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Religion of Peace update: Questions about the Ground Zero mosque
- What if the family of Timothy McVeigh decided they wanted to erect a bronze statue of their son across the street from the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City, making the argument that their son wasn’t all bad?
- What if the descendants of General George Custer wanted to build a memorial within sight of the Rainbow Bridge (a site considered sacred by Indian tribes in Montana)?
- What if undisclosed investors wanted to build a “German cultural center” next door to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, claiming they wanted to “steer the world back to the course of mutual recognition and respect?”
- What if the Ku Klux Klan wanted to build an “Aryan initiative” across the street from the tomb of Martin Luther King Jr., claiming they wanted to foster better understanding between blacks and whites?
None of these events would ever be allowed to happen because they are so absurd and obviously antagonistic as to be inconceivable. Yet we are, for some unknown reason, turning a blind eye to Feisal Abdul Rauf — the imam behind the $100 million, 13-story “Ground Zero mosque” — and allowing the same kind of insanity to be perpetrated on our nation under the guise of religious freedom.
The Islamists behind the Cordoba House (so named in recognition of the Great Mosque of Cordoba built on top of a conquered Christian church in Spain) are fully aware that building a new mosque in such close proximity to Ground Zero is an insult to many Americans. And as if that wasn’t contentious enough, Rauf plans to dedicate the building on September 11, 2011, ten years to the day after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. They are counting on our dedication to principle to enable their gesture of conquest. And the symbolism of the mosque’s location will not be lost on the 91 million Muslims who support terrorism in the name of Allah.
Of course, Feisal Abdul Rauf and his supporters deny that their efforts are imperialist in nature. But it should be noted that many Muslims still adhere to the age-old Islamic tradition of “taqiyya,” the religiously-sanctioned doctrine of deliberate deception about religious matters that may be undertaken to protect Islam and its believers. And Rauf’s background is enough to cause any reasonable person to question his sincerity.
Imam Feisal Rauf, the central figure behind the mosque project, has a public image as a devotee of the “contemplative” Sufi school of Islam, but his writings directed at Muslims are full of praise for Wahhabi fundamentalism. He has refused to “repudiate the threat from authoritative sharia to the religious freedom and safety of former Muslims,” a pledge issued nine months ago by ex-Muslims under threat for their “apostasy.” He refused to describe Hamas as a terrorist organization, and will not talk about the Muslim Brotherhood. He is an open proponent of integrating sharia into the law of Western countries. When speaking to Arabic audiences, he discounts the idea of religious dialogue.
Despite a variety of troubling evidence — not the least of which is the undisclosed identity of the investor(s) who put up the $4.85 million in cash to purchase the property — the dhimmis on the political left are eager to swallow any excuse they are given about Rauf and the Cordoba mosque intiative, demonizing anyone who disagrees as bigots and Islamophobes.
True to form, President Obama is voting “present,” choosing to carefully weasel out of the controversy and paint it as a local issue. It’s hard to believe our president is deferring to local government on anything given his predilection for heavy-handed interference. Robert Spencer nails The One’s hypocrisy to the wall:
Arizona’s immigration law is not a local issue. The arrest of a black professor, Henry Louis Gates, by a white policeman is not a local issue. But a triumphal Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero? Local issue.
It’s even more reprehensible if Obama believes the 9/11 attacks were “just a New York thing.” The Americans who were murdered in those terrorist attacks were from all over our country. And the attack against America, perpetrated by foreign-born terrorists, is a national issue. I’m disappointed that President Obama is unwilling to consider the millions of Americans who are offended by this mosque, choosing to pass the buck and avoid political difficulties rather than lead. Now would be the time to speak up and urge Imam Rauf to reconsider the location of the Cordoba mosque. Since beer isn’t Halal, how about a “ginger ale summit?”
If this mosque truly is all about “mutual recognition and respect,” then let Rauf start by showing some recognition for the millions of Americans (approximately 167,352,844) who are genuinely offended by this insensitive project and are opposed to its construction. Build the Islamic center somewhere far away from Ground Zero. Then we can talk about mutual respect.
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UPDATE: You can read more about Imam Rauf and his connections to Wahhabi Islamic supremacism here.
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UPDATE: Jay Tea at Wizbang is all over this today also, and really summed up my thoughts on this matter.
“This victory by militant Islam will, in the long run, cost them. It will stand as a constant reminder that Islam is not interested in co-existing with the “unbelievers” except on Islam’s terms. That sensitivity and respect and tolerance is a one-way street — we owe it to Islam, but it owes no such things to us.”
