Douglas Murray - August 12, 2010: The very idea of building a mosque there is a dangerous sign of Muslim demands on Western societies, says British authority Douglas Murray - and it shows that the U.S. must make a stand.
“Islam is a religion of peace.” That is what every Western leader says every time a Muslim sets something off.
They never tell us which ones they think are the violent religions. But for Islam it’s a win-win. Knock down a tower and everyone in government says how terrific Islam is. Build a tower and everyone in government says how terrific Islam is. Either way it’s a gain for Islam.
My country, Britain, has led the way in this. But it is fascinating watching Mayor Bloomberg and Co. following the British curve... Read more and view Gallery of America's 30 Most Muslim Cities
Ground Zero PETITION - Sign Today!
To Mayor Bloomberg
- We urge you to stop plans to construct a Mosque and Islamic center 600 feet from Ground Zero.
- A neighborhood mosque to accommodate a local community would not have caused a stir. But this mammoth plan raises questions that have not been answered:
- Who is donating the multimillion dollar project and why?
- There are reports that the group behind the mosque project is involved in the flotillas against Israel. This must be investigated.
- Is this project part of the well documented campaign to place mosques as signs of Islam's dominance?
- Claims that this is dedicated to promoting tolerance have been severely undercut by the Imam's refusal to condemn Hamas as a terrorist organization.
- Mayor Bloomberg, you owe the people of New York and the United States a full investigation of these and other related issues before you permit this project to proceed. A hearing by a community board is not an adequate review.
- When cloistered nuns tried to establish a convent at Auschwitz the world called it inappropriate and the religious community abandoned the site.
- The sponsors and supporters of this project have shown an intolerant attitude to any criticism.
- We believe it is imperative that a full investigation take place before this project becomes reality.
America Must Take a Stand
The other day, New York's Governor proposed ending the 9-11 Mosque controversy by offering to find another plot of land for the Mosque. The New York Post, which has led a campaign against the Mosque, praised the Governor's proposal.
Douglas Murray, a British authority on Islam, would disagree. Writing in the Daily Beast, Mr. Murray argues that the persistence of the Mosque promoters to build near Ground Zero even though most Americans oppose the project is proof that the United States is being challenged by a force that demands that our society capitulate to their wants... Read the article
NY Gov. George Pataki's Appearance on "America's Newsroom" FoxNews
July 15, 2010: Former New York Governor George Pataki appeared on Fox News this morning to discuss the Cordoba Mosque Issue with Bill Hemmer.
Marist Poll: Jewish New Yorkers are Greatest Opponents of Mosque
The respected Marist College Polling Institute reports today that among New Yorkers opposition to the 9-11 Mosque exists among all religious groups but New York's always liberal Jewish voters are the ones most opposed... See poll results
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Half-Baked Mosque - Developer Owns Only Part of Site
Isabel Vincent & Melissa Klein - August 8, 2010:
Not so fast.
The developers of the controversial mosque proposed near Ground Zero own only half the site where they want to construct the $100 million building, The Post has learned.
One of the two buildings on Park Place is owned by Con Edison, even though Soho Properties told officials and the public that it owns the entire parcel. And any potential sale by Con Ed faces a review by the state Public Service Commission.
“We never heard anything about Con Ed whatsoever,” said a stunned Julie Menin, the chairwoman of Community Board 1, which passed a May resolution supporting the mosque.
Rep. Peter King, who opposes the mosque, said the developers seemed to be “operating under false pretenses.”
“I wonder what else they are hiding,” said King (R-LI). “If we can’t have the full truth on this, what can we believe?” Read full article
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Bloomberg is Way Out of Line
It’s one thing for Mayor Bloomberg to play nanny and hector New Yorkers about smoking and trans fats, as he never stops doing. But it’s quite another for him to grab the flag and start scolding foes of that planned mosque near Ground Zero, as he did Friday.
The mayor was way, way out of line.
“A handful of people ought to be ashamed of themselves,” he huffed.
Well, we know one person who should be ashamed: him.
Bloomberg got downright apocalyptic, calling the controversy “[as] important [a] test of the separation of church and state . . . as we may see in our lifetimes.” Read more
Douglas Murray, a British authority on Islam, would disagree. Writing in the Daily Beast, Mr. Murray argues that the persistence of the Mosque promoters to build near Ground Zero even though most Americans oppose the project is proof that the United States is being challenged by a force that demands that our society capitulate to their wants... Read the article
NY Gov. George Pataki's Appearance on "America's Newsroom" FoxNews
July 15, 2010: Former New York Governor George Pataki appeared on Fox News this morning to discuss the Cordoba Mosque Issue with Bill Hemmer.
