Mapping Sharia in America Project

Tariq Nelson and Umar Lee both have pieces up about the so-called Mapping Sharia in America Project.  Apparently, someone ‘converted’ to Islam at a mosque open day and then went on to engage Umar in a very strange email conversation that includes such questions such as:

2. From reading the various articles you wrote on Salafism and my being a new convert, do we at Dar Al Hijrah strive for a Caliphate State in America? From my readings I understand Saudi Arabia practices the purest form of Islam in regards to Sharia Law.

The “convert” then proceeded to publish a number of claims supposedly based on his experiences at the mosque open day and after his “conversion”.

Both articles make for interesting (and disturbing) reading.  The email exchange between Umar and the “convert” and then his concerned “father” are especially bizarre.