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As noted in Militant Islam Monitor, JFs objective, indeed their foremost duty" as revealed in a 1991 investigation of its Open Quranic University, is "to wage Jihad against the oppressors of Muslims. This is an organization of Islamist extremists more virulent in many ways than the Muslim Brotherhood fronts in this country and abroad.
JF found fertile ground in US prisons and attracted Muslim converts. Estimates of ul-Fuqra members in the US range as high as 6,000.
The group's founder, Sheik Gilani, refers to himself as the sixth Sultan ul-Fuqra and fashions himself as a direct descendent of Muhammad.
Headquarters for JF in the US is located in upstate Hancock, New York. Other JF locations include: Hagerstown, Maryland; Falls Church, Virginia; York, South Carolina; Dover, Tennessee; Buena Vista, Colorado; Talihina, Oklahoma; Tulare County, and Squaw Valley , California. Large complexes have been established in Red House, Virginia and Commerce, Georgia near Macon. JF also has two basic training facilities in the Metro Toronto area in Canada.
The JF front group and tax exempt charity, MoA, maintain offices in Tallahassee, Florida; Binghamton, New York; Springfield, Massachusetts; Dover, Delaware; and Roanoke, Virginia.
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