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Fri, March 04, 2011 | The Rubin Report | By Barry Rubin

The Dar Al Hijrah Islamic Center, Falls Church, Va., Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

A Terrorist Promoting Mosque in Washington DC

Well, not exactly in Washington itself but just across the river in northern Virginia. And the mass media is largely ignoring the story, certainly as part of a pattern of how Jihad is being spread in America. Patrick Poole has the detailed, documented story:

When five young Muslim-American men were captured in Pakistan in December 2009 attempting to join up with a terrorist group, it was no surprise that they were quickly linked to the Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Falls Church, Virginia.

Newsweek reported that at least one of the men attended Dar al-Hijrah, while another recent report indicated that the others attended an associated spin-off mosque in Alexandria. They were also all leaders of Muslim Student Association chapters in the Washington, D.C., area (I have reported on the MSA’s extensive terror ties here at PJM).

No sooner had the men been arrested than did the usual terror apologists (CAIR, et al.) hold a press conference — covered by all the establishment media — expressing shock and amazement at the plot. Speaking at the press conference that day was Dar al-Hijrah Director of Outreach Imam Johari Abdul Malik, who feigned ignorance at how these young men had been recruited for jihad right under their own noses.

If Rep. Peter King (R-NY), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, really wants to get to the bottom of radicalization in the American Muslim community — as he has promised upcoming congressional hearings on the issue — he doesn’t have far to look. A long line of terrorists and terrorist supporters from Dar al-Hijrah have regularly popped up in the news since 9/11. But Dar al-Hijrah is not some small strip-mall mosque; it is one of the largest Islamic centers in the eastern United States.

Read more… “Dar Al-Hijrah: D.C.’s Own Terror Factory”.