AN END-ZONE DANCE ON AMERICAN GRAVES
Aug. 11, 2010 - Faisel Rauf, a Muslin imam, wants to build a combination
mosque and Muslim community center in what should be the shadow of
the destroyed World Trade Center.
He has the support of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other
assorted liberals dazzled by talk of tolerance, cross-cultural understanding
and other liberal fantasies.
But cutting thorough the liberal boiler plate it is plain this proposed mosque
is nothing but a 13 story, multi-million dollar gloat. On Sept. 11, 2001,
the Jihadists scored a major hit against the U.S. In a single stroke they
murdered close to 3,000 of us and now they want to perform an end-zone
dance to rub our noses in it.
The imam made his take on Sept. 11 clear when he said on “60 Minutes”
just a few weeks later, "I wouldn't say that the United States deserved what happened but United States
policies were an accessory to the crime that happened." So he “wouldn’t say” that America’s chickens came
home to roost in the manner of Rev. Jeremiah Wright but he came very close.
And now, the Obama administration, which never hesitates to accommodate Muslim interests at the expense of
the US, is paying for this imam to travel to Saudi Arabia, presumably to raise the necessary funds to build the
mosque.
In addition to being an insult to the thousands who died in the Sept. 11 attack, it is one more not so small step in
promoting the Muslim presence and influence in American life. This is in no way comparable to other ethnic
groups who came here, made America their home, adopted our way of life and became Americans. Muslims,
want us to adopt their way of life and Shariah law – which is contrary to nearly every constitutional
principle – is part of the package.
This would be an excellent and appropriate time for organized labor to demonstrate its clout and its patriotism
by refusing to work on this affront to our nation and our values. The same goes for vendors of building
equipment and supplies. The free market could still have the last word on the repugnant project.
Aug. 11, 2010 - Faisel Rauf, a Muslin imam, wants to build a combination
mosque and Muslim community center in what should be the shadow of
the destroyed World Trade Center.
He has the support of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other
assorted liberals dazzled by talk of tolerance, cross-cultural understanding
and other liberal fantasies.
But cutting thorough the liberal boiler plate it is plain this proposed mosque
is nothing but a 13 story, multi-million dollar gloat. On Sept. 11, 2001,
the Jihadists scored a major hit against the U.S. In a single stroke they
murdered close to 3,000 of us and now they want to perform an end-zone
dance to rub our noses in it.
The imam made his take on Sept. 11 clear when he said on “60 Minutes”
just a few weeks later, "I wouldn't say that the United States deserved what happened but United States
policies were an accessory to the crime that happened." So he “wouldn’t say” that America’s chickens came
home to roost in the manner of Rev. Jeremiah Wright but he came very close.
And now, the Obama administration, which never hesitates to accommodate Muslim interests at the expense of
the US, is paying for this imam to travel to Saudi Arabia, presumably to raise the necessary funds to build the
mosque.
In addition to being an insult to the thousands who died in the Sept. 11 attack, it is one more not so small step in
promoting the Muslim presence and influence in American life. This is in no way comparable to other ethnic
groups who came here, made America their home, adopted our way of life and became Americans. Muslims,
want us to adopt their way of life and Shariah law – which is contrary to nearly every constitutional
principle – is part of the package.
This would be an excellent and appropriate time for organized labor to demonstrate its clout and its patriotism
by refusing to work on this affront to our nation and our values. The same goes for vendors of building
equipment and supplies. The free market could still have the last word on the repugnant project.