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Originally posted by Stormdancer777
reply to post by Gorman91
If it's president was from the westbro baptist church, I would be just as much in questioning of it.
Now there's a thought, lol
Originally posted by lestweforget
reply to post by badw0lf
You need to wake up to yourself Badwolf, the sheeple think the
moderate muslim is peace loving and no threat. That may be the
case for some in a minority, but change the numbers so that they
are even and you will see a change of heart, cause deep down
they all desire the same thing, sharia law.
Originally posted by notsoperfect
Why should anyone allow such a religion in America is beyond me.
And the army doctor who killed soldiers in the army base was a trained Moslem in a mosque in America. Do you need any more proof?
Originally posted by notsoperfect
Communist China don't send suicide bombers world around to kill people. Only Muslims do. Duh.
Originally posted by Gorman91
reply to post by misinformational
As provided for earlier, there is significant data to indicate radicalism with the imam.
I have been Imam of a mosque ten blocks from here for the last 27 years. Our congregation, our faith community, has been... victims of 9/11. From my congregation there have been people who died. From my congregation, my faith community, we were part of those who gave water to the firefighters. We are part of this community, and we intend to be part of this community. We want to rebuild this community. We are working with the other faith communities, because this is what this is all about. This is about the vast majority of moderate Muslims -- who have been and want to continue to be part of the solution.
I have worked with the law enforcement agencies. I was invited by the FBI right after 9/11 to address and to speak to all 1,200 agents in New York City as to how we Muslim Imams can ensure that our mosques will not be grounds for the recruitment of terrorists. We condemn terrorism. We recognize that it exists within our faith community, but we are committed to eradicate it. We cannot do this by ourselves. We need your support. We need your cooperation. We need a coalition of Muslims and non-Muslims together to achieve the common objectives that we as patriotic Americans want to achieve.
I thank you for expressions of support, and I pray that God bless us all -- and bless all of us from the faith communities. I wish to acknowledge the support from other members of other faith communities like Holy Trinity Church and... others from the Tannenbaum Center who have come here to stand with us on this day, and the many other faith leaders who have come to express their expressions of support. I thank you all and may God bless us and bless you all.
In 1997, he founded the American Society for Muslim Advancement to promote a more positive integration of Muslims into mainstream American society. His efforts and profile rose dramatically after the 9/11 attacks when a calm voice was required to explain why greater Islam did not embrace terrorism.
Republican John Bennett, president of the Aspen Institute, was so impressed by the imam's message that he became a co-founder of the Cordoba Initiative which seeks to promote cross-cultural engagement through the Cordoba House in downtown Manhattan.
In November 2004, Feisal Abdul Rauf participated in a round table discussion on religion and government, gaining the respect of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
Feisal Abdul Rauf was dispatched on speaking tours by the past State Department on multiple occasions to help promote tolerance and religious diversity in the Arab and Muslim world. In 2007, he went to Morocco, the UAE, Qatar and Egypt on such missions for the State Department. In February 2006, meanwhile, he took part in a U.S.-Islamic World Forum in Doha, Qatar with Undersecretary of State Karen Hughes.
Originally posted by Stormdancer777
reply to post by Gorman91
Just as I would want a westbro baptist church member as far away from a ymca as possible, I would want a hamas supporter as far away from a cultural center as well.
Hamas nod for Ground Zero mosque
Terror group's leader: 'Have to build it'
Read more: www.nypost.com...
Feisal Abdul Rauf, the imam behind the proposed mosque, and two other leaders of the plan who previously had commented extensively, were silent yesterday.
They did not respond to The Post's phone calls or e-mails about the Hamas endorsement.
Hamas first came up in the mosque debate earlier this summer when Abdul Rauf refused to describe the group as a terrorist organization -- despite the State Department listing that identifies it as such.
Tom Brown, a chief opponent of the mosque, said: "This is what we've been saying . . . Imam Rauf is a radical Muslim who will not call Hamas a terror group."
A retired firefighter who was a first responder on 9/11, Brown lost 100 of his FDNY friends at the Twin Towers.
"How much evidence do we need that this guy is a radical Muslim?" he asked.
"If Rauf really were a bridge builder and an interfaith guy and all the things he professes to be, he wouldn't be doing this to people."
Originally posted by fooks
so the 90 other mosques are useless to stop radicalizing young muslims?
it needs to be this one? why?
the pool?
lots of questions why this will be the flagship mosque in NY when there were others for years.
why not expand the one he got already?