Hillary and the Ground Zero Mosque Imam...what's going on with the web site of Cordoba Initiative?

American Thinker ^ | 08/15/10 | Thomas Lifson

[American Dream 246]

It is time for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to step up to the plate and investigate Imam Feisel Abdul Rauf, who is currently touring the Middle East at the expense of American Taxpayers as an envoy of her Department of State. Claudia Rossett, one of America's premier journalists, today reveals several disturbing facts that more than warrant an official investigation:

...what's going on with the web site of his Cordoba Initiative? Last week, after someone in his Malaysia office referred all questions back to his office in New York, the phone number and address of his office in Malaysia quietly vanished from the Cordoba web site. Roughly around the same time, as Anne Bayefsky noticed and explained in a Pajamas Media post this week, Rauf's Cordoba Initiative web site also erased a photo showing Rauf meeting in Malaysia a while back with an Iranian official, Mohammad Javad Larijani - who, as Bayefsky explained, "was the Iranian official who defended Iran's abysmal human rights record before the UN Human Rights Council in February and June of this year."

Friday evening, after Obama gave his de facto endorsement to Rauf's Cordoba/Park 51 Ground Zero mosque and Islamic center project, I took another look at the morphing Cordoba Initiative web site, and discovered it now has a note on the main page saying "Website is currently under construction." (Grab your screenshots now - parts of this site are already sliding down the Memory Hole).

What's going on? Why the vanishings of the Malaysian address, the Rauf-Larijani Iranian connection photo, and the elusive Imam Feisal himself? Have either Obama or Bloomberg made even the smallest effort to inquire about what use will be made, or by whom, of these de facto endorsements they are handing out?

Secretary Clinton, as the person ultimately responsible for funding Rauf's visit to the Middle East (which cannot help but affect his fundraising efforts for the mosque) has a duty to the American people to get to the bottom of Rauf's refusal to condemn Hamas, his rhetoric in Arabic that contrasts with his English language rhetoric, and his association with anti-US groups.

Silence on the subject equals Mrs. Clinton's support for the Imam, who is enjoying a taxpayer funded trip (I wonder, by the way, if he is flying coach?). The Ground Zero Mosque is the most divisive issue in America today. If the Secretary of State is convinced she can dodge responsibility for funding him, she is sadly mistaken.

[Popman]

Secretary Clinton, as the person ultimately responsible for funding Rauf's visit to the Middle East (which cannot help but affect his fundraising efforts for the mosque) has a duty to the American people to get to the bottom of Rauf's refusal to condemn Hamas, his rhetoric in Arabic that contrasts with his English language rhetoric, and his association with anti-US groups.

Hillary Clinton has a duty to the American people ??? Oh' that's a good one

The only duty Hillary observes is the duty to herself and her politically ambitions.

Conservatives seem to have forgotten these people are the Clinton's. America first grifter couple. Obama only makes them look good.

[seton89]

http://www.paladinoforthepeople.com

Carl will stop the mosk!!!!

[ScaniaBoy]

The only duty Hillary observes is the duty to herself and her politically ambitions.

I think it is very late in the day, but if HRC does not do something very quickly about Imam Rauf she can forget about any further political ambitions. She will be as tarred with the Ground Zero mosque as Zero himself.

[piasa]

I dunno... Bill clinton got away with having Mohammed Alamoudi as his "good will" ambassador...

[blackbart.223]

"I think it is very late in the day, but if HRC does not do something very quickly about Imam Rauf she can forget about any further political ambitions. She will be as tarred with the Ground Zero mosque as Zero himself."

Lest anyone forgets, Hillary and Obama are cut from the same cloth. They are both extreme lefties who hate capitalism but sponge off the wealth it produces. If you are looking for Hillary to do the right thing you are tillting at windmills.

