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The imam behind a proposed Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero cautioned Wednesday that moving the facility could cause a violent backlash from Muslim extremists and endanger national security.
Rauf, 61, has largely been absent since the debate over the center erupted earlier this year. He has been traveling abroad, including taking a State Department-funded 15-day trip to the Middle East to promote religious tolerance.
If Islam had nothing to do with 9/11 why is so important the location of this mosque to be where it they want it?
Originally posted by SpectreDC
reply to post by tungus
But I do want to know his reasoning for choosing that location to begin with. I mean there is no way this guy could not foresee the outrage this would have caused. Why, specifically, THAT spot? It could have been a block farther away. It could have been closer. It could have been somewhere else. And the major problem is that he has been asked this and it's the one question he dances around without answering during his little tap dance.
Originally posted by SlasherOfVeils
Originally posted by SpectreDC
reply to post by tungus
But I do want to know his reasoning for choosing that location to begin with. I mean there is no way this guy could not foresee the outrage this would have caused. Why, specifically, THAT spot? It could have been a block farther away. It could have been closer. It could have been somewhere else. And the major problem is that he has been asked this and it's the one question he dances around without answering during his little tap dance.
because this location was hit by the fusellage from the second plane... it is consecrated ground for them
location is of outmost importance as a symbol of islamic conquor.
edit on 9-9-2010 by SlasherOfVeils because: fixing tags
and yet the Imam when questioned why that specific location on 9/8 responds that if moved, it would anger terrorist organisations
Originally posted by havenvideo
reply to post by SpectreDC
It's the truth. Don't let your liberalism blindside you. Study up on Islamic conquest and it's blatantly obvious. Or don't... not like it's obvious enough with the article from the OP or anything.
And I'm really getting tired of the word "bigot". It's like that word is sacred to liberals. It's their scapegoat for anyone who doesn't agree with them. You guys preach about tolerance all day long, but smite Americans who are pissed off over this situation by labeling them intolerant yet praise the most intolerant people in the world(muslims) on the basis of "religious freedom".
Originally posted by havenvideo
reply to post by SpectreDC
It's the truth. Don't let your liberalism blindside you. Study up on Islamic conquest and it's blatantly obvious. Or don't... not like it's obvious enough with the article from the OP or anything.
And I'm really getting tired of the word "bigot". It's like that word is sacred to liberals. It's their scapegoat for anyone who doesn't agree with them. You guys preach about tolerance all day long, but smite Americans who are pissed off over this situation by labeling them intolerant yet praise the most intolerant people in the world(muslims) on the basis of "religious freedom".
That's actually called paranoia.
Originally posted by SlasherOfVeils
reply to post by SpectreDC
Its how he said it, almost like he was threatening us.
I question that too. Why doesn't he speak out against a group supported by Mossad to stifle peaceful relations is beyond me.
And the fact he doesn't speak against Hamas only adds to it.
It also isn't the first time he has mentioned that the US is to blame for radical muslims attacking us.
It isn't bias, I just don't want to go down the same path of islamification here in the states that currently France and other European countries are dealing with.
Originally posted by SpectreDC
reply to post by SpectreDC
And when we start seeing fundamentalists wanting Shariah law overriding our Constitution and common law, I won't be here calling you folks paranoid bigots.
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NOUN:
1. The capacity for or the practice of recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of others.
2.
1. Leeway for variation from a standard.
2. The permissible deviation from a specified value of a structural dimension, often expressed as a percent.
3. The capacity to endure hardship or pain.
4. Medicine
1. Physiological resistance to a poison.
2. The capacity to absorb a drug continuously or in large doses without adverse effect; diminution in the response to a drug after prolonged use.
5.
1. Acceptance of a tissue graft or transplant without immunological rejection.
2. Unresponsiveness to an antigen that normally produces an immunological reaction.
6. The ability of an organism to resist or survive infection by a parasitic or pathogenic organism.