Tel-Chai Nation

It's truly atrocious that a building site near the late WTC's location could become the site of a mosque. More on this outrage here (via The Weekly Standard):

Outraged family members and community groups are accusing a Muslim group of trying to rewrite history with its plans to build a 13-story mosque and cultural center just two blocks from Ground Zero, where Islamic extremists flew two planes into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.

"This is a place which is 600 feet from where almost 3,000 people were torn to pieces by Islamic extremists," said Debra Burlingame, whose brother died in the attack on the Pentagon that day.

"I think that it is incredibly insensitive and audacious really for them to build a mosque, not only on that site, but to do it specifically so that they could be in proximity to where that atrocity happened," said Burlingame, who is co-founder of 9/11 Families for a Safe and Strong America.

The 13-story mosque and cultural center will be built on the site of a four-story building that was a Burlington Coat Factory retail store until 9/11, when part of a plane's landing gear crashed through the roof. The building, which will be razed, currently houses a mosque.

It's a serious disgrace that a mosque is there already. They're even claiming it'll be a "cultural center" for other religions too. Does that change anything? No way, mainly because it's going to be under Islamic control, and it's likely that any other religions included could be leftist dominated. The NYC council that approved this monstrosity should be ashamed of themselves. I fully agree that this cannot be allowed to go through without opposition. Pajamas Media revealed the following about Faisal Abdul Rauf, the mosque developer (via Hot Air):

Rauf has often directly contradicted his seemingly tolerant and peace-loving pronouncements with harsh, antagonistic assessments of the U.S. In his May 7 Khutbah (Muslim sabbath sermon), delivered at 1:00 p.m. at 45 Park Place in Manhattan, Rauf implied that Muslims did not perpetrate 9/11 at all, according to writer Madeline Brooks, who attended (26): “Some people say it was Muslims who attacked on 9/11 … ” he stated, before trailing off into another topic.

He also expressed this view in an interview with 60 Minutes aired on Sept. 30, 2001 as well (27):

The attacks were “a reaction against the U.S. government politically, where we espouse principles of democracy and human rights, [yet] … ally ourselves with oppressive regimes in many of these countries. … [U.S.] policies were an accessory to the crime that happened.

What a disgraceful man this Rauf is too. People like him should be ostracized by sane society.

Here's a column about this by Diana West.

Update: Jihad Watch has a letter of protest to Bloomberg and the city planners.

Labels: dhimmitude, islam, New York, political corruption, United States