The U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) enjoyed logistical support from the Turkish government as more than 300 delegates toured Congressional offices to lobby a package of radical legislative proposals.

Since its inaugural Muslim lobby day in 2015, USCMO regularly hails itself as the uncontested representative of a Muslim American voting bloc — one that is united by concerns that affect “all Americans.” However, just three days after this year’s event, which took place on June 13-14, USCMO Secretary-General Ousama Jammal struck a decidedly different tone, describing his experience at the lobby day in a fiery Friday sermon at the Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview, Illinois.

“This is our battle. This is our jihad, our weapon is our vote,” Jammal said. “This is what we are going to fight with.”

Thanks to the coronavirus, three years have passed since the last National Muslim Advocacy Day was held in-person, with face-to-face legislative meetings. Similar events, or “Hill days,” are a regular occurrence in the nation’s capital among special interest groups, although no other constituency comes with as much extremist baggage as America’s largest Islamist coalition.

Founded in 2014, USCMO is an umbrella organization consisting of various American Islamist groups tied to foreign extremist movements. Members such as the Council on American-Islamic Relations and American Muslims for Palestine have been connected to Hamas in U.S. courts, while prosecutors have identified the Muslim American Society as the “overt arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in America.”