Posted on 07/13/2006 5:24:41 PM PDT by Pyro7480
POMPANO BEACH -- Dozens of black residents, joined by some whites and Hispanics, rallied Tuesday in front of City Hall to protest plans to move a mosque into the predominantly black northwest area.
More than 60 people responded to a call by a group of ministers for the protest, demanding that the City Commission rescind the permission it gave the Islamic Center of South Florida to move into the neighborhood. The mosque plans to build a 29,000-square-foot center on a 4.8-acre site where residents want to see affordable homes....
Led by the Rev. O'Neal Dozier of the Worldwide Christian Center, protesters carried signs opposing the relocation of the mosque from the city's northeast area. Some called Muslims "dangerous" and "terrorists."
Dozier, who last week called Islam a cult, said in an interview commissioners face repercussions at the ballot box if they do not change the June 14 decision. If the commissioners didn't change their minds, Dozier said, he would sue the city.
"We must remember that no matter how peaceful many Muslims seem to be, their core religion's doctrine allows for no other faith to exist peacefully alongside them," Dozier told the commissioners during a public comment period....
At the end of the meeting, Mayor John Raysom said he wouldn't like the city to prohibit any church or religion.
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Rev. Dozier is fighting the good fight..
and Grimm is a pompous name-caller.
Well they should if you recall WHERE some of the 9/11 'pilots' lived prior to their 'deed'. Pompano,Deerfield etc etc .....
Amen brother.
Sickening.
ping
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