The ELCA Takes Part in the Islamic Society of North America Convention

The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) recently held its 54th annual convention, and of course, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America was well-represented. 

We will begin with the ELCA's Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton. She was given the ISNA Excellence In Interfaith Award (see here) and spoke to the assembly -

@ELCABishopEaton brings greetings to #ISNA54 and recommits to walking shoulder to shoulder with our Muslim neighbors. @S2Scampaign pic.twitter.com/NglgS6ZkoN

— Kathryn Lohre (@kathryn_lohre) June 30, 2017

Then we have Kathryn Lohre. According to her Twitter account, she is the "ELCA Executive for Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Relations, and Immediate Past President of the National Council of Churches." (see here) Below she tweets about Dr. Sayyid M. Syeed, the National Director for the Office for Interfaith & Community Alliances for the Islamic Society of North America.

The ELCA's Northern Illinois Synod posted this on their Facebook page:

Additionally, Shoulder-to-Shoulder, an interfaith organization which says it is dedicated to ending anti-Muslim sentiment by strengthening the voice of freedom and peace, of which the ELCA is a part, tweeted this:

Our @ELCA partners take the stage at the @ISNAHQ interfaith banquet, to share about their recent Lutheran-Muslim work #isna54 pic.twitter.com/iJt7ULrPZ1

— Shoulder-to-Shoulder (@S2Scampaign) July 3, 2017

​Here is some information about the ISNA, with whom the ELCA works: 

• “(T)he United States Department of Justice named ISNA . . . as an unindicted co-conspirator and one of a number of ‘entities who are and/or were members of the US Muslim Brotherhood.’”  (see here)

• "According to the Dallas Morning News, court documents showed that the Islamic Society of North America was 'an integral part of the [Muslim] Brotherhood’s efforts to wage jihad against America through non-violent means.'” (see here)

• “(T)he FBI has uncovered internal Muslim Brotherhood documents naming ISNA as ‘one of our organizations and the organizations of our friends.’” (see here)

• “ISNA was created by members of the Muslim Brotherhood – a radical Egyptian movement that seeks to spread Shariah law globally – in the U.S.  Many of those founders remain in leadership positions with ISNA."  (read here)

(For more information about the ISNA, including their close association with the ELCA, see http://www.exposingtheelca.com/exposed-blog/the-elca-muslim-brotherhood and 
http://www.exposingtheelca.com/exposed-blog/elca-helping-brotherhood-change-constitution)
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If you have been watching or reading honest and fair news outlets, you probably heard of this recent ISNA convention. It made waves when popular Muslim activist, Linda Sarsour, the keynote speaker at the gathering, "told her Muslim audience at the July 1-3 ISNA convention that they should remain constantly in a state of 'rage' against Trump. She encouraged them not to assimilate into American society…”
 
Then she said, “I hope, that when we stand up to those who oppress our communities, that Allah accepts from us that as a form of jihad.” And “That we are struggling against tyrants and rulers, not only abroad in the Middle East or on the other side of the world, but here in these United States of America."

And, 

“You have fascists and white supremacists and Islamophobes reigning in the White House." (see here. This article also includes more disturbing information about Linda Sarsour)

Did you hear that? She encouraged listeners to not assimilate into America society, talked about "jihad" and called our leaders "fascists and white supremacists and Islamophobes."

Why are you part of the ELCA, a denomination that attended this event of the ISNA and boasted on social media about it?