California Filmmaker Switches Position on Controversial Tenn. Mega-Mosque
- Posted on June 24, 2012 at 8:43pm by
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Eric Allen Bell, once a strong supporter of the controversial mega-mosque in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, has reportedly switched positions on the matter after learning more about terrorist attacks overseas, and reading books on Islam.
A fixture at court hearings and protests in 2010, the California native and self-described liberal even started making a movie about the situation called “Not Welcome,“ where he depicted mosque critics as ”southern Christian bigots,” in the words of the Huffington Post, before making the switch.
(Related: Ties to Terrorists? Trial Begins in Suit Against Proposed TN Mosque)
“Of course, Muslim Americans making up less than 1 percent of the total population in this country, the idea that 1 percent will arm themselves and take over is nothing short of paranoid and psychotic nonsense…” he said at the time. Now, he says the mosque is built on a “foundation of lies,“ and maintains there is both ”mysterious money” and a suspicious motive people need to be aware of.
He wrote on his site Global Infidel TV:
Why is it such a big deal that a Muslim community is simply trying to build a house of worship?
Let’s start with a little math. Murfreesboro, TN is located in Rutherford County which has just over 100,000 residents. According to estimates provided by the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro, there are 200 to 300 Muslim families living in the area. When they announced their plans to build a 53,000 square foot mega mosque, a lot of questions came up. One subject of concern was why they needed such a huge compound for so few families. What is particularly disconcerting is that, according to their own documents (attached 2009 annual report) the ICM only has 45 active paying member families. Naturally this begs another question – who is paying for this massive compound?
And, what will it really cost to build something that looks like this, per square foot, at 53,000 square feet, when the project is completed? How many millions of dollars will these “45 active members” be coming up with – and where is all this money coming from?
Read the rest of the post here.
So how is his film doing? After changing positions, his audience and financial backers understandably feel betrayed. Some even say he’s a fraud who always disagreed with the mosque, while others wonder if he’s been paid off by anti-Islam groups.
“Only a hired gun would switch sides like this,” Jace Short of Middle Tennesseans for Religious Freedom said.
But Bell maintains: “Hollywood likes a movie about outsiders being bullied by Southerners…They don’t like the story I want to tell.”
A judge recently voided approval for construction of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro, though construction is already well underway, and the Murfreesboro Post reports that county attorneys will be appealing the ruling.
Bell, meanwhile, maintains: “Don’t say that you are concerned about traffic and then out of the other side of your mouth say you are concerned about Shariah…Say you are concerned about Shariah.”




















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psadie
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 12:09amSo what are they going to make in that mosque? Bombs, bullets, nitro? It wouldn’t surprise me if the next attack has something to do with them.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 7:34amYou left out the main ingredient. They will make more freaky fkn muslims.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 11:20pmIslam is a Theocracy of… State, called the Caliphate, where the Law is Sharia… and Religion, called Mohammedism, where the Law is the Koran… both under a Caliph, the Successor to Mohammed… where the purpose is World Wide Conquest by the Caliphate… and where the Conquered are to Convert to Mohammedism or be Enslaved or Killed.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 11:45pmOn the money; and Sharia will occur here in america if Obama and his radical allies have their way.
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 12:14amThis is the NUMBER ONE main reason to make sure OBAMA is not elected again. We must get everyone we know who considers themselves PATRIOTS to get out there and vote and that is literally EVERYONE but the far left radical liberals, these Sharia loving freaks and the Commie/Union/Marxists faux intellectuals. What I think (as an aside) is so damned funny about these IVY LEAGUE Intellectuals is that they have been fed poop by Commie Plants…sent to America to gain professorships in these major (main line of influence) Universities…to corrupt “the best and the brightest of our Youth”. When you think about it…it’s totally unrealistic to think that any place would be 99% one philosophy…maybe 60/40 or even 70/30 but 99 – 1 ? No. It was a plant.
