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The Park51 mosque and community center near Ground Zero is not Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf’s first venture into real estate development. As The Record reports, beginning in the late 1970s, Rauf acquired five apartment buildings in Union City, North Bergen, and Palisades Park, all urban areas along the New Jersey bank of the Hudson River. He developed the properties with the help a series of government grants and loans totaling in the millions — including $384,000 in 1989 endorsed by Sen. Bob Menendez (D., N.J.), then mayor of Union City, and $1,295,000 underwritten by then Hudson County executive Robert C....

When you look at all the arguments regarding the Mosque,the MSM has yet discussed the violent acts that will take place during the construction.Take the numbers against the Mosque.How can you control Seven Million Furious New Yorkers?,many who will do anything to stop the construction.Doesn't the IMAN take that into consideration?Fact:Why would anyone risk their lives attempting to Build A Mosque On Ground Zero? It would be like a Million Angry Mafia Men willing to protect Ground Zero using any means.

Imam Behind Park51 Ignores Low-Income Tenants Pleas, They SayThe Muslim imam who plans to build a controversial Islamic center near Ground Zero should first take on a smaller project, like ridding his New Jersey apartment buildings of rats and bedbugs, angry tenants told ABCNews.com. Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf owns buildings across the Hudson River in several New Jersey cities, including Union City, North Bergen and Palisades Park, which he reportedly renovated with tax dollars. Residents, many of whom are immigrants and most of whom are working-class Hispanic Catholics, say they have complained about unsanitary conditions for years. The imam, however,...

As the Great Mosque Debate of 2010 rolls into what feels like its billionth week, it’s clear that tensions are rising steadily higher. With all of the televised shouting matches and roadside stabbings out there, it’s not at all surprising that discourse on the internet, the official home of unbridled rage, has gotten pretty bad. How bad? Well, a respected journalist is apparently organizing brawls outside of ABC’s New York headquarters. Earlier today, Chris Cuomo implored his followers on Twitter to remember the violence committed during the Crusades before they condemn all Muslims for the actions of some extremists:"To all...

Time for a quick refresher course for our itty-bitty-brained politicians: Why did bin Laden choose the World Trade Center as his target? Three words, chumps: World. Trade. Center... Pop quiz, President Obama: Which three American symbols did Osama bin Laden target on 9/11? In case you're too engrossed in improving your golf handicap to remember, I've got the answer right here: the Pentagon, symbol of America's military power; Congress, symbol of America's governmental power; and the World Trade Center, symbol of America's economic power. Bringing down the symbols of American power was radical Islam's strategic opening move -- and now...

WEBTODAY EXCLUSIVE (August 24, 2010)-- QUESTION: Who really was speaking on that historic day of June 4th 2009 in Cairo, Egypt? President Obama or the Imam of the proposed Ground Zero Mosque, Feisal Abdul Rauf? ANSWER: Feisal Abdul Rauf! Link to audio of Rauf's admission The Shoebat Foundation obtained this shocking audio recording of Rauf's own voice boasting in Arabic that Obama’s historic Cairo speech was provided by the Imam and the Cordova Initiative in what the Imam called “The Blue Print” which he said was the solution to the Islamic-American divide. Rauf claimed Chapter 6 of the Imam’s work...

Obama’s in trouble. Whether it’s the economy or the oil spill or the Ground Zero Caring Sharing Togetherness Mosque or whatever else that’s gone wrong for him, his approval ratings are drooping like a 49-year-old man’s pecs. More and more Americans are wondering why they voted for this guy. More and more Americans are getting fed up with the way things are going. More and more Americans are flipping their calendars to November 2010 and 2012 and marking the dates. You’ll never guess whose fault that is! New York Times:In Defining Obama, Misperceptions Stick Americans need only stand in line...

The Associated Press sent an advisory out on Thursday telling its staff to stop referencing the controversial Cordoba House as the "Ground Zero Mosque." Instead, the AP wants their reporters to call it the "NYC Mosque." In an advisory the AP wrote: Colleagues, Here is some guidance on covering the NYC mosque story, with assists from Chad Roedemeier in the NYC bureau and Terry Hunt in Washington: 1. We should continue to avoid the phrase "ground zero mosque" or "mosque at ground zero" on all platforms. (We’ve very rarely used this wording, except in slugs, though we sometimes see other...

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Here are the names of union and non-union tradesman who refuse to work the site of the proposed Ground Zero Mosque. We feel we have been betrayed by our civic leaders and elected officials as they allow the Cordoba Initiative Group build their Mega-Mosque on top of the ashes of the 3,ooo innocents who were slaughtered on 911. The attackers yelled “Allah Ahkbar” as they destroyed our symbols of economic power and liberty filled with Americans. Across the world and even in our own neighborhoods Muslims celebrated in the streets as the nation grieved like never before. The Imam Feisal...