Islamist Conference in Illinois


(Oaklawn, Illinois) Mark your calendars, folks. It's Khilafah Conference 2009 -- time to organize for the takeover of the United States.

A group committed to establishing an international Islamic empire and reportedly linked to Al Qaeda is stepping up its Western recruitment efforts by holding its first official conference in the U.S.

Hizb ut-Tahrir is a global Sunni network with reported ties to confessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Al Qaeda in Iraq's onetime leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. It has operated discreetly in the U.S. for decades.

Now, it is coming out of the shadows and openly hosting a July 19 conference entitled, "The Fall of Capitalism and the Rise of Islam," at a posh Hilton hotel in a suburb of Chicago.

Hopefully some readers will be able to attend with their cameras, tape recorders and notebooks. It would be nice to get a look at the official caliphate playbook.

Tip: Charley Nestor