Obama backs controversial New York mosque project

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Friday backed construction of a proposed mosque and Muslim cultural center near the site of the September 11, 2001, attacks in New York -- a project opposed by U.S. conservatives and many New Yorkers.

"As a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country," Obama said to applause at an event attended by diplomats from Islamic countries and members of the U.S. Muslim community.

"That includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances," he said, weighing in for the first time ..

Earlier this month a New York city agency cleared the way for construction of the community center, which will include a prayer room, two blocks from the site of the September 11 attacks, popularly known as "Ground Zero."

"This is America and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakable," said Obama, who has made improving ties between the United States and the Muslim world a cornerstone of his foreign policy.

Obama was speaking during an Iftar dinner he hosted at the White House. Iftar is the evening meal when Muslims break their daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan.

About 2,750 people were killed in the September 11 attacks, when al Qaeda hijackers crashed two passenger planes into the twin towers of the World Trade Center. The attacks deeply traumatized Americans and sparked the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and the Bush administration's "war on terror."

Many families of those killed in the attacks have mounted an emotional campaign to block the community center, calling it provocative and a betrayal of the memory of the victims.

I think the best assessment of our situation was actually summed up in a line from a movie.

I know, I know... but bear with me.

In Iron Man 2 the villain tells Tony Stark the following:

“If you could make God bleed, people will cease to believe in Him. There will be blood in the water, and the sharks will come. All I have to do is sit here and watch, as the world will consume you... “

I think this is what is happening. Our enemies, unable to simply destroy us through a direct approach, are tearing down our society, showing our weakness. Muslims attacked us in a major assault on U.S. soil. It was arguably the biggest tragedy to face our nation. And now we have a mosque being built at the site of the attack, named after the capital of a caliphate that essentially represented the Islamic conquest of Spain and the plan to spread across Europe.

If it is revealed, without a doubt, that Obama is a Muslim AND not a natural born citizen, our enemies will have “made us bleed.”

And the sharks will come.

I think that is their plan, or at least part of the plan. While we are recoiling from the shock, all of the fiends lurking in the shadows will strike, and we will be in for the fight of our lives.

I say bring it. I may not be Iron Man, but I can sure as hell give the baddies a run for their money.

He sure did. nothing ‘transparent’ about him or his agenda.

or his other ‘trans-parency’ — Muslim Dad White Mom

Whites can be Muslims but Muslims can’t be Whites..

News Flash ::: White House to be re-named!!

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