Why did no one object to the “Pentagon mosque”?
[Salon.com]
Muslims have been praying inside the Pentagon since Sept. 11 but right-wingers have been strangely silent
[Separation of Church and State in a Military Complex like the Pentagon? What's wrong with this picture?]
Navy imam Chaplain Abuhena M. Saifulislam lifted his voice to God as he called to prayer more than 100 Department of Defense employees Monday at a celebration of Ramadan at the Pentagon.
God is most great, sang the lieutenant commander and Islamic leader, in Arabic, as iftar — the end of the daily fast began.
Uniformed military personnel, civilians and family members faced Mecca and knelt on adorned prayer rugs chanting their prayers in quiet invocation to Allah.
The “ground zero mosque” story seems to be dying down, but nothing lays bare the absurdity of what we’ve just lived through quite so much as this Washington Times story, quoted above, from 2007.
Yes, Muslims have infiltrated the Pentagon for their nefarious, prayerful purposes — daring to practice their religion inside the building where 184 people died on Sept. 11, 2001. They haven’t even had the sensitivity to move two blocks, let alone a mile, away from that sacred site.
The “desecration” began shockingly soon after the attacks. Cox reported in October 2001:
Justin Elliott is a reporter for ProPublica. You can follow him on Twitter @ElliottJustin More Justin Elliott.
NY Observer: Quran ads debut in NY “Pamela Geller is at it again”
[AtlasShrugs.com]
Posted: December 07, 2012
The quran ads are coming to New York on the 17th, and be glad of it. The NY Observer tries to incite anger and hate towards the message. But it is the calls for jihad, genocide and violence in the quran that are the real incitement to hate.
‘New Anti-Islam Ads to Debut This Month, Now With 25% More MTA Disclaimer” NY Observer, December 6, 2012
Pamela Geller is at it again.The outspoken blogger and Executive Director of the American Freedom Defense Initiative has just purchased a slew of advertising space in several subway stations and on numerous Metro-North platforms in order to display her newest anti-Islam message.
Her latest ads, shared exclusively with The Observer, will feature a panorama of the sky the moment the World Trade Center burst into flames in 2001, accompanied by a quote from the Quran that reads “Soon shall We cast terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers.”
This Is a Recap of Mass Islamist Protests Against the U.S. Over Anti-Islam Film
[TheBlaze.com]
- Posted on September 14, 2012 at 11:34am by
Billy Hallowell
Protests in Tunisia (Photo Credit: AP)
Monitoring the massive protests that continue to spread to various cities and localities in the Middle East is a tough task, as the response continues to grow exponentially. Islamists and others who find themselves immensely offended over a now-infamous anti-Muslim film have taken to the streets to target U.S. interests and defend their faith, sometimes using violent means to do so.
TUNISIA
On Friday, protests in the Middle East hit Tunis, Tunisia, where a large cloud of black smoke has risen around the U.S. embassy there. Outside the building, protesters are throwing stones, as police attempt to stop the activity unfolding.
Thousands of demonstrators massed outside the embassy and several were seen climbing the outer wall of the embassy grounds and raising a flag on which was written the Muslim profession of faith, an Associated Press reporter on the scene says. ”There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his prophet,” the flag purportedly read.
State Department Purges Religious Freedom Section from Its Human Rights Reports
[CNSNews.com]
(AP photo)(CNSNews.com) – The U.S. State Department removed the sections covering religious freedom from the Country Reports on Human Rights that it released on May 24, three months past the statutory deadline Congress set for the release of these reports.
The new human rights reports–purged of the sections that discuss the status of religious freedom in each of the countries covered–are also the human rights reports that include the period that covered the Arab Spring and its aftermath.
Thus, the reports do not provide in-depth coverage of what has happened to Christians and other religious minorities in predominantly Muslim countries in the Middle East that saw the rise of revolutionary movements in 2011 in which Islamist forces played an instrumental role.
Propaganda: TLC’s All American Muslim; Sponsors pull support
[GDMP.net]
By: Taylor McAdams
December 21, 2011
If you are like me, a conservative American, you may think that the program title All-American Muslim is an oxymoron. Obviously, we all agree that there are some Muslims in America that are genuine Americans who came here, or whose family came here to escape the oppression and tyranny of Islamic Sharia law.
Nevertheless, if you are an avid Muslim adherent to the Koran, you should know that the call of every Muslim is to convert the entire world to Islam; and anyone that does not convert is to be killed. That sounds pretty intense and straight forward to a common sense American.
