[jumpingcholla34]

Syracuse, where I was born and raised, has been in steep decline for decades. The beautiful gothic Episcopalian church I attended as a kid is surrounded by blight and was ready to shut down last time I visited. The Catholic church in the article probably was facing the same fate.

I understand that part -- but MUSLIMS? What brings muslims to an old rustbelt city in Central New York? What are they doing there? What sustains them, economically, unless it's New York State's welfare benefits? It's very creepy and strange.

[Steve_Seattle]

"I understand that part -- but MUSLIMS? What brings muslims to an old rustbelt city in Central New York? What are they doing there? What sustains them, economically, unless it's New York State's welfare benefits? It's very creepy and strange."

There's a method to their madness - create enclaves within the larger society, eventually demand sharia law in those areas, frighten everyone else away, and - behold! - eventually you've got a network of independent Muslim city-states within the USA, something akin to Indian reservations. And much of it is funded with foreign money.