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  • Gay Advocates Take Issue With Park51 Imam (Ground Zero mosque)

    01/27/2011 11:52:05 AM PST · by La Lydia · 21 replies
    NY1 ^ | January 27, 2010
    The new religious leader at the Islamic community center in Lower Manhattan is raising eyebrows and objections from gay advocates over his views on homosexuality...A fight over the planned Islamic community center in Lower Manhattan centers around its location of being two blocks from the World Trade Center site. But now the controversy is broadening as some gay advocates are airing concerns about the new imam who's joined the project. In a lecture Imam Abdallah Adhami sells on the Internet, he offers the following explanation for the existence of homosexuality: "An enormously, overwhelming percentage of people struggle with homosexual feeling...
  • British imam raped boy many times in mosque over three-month period

    01/13/2011 4:08:43 AM PST · by Suvroc10 · 16 replies
    Examiner ^ | January 13, 2011 | Marc Schenker
    British imam raped boy many times in mosque over three-month period. A prominent imam, who is said to have been regarded as someone very powerful in his local Muslim community of Sheffield, is finally going to trial for raping, attempting to rape, and also for sexual activity with a male child for three months in July to October 2009. 42-year-old Mohammed Hanif Khan is also charged with attempting to rape the young boy’s slightly older, 15-year-old cousin over the same period of time. In an appearance at Nottingham’s Crown Court yesterday, Khan entered not guilty pleas to all eight charges...
  • Imam of Ground Zero mosque to launch tour to pressure Americans to accept mosque

    12/25/2010 4:35:26 AM PST · by Suvroc10 · 22 replies · 1+ views
    Examiner ^ | December 25, 2010 | Marc Schenker
    Imam of Ground Zero mosque to launch tour to pressure Americans to accept mosque. Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf has plans to embark on a months-long speaking tour designed to pressure Americans into accepting his Cordoba House mosque project. The tour will kick off next month in January 2011 and hit 12 media markets throughout the remainder of the year. News of this only broke on Wednesday, as most Americans were preparing to celebrate Christmas, when Rauf gave an interview to the New York Times. News of his plans were further confirmed by his spokesperson only yesterday, again, when most Americans...
  • Judicial Watch Sues Mayor Bloomberg’s Office for Ground Zero Mosque Documents

    12/09/2010 11:29:51 AM PST · by La Lydia · 11 replies
    Judicial Watch ^ | December 9, 2010
    Judicial Watch announced today that it has filed a petition with the New York State Supreme Court to compel New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s office to comply with a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request regarding contacts between the Mayor’s office, Ground Zero Mosque Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, and controversial Muslim organizations. Judicial Watch is seeking the following information pursuant to its open records request filed on August 9, 2010: a. All records of communication between the Office of the Mayor and Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf concerning the Cordoba Initiative’s proposed Cordoba House project. b. All records of communication...
  • Muslim imam who lectures on non-violence in Germany is arrested for beating up his wife

    12/02/2010 8:06:41 AM PST · by Nachum · 27 replies
    Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 12/2/10 | Allan Hall
    A Muslim imam who lectures on non-violence and advises the German government on interfaith issues has been arrested in Germany for beating up his wife. Sheikh Abu Adam, 40, is now on remand in Munich while his wife, 31, is being guarded by police. She was allegedly assaulted so badly that she suffered a broken nose and shoulder and numerous cuts and bruises.Media reports claimed the woman, who has borne one of his ten children, wanted to live a more 'western' lifestyle and was allegedly attacked after telling her husband.
  • Munich: Imam Arrested For Breaking the Bones of His (Third) Wife

    12/01/2010 3:43:08 PM PST · by george76 · 14 replies
    via the Bavarian broadcast ^ | December 1, 2010 | sheikyermami
    the well-known Imam of Munich’s Darul Quran mosque is in jail for beating one of his wives severely, in fact so bad that she sustained several broken bones. A police spokesman confirmed a report from the Bavarian broadcast (BR) on Tuesday evening in Munich.... the Islamic clergyman, who preaches publicly again and again against domestic violence and against jihad, was considered a gladly seen guest with the integration/multiculti-interfaith- rounds organized by well known social engineers . One week before his arrest he held a speech at the Catholic University Municipality of Munich.
  • Ground Zero mosque developers apply for federal grant: report

    11/22/2010 10:59:33 AM PST · by VU4G10 · 64 replies
    nypost.com ^ | November 22 | POST STAFF REPORT
    The developers behind the proposed Ground Zero mosque have applied for about $5 million in federal grant money set aside for redeveloping downtown Manhattan after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to a new report. The application was submitted as a "community and cultural enhancement" grant, which is a program run by the Lower Manhattan Redevelopment Corp. Developer Sharif El-Gamal discussed the grant proposal in recent closed-door meetings, according to The Daily Beast. The revelation that the developers have asked for this grant could reignite outrage about the mosque's proposed location.
  • Mosque Money Shocker (Outrage; unmitigated gall)