The United States of America was created by our God fearing forefathers who were in agreement that our rights are God given. These rights come from the Judeo-Christian God of the Bible. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry and others wanted freedom from the tyranny of King George of England.
Congress Rebuffs Obama’s Pro-jihad Pleas to Appease, Aid Nuclear Iran
[AtlasShrugs.com]
Friday, December 09, 2011
There is hope. That is made clear by this latest struggle by our pro-jihad president and the majority of pro-freedom patriots in the Congress. The Congressional rebuff to our pro-Iran President best illustrates the importance of securing a super majority in the Congress, and why we must win the Senate in 2012.
In the disastrous event of an Obama win (certainly made possible by voluntary state-run media and his goon armies ACORN, SEIU, Soros propaganda machine, et al) the Congress will be the only thing that stands between us and the destruction of the greatest, free-est nation in the history of man.
Congress Rebuffs Administration Pleas to Ease Impact of Sanctions on Iran
Republicans and Democrats are pressing ahead with sanctions that would target foreign banks that do business with Iran’s Central Bank. Tough sanctions are the most viable option short of a military strike on Iran. The sanctions measure sponsored by Sens. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., and Bob Menendez, D-N.J., was added to a broader defense bill now the subject of closed-door negotiations.
Few lawmakers, even Democrats, have argued the administration’s case for weakening the sanctions. “I think Democrats are scratching their heads that the administration is leading them into a policy provision which not a single Democratic senator can support,” Kirk said in an interview. He said he spoke to the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon, R-Calif., on Thursday and he indicated that the House negotiators would accept the sanctions provision. (AP-Washington Post)
The END GAME is Socialism/Marxism, then Communism [Don't Be Fooled!]
[CWNews]
by Justin Waldman
(Original Post: October 29, 2011) Repost: November 7, 2011)
From Liberation Square to Wall Street to Washington Square. From Atlanta to Libya to Chicago to Tehran to Baltimore to Los Angeles: The radical progressives, the Islamic Muslim (jihadist) radicals, who want a Caliphate, and the union organizers (SEIU, AFL-CIO, ACORN) are colluding to destroy Capitalism and the American way of life. This is NOT a grass roots movement. It is an orchestrated, deliberate, plan by major unions and other radical groups, in part, directed by George Soros through his many organizations (i. e. Tides Foundation, Media Matters, Center for American Progress, Open Society Institute, etc.).
Don’t be deceived; there is an end game. Unions and radical groups are “hiring” some of these protesters and demonstrators. Most of the #Occupy??? don’t even know what they are protesting. As Sal Alinsky says “…the ends justifies the means..” is the plan these people are following. For the most part, the people who are protesting are what Joseph Stalin called “useful idiots.”
Michigan: Muslims Throw Shoes, Verbally Abuse Christian Street Preachers
[AtlasShrugs.com]
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Don’t you just love how the religion of peaceniks admonish us on a daily basis about tolerance and interfaith jihad? This is what they must mean by “anti-Muslim backlash.”
Video: Dearborn, Michigan
Shoe throwing is the ultimate insult in the Muslim world. Remember this?
CAIR Joins Occupy Wall Street, Will Hold Friday Prayers in Zuccotti Park
[TheBlaze.com]
- Posted on October 20, 2011 at 7:19pm by
Tiffany Gabbay
They say one can tell a lot about people by the company they keep. If that adage is true, what does the Council for American Islamic Relations (CAIR) endorsement of Occupy Wall Street — and the organization’s choice to conduct Friday “Jummah” prayers in Zuccotti Park — tell us about both CAIR, and, the Occupy protesters?
An official invitation issued by CAIR’s New York chapter tells members to show “solidarity” with “the 99%” by attending Friday prayers in Zuccotti Park at 1:00pm. CAIR’s stated goal in hosting the prayer service at OWS is to “expand the role of New York Muslims in the Occupy movement.”
A “sermon on social justice in Islam” is slated to be delivered my Imam Aiyub Abdul Baki — a supporter of the Ground Zero mosque.
From CAIR:
Dear friends,CAIR-NY is proud to support and invite you to Friday Prayer at Occupy Wall Street this Friday, October 21st, where we will join in solidarity with “the 99%.” Jummah, hosted by Majlis Ash-Shura (Islamic Leadership Council of New York) is scheduled for 1pm at Zuccotti Park. A sermon on social justice in Islam will be delivered by Imam Aiyub Abdul Baki.
