[PoloSec]

For those who might want to read full NYTimes article...

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/30/nyregion/developer-scales-back-plans-for-muslim-center-near-ground-zero.html?_r=1

[Dilbert San Diego]

Interesting. I remember how the MSNBC crowd were all in favor of a ground zero mosque, and saying it was Islamophobic to oppose same.

[BenLurkin]

[LyinLibs]

[skeeter]

So is the Ground Zero Victory Mosque not happening, or has it been reduced to three stories from fifteen?

[Mr. K]

"I am so very glad we succeeded and Gamal has scaled the project back to a mere 3 floors. "

I thought it was CANCELLED,... I am NOT happy with even 3 floors.

[Veggie Todd]

I wish they would stop calling them mosques and call them what they really are - armories.

[skinkinthegrass]

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[plain talk]

Establishing 3 floors is a beachhead. It is not over.

[GOPJ]

On a side note, do you know where is El-Gamal is getting the money? Are you pursuing that as well? Or is this just a puff piece? The man defaulted on not one, but two bank loans. He failed to pay rent to Con Ed, part-owner of one of the buildings. They sued him and won. And El-Gamal failed to pay the taxes owed on the building. On top of all this, he was evicted from his Soho Properties offices for failure to pay rent.

And yet he bought the two buildings that flank the proposed Ground Zero site. Where is he getting the money? Have you asked him? Do you intend to?

I can't think of one reason to read the New York Times version... Maybe when they include some answers to the above questions I'll take a look..

[maddog55]

From an email I received:

“I am truly perplexed that so many of my friends are against another mosque being built. I think it should be the goal of every American to be tolerant regardless of their religious beliefs. Thus the mosque should be allowed, in an effort to promote tolerance.

That is why I also propose that two nightclubs be opened next door to the mosque thereby promoting tolerance from within the mosque.

We could call one of the clubs, which would be gay, “The Turban Cowboy,” and the other a topless bar called “You Mecca Me Hot.”

Next door should be a butcher shop that specializes in pork, and adjacent to that an open-pit barbecue pork restaurant, called “Iraq of Ribs.”

Across the street there could be a lingerie store called “Victoria Keeps Nothing Secret,” with sexy mannequins in the window modelling the goods.

Next door to the lingerie shop there would be room for an adult sex toy shop, “Koranal Knowledge,” its name in flashing neon lights, and on the other side a liquor store called “Morehammered.”

All of this would encourage Muslims to demonstrate the tolerance they demand of us, so their mosque issue would not be a problem for others.”