Posted on 10/23/2007 7:52:02 AM PDT by 3AngelaD
Muslim Sect's Proposal for Extensive Center Unsettles Small Frederick County Town...Nestled near the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains on the rural outskirts of Frederick, and many of them are praying that this hamlet of 5,500 will be able to stop a proposed development.
A Silver Spring-based Muslim sect has proposed buying the town's largest farm to build a retreat and Islamic worship center that would host up to 10,000 people annually for a national religious convention.
Under the proposal, the 224-acre farm's colonial-era house...would be converted into living space for an imam and other clergy from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA. The main prayer and recreation center would be topped with a 65-foot spire...
Public outcry has been so intense that some town officials are maneuvering to adopt zoning law amendments that could block the project. The town's planning commission will vote tonight on an ordinance to prohibit building places of worship and private clubs on land zoned for agriculture. On Nov. 1, the town's board of appeals will hold a final public hearing and could vote whether to allow the Ahmadiyya community to build its retreat on the property, which is zoned for agriculture....
For their part, the Ahmadiyya community has launched an aggressive public relations campaign...
Legally, the town's hands are tied. Making land-use decisions on religious or racial grounds is unconstitutional, and the town can deny the sect's proposal only if there are legitimate concerns about traffic, infrastructure or planning.
Intisar Abbasi, said he hopes his fellow Muslims will become a part of Walkersville. "I love the community, and the people are wonderful," Abbasi said. "I'm not surprised there are people who are angry, but, you know, that's part of the process."...
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There goes the neighborhood.
Or bombs bursting in air.
I don't know about that. It's the kind of desperate stalling tactic libs use when they can't win in the marketplace of ideas.
If these were neo-nazis - would we even have a debate?
Just tell them it used to be a pig farm.
Easy. This land is not zoned for terrorism....DENIED.
Part of the process of tryng to take over our country in small increments, and getting some pushback?
Need to start a BIG hog farm upwind.
Sauce for the gander...
There’s got to be some farmers around there with manure spreaders - have them saturate the land with pig feces.
Don't care. It's hypocrisy. Shall we cheer imminent domain next, sieze this land for the common good so they can't use it?
We ought never be tempted to use the power of the state for our own political ends. Not only is it immoral, it's short-sighted - the tiger is too hard to cage once unleashed, and those same tactics will then be used upon us.
***There’s got to be some farmers around there with manure spreaders - have them saturate the land with pig feces.***
If you reqally want to get to them spread LIQUID pig manure the day before their big meetings. Other neighbors will have to leave for a few days also.
1. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;"
That's CONGRESS. NOT the state of Maryland.
2. "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."
That means YOU the Federal judiciary has absolutely NO jurisdiction in this matter of a state using zoning laws to prevent this Muslim maddrassa. This is a Maryland matter ONLY. I would ask all MD officials to be mindful of this fact, when they ignore any future Federal rulings in this matter.
Yup.
Wonder if they have enough land for the firing range..
I take it you don't live in the West. The tiger is already unleashed. I think the people of this community are justified in using whatever tools are at their disposal to turn back the tide. Read up on the history of the Montgomery County, MD., inter-county connector.
It is an unfortunate fact of history that third world countries always underestimate how bloodthirsty and entirely ruthless the US gets when it is truely POed. When and if they nuke New York, they will find out that the Great Satan can indeed deliver Hell on Earth.
I guess they haven’t heard about you yet. :)
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