CAIR-NY’s endorsement of Friday Prayer at Occupy Wall Street stems from a conviction that many of the issues brought into the international spotlight by Occupy Wall Street affect Muslim communities disproportionately, and it is up to us to stand up for our rights and show the world what democracy and peaceful protest look like. Look for our table at Zuccotti Park to obtain information about our current projects and to expand the role of New York Muslims in the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Report: Iranian General Calls for Wiping Israel ‘Off the Map’
TheBlaze.com
- Posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:18pm by Billy Hallowell
Basij Brigadier General Mohammad-Reza NaghdiFollowing Iranian scientist Dariush Rezaiinejad‘s assassination, Pajamas Media’s Reza Kahlili is reporting that Basij Brigadier General Mohammad-Reza Naghdi wants Israel destroyed. According to Kahlili, Naghdi has claimed that protecting Iran’s security is dependent upon wiping the “Zionist region” “off the map.” In response to Rezaiinejad’s death, Naghdi allegedly said:
“The main plot for this criminal act was conceived by the American government, and since it is scared of the reaction by the Muslim world due to the uprisings in the region, it had the Zionist regime commit the heinous act…we have no option but to have the Zionist regime wiped off the map.”
Naghdi was born in Iraq and he was a member of the Iranian Quds Force before being appointed to his leadership post in Basij back in 2009. The Basij is a volunteer military body that is generally comprised of young Iranians who receive official benefits for enlisting.
A haven from jihad: Republic of South Sudan set to become a nation on Saturday
AtlasShrugs.com
Friday, July 08, 2011
A haven from jihad: Republic of South Sudan set to become a nation on Saturday Jihad WatchMay this new nation, born out of the resistance to jihad, last 5000 years. “South Sudan Becomes New Nation Saturday,” from CBNNews.com, July 8:
The Republic of South Sudan will join the community of nations on Saturday.After the military celebrations and parades, the South will have to face up to the realities it faces.
It will be one of the most underdeveloped countries on the planet. Only 15 percent of its citizens can read and fears of renewed conflict abound.
The people of the South have endured a half century of civil war and oppression by the Islamic rulers of northern Sudan that left more than 2 million dead.
The South’s population is heavily Christian and black African, two groups targeted by Omar Bashir’s regime.
Posted by Pamela Geller on Friday, July 08, 2011
Anti-Qaddafi Forces Say They Are Close to Talks Related to the Libyan Leader’s Departure
FoxNews.com
Associated Press
Published March 08, 2011
Representatives of forces opposing Muammar al-Qaddafi say they have received an offer to negotiate terms of the Libyan leader’s departure, but reports indicate that no envoy was sent to discuss that possibility with rebel forces.
In Benghazi, a spokesman for the newly created Interim Governing Council said a man who claimed to represent Qaddafi has made contact with the council to discuss terms for Qaddafi to step down. Mustafa Gheriani told The Associated Press the council could not be certain whether the man was acting on his own initiative or did, in fact, represent the Libyan leader.
Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas Closely Collaborating in Egypt UPDATE: CAIR, CODE PINK Also in Egypt
AtlasShrugs.com
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Hamas is the Muslim Brotherhood in Gaza. And they are working with the MB in Egypt. This is not surprising, but it is catastrophic. Worse is media outlets running commentary from the Muslim Brotherhood organizations in America, like CAIR earlier today on FOX news. The MB’s stated goal in the West, according to an internal captured document entered into evidence in the largest Hamas funding trial in US history, “is eliminating and destroying Western civilization from within.”
RED ALERT: HAMAS AND MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD China Confidential (hat tip van)
The following is a report from a STRATFOR source in Hamas. Hamas, which formed in Gaza as an outgrowth of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (MB), has an interest in exaggerating its role and coordination with the MB in this crisis. The following information has not been confirmed. Nonetheless, there is a great deal of concern building in Israel and the United States in particular over the role of the MB in the demonstrations and whether a political opening will be made for the Islamist organization in Egypt.
(more…)
FrontPage Magazine Interview: Pamela Geller on Ground Zero Mosquerade
AtlasShrugs.com
Monday, January 17, 2011
Check out my interview with Jamie Glazov at FrontPagemag.com – he did a very good segment on this on FOX and Friends here -
FP: Pamela, welcome to Frontpage Interview.
So what can you tell us about the imam shakeup at the Cordoba Initiative/Park 51, the group behind the projected Ground Zero Mosque?
