How long will the political elites ignore the will of the people? “Poll: Most NYers want developers to move mosque,” from AP, August 31: ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A new poll finds 71 percent of New Yorkers want the developers of an Islamic center and mosque near ground zero to voluntarily move the project. The […]
But wait, there’s more: Ground Zero mega-mosque developer Gamal owes $21,000 in fines on a property with 13 violations
Shockingly, Silent Sharif isn’t talking about this, either. More on this story, in which Gamal lost his cool when the imam interviewed below invited the press to a mosque fundraiser. That imam grasps the fact that it’s bad for business; is Gamal in too far over his head to care anymore? “Visiting Imam Advises Mosque […]
Waiter-turned-millionaire Ground Zero mega-mosque developer El-Gamal has a history of thuggishness
The thuggish, in-your-face aspect of the desire to build a mosque at Ground Zero has by now been amply documented: belying their claims to be building it only to affect reconciliation and peace, mosque leaders have smeared all opponents of the mosque as racists and bigots and refused all entreaties to put their mosque elsewhere. […]
Canada jihad terror suspects worshiped at same mosque in Montreal
How is it that they attended this mosque, and so were apparently reasonably observant Muslims, and yet misunderstood Islam so as to think it had something to do with terrorism? Were they influenced by anything they heard at this mosque? What is being taught at this mosque? Does anyone know? Does anyone care? “Two terror […]
Muslim Brotherhood emerging as backer of Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero
What a surprise: the group dedicated in its own words to “eliminating and destroying Western civilization from within” has connections to the “moderate” Ground Zero mosque. “Mosque’s Saudi Patron,” from Investor’s Business Daily, August 26: Islamofascism: New dots are emerging from the probe into who’s behind the Ground Zero mosque, and the radical Muslim Brotherhood […]
Investigative Project uncovers numerous questionable aspects of Ground Zero mega-mosque imam’s organizations financing
Daisy Khan says they have nothing in the bank. So where do they have it? “The Tangled Web of the GZM Imam’s Organizations Raises Questions,” from IPT News, August 26: The backers of the Ground Zero Mosque have virtually no money, one of the group’s leaders says, and plan to create another nonprofit organization that […]
Top Muslims Condemn Ground Zero Mosque as a ‘Zionist Conspiracy’
In a recent article, I argued that the Ground Zero mosque is counterproductive to Islam. The following day, on August 5th, the Egyptian newspaper Al Masry Al Youm reported that none other than Al Azhar — one of Sunni Islam’s most authoritative institutions — agrees. My translation of the relevant excerpt follows: A number of […]
State Dept “aware” of Ground Zero Imam Rauf’s Islamic supremacist remarks, but doesn’t care
The renowned “moderate” Imam of the Ground Zero mega-mosque is suffering from some cracks in his facade of moderation. Pamela Geller broke the story here: among many other incendiary statements, Rauf said, “We tend to forget, in the West, that the United States has more Muslim blood on its hands than al Qaida has on […]
Hannity: Pamela Geller vs. “civil rights lawyer” on Ground Zero mega-mosque
Civil rights. Sure. Just not for the victims of Islamic supremacism.
Christopher Hitchens discovers that the Ground Zero mosque imam is not as moderate as he is cracked up to be
Not too long ago Christopher Hitchens wrote that opposition to the Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero was just bigotry and racism — the whole tired laundry list of Leftist cliches. But now he is deeply confused, for he has discovered that the Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf is not as “moderate” as the cappuccino bomb-throwers […]