Posted on 08/31/2010 3:15:02 AM PDT by Scanian
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The imam spearheading a proposed Islamic center near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks in New York believes the fierce opposition is closely linked to the U.S. elections in November, according to comments published Monday.
"There is no doubt that the election season has had a major impact upon the nature of the discourse," Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf was quoted by the Abu Dhabi-based newspaper The National in an interview as part of his State Department-funded trip in the Gulf.
Rauf did not cite any particular political race possibly tied to the protests, but many political figures have aligned themselves with the opposition to the $100 million project that includes a mosque and Islamic cultural center.
Some Republicans running for midterm elections around the United States have used the project as a campaign issue after Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin announced their opposition. Kevin Calvey, a Republican running for Congress in Oklahoma, said the Muslim leaders associated with the mosque "are clearly terrorist sympathizers."
Democrats are also feeling the pressure to respond to the debate.
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“Ground Zero Mosque Imam Provides Wildly Inaccurate Reasons For Death Mosque Opposition.”
What do radical Hindus do? Stubbornly refuse meat? Orthodox Jews light candles on Friday night. Extreme Christians give away all their money to the poor. Yup. They're all pretty dangerous.
It BURNS MY ASS that this SOB is carousing around the world ON MY EFFING MONEY! Where does this government get off freely offering up MY tax money to rat bastard turds like this guy? Grrrrrr...
“There is no doubt that the election season has had a major impact upon the nature of the discourse,”
You ain’t seen nothing yet. As they say.
Imam Obama in the White Mosque is not apparently worried about the election.
Rauf is a thief and a LIAR. The victory mosque has nothing to do with Nov., but all to do with islamists claiming victory over its enemy.
. “There is no doubt that the election season has had a major impact upon the nature of the discourse,” Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf was quoted by
Sorry scumbag but the truth is more and more Americans have come to understand that islam is the enemy of freedom and America and that it has declared war on us and we ain’t going to give aid and comfort to the enemey no matter how stupid some of our politicians are...
and criticizing people in America because they do not want his mosque where the poor little baby wants to put it. This administration is PAYING FOR HIM TO DISS US!
Now try and tell me that Obama did not know he would do that?
Obama listens to him and those who want this mosque, and those who believe in Allah. But Obama could not spend one moment listening to the hundreds of thousands of Americans who came to DC and prayed to God. In fact, he insulted them. It gets worse and worse every day. I think we are headed for some very bad happenings.
Oh good. Let’s make this.... vote for a RAT in Nov. to support bulding the the Ground Zero Moque as proposed (and using tax payers dollarss to support the Iman). That makes it simple.
How bout that Gillibrand? Reid?
In a way, he is correct. November votes are our ONLY input into the system. Our politicians are letting the muzzies walk all over us. Raising money for Hamas openly, helping erect a mosque to celebrate their victory over us, you name it. The ONE chance we get to make an impact on things is our vote. Damn right this is all because of November. Stay tuned a$$hole.
No, idiot Imam, opposition is linked to the 3,000 murders that Islam inflicted on our nation on 911.
He’s as freaking clueless as his “progressive” patrons...
This bum + bloomberg = the mosque issue stays hot right up to Nov. 2. It will be a sink hole for Democrats and in the end it will NOT happen.
Radical Hindus step up attacks on Christians
The Tribune’s Kim Barker writes that India, a nation of many religions, struggles to overcome sectarian strife
September 28, 2008|By Kim Barker
MANGALORE, India — On their fifth day of silent prayer, the nuns of the Adoration Monastery heard the pounding in the public chapel next door, the sounds of glass shattering and the statue of Jesus being broken. After the sacrament crashed to the floor, the nuns found their voices. They screamed and called for Jesus.
The attack was one of many by radical Hindus against Christians over the past six weeks in India, a nation striving for religious tolerance but wrestling with bouts of sectarian strife that seem at odds with its drive to become a modern world power.
In the eastern state of Orissa, the country’s worst clashes, sparked by the slaying of a prominent Hindu priest, have paralyzed the state and killed at least 20 people. In the past two weeks, the violence has spread to six other states, including southwestern Karnataka and the coastal town of Mangalore.
No kiddin !
I agree, and it fills me with foreboding.
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