Marist Poll: Jewish New Yorkers are Greatest Opponents of Mosque
The respected Marist College Polling Institute reports today that among New Yorkers opposition to the 9-11 Mosque exists among all religious groups but New York's always liberal Jewish voters are the ones most opposed... See poll results
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Half-Baked Mosque - Developer Owns Only Part of Site
Isabel Vincent & Melissa Klein - August 8, 2010:
Not so fast.
The developers of the controversial mosque proposed near Ground Zero own only half the site where they want to construct the $100 million building, The Post has learned.
One of the two buildings on Park Place is owned by Con Edison, even though Soho Properties told officials and the public that it owns the entire parcel. And any potential sale by Con Ed faces a review by the state Public Service Commission.
“We never heard anything about Con Ed whatsoever,” said a stunned Julie Menin, the chairwoman of Community Board 1, which passed a May resolution supporting the mosque.
Rep. Peter King, who opposes the mosque, said the developers seemed to be “operating under false pretenses.”
“I wonder what else they are hiding,” said King (R-LI). “If we can’t have the full truth on this, what can we believe?” Read full article
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Bloomberg is Way Out of Line
It’s one thing for Mayor Bloomberg to play nanny and hector New Yorkers about smoking and trans fats, as he never stops doing. But it’s quite another for him to grab the flag and start scolding foes of that planned mosque near Ground Zero, as he did Friday.
The mayor was way, way out of line.
“A handful of people ought to be ashamed of themselves,” he huffed.
Well, we know one person who should be ashamed: him.
Bloomberg got downright apocalyptic, calling the controversy “[as] important [a] test of the separation of church and state . . . as we may see in our lifetimes.” Read more
History & Consequences of Park51: The Cordoba House
Frank Salvato - August 6, 2010: Read full article
In order to understand just how deliberately abrasive the construction of Park51 – or, as originally intended, The Cordoba House – in the shadow of Ground Zero actually is, we must come to understand its inferred meaning and to do that we must understand a period of violent Muslim aggression, circa 711AD, that established the Emirate and Caliphate of Cordoba. Remember, the mosque project at Ground Zero was originally meant to be called “The Cordoba House.”
The turning-point battle that brought the Muslims to power in Cordoba, the Battle of Guadalete, was not a singular Muslim attack, rather, it was the culminating event in a series of raids across the straits from North Africa. During the initial raids, several southern Iberian towns, predominantly Christian in nature, were pillaged by the Islamist forces, which had been harassing the peninsula by sea since approximately 705AD. But during the Battle of Guadalete, whole cities were razed and a grotesque number of people were slaughtered in a general destruction that sent non-Muslim civilians fleeing to the hill countries.
In light of the history behind the name of Abdul Rauf’s organization – the Cordoba Initiative – it is legitimate, and, in fact, necessary, to scrutinize not only the intent behind his quest to build a monument to Islamic conquest in the shadow of Ground Zero, but a moral obligation for the non-Islamic world to inquire as to who and/or what organizations are funding the construction of said monument.
Truth be told, I suspect that:
There can be no turning back, no further delay. The grace period that began on September 12, 2001, for non-Muslims to exercise understanding and tolerance of the Islamic religion, to explore the meaning behind the aggression, is over. The non-Muslim population of the world has been intensely exposed to Islam for almost a decade now and that is long enough for us to understand that in its current form – especially its current fundamentalist form – Islam is not symbiotic with freedom or liberty, not compatible with the 21st Century, and antithetical to the United States Constitution.
We in the free world, who understand that liberty and freedom come to us as inalienable rights from the Creator, will not acquiesce to an ideology that oppresses its own women, that celebrates the conquest of other cultures, and which is so indignant of other philosophies and ideologies that it would allow for the use and rationalization of “violent jihad” in pursuit of global subjugation.
There is no retreat from this moment in time, this “line in the sand,” as it were. So-called moderate Muslims must choose: peaceful symbiotic co-existence or a confrontation of cultures.
In order to understand just how deliberately abrasive the construction of Park51 – or, as originally intended, The Cordoba House – in the shadow of Ground Zero actually is, we must come to understand its inferred meaning and to do that we must understand a period of violent Muslim aggression, circa 711AD, that established the Emirate and Caliphate of Cordoba. Remember, the mosque project at Ground Zero was originally meant to be called “The Cordoba House.”