Geller: Jamie, the Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and his wife Daisy Khan are out, and an imam from Washington, D.C., Abdullah Adhami, is in. More imams will be added later.
FP: What meaning do we derive from this?
Geller: First, it means that we won. We are declaring victory. It seems clear that Rauf had to go because he had become a liability to the taqiyya project of the Ground Zero mosque. And that is because of the light we shed on his true beliefs and allegiances. Rauf snagged more than $2 million in public financing to renovate low-income apartments he owns in New Jersey. He took the money and never made the repairs, forcing good people to live with vermin and dilapidation. Slumlord Rauf is also a prominent member of the Perdana organization, a leading funder of the flotilla launched against Israel by the genocidal Islamic terror group, IHH. He has made extreme statements like “the United States has more Muslim blood on its hands than al-Qaeda has on its hands of innocent non-Muslims.”
Some Muslims Attending Capitol Hill Prayer Group Have Terror Ties, Probe Reveals
FoxNews.com – AP
By Jana Winter
Published November 11, 2010
SLIDESHOW AP – An Al Qaeda leader, the head of a designated terror organization and a confessed jihadist-in-training are among a “Who’s Who” of controversial figures who have participated in weekly prayer sessions on Capitol Hill since the 2001 terror attacks, an investigation by FoxNews.com reveals.
The Congressional Muslim Staff Association (CMSA) has held weekly Friday Jummah prayers for more than a decade, and guest preachers are often invited to lead the service. The group held prayers informally for about eight years before gaining official status in 2006 under the sponsorship of Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., one of two Muslims currently serving in Congress. The second Muslim congressman, Rep. Andre Carson, D-Ind., joined as co-sponsor after he was elected in 2008.
Among those who FoxNews.com determined have attended the prayer services during the Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama administrations are:
— Anwar al-Awlaki, the notorious Al Qaeda cleric believed to be hiding in Yemen and the lone American on the U.S. government’s capture or kill list, who conducted a prayer service on Capitol Hill shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
— Randall “Ismail” Royer, a former communications associate for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), who confessed in 2004 to receiving jihadist training in Pakistan. He is serving a 20-year prison term.
— Anwar Hajjaj, former president of Taibah International Aid Association, which was designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. and U.N. in 2004.
— Esam Omeish, the former president of the Muslim American Society, who was forced to resign from the Virginia Commission on Immigration in 2007 after calling for “the jihad way,” among other remarks.
— Salam Al-Marayati, president of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, who was forced to step down from a national terrorism committee post in 1999 for pro-terrorist comments.
— Nihad Awad, CAIR executive director, who attended a Hamas meeting in Philadelphia in 1993 that was wiretapped by the FBI.
— Johari Abdul Malik, Dar al-Hijrah imam, who made statements in support of convicted and suspected terrorists who attended his mosque.
— Tariq Ramadan, a Muslim scholar banned from the U.S. for six years beginning in 2004 for his alleged ties and donations to terror groups. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lifted Ramadan’s ban in January.
— Abdulaziz Othman Al-Twaijri, the head of a division of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, considered a foreign agent by the U.S.
Welcome Wagon!
Atlas Shrugs
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Spencer and I are speaking at Temple University next week (where the craven quislings tried to silence Geert Wilders after trying to ban him.) Thought you might like a look at the open minded “Democratic Socialists” at Temple.
Here is the note from the brave organizers:
At a State of the Campus Address in which at least 280 leaders from all student organizations were present, the Democratic Socialists announced that they were organizing a protest against TU Purpose’s Islamophobic event next week. They concluded by calling TU Purpose and me Bigots.
Atlas readers heads up.
The event is open to the public so come and stand for FREEDOM.
Host: Temple University Purpose
Date: Thursday, October 7th Time: 7-9:30PM
Location: Howard Gittis Student Center 200C
1755 N. 13th Street
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Philadelphia, PA, 19122
Posted by Pamela Geller on Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 05:43 PM
The eternal flame of Muslim outrage
OneNewsNow.com
Shhhhhhh, we’re told. Don’t protest the Ground Zero mosque. Don’t burn a Quran. It’ll imperil the troops. It’ll inflame tensions. The “Muslim world” will “explode” if it does not get its way, warns sharia-peddling imam Feisal Abdul Rauf. Pardon my national security-threatening impudence, but when is the “Muslim world” not ready to “explode”?
At the risk of provoking the ever-volatile Religion of Perpetual Outrage, let us count the little-noticed and forgotten ways.