[piasa]

2002 : (BENNETT COFOUNDS THE CORDOVA INITIATIVE {See IMAM FEISAL}) John S. Bennett: "Co-founder of the Cordoba Initiative. He is also Senior Program Advisor to the Garrison Institute, an institution dedicated to applying the wisdom of contemplative traditions to issues of civil society.-----John S. Bennett,From SourceWatch
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The Cordoba Initiative, "founded in 2002, is a multi-faith organization whose objective is to heal the relationship between the Islamic World and America. Working through civil dialogue, policy initiatives, education, and cultural programs, the Initiative focuses on Thought, Action and Outcomes." [1]
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Chair
John S. Bennett, Co-founder and Executive Director of the Cordoba Initiative
Courtney Erwin, Chief of Staff and Director of Programs at the Cordoba Initiative
Josh Martin, Program Associate and Writing and Research Coordinator at the Cordoba Initiative and ASMA Society
----John S. Bennett,From SourceWatch

Smell Soros' sulphur yet?

[piasa]

NOVEMBER 27, 2006 : (ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS FUND GIVES $30,000 TO THE CORDOVA INITIATIVE OF ASPEN, COLORADO --See IMAM FEISAL )

Also note:

ASMA : AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MUSLIM ADVANCEMENT
ASMA : AMERICAN SUFI MUSLIM ASSOCIATION

Feisal founded both of these groups with different names but the same acronym... or are they the same group? I notice a lot of subversive groups - take EPIC, for example which is also named similarly. Does this serve the same purpose as changing the names of terrorist groups once one name has gotten "soiled" by being put on the State Dept or Treasury Dept watch lists where the new name requires law enforcement to go through the process of getting the new name redesignated and prove the same perps are involved before they can go after the group?

[piasa]

Note the two groups thing above...

[Cindy]

Bump and thanks Piasa.

[piasa]

"Let me now introduce Imam Feisal abdul Rauf. In 1997, he founded the American Sufi Muslim Association dedicated to building bridges between the American public and American Muslims. Imam Feisal is also the founder of the Cordoba Institute, a multi-faith effort to stimulate fresh new approaches to achieving peace and to help heal the relationship between Islam and America." -------Abdullah Saeed in interview on "Radio National"

Ah, they're doing such a bang up job there.

Imam Faisal Rauf is already head of a mosque 12 blocks from the WTC site. No one has complained about it although looking at the folks involved more closely, its probably a Hamas nest. But the "pacifists and healers" who support Palestinian and Turkish-based terrorists while pretending to be mainstream Sufis- wolves wearing that sheepskin, so tio speak- were not content with twelve blocks and want to be as visible as possible in to anyone visiting the WTC.

The imam isn't nearly as worrisome as the Americans he associates with. He's just another aspen tree with intertwined roots. At least part of the silly idea sprung from Aspen Colorado.

And Aspen was where the jackasses who came up with the destruction of the Shah of Iran met, too, thinking that promoting the marxists in Iran would somehow make Iran better. They screwed up royally when the Islamists ended up in power instead, not that they are any worse than marxists...

[piasa]

"In order to be a positive influence, it is important that the media do four things: stop depicting Muslims as terrorists in the media and entertainment industry; replace broad generalisations with positive and realistic portrayals; educate its members on the issues, enabling sophisticated reporting; focus on positive stories and examples of healthy Muslim World-West relations. "-----IMAM FEISAL ABDUL RAUF

Translation: "The Media can help by putting more lipstick on the pig of Islamofascism."

[SunkenCiv]

Wow, thanks American Dream 246.

[Oldpuppymax]

I wonder if Hillary actually believes Muslims will donate more money to her in 2012 than to their fellow Muslim Hussein??!! Oh sure...she’s that arrogant. But is she really that stupid??

[piasa]

I notice the one thing the Imam never does and the other leftists with whom he associates never do is ask mselvs "why do they hate us?"

Instead they think the answer to islamophobia is more leftist hopey dopey changee unicorns and magic kingdom BS. So they make it worse, and worse, for all their efforts.

