(Washington Times) - Editorial According to Robert Spencer, author of Onward Muslim Soldiers, the Air Force "in July 2002 asked for help recruiting Muslim chaplains from the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). ISNA is subsidized by high-placed Saudi Wahhabis. Many Muslim military chaplains have been trained by the American Muslim Foundation's American Muslim Armed Forces and Veteran Affairs Council; the AMF has been investigated for suspicions of funding terrorism." Because of this system, many Muslim chaplains in the U.S. military have strong Wahhabi beliefs. The risk of conflicting loyalties is not limited to the chaplain corps. Considering that there are only approximately 4,500 Muslims in uniform, their record of religious-based crimes is significant. There is no sense of national security if our soldiers cannot even be sure that their brothers with them in the foxhole are on the same side.
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