    11/22/2010 6:48:33 AM PST · by La Lydia · 47 replies
    Daily Beast ^ | November 23, 2010 | John Avalon
    Developers of the controversial Park51 Islamic community center and mosque located two blocks from Ground Zero earlier this month applied for roughly $5 million in federal grant money set aside for the redevelopment of lower Manhattan after the attacks of September 11th, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter. The audacious move stands to reignite the embers of a divisive debate that dominated headlines surrounding the ninth anniversary of the attacks this fall, say people vested in the issue. The application was submitted under a “community and cultural enhancement” grant program administered by the Lower Manhattan Redevelopment...
  • Statement by the President on Hajj and Eid-ul-Adha

    11/15/2010 4:26:09 PM PST · by omega4179 · 44 replies · 1+ views
    whitehouse.gov ^ | 11/15/2010 | wh press secretary
    The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release November 15, 2010 Statement by the President on Hajj and Eid-ul-Adha Michelle and I extend our greetings for a happy Eid-ul-Adha to Muslims worldwide and wish safe travels to those performing Hajj. This year, nearly three million pilgrims from more than 160 countries - including the United States - have gathered in Mecca and neighboring sites to perform the Hajj rituals and stand together in prayer. On Eid, Muslims around the world will commemorate Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son, and distribute food to those less fortunate - a...
  • Ground Zero imam's Union City building put into 'custodial receivership' - bedbugs, other issues

    11/14/2010 9:54:38 AM PST · by opentalk · 4 replies · 1+ views
    The Jersey Journal ^ | November 13, 2010 | Jean-Pierre Mestanza
    The bedbug-infested building owned by the imam embroiled in controversy over his request to build a mosque near the World Trade Center site has been placed into temporary custodial receivership by Hudson County Judge Thomas Olivieri, who cited a lack of improvements as the reason for his decision. According to Tuesday's decision, the custodial receiver, Raymond Bulin, will be in charge of using the October rent money to eliminate bedbugs from four apartments, cap sewer lines in the basement and improve the fire escape ladder. The building, located at 2206 Central Ave., is owned by Feisal Abdul Rauf, who was...
  • NY imam's NJ building in temporary receivership

    11/14/2010 7:21:19 AM PST · by george76 · 6 replies
    ap ^ | November 13, 2010
    A northern New Jersey apartment building owned by the imam planning an Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero in New York has been put into temporary custodial receivership. Olivieri's decision means the tenants October rent payments will be used to eliminate bedbugs from four apartments, cap sewer lines in the basement and ...
  • The 3 mosque-teers - Mike, GZ imam & Arianna in 'holy' alliance

    11/01/2010 11:54:17 AM PDT · by opentalk · 6 replies · 1+ views
    NewYork Post ^ | October 29, 2010 | NewYork Post
    So what exactly is their, um, "Game"? Mayor Bloomberg and Feisal Abdul Rauf, the imam behind the hugely controversial Ground Zero mosque, were all smiles last night as they posed with lefty blogger Arianna Huffington, who anointed them both "Game Changers." They were among the guests Huffington hosted at the Skylight Studio in SoHo at her party honoring "100 innovators, visionaries and leaders." If one picture is worth a thousand words, this one -- the first of the three of them together -- raises at least as many questions. Reporters were kept far away from the guests, so no one...
  • Saudi Prince Urges Ground Zero Mosque Be Moved (Says Imam Should 'Defer' to Opinion of NYers))

    10/29/2010 10:42:45 AM PDT · by Justaham · 23 replies
    ABC News ^ | 10-28-10 | CINDY E. RODRIGUEZ
    A billionaire Saudi prince who has been a prime backer of the Ground Zero mosque imam is urging that the controversial Islamic center be built elsewhere. "Those people behind the mosque have to respect, have to appreciate and have to defer to the people of New York," Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said in an interview with the Dubai-based Arabian Business magazine. "The wound is still there. Just because the wound is healing you can't say, 'Let's just go back to where we were pre-9/11.'" Alwaleed also said in the interview that Muslims in New York should consider a more "dignified"...
  • Saudi prince backs moving planned NYC mosque (Prince Alwaleed bin Talal says "Move the mosque")

    10/28/2010 2:56:27 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 21 replies
    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – A Saudi prince who has aided the imam spearheading a proposed Islamic center near New York's ground zero is appealing for another site not associated with the "wound" of the Sept. 11 attacks, a report said Thursday. In interview excerpts published by the Dubai-based Arabian Business magazine, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal was quoted as saying that moving the planned mosque, health club and cultural center would respect the memory of those killed in the 2001 attacks and allow American Muslims to choose a more suitable location. The comments are reportedly the prince's first public views...
  • Arlington imam, wife accused of marrying others to get U.S. citizenship

