Posted on 12/09/2012 6:28:07 AM PST by lowbridge
Its all pray and no play.
The Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero that opened with great fanfare a year ago is now an empty space with no community programs.
And while the developers behind Park51 insisted for two years that the project was more than a mosque, it now appears to be just that. Dozens of worshipers gather at the site on Park Place Friday for prayer services but thats the only activity in the building.
Gone are the Arabic classes, workshops in calligraphy, talks on the genealogy of Muslims in America, film screenings and art exhibits. The sole community event is a class in capoeira an Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines dance and music. The teacher of the twice-weekly class said she has five students. PRAYER BOOKED: Although popular as a place of worship, the controversial Park51s vaunted role as a cultural center has all but evaporated.
We are the only cultural program that is still there, said Luz Emma Canas Jesus, of Capoeira Mucurumim.
The Park51 Twitter feed was last updated in June, and its Web site lists no events. The Web site for the mosque, formally called Prayer Space, lists four services a day, and a handwritten note on the buildings window also advertises a 4 a.m. service.
Park51 organizers repeatedly refused to answer questions about what happened to the programs offered last fall and spring. Sharif El-Gamal, the lead developer behind the project, ducked out the womens entrance for the prayer space and would not speak to a reporter.
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<—face palm
I am shocked!
/sarc tag
Freegards LEX
If and/or when I discover I’m terminal ....
I’m with you brother.
Oh, yeah!
The Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero that opened with great fanfare a year ago is now an empty space with no community programs.
"Do I really have to say it?"
Why is it I doubt that?
I’m sure there is more “activity” than that...like plotting to overthrow our Republic and applying sharia law.
Nope. That’s going on in the White House.
News bulletin!! Muzzlems lied about something!
I also doubt this-—and just about anything else coming from them.
You just know the place is buzzing with activity, a locus of locusts as it were. Noctural vermin then come out for the night shift.
Why is it that they have no more time/patience/interest in maintaining the typical ROP front operations? Maybe all the classrooms are already filled to capacity.
Well-—this is a wild guess out of left field: Maybe they are building a dirty bomb in the basement........
White Rabbit ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwU0lEzVokI
That song needs to be about 10X longer.
(One of my faves.)
Our Lord God works in mysterious ways.
No one wants to be in there because it stinks like hell.
I’d wager there are programs other than prayer being carried out, but not the sort of “community programs” the article is concerned about.
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