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Other Islamophobic groups also disseminate spurious accusations about Islamic jihad threatening America's security and culture.
Moreover, anti-Muslim extremists claim Islam is a dangerous political ideology, not a religion. Rep. Allen West (R. FL) calls it a "theo-political belief system and construct" that must be destroyed. The Traditional Values Coalition's Andrea Lafferty insists "Islam is a geo-political military system wrapped in a cloak of religious belief."
Former Muslims United's Nonie Darwish claims "mosque(s aren't) just....place(s) for worship. (They're) where war is started, where commandments to do jihad start, where incitements against non-Muslims occur. (They're) place(s) where ammunition is stored."
Liberty Counsel's Matt Barber calls Islam "Satanic, (something) not of God and of Christ, (so) what it is of is the Enemy."
The American Family Association's Bryan Fischer says "there is no spirit of God in Islam. It is the spirit of Satan." Pat Robertson also claims Islam's not a religion, "but a political system bent on world domination."
Islamophobic groups also argue that Muslim Americans deserve no First Amendment religious protections because Islam's not a religion. As a result, they claim, US legal freedoms will let them impose "totalitarian" ideologies. According to Gaffney:
"Our enemies are using our tolerance of religion to create an infrastructure of mosques here that incubate the Islamic holy war called jihad (as part of a) stealthy 'civilization jihad' in this country."
Others want mosques banned for this and other intolerant reasons. Lt. Gen. William Boykin (ret.), former Bush administration Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, claims Muslims have no constitutional rights, saying:
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