Radical Islamic terror groups are clever. They learn about their enemies and work hard to infiltrate the governments, law enforcement, military, education, and other organizations within the enemy territory. Their goal is the destruction of infidels, and as such, they will do anything necessary to facilitate their ultimate success.

One of the more disturbing tactics of these offenders is the use of and assaults on non-Muslims. In fact, attacks against churches and clergy are rather common now. In Pakistan, Father George Ibrahim was murdered by Muslim gunmen after they broke into his home in Ranala Kot (July 2003). In Iraq, Assyrian nun Sister Cecilia Moshi Hanna, was killed in the Monastery when three Muslim men slipped in and stabbed the 71-year-old nun. After slitting her throat, they cut her head off (AINA, 2002). Likewise, Muslim gunmen stormed a Hindu temple in 2002 and killed 30 devotees (HinduUnity, 2002). In Australian asylum detention centers, Islamists are stoning, assaulting and sexually harassing Christians, Hindus, and Tamils (POB, 2002). In 2007, twenty- three Christian South Korean human aid volunteers went to Afghanistan and were abducted by Muslim radicals. The male and female hostages were beaten for refusing to convert to Islam, and two females reported that they were raped over and over again. In Pakistan, Muslim men kidnapped Christian children, made them convert to Islam, and then forced them to marry Muslim men (AsiaNews, 2007). In September 2007, violent Islamists attacked a Protestant church in Indonesia during Sunday service.

And it gets worse.

In what was perhaps the nastiest attack against another religion, a Muslim slave owner crucified a seven-year-old Christian boy. Damare Garang had been captured when his Sudanese village was raided by Muslims in 2002. He was sold to an Islamic family in Tuobon, Bahr el Gazel. When his Muslim master caught the young African boy sneaking off to attend church, the Islamist retrieved a board and rusty spikes and proceeded to nail the boy to the Christian symbol (York, 2007). Modern crucifixion seems to be gaining favor with Muslims as Dutch lawmaker Joel Voordewind has pointed out. In Iraq, terrorists are nailing Christians to crosses and binding them with ropes set on fire (Voordewind, 2007).

These acts are horrific and completely unacceptable, but terror groups are doing something equally as sinister and widely unreported. As they constantly seek new ways to avoid detection, they have smartly decided that infiltration holds the best prospect for success. Therefore, radical Islamists have taken to changing the façade of their core beliefs. Simply, they are pretending to be something that they are not. For example, Justice Muhammad Taqi Usmani stated that Muslims should be peaceful in Western countries until they are the majority. Once in large numbers, they should wage violence to establish Islamic supremacy (Norfolk, 2007). Thus, one can see that there are those who are acting peaceful as a rouse. The message is that present peace is phony, and once Muslims achieve majority status, they should wage war. But it is more detailed than this. Muslims have denied their intentions and/or identities in other instances as well. In India, Muslims admit to taking on Hindu names (Ghayyour, 2007). By using the false identities, India's Muslims hope to avoid real or perceived anger and discrimination. In South America, radical Islamists are using other religious identities to avoid detection. These terror groups have been migrating to South America for years. Peru is said to be one of Osama Bin Laden's favorite training locales. And in order to lower suspicion, members of the groups have decided to pretend to be of another faith (Williams, 2007).

For instance, in South America, Islamists have met inside Catholic churches to avoid raising a red flag. They have worn crucifixes, taken on Christian names, attended Christian services, stolen dead Christians' birth certificates, stolen the identity of a dead Catholic priest, and sought asylum under the pretext of being a persecuted Christian. By attempting to blend in using the cover of a different religion, the terrorists believe that scrutiny will be minimized. Thus one must be careful in using appearances to profile. Think of an Islamic terrorist wearing a crucifix and carrying a Bible in order to elude detection at airport or other security check points. They have shown that they will go to any lengths to commit their atrocities. Taking on a Christian identity is just one of many tactics they are currently using. I also found terrorists using the identity of different nationalities when I conducted a study of illegal immigrant sex offenders. One glaring security problem was Puerto Rico. With birthright citizenship, Puerto Ricans can come to the mainland any time they want. Fraudulent documents are a huge industry there as illegals and terror operatives look to enter the island illegally, obtain fake paperwork, and then simply come to the mainland.

In fighting the battle in which terrorists want to destroy the West, one must have no preconceived notions as to how low these psychopathic killers will go. In my work as a profiler and consultant to law enforcement and homeland security, I teach that terror leaders are patient, methodical, and cunning. They are long range strategists who work hard to think outside the box. They will use anything that will help them achieve their goals. And they have proven that they can infiltrate with their terror followers in obscure ways. There are many more tactics the terrorists are using, and as targets, we must be vigilant about who has entered this country. To ignore these psychopaths is to sign one's own death warrant.

By Dr. Deborah Schurman-Kauflin
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