Advocates of speech codes that punish the blasphemy of Islam can accurately be called Islamists.