INF BRIEF:
What Happened: A global Islamic missionary network, Tablighi Jamaat, has established its headquarters in Garland, Texas. This group is considered a potential gateway to extremist activities by various intelligence agencies.
Who’s Involved: Tablighi Jamaat, a South Asian-based movement with numerous followers worldwide, is linked to the Islamic Association of Arabi, which relocated from Louisiana.
Where & When: The group’s new headquarters, the Masjid Yaseen mosque, was established in Garland, Texas, in 2011.
Key Quote: “Recruiting ground for Al-Qaeda, an antechamber to terrorism, and a Trojan Horse for Islamic conquest,” intelligence and national security officials claim.
Impact: The establishment of the headquarters raises concerns about potential extremist activities and indoctrination within the U.S.
IN FULL:
Garland, Texas, now hosts the new headquarters of Tablighi Jamaat, a global Islamic missionary network that intelligence agencies contend acts as a potential entry point for jihadism. The network–also known as the ‘Army of Darkness’–has set up operations inside the Masjid Yaseen mosque in Garland, Texas, which now serves as its American nerve center, following its relocation from Louisiana.
Tablighi Jamaat, originating in South Asia in 1926, is seen by security authorities across Western nations as a “recruiting ground for Al-Qaeda” and a “Trojan Horse for Islamic conquest,” with The National Pulse’s Editor-in-Chief, Raheem Kassam, having written extensively about the group in his 2017 bestselling book No Go Zones.
Operating away from public scrutiny, the group shuns any political agendas outwardly while fostering long-term societal domination through religious transformation internally. Tablighi Jamaat’s objective–linked to the San Bernardino terror attack of 2015–is the global implementation of Sharia (law) while disregarding existing legal systems, free speech, and democratic governance. With mosques and missionary centers now expanding in various Texas locations like McKinney and Plano, the movement continues its quiet yet strategic growth.
Critics describe Tablighi Jamaat’s methods as secretive, with no formal leadership structure made public, prohibiting transparency by avoiding media and organizational scrutiny. Additionally, they stress the movement’s global event gatherings, such as those in Pakistan and its historical links to known terrorist activities, which contribute to concerns over possible indoctrination efforts that could spread extremism.
Intelligence agencies in the U.S. believed that despite the group’s claims of being apolitical, Tablighi Jamaat could act as a clandestine platform supporting extremist ideologies. Moreover, multiple nations, including France and Saudi Arabia, have taken measures to curb its activities and associate it with domestic security threats. However, in the U.S., the network operates with little examination or restriction.
Counterterrorism experts suggest actions such as demanding financial transparency and assessing foreign affiliations of entities like Masjid Yaseen to ensure community awareness and security efficacy.
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