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UPDATE: I’ve heard equally insensitive ideas that could be implemented if this affront is allowed to continue. Two can play at this game…
- Build a Hooters across the street from the
mosqueMuslim community center - Open a restaurant next door that serves pork barbeque
- Post Muhammad cartoons on every public space around Cordoba House
- Line the sidewalks with street vendors serving bacon-wrapped hot dogs
- Build a Christian and Jewish “community center” at Mecca
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UPDATE: Stephen Schwartz, a Sunni Muslim, has written an excellent article criticizing the Ground Zero Islamic center project, echoing my arguments regarding insensitivity to non-Muslims and Rauf’s suspicious associations.
To those who’ve hurled insults and abusive names in the comments section rather than debating the facts of this issue (anonymous commenters have been and will continue to be ignored), I ask you; is Schwartz an Islamophobe? Or will you acknowledge that this Cordoba House initiative is questionable at best and should be relocated in the interest of goodwill?
Posted by FullMetalPatriot
12th gen. American, Constitutionalist, Harley-riding Texan, gun owner & NRA member, blogger, illustrator, Florida Gator alumnus. #TCOT
12th gen. American, Constitutionalist, Harley-riding Texan, gun owner & NRA member, blogger, illustrator, Florida Gator alumnus. #TCOT
What an idiot. It is painfully clear that you have no Muslim friends, as they would clearly smack you upside the head for your stupid fear-filled rant. At least show some friggin intelligence.
1. there IS a Custer memorial where he made his last stand at Little Bighorn (a US NATIONAL MONUMENT, no less), and it is very frequently protested by Indian tribes who mourn the thousands of their own that Custer and his men murdered.
2. There IS a German cultural center (Goethe institute) within a mile of the US Holocaust museum, and it is also right across the street from a synagogue.
3. the MLK center has often asked different cultural groups with different views on race to come and dialogue in order to promote understanding and peace.
4. sure, the cordoba mosque was built on the site of a conquered christian church. This has happend THOUSANDS of times throughout the world throughout history, MOSTLY by the Christians. Most all Christian churches are built upon Roman and local pagan (sometimes Jewish!)temples.
5. OOOO! Somebody anonymously donated a bunch of money to help build a church. Oh, that's NEVER happened before!!
Keeping a mosque away from Ground Zero is like keeping a knife away from a wound. Just because the knife is there, it doesn't mean that you're going to get cut again. Just because the knife is away, doesn't mean you're NOT going to get cut again.
You're just afraid of the knife, and that's JUST what your terrorist boogeymen want from you.
DUMBASS.
Great post and so true.
John,
Whether I do or do not have Muslim friends is immaterial to my opinion of an Islamic supremacist group establishing a psychological vanguard near Ground Zero. Your feeble attempt at Fisking my post was severely hampered by your heavy use of "straw man" arguments like that. Furthermore, the hypothetical examples I gave were simply illustrations. Flailing at any of those examples in no way diminishes the point I was making.
Neither do your pathetic Ad Hominem attacks.
I'm well aware of the Goethe Institute and the Custer Memorial, I intentionally made up four fictitious situations so as to make them more illustrative of my point. Perhaps I should have made my allegories a little more flat-footed? I put "German cultural center" in quotes for a reason, but you clearly missed it. Since that's too subtle for you, how about if the Aryan Nation anonymously donated money to build a headquarters down the street from the National Holocaust Memorial? Is that easier for you to understand?
Also, I think it's unlikely the family of Dr. King routinely invites the KKK to dialogue with them, much less ask them to establish a presence near Dr. King's tomb. So you can take back that fallacy as well. The King Center does many good things, but embracing white supremacists is not one of them.
Rather than attack fictitious examples with your logical fallacies, you might do well to educate yourself on Wahhabism. A church whose leader embraces Islamic extremism is not something we should dismiss so carelessly.
And my main point was that when atrocities have occurred throughout history, those who have suffered the losses are unlikely to want the offending party to sidle up to them afterwards. Imam Rauf's affinity for Wahhabism puts him in the same ideological camp as Osama Bin Laden and the rest of the 9/11 terrorists. His indifference to the public outcry against his proposed mosque reveals that his stated goal for "mutual recognition and respect" is clearly disingenuous.
I understand your knife symbolism. However, such a carte blanche attitude is completely ignorant of the mentality of Islamic supremacists, and works in their favor. I'm not afraid of Muslim terrorists, but neither will I close my eyes and put my fingers in my ears just so I can proclaim myself as tolerant and progressive.