Obama backs controversial New York mosque project

Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 8/13/10 | Ross Colvin and Jeff Mason

[NormsRevenge]

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.

[popdonnelly]

This man no longer represents me as an American. The Left can have him - if they want him.

[Tzimisce]

Of course.

There’s nothing a hardcore liberal loves more than giving patriots the middle finger.

[SoCalConservative]

It'll never be built. Who's going to build it? Where will they find the workers? If they do find the workers, how are they going to screen each worker to be sure they are not actually sabotaging it's construction?

Secondly, if it is miraculously constructed, how long before it's blown up?

[marktwain]

Most leftists in America believe that they are much, much, smarter than the American people. In fact, they believe that a whole lot of Americans are not just stupid, but evil. That is the crowd that Barrack hangs out with, so it would make sense that he would do the opposite of what the American people want.

Why would anyone want to do stupid and evil things?

It is hard to make good decisions based on false assumptions.

[SkipW]

Of course Obama supports building the Mosque at Ground Zero. He wants it there to demonstrate to the Muslim world that the Mosque represents a Muslim victory and another step toward Sharia Law in America.

Barack Obama is a Muslim. His intention is to destroy America as a world power and send so many tax dollars to the third world that this country is finished as an economic power.

He is supported in this by the Socialists in Congress and the leftist media. If I thought that he was an American I would view him as a traitor.

[Blind Eye Jones]

This is just another way he is saying FU America. Mister sly, give the finger kind of guy, knows he has to double down and will not budge from his vision of America in tatters...

[SkipW]

” .... and he is a TRAITOR!!

You have to be an American citizen to be a traitor.

[SueRae]

Saving my bacon grease....

[Diogenesis]

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"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.
We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream.
It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same,
or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children
and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."
President Ronald Reagan

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[eeriegeno]

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.

Hmmm did BamBam give a state dinner for Easter or Christmas????? This a_shat is unbelievable!!!!!

[Quickgun]

[vox_freedom]

From article: Iftar is the evening meal when Muslims break their daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan.

So did Obama break his fast at this dinner? hmmmmmm?

[HungarianGypsy]

*sigh* Obama always makes me miss Clinton.

[vox_freedom]

Bravo!

[libh8er]

A guy with a middle name Hussein backs the building of a mosque. What am I missing ?

[Waverunner]

Where are the NY Firefighter and Police Unions on this issue?
I sure the Union membership in NYC could make sure this abomination doesn’t get built. Of course if making a buck off the blood of their brothers is more important, then so be it.

[barbarianbabs]

kenyan canidate!

[lightman]

To paraphrase Bill Clinton (I know it makes me a little ill too) “I loathe the regime”.

I loathe the n****r.

[MestaMachine]

I propose we have another Drawing (and quartering) Mohammed Day. All of them.

[Eye of Unk]

And I suppose in the same sentence we can build a theme park in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki with a special 3-D theater to simulate being on ground zero and watching the effects in super slo-motion...

I know this is a conservative forum and for the most part has conservative viewers but I also know the democratic left will lurk here, and this is for them and those that voted for Obama.

Clean up your house.