History
In 711AD, during the first attempt at global conquest by Muslim leaders, Tariq ibn-Ziyad, under the orders of the Umayyad Caliph Al-Walid I, brought most of the Iberian Peninsula (what is now Spain, Portugal and Gibraltar) under Muslim occupation in a campaign that lasted approximately seven years. The Iberian Peninsula, for the most part, became part of the expanding Umayyad Empire, under the name of al-Andalus. The turning-point battle that brought the Muslims to power in Cordoba, the Battle of Guadalete, was not a singular Muslim attack, rather, it was the culminating event in a series of raids across the straits from North Africa. During the initial raids, several southern Iberian towns, predominantly Christian in nature, were pillaged by the Islamist forces, which had been harassing the peninsula by sea since approximately 705AD. But during the Battle of Guadalete, whole cities were razed and a grotesque number of people were slaughtered in a general destruction that sent non-Muslim civilians fleeing to the hill countries.
In light of the history behind the name of Abdul Rauf’s organization – the Cordoba Initiative – it is legitimate, and, in fact, necessary, to scrutinize not only the intent behind his quest to build a monument to Islamic conquest in the shadow of Ground Zero, but a moral obligation for the non-Islamic world to inquire as to who and/or what organizations are funding the construction of said monument.
Truth be told, I suspect that:
- Abdul Rauf, deep down inside, sees his Cordoba House as a mark of conquest over America; a monument to the Islamist quest for a global Caliphate.
- Abdul Rauf, and all those who are helping to fund his “initiative,” would dance with glee at the prospect of the United States Constitution falling prey to sharia law.
- Of course, this is my opinion, but I am familiar with the Abdul Rauf’s of the world and there is nothing understanding, tolerant or inclusive about them.
- They are arrogant elitists hell-bent on domination, and in this particular case, the domination of a hallowed site by a monument to radical Islamist aggression surrendered by the ignorant, the uninformed and those possessing a less than noble agenda.
It is well past time that the so-called “moderate Muslims” step up to do what they know deep down is correct. It’s time for them to choose sides and live with their choices. Moderate Muslims either condemn the violence and deceit, the subjugation of women and the crusade against all other religions or they side with the aggressor jihadists in their quest for the establishment of a global Caliphate; a quest to rule the world under sharia law. From this day forward their silence must be interpreted as siding with the aggressor Islamists.
There can be no turning back, no further delay. The grace period that began on September 12, 2001, for non-Muslims to exercise understanding and tolerance of the Islamic religion, to explore the meaning behind the aggression, is over. The non-Muslim population of the world has been intensely exposed to Islam for almost a decade now and that is long enough for us to understand that in its current form – especially its current fundamentalist form – Islam is not symbiotic with freedom or liberty, not compatible with the 21st Century, and antithetical to the United States Constitution.
We in the free world, who understand that liberty and freedom come to us as inalienable rights from the Creator, will not acquiesce to an ideology that oppresses its own women, that celebrates the conquest of other cultures, and which is so indignant of other philosophies and ideologies that it would allow for the use and rationalization of “violent jihad” in pursuit of global subjugation.
There is no retreat from this moment in time, this “line in the sand,” as it were. So-called moderate Muslims must choose: peaceful symbiotic co-existence or a confrontation of cultures.
Obama's Support for Ground Zero Mosque Draws Fire
Published August 14, 2010 | FoxNews.com: President Obama is under fire after jumping into the middle of a cultural clash Friday night in favor of building a mosque near ground zero, a stance that has elevated the contentious issue to the presidential level ahead of a difficult election season for Democrats.
Some victims' advocates and Republicans have strongly condemned Obama's support for the mosque, which would be part of a $100 million Islamic community center two blocks from where nearly 3,000 people perished when hijacked jetliners slammed into the World Trade Center towers on Sept. 11, 2001.
"Barack Obama has abandoned America at the place where America's heart was broken nine years ago, and where her true values were on display for all to see," said Debra Burlingame, a spokeswoman for some Sept. 11 victims' families and the sister of one of the pilots killed in the attacks... Read more
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‘Obama Defends Ground Zero Mosque Plans’
August 13, 2010 - by Ed Driscoll - PyjamasMedia
“Ground Zero is, indeed, hallowed ground,” the president said.
“But let me be clear: as a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country. That includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances.
Obama said Islam is not the enemy, al-Qaida is... Read more
Obama agrees to religious freedom for Islam... and what about Christianity?
Read: Obama White House orders coverup of religious symbols for Georgetown speech.
Some victims' advocates and Republicans have strongly condemned Obama's support for the mosque, which would be part of a $100 million Islamic community center two blocks from where nearly 3,000 people perished when hijacked jetliners slammed into the World Trade Center towers on Sept. 11, 2001.