Just a few months ago in Kashmir, faithful Muslims rioted over what they thought was a mosque depicted on underwear sold by street vendors. The mob shut down businesses and clashed with police over the blasphemous skivvies. But it turned out there was no need for Allah’s avengers to get their holy knickers in a bunch. The alleged mosque was actually a building resembling London’s St. Paul’s Cathedral. A Kashmiri law enforcement official later concluded the protests were “premeditated and organized to vitiate the atmosphere.”
Thoughts From Glenn on Church Plan to Burn Koran
TheBlaze.com
- Posted on September 6, 2010 at 9:35pm by
Glenn Beck
I’m on vacation and trying to unplug but the news can make that hard. I just read the story about the Florida church planning to burn copies of the Koran.
What is wrong with us? It’s just like the Ground Zero mosque plan. Does this church have the right? Yes. Should they? No. And not because of the potential backlash or violence. Simply because it is wrong. The more I reflect on what happened on 8/28 the more I realize the amazing power of GOOD.
We must be the better person. We must be bigger than our problems. Bigger than the times in which we live. Burning the Koran is like burning the flag or the Bible. You can do it, but whose heart will you change by doing it? You will only harden the hearts of those who could be moved. None of those who are thinking about killing us will be affected, but our good Muslim friends and neighbors will be saddened. It makes the battle that they face inside their own communities even harder.
Let us rise above the current levels and elevate ourselves and our country. The only thing this act would prove is that you CAN burn a Koran. I didn’t know America was in doubt on that fact. Let’s prove to each other that while there are many things we can do, there are maybe many more things that we choose not to do.
NO MOSQUE AT GROUND ZERO
LibertyNewsOnline.com
07-29-2010 6:39 am – Newt Gingrich REPOSTED; August, 19, 2010
One of our biggest mistakes in the aftermath of 9/11 was naming our response to the attacks “the war on terror” instead of accurately identifying radical Islamists (and the underlying ideology of radical Islamism) as the target of our campaign. This mistake has led to endless confusion about the nature of the ideological and material threat facing the civilized world and the scale of the response that is appropriate.
Radical Islamism is more than simply a religious belief. It is a comprehensive political, economic, and religious movement that seeks to impose sharia–Islamic law–upon all aspects of global society.
Many Muslims see sharia as simply a reference point for their personal code of conduct. They recognize the distinction between their personal beliefs and the laws that govern all people of all faiths.
For the radical Islamist, however, this distinction does not exist. Radical Islamists see politics and religion as inseparable in a way it is difficult for Americans to understand. Radical Islamists assert sharia’s supremacy over the freely legislated laws and values of the countries they live in and see it as their sacred duty to achieve this totalitarian supremacy in practice.
Some radical Islamists use terrorism as a tactic to impose sharia but others use non-violent methods–a cultural, political, and legal jihad that seeks the same totalitarian goal even while claiming to repudiate violence. Thus, the term “war on terrorism” is far too narrow a framework in which to think about the war in which we are engaged against the radical Islamists.
Critics Call for Mosque Root Beer Summit
Kristin Brown | August 15, 2010
Is another (non-alcoholic) beer summit in order? Perhaps this time to discuss the controversial plans to build a mosque near Ground Zero? That’s what one lawyer joined lawmakers in suggesting Sunday in a fiery exchange on America’s News Headquarters. Brett Joshpe, an attorney with the American Center for Law and Justice, says opposition to the planned Cordoba House has been mischaracterized and hijacked by politics. Joshpe’s organization has filed a lawsuit against the New York City Landmarks Preservation Committee for declining to grant landmark status to the proposed site.
“This is not about Islamaphobia,” he said. “This is deliberately provocative and inflammatory….If the president wants to show some leadership on this issue, rather than taking a stance and then backtracking from it, I think the president should invite both sides to the White House to sit down and discuss this.”
The proposed project is a 13-story, $100 million Isamic center that would be built just two blocks from Ground Zero and include a mosque, a 500-seat auditorium, a swimming pool and a gym. The plan has prompted both protest and support from the New York City community in recent weeks.
Muslims Attack Village, Slaughter 8 Christians with Machetes and Burn 7 Houses
Atlas Shrugs
Sunday, July 18, 2010
More peace and tolerance and interfaith dialogue between Muslims and non-Muslims. Attack, slaughter, hound; all in a day’s work.
JOS, Nigeria — Muslims attacked a Christian village in central Nigeria on Saturday, killing eight people with machetes and burning seven houses and a church in fresh religious violence, an army spokesman said.
