Posted on 03/31/2006 11:28:42 AM PST by Jay777
North Liberty, Iowa. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has signed a lease for up to 25 years with a group that wants to build a Muslim youth camp at Lake Coralville.
The lease allows the Cedar Rapids-based Muslim Youth Camps of America to build on 114 acres of federal land. Construction can start once the group works out details with county and state regulators, the corps said Wednesday.
Plans for the $934,000 camp north of North Liberty call for lodging up to 60 campers ages 10 to 17 in cabins and tents plus staffers during the summer and up to 40 per night in the offseason. When completed, the camp will include a 2,400 square-foot lodge, a beach, recreation trails, five cabins, five tent pods and a bathroom.
Bill Aossey, Representative for MYCA, announced that the camp/convention center “has been purchased and given the name ‘Camp Heritage’ to emphasize the importance for Muslim children of understanding their roots.”
These statements, including the fact that the proposed site will contain of a 36-foot dome-covered prayer tower, has not fazed the ACLU. Concerning the matter, the ICLU, the Iowa branch of the ACLU (who in March of 2000 condemned a proposal by 12 legislators to require posting of the Ten Commandments in the Iowa State Senate chamber) had this to say: “There is no establishment clause violation in government permitting the building of a structure that resembles a mosque or church…we are unaware of any cases involving governmental religious displays based on the theory that certain public architecture is an endorsement of one religion over another…this is not the case in which to try that argument out….”
(Excerpt) Read more at militantislammonitor.org ...
And people are worried about our country being taken over by Mexicans! Wake up - we will have terrorists training camps right in our own country!
Good grief. I live about an hour from North Liberty. Tiny Iowa town, those poor folks don't know what's in store for them.
Instead of canoeing horseback riding, nature study, art and crafts, I'll bet this camp will provide studies for Jew-hating, women hating, surveillance techniques on defenseless targets, explosives making, beheading practice, manipulation of mass media and killing innocent strangers for fun.
According to MYCA representative Bill Aossey, this Iowa-based organization "emphasize[s] the importance for Muslim children of understanding their roots." Mr. Aossey is the president of the Midamar Corporation, located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Midamar is an international distributor of Halal meats, or meats that have been prepared according to Islamic law. On its website, www.midamar.com, it is stated that Midamar is a "Trusted Halal food supplier and sponsor for the annual conferences and conventions hosted by ISNA (the Islamic Society of North America, CAIR (the Council on American-Islamic Relations), AMC (the American Muslim Council), ICNA (the Islamic Circle of North America), and MAS (the Muslim American Society)." Each of these organizations has had dealings with Islamic extremist and/or hate groups.
Mr. Aossey is on Board of Directors of the AMC, one of the groups he does business with at Midamar. According to Jon Levin, a researcher at the Investigative Project, the "AMC has consistently opposed U.S. counterterrorism efforts, and has defended terrorists." In October 2000, the AMC's longtime executive director, Abdurahman Alamoudi, at a rally outside the White House, shouted, "We are all supporters of Hamas...I am also a supporter of Hezbollah." And in February 2003, recent AMC executive director, Eric Erfan Vickers, was castigated by a United States Congressman for suggesting that the "loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia and its entire crew was an act of divine retribution against Israel."
Aossey attends the Cedar Rapids Islamic Center, whose website contains numerous extremist and hate links, including a link to Al Haramain, the foundation that was one of the "principal players in charity-based financing of al Qaeda" (December 20, 2002, National Review On-Line).
Aossey was a featured speaker at the 2002 and 2003 Iowa Muslim Student Association Annual Conferences. At the 2002 Conference, he gave a speech entitled "Martyrdom in Islam." Also speaking at the 2002 Conference was Siraj Wahhaj, an alleged co-conspirator of the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. At the 2003 Conference, Aossey was joined by featured speaker Nihad Awad. Awad is the executive director of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) and an ex-member of the Islamic Association for Palestine (IAP), a front group for the terrorist organization Hamas.
This profile was adapted from the article "Camp Terror," written by Joe Kaufman and published by FrontPageMagazine.com on July 1, 2003.
When they teach the little campers how to strap on bomb vests, will the ACLU think that's okay, too?
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Is there a hog farm nearby? You know, Iowa and all...
State Song,
Corn, Corn, corn,corn,corn,corn,corn.....
Camp Intifada.......
Here's the dilemma: As long as the ROP is classified as a RELIGION, there is nothing anyone can LEGALLY do. After all, the 1st Amendment does guarantee freedom of RELIGION.
However, if we can get the ROP classified as a cult, or as a terrorist organization...something other than a RELIGION...problem solved! They wouldn't be covered under the 1st Amendment, and we could make huge strides in removing the threat from within our borders.
Question is...Just how do we do that? I know we FReepers are intelligent. Any ideas?
Hello, Fadda
Here I am at
Camp Intifada.......
First, the moonies. Now, the Mohammedans in Iowa. Wow.
Sometimes it is wise to keep your enemys close so you know who they are.
The thing is that its being built on government property...something the ACLU has opposed plenty of times.
In 2004, the ACLU won a hard fought lawsuit to remove a cross from the Mohave Desert public preserve.
In the case, Peter Eliasberg, an attorney at the ACLU stated, “The federal government should not offer public land – owned collectively by people of every faith and of no faith – as a site for the advertisement and promotion of Jesus Christ, Buddha, Pope John Paul II, or any other particular religious figure. Contrary to what some believe, it is not the role of the federal government to advance Christianity or any other sectarian belief.” He further stated, “The courts have consistently held that a permanent religious fixture on federal land is a violation of the U.S. Constitution.”
You nailed it.
Where is N. Liberty relative to Iowa City?
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