Posted on 09/12/2010 1:17:57 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The Islamic cleric behind plans to build a mosque near Ground Zero in New York warned Sunday that retreating on the project would only strengthen the hand of the Muslim extremists.
But imam Feisal Abdul Rauf did not commit to keeping the Islamic cultural center at its current site, two blocks from where Al-Qaeda hijackers crashed planes into the World Trade Center.
"The decisions that I will make -- that we will make -- will be predicated on what is best for everybody," he told ABC's "This Week" program.
Thousands marched through New York on Saturday's ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, facing off in angry debate under a heavy police presence as they protested both for and against the project.
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Two people were shot and killed Sunday by the Afghan army in the eastern district of Baraki Barak as a crowd of up to 300 protesters chanted anti-US slogans and tried to storm the governor's office.
Jones flew to New York at the weekend to meet with Abdul Rauf, but the imam has so far snubbed him and vowed not to barter.
"How can you equate the burning of any person's scripture with an attempt to build inter-faith dialogue?" Abdul Rauf told ABC. "This is a house with multi-faith partners, intended to work together towards building peace."
The imam said the "discourse has been, to a certain extent, hijacked by the radicals," making his decision "very difficult and very challenging.
"The radicals on both sides, the radicals in the United States and the radicals in the Muslim world, feed off each other. And to a certain extent, the attention that they've been able to get by the media has even aggravated the problem."
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“Agree with us or we will kill you” is a recurring theme with Moslems.
If they don’t move it then the Muzzies win plain and simple.
And besides the Colts lost.
So far every Muslim Scholar has confirmed what Dick Cheney has said.
There are enough extremist Muslims to warrant watching all of Islam.
Bring it. I am getting agitated from these threats.
hey, that also works as:
NOT moving the location will provoke revenge from Americans!
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We better get our way or we’ll keeeel you! And we’re ‘moderates’! Imagine what the ‘extremists’ are going to do to you infidels!
Yeah, and building it will increase islamaphobia too raghead.
WHAT DO ISLAM & MAN-MADE GLOBAL WARMING HAVE IN COMMON?
THEY ARE BOTH POLITICAL IDEALOGIES THAT ARE MEANT TO CONTROL PEOPLE AND THEIR MONEY.
Amazing (not really) how he maneuvered us into that position, isn't it?
The same thing happened with the burning of the koran story and our "Representatives" fell for it.
Moderates manipulate, extremest use violence, yet the goal is the same.
I am sure this bastard also would say that the AMERICANS who fought back against the mulsims on flight 93 were ALSO inciting muslims.
Dear imam butthole, drop dead.
I have had it with the constant threats. It's time for him to put up or shut up.
Go ahead, show the few people left who are promoting tolerance exactly what you're all about. Let's pop their little bubbles and get on with it.
Islam is the only ‘force’ in the world that blames the victims for the violence it commits.
We’ll take that chance...move it.
We’ll take that chance...move it.
Nonsense.
That’s because Muslims demand their “Victory Memorial” at GZ.
If New York wants to surrender,let them be surrender monkeys.
This scumbag is simply following the tried and true method of appealing to the cowards in this country with absurd warnings such as this, and the sad part is many in this country are actually dumb enough to believe it.
Title should be: Moving NY mosque would boost Raddie Muzzie extremism, imam warns
As if they could be more extreme.
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