They are doing the exact opposite of what Japanese Americans did to get along, and what the Irish did, and the Chinese immigrants did, and so on. They say "You don't like us? Then we'll MAKE you like us by endless repetitions of the same lie, with just enough truth mixed in to make the crap sound sincere, and by supressing your right to speak and publish freely."

'For example, when Geert Wilders's movie, "Fitna", was released, a number of Dutch MLTs petitioned against the film and published newspaper articles. They also launched a t-shirt petition campaign with the message, "Holland Loves Muslims" and "Muslims Love Holland" and initiated the "Sending Hugs" campaign, organising mass "email hugs" to Geert Wilders because "all he really needs is love".' -------IMAM FEISAL ABDUL RAUF

Seriously, does he really expect this to foster love, respect and understanding rather than extreme iritation or is he really just looking to be as offensive as possible? This guy doesn't act like a muslim he acts like a run of the mill "progressive." A fraud, like Rev Wright's "christianity" or the Nation of Islam's mothership-based mockery of "islam."

[piasa]

The Cordoba Initiative, which co-sponsored the Wise [wiise] conference, is a non-profit organisation with offices in New York and Kuala Lumpur. It is funded by the Malaysian government and other sources in both western and Muslim countries. ----"Shariah Index will rate countries’ Islamic law : Imam Feisal Rauf, the chairman of the Cordoba Initiative, leads the Shariah Index Project for Muslim countries," Stuart Taylor for The National http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090721/NATIONAL/707209836/1138 of Abu Dhabi Media Company PJSC.

[piasa]

JANUARY 16-19, 2009 : (QATAR : HOPEY CHANGEE... & THE CORDOBA INITIATIVE----See GROUND ZERO MOSQUE) Doha, 2009: Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow Set the Agenda This coming year, the MLT program will build on its success in the past three years and launch its global presence at a conference in Doha, Qatar on January 16-19, 2009. Sponsored by the Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue and in collaboration with Cordoba Initiative and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, ASMA has undertaken to broaden the MLT network to include dynamic Muslim leaders from Muslim-majority countries as well as from the West.
The Doha forum, entitled "Change from Within: Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow Set the Agenda," will launch the MLT program on a global scale and empower the MLT network further with a combination of practical media trainings, networking and plenary sessions designed to tackle common Muslim challenges with collective Muslim solutions. The MLT program will also introduce several new elements for streamlining the global MLT network, including global chapter development, an online MLT portal and an MLT one-to-one mentorship program for sharing best practices.
In addition to furthering the development of the MLT network, the 2009 conference will feature several exciting events, including the presentation of an "Open Letter to the World Leaders of Today from the Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow," an edition of the BBC's "Doha Debates" series and the unveiling of a "Hope Tapestry" commemorating the visions of each MLT attendee for a better future.-------MIM: Announcement of the MLT conference in Doha,Qatar. http://www.muslimleadersoftomorrow.org/events/doha-2009

[Talisker]

Hillary Clinton has a duty to the American people ??? Oh' that's a good one

I was all set to comment on this line (after I stopped laughing), and then I read your post - bingo, you nailed it first.

[RipSawyer]

Don’t diss Hitlery! She has the style and grace of Michelle Obama, the credibility of Barack Obama, morals only slightly worse than her “Husband”, beauty equal to her daughter, and the patriotic fervor of Benedict Arnold. As we USED to say down South, “She’s a niceun”.

[piasa]

Speakng of Michelle ... I wonder if her vacation to Spain had anyting to do with the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations. The AoC was concocted by Iran and Spain's Zapatero, and later worked with the Cordoba Initiative.

I think the Saudi she was to meet on the trip is involved in this too.

Another tidbit: But in fact the Great Mosque of Cordoba confused people for a time because it is not turned towards toward Mecca. Someone figured out that in fact the orientation would correspond to being turned towards Mecca if it were in Damascus [Syria].---Maria Rosa Menocal, "Encounter: Finding Cordoba," Sunday 25 April  2004  , Radio National Espagne news audio