Infiltration through strategy: a warning to the West

Here is a short essay that draws on publicly-available excerpts from the Muslim Brotherhood’s so-called *“An Explanatory Memorandum on the General Strategic  Goal for the Group in North America” (1991), notes that it has been cited in U.S. court records, and discusses why it can serve as a warning to Western societies.


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In May 1991 a memorandum written by Mohamed Akram (Adlouni) on behalf of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Shura Council in North America laid out a roadmap for what the document itself terms a “Civilization-Jihadist Process” in the United States. According to the memo, one of its objectives is “enabling of Islam in North America, meaning: establishing an effective and stable Islamic Movement … which … works to expand the observant Muslim base, aims at unifying and directing Muslims’ efforts, presents Islam as a civilization alternative, and supports the global Islamic state, wherever it is.”

Less guarded still is this sentence in the memo: “The process of settlement is a ‘Civilization-Jihadist Process’ with all the word means. The Ikhwan must understand that their work in America is a kind of grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within …” (emphasis in original).

These passages reveal a dual-strategy: outwardly adopting the language of integration (expanding observant Muslims, being “part of the homeland”) while maintaining a radical end-goal of supplanting western civilization with an alternative system. As the memo argues, “in order for Islam and its Movement to become ‘a part of the homeland’ in which it lives … the Movement must plan and struggle to obtain ‘the keys’ and the tools of this process.”

How does this translate into today’s Western society? First, the infiltration tactic can manifest via the adoption of familiar frames: charitable work, civil rights language, community organizing, interfaith engagement, which serve to build legitimacy and embed organisations within broader society. Over time, those embedded networks may serve as platforms for influencing cultural, social, policy debates in ways aligned with ideological objectives. Congressional testimony has pointed precisely at this dynamic: “the FBI put [the memorandum] into the documentation of the HLF trial … That laid out the network of Muslim Brotherhood organisations and what their plan is in the West. That’s stood the test of time in the court system and has not been refuted effectively because it is the truth, that that was their operation.”

Second, the fact that the memo has been formally introduced into U.S. court records reinforces its significance. For example, in Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (“HLF”) litigation the U.S. Government included this memorandum among the seized materials.  The criminal convictions in that case are upheld by the Fifth Circuit.  This judicial recognition underscores the seriousness with which U.S. authorities view the strategy articulated in the memo.

Third, the memo’s strategy of leveraging Western-style civil society language to further an agenda adversarial to Western liberal order serves as a caution. It implies that not all entities presenting as charitable, rights-oriented, or community-based are purely benign. The transformation of terminologies and tactics to fit local socio-political norms is itself an infiltration technique. The memo states, for example, that “presenting Islam as a civilization alternative” is part of the goal.

In practical terms, Western societies should therefore remain alert to the following signs:

Organisations that participate in mainstream civic or charitable activities but maintain hidden agendas to change foundational governance/societal frameworks.

Use of universal-sounding language (“rights,” “justice,” “community”) that parallels liberal institutions, but within a larger strategy of ideological transformation rather than simple inclusion.

Networks of organisations that appear separate or autonomous but can trace joint origin/back-office coordination or overlapping leadership to broader ideological movements.

Engagement in policy, education, civil society platforms primarily as a stepping-stone toward deeper social influence rather than simply serving their stated mission.


In conclusion: the 1991 Explanatory Memorandum provides a rare transparent articulation of a long-term strategy to embed within Western society while pursuing a transformational agenda. Because the document has been cited in court cases and remains part of the public record, it is not simply speculation—it is concrete evidence of a planning framework. For Western democracies committed to openness, pluralism, and civil society, this presents a fundamental tension: how to remain open and plural yet vigilant. The Western world should recognise that the values of tolerance and inclusion can be exploited—and thus must be defended not with naivety but with clarity, awareness and safeguarding of foundational institutional integrity.

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