Our continuing assumption that every new day will be like the one before it is simply not realistic. Unless our alphabets catch each and every one of the sleeper cell members in our country, each day brings them more anonymity and us more likelihood of danger - especially since their numbers are swelling with supporters pouring into America and no end in sight to the open borders that let them in. Surveillance cameras for the State of Michigan's use on the Canadian border are delayed and the borders are ripe for those robust ME types who would hike the backroads and hitch a ride once securely implanted on American soil. Michigan Borders Unprotected
Feds Warn Fla. County About Limiting Height of Mosque
The Associated Press ^ | Jul 29, 2004 | The Associated Press
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) - The U.S. Department of Justice has warned Sarasota County officials that they may have acted unfairly against a Muslim group by limiting the height of their proposed mosque. The County Commission ruled in February that the mosque could be no taller than 40 feet - a restriction not placed on 14 other houses of worship approved by the county since 2002.
The Islamic Society of Sarasota and Bradenton, which for 10 years has met in a private home, has a growing congregation and wants to build a 13,500-square-foot mosque it says is based on Islamic traditions that include two 80-foot-high minarets.
In a July 6 letter, the Justice Department said its investigation is "preliminary in nature," but that it has received information that the county may have imposed "a substantial burden on the religious exercise" of the Islamic Society.
Islamic Society members say they had not complained to the federal government, but are celebrating the Justice Department's involvement.
"We are very pleased," society spokesman Hytham Bakr, told the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. "We believe in God and believe God was watching over us."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1180671/posts