    10/19/2010 9:11:03 AM PDT · by Nachum · 10 replies
    Dallas Morning News ^ | 10/19/10 | JASON TRAHAN
    A prominent Islamic scholar who has battled accusations of extremist beliefs has been arrested along with his wife on federal charges that they married other people to get U.S. citizenship. Ibrahim Abdelrahman Dremali and Safaa Rashad Eissa were arrested by immigration agents, Arlington police and the FBI on Oct. 6 on a warrant out of Des Moines, Iowa. They were released on their own recognizance after appearing before a federal judge in Fort Worth the same day. They are scheduled to enter pleas Nov. 12 in Iowa on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, which can carry
  • Why Did Media Ignore Threat of 'Flag of Islam' Flying Over the White House?

    10/10/2010 7:13:08 AM PDT · by ZGuy · 32 replies
    Fox News ^ | 10/8/10 | Dan Gainor
    Imagine the furor if a televangelist went on TV and told viewers Christianity would conquer the world and that the flag of Christianity would fly over the White House. Network reporters would seize the moment as an example of the evils of America’s supposed Christian theocracy. Radical Islamists would likely do as they did during the Koran burning episode or after the Danish cartoons were published. People might die. Thankfully, that didn’t happen. What did happen is far scarier. ABC News held a townhall meeting, bringing on experts to ask the question: “Should Americans fear Islam?” Thanks to ABC, we...
  • Krauthammer: “Flag of Islam Will NOT Fly over the White House” – Video

    10/06/2010 11:47:52 AM PDT · by Federalist Patriot · 30 replies
    Freedom's Lighthouse ^ | October 6, 2010 | Brian
    Here is video of Charles Krauthammer on with Bill O’Reilly where he said “the flag of Islam will not fly over the White House.” Krauthammer was responding to a declaration on “This Week” by Islamic leader Anjem Choudary that “the flag of Islam would fly over the White House.” O’Reilly said he would have laughed at Choudary if he had been doing the interview. But Krauthammer said Europe is in danger of Islamic domination in the future, because “large radicalized Muslim communities” with leaders like Choudary have formed and have gained influence. Krauthammer cited Bernard Lewis as predicting that “Europe...
  • ABC removes video from “This week” Amanpour ... “one day flag of Islam will fly over White House”

    10/04/2010 4:20:16 PM PDT · by opentalk · 15 replies
    Fire Andrea Mitchell ^ | October 4, 2010 | Fire Andrea Mitchell
    We know that the lame stream media are a bunch of Obama suck ups. NBC is probably best known for it’s bowing to Obama. They are also know for making excuses for Muslim extremists and especially Imam Rauf and the entire Ground Zero Victory Mosque “team.” ABC seems to have become the leader of this coalition, especially since they hired former CNN hack Christiane Amanpour. So why should it come as any surprise that ABC decided to hold some sort of “Muslim townhall” meeting on Sunday. According to Newbusters, one moment of the townhall stood out above and beyond all...
  • Imam of Proposed Mosque Near Ground Zero Receiving Death Threats

    10/03/2010 2:43:07 PM PDT · by A_perfect_lady · 52 replies
    FOX News ^ | Oct 3, 2010 | Associated Press
    NEW YORK -- The wife of an imam planning an Islamic community center and mosque near the World Trade Center site said Sunday that she and her husband have received death threats. "For the record, my life is under threat," Daisy Khan said during a town hall debate on Islam broadcast on ABC's "This Week" news program. Khan, who's married to Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, said her husband's life also is under threat but, "We do not walk around with bodyguards because we love this country." Chief police spokesman Paul Browne confirmed that Khan had told authorities about the telephone...
  • Muslim Leader On ABC's This Week: Islam Will Conquer the White House

    10/03/2010 9:12:54 AM PDT · by kristinn · 194 replies · 1+ views
    Sunday, October 3, 2010 | Kristinn
    ABC News' Christiane Amanpour has done a great service today with her panel discussion on whether America should fear Islam. Thanks to guests Franklin Graham, Robert Spencer and Peter Gadiel refusing to submit to Allah and political correctness, and the brashness of Anjem Choudary, Americans watching broadcast television have learned more about Islam in the hour long show than many have in the nine years since 9/11.Franklin Graham was unapologetic in his stance on Islam, however he differentiated between Islam the religion and Muslim people. Gary Bauer and Ayaan Hirsi Ali also deserve credit for speaking truth to Islam on...