"Barack Obama has abandoned America at the place where America's heart was broken nine years ago, and where her true values were on display for all to see," said Debra Burlingame, a spokeswoman for some Sept. 11 victims' families and the sister of one of the pilots killed in the attacks... Read more
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‘Obama Defends Ground Zero Mosque Plans’
August 13, 2010 - by Ed Driscoll - PyjamasMedia
“Ground Zero is, indeed, hallowed ground,” the president said.
“But let me be clear: as a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country. That includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances.
Obama said Islam is not the enemy, al-Qaida is... Read more
Obama agrees to religious freedom for Islam... and what about Christianity?
Read: Obama White House orders coverup of religious symbols for Georgetown speech.
Rifqa Bary: US Teen Flees Home & Her Honor Killing
Rifqa Bary: Teen fleeing home & her honor killing
Rifqa Bary's Attorney, Kort Gatterdam speaks out!
Justice for Rifqa Bary
Phyllis Chesler - Published August 06, 2010 | FoxNews.com: Christmas arrived early this year for this brave, young ex-Muslim convert to Christianity. On Thursday, at 5 p.m., Judge Mary Goodrich in Columbus, Ohio decided that Rifqa Bary, who will turn eighteen in five days, does not have to return to her family (all of whom are here illegally from Sri Lanka).
According to breaking local news, “Goodrich also said it’s not in the girl’s best interest to return her to her native Sri Lanka. Bary is (also) an illegal immigrant. The ruling allows her attorneys to file for a special immigration status to allow her to stay in the U.S. while she continues medical treatment following recent surgery for uterine cancer.”
Allow me to congratulate the Judge—and a special congratulations to Rifqa’s hard-working, dedicated, and skillful lawyers: Angela Lloyd and Kort Gatterdam. Most of all, allow me to congratulate Rifqa herself for her extraordinary strength and courage.
Phyllis Chesler, Ph.D. is a frequent contributor to Fox News and blogs regularly at Pajamas Media and NewsReal Blog. She is the author of thirteen books, including "Woman’s Inhumanity to Woman" and "The New Anti-Semitism," and may be reached at her website www.phyllis-chesler.com
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About the author: Phyllis Chesler, Ph.D. is a frequent contributor to Fox News and blogs regularly at Pajamas Media and NewsReal Blog. She is the author of thirteen books, including "Woman’s Inhumanity to Woman" and "The New Anti-Semitism," and may be reached at her website http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/
Rifqa Bary Press Conference: Pamela Geller
September 03, 2009: Rifqa Bary's Arraignment
Robert Spencer at Rifqa Bary Press Conference
Rifqa Bary Hearing - full coverage at Atlas Shrugs
CBN update on Rifqa Bary
What Rifqa Bary's Case Tells Us
Rifqa Bary's Attorney, Kort Gatterdam speaks out!
Justice for Rifqa Bary
Phyllis Chesler - Published August 06, 2010 | FoxNews.com: Christmas arrived early this year for this brave, young ex-Muslim convert to Christianity. On Thursday, at 5 p.m., Judge Mary Goodrich in Columbus, Ohio decided that Rifqa Bary, who will turn eighteen in five days, does not have to return to her family (all of whom are here illegally from Sri Lanka).
According to breaking local news, “Goodrich also said it’s not in the girl’s best interest to return her to her native Sri Lanka. Bary is (also) an illegal immigrant. The ruling allows her attorneys to file for a special immigration status to allow her to stay in the U.S. while she continues medical treatment following recent surgery for uterine cancer.”
Allow me to congratulate the Judge—and a special congratulations to Rifqa’s hard-working, dedicated, and skillful lawyers: Angela Lloyd and Kort Gatterdam. Most of all, allow me to congratulate Rifqa herself for her extraordinary strength and courage.
Phyllis Chesler, Ph.D. is a frequent contributor to Fox News and blogs regularly at Pajamas Media and NewsReal Blog. She is the author of thirteen books, including "Woman’s Inhumanity to Woman" and "The New Anti-Semitism," and may be reached at her website www.phyllis-chesler.com
To continue reading this article click here.
About the author: Phyllis Chesler, Ph.D. is a frequent contributor to Fox News and blogs regularly at Pajamas Media and NewsReal Blog. She is the author of thirteen books, including "Woman’s Inhumanity to Woman" and "The New Anti-Semitism," and may be reached at her website http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/
Rifqa Bary Press Conference: Pamela Geller
September 03, 2009: Rifqa Bary's Arraignment
Robert Spencer at Rifqa Bary Press Conference
Rifqa Bary Hearing - full coverage at Atlas Shrugs
CBN update on Rifqa Bary
What Rifqa Bary's Case Tells Us
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