The attack followed clashes in eastern Nigeria earlier in the week that also killed eight and left six mosques and a church burnt.
“It’s true eight people were killed,” Lieutenant Colonel Kingsley Umoh said.
An AFP correspondent saw the bodies, as well as the burnt houses and church in Mazzah village, near the city of Jos, where deadly religious clashes have occurred a number of times in recent months.
Umoh said Fulani Muslims entered Mazzah between 1:30 am and 5:00 am, shooting sporadically in the air to lure sleeping residents outside their homes before they were killed.
“Seven people were killed instantly with machetes while three others were seriously injured. One of them died on the way to the hospital,” he said.
He said troop reinforcements had been deployed to Mazzah, some 14 kilometres (nine miles) from Jos, the capital of central Plateau State, to prevent the violence from escalating.
The village was calm on Saturday afternoon, but some residents were seen leaving for Jos out of fears for their safety.
A senior state official, Gyang Pwajok, described the overnight attack on the mainly Christian village as an “act of terrorism”.
Plateau State lies in the so-called middle belt between the predominantly Muslim north and the mainly Christian south.
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Freedom Bus Detroit Hearing Today: Fighting the Sharia in Court
Atlas Shrugs
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Crucial Federal Court Hearing Tomorrow on Controversial “Leaving Islam” Bus Ad
ANN ARBOR, MI – Federal District Court Judge Denise Page Hood will hold a hearing on Tuesday July 12, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. to determine whether refusal by the SMART bus authority to run a controversial paid-for ad passes constitutional muster. The “Leaving Islam” ad lists a web address and states, “Fatwa on your head? Is your family or community threatening you? Leaving Islam? Got questions? Get Answers!” …Read More
Reporting from Detroit: Sharia city.
I came prepared for my hearing against the city of Detroit DOT and SMART. David Yerushalmi and the Thomas More Law Center will be representing me. Robert Muise of the Thomas More Law Center was at the same courthouse yesterday representing the four Christians arrested for handing out leaflets at a Muslim festival. Time to take our country back.
Dozens speak out against planned mosque near ground zero at NYC hearing on landmark status
FoxNews.com | Associated Press
Published July 13, 2010
NEW YORK
Dozens of opponents and some supporters of a mosque planned near ground zero attended a raucous hearing Tuesday about whether the building where the Muslim place of worship would be created warrants designation as a city landmark and should be protected from development.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio, who has sought an investigation into the funding of the mosque, was among the witnesses who testified in support of giving the building landmark status, which could complicate plans by Muslim groups to develop a community center and mosque there.
After noting the lower Manhattan building’s history and architectural significance, Lazio said it also warranted landmark designation because on Sept. 11, 2001, it was struck by airplane debris from the terror attacks against the nearby World Trade Center. That connection to the attacks, he said, made it “a place of deep historical significance and a reminder of just what happened on New York’s darkest day.”
Lazio has called on state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, his Democratic opponent in the governor’s race, to investigate the funding of the project. On Tuesday, he repeated that request and said the pace of the landmark designation process should be slowed to allow time to thoroughly investigate the matter.
Nearly 100 people attended the hearing at a college campus on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Fifty-six people testified at the hearing, which turned contentious at times, with some speakers drowned out by shouts from the audience and with one man escorted out by campus security.
“To deprive this building of landmark status is to allow for a citadel of Islamic supremacy to be erected in its place,” said Andrea Quinn, a freelance audio technician from Queens who said she had worked with people at the World Trade Center.
Indonesia: Muslims Call for Execution of Christians
REMEMBER: Indonesia is a country where Barack Obama (Barry Soetoro) lived with his stepfather and mother during his childhood.
Saturday, July 03, 2010
Death penalty for Andreas Dusly Sanau …
In this Tuesday, June 29, 2010 photo, an Indonesian Muslim woman reads a banner with a picture of a young, bespectacled Christian man and the words: ‘Death penalty for Andreas Dusly Sanau … ,’ in front of a mosque at Bekasi on the outskirts of Jakarta
The relentless torture, persecution and slaughter of Christians by Muslims escalates. This story comes to us from Indonesia, the country Obama grew up in. Remember that.
He just promised them another 160 million, and no, it was not to fight jihad.
Look at how the AP writes the headline — “eyes the Christians,” an incredible inversion of a call for mass murder by “conservative” Muslims. This is more of the mainstream media’s Orwellian honor killing of the English language.
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