Report Post »Islam is a cult. Islam does NOT worship the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Islam is a theocracy… there is no FREEDOM of Religion. The Cult chooses the “presidents” and the “judges” and there is -0- Freedom of thought for anyone. This is why it’s so sad to see these liberal nutcases like CODE PINK try to cozy up to these freaks. They would beat them in a second; take away their educational rights; driver’s licenses and totally enslave them. WHERE IS N.O.W. ??? ANYONE who puts out the welcome mat to this CULT is just an ignorant weakling. There is NO need for 1% of anything in the USA to have 2100 Mosques (do the math: that’s about 42 per state. Most States only have 3 Major Cities!!
burnteye86
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 2:43amThere will have to be a war against Islam. A real physical war. It will be painful but it will have to happen because they have already declared war on us. They will not go away willingly. They will have to be subdued, even to death.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 1:19pmIn 1801… Thomas Jefferson began a War against the Pirates of North Africa… which were Islamic Nations… under the Caliph of the Ottoman Empire.
This is a Perpetual War… and it Began long ago!
Sorry, you did not know.
Report Post »I SPY
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 11:06pmBurn it down.
Report Post »LolaB
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 1:47amMy thoughts exactly!!!!
Report Post »LolaB
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 1:47amAdd your comments
Report Post »nzkiwi
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 3:42amAlready tried. It didn’t do a lot of damage and there is now a $20,000 reward on the arsonist’s head.
I doubt anybody will find him, there are too many there who oppose this building.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 7:32amHell yeah!
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 8:03amMarshmallows & WEINERS…
Report Post »tersky
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 11:02pmI live in Nashville, which is only about 20 minutes north of Murfreesboro. Nashville has a population of about 600.000 in the city itself and about a million if you count the whole county. Middle Tennessee, which includes Nashville, Murfreesboro and a bunch of smaller towns is pretty populated and there are TONS of Muslims in Nashville itself. Heck one of the larger high schools here is predominantly Muslim. I know of two so-called mosques here, one a pathetic little dilapidated former bar, and the other a storefront in a strip mall that includes a thrift store, and a grimy-looking beauty shop and equally grimy-looking Japanese restaurant. I always figured this whoppin’ big Islamic center was meant to service the entire region, SO, while I’m not at all happy at this mosque, don’t trust it, would love to see it stopped, the premise of the article is a bit misleading. I also would like to know how they got the building stopped for the time-being because the last day in court I heard about did not go well. The pathetic little lawyer working for the people against the mosque only had one weapon in his arsenal. He was trying to prove that Islam is not a religion. :o/
Report Post »proliance
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 12:08pmThe building was temporarily halted because the county broke the required rules for an open meeting, i.e., they didn’t give enough notice to the public before granting permission to build.
Report Post »this1can
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 10:52pmMy nephew hangs out at a tavern that was next door to a movie theater. about four years ago the theater was up for sale. I’m not for sure who bought it but about a month after the sell it became a mosque. My nephew has been going to this tavern for several years he told me that in the last couple of years that a lot of suspicious things have been going on there, like things that have been going in and out of the building late night.wooden crates and such. He had contacted several gov agency about what they have been seeing but nothing has happened yet.I don‘t think they care about whats going on there or maybe they can’t do anything about what they do. either way its BS. Its time to wake up before its to late. Love/Pray
Report Post »majorsco
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 11:44pmHow many “radicalized” muslims were radicalized someplace other than a radical mosque? Were they radicalized at a local friend’s house, by movies, internet, or anywhere else? From what I’ve heard it is usually at a large mosque with a radical Imam who is allowed to do this out of political correctness from the progressives who supress conservative or free thinking people. I think mosques are fine when they are out in the open as to their motives, their objectives and who they are serving. If they are secretive then the world should watch out and prepare. The next world war will be Islam against the world for global domination just like it was Nazi’s against the world similarly.
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 6:44amMosques are not houses of worship and Islam is not a religion.
What you have next to the tavern is a muslim garrison and it is being used to wage Jihad on you and your family, your loved ones, your town, this nation, and all of planet Earth.
It is the stated goal of muslims to destroy our culture and our way of life and replace it with Islam and Sharia. It is the exact same jihad process that has been used to undermine, erase, and replace cultures and civilizations across the planet and throughout history.
We need to now stand up and name the enemy: Muslims engaged in Jihad.
It is a simple matter to reduce the amount of Islam to which our children will be subjected and sacrificed in blood rituals.
- Outlaw Islam
- Close the mosques (garrisons)
- Deport muslims
None of these steps require any violence to be done. All we need to do is remove them and send them away…preferably to the doorsteps of the House of Saud.
NOTE: The minarets on a mosque are symbols of Islamic ascendancy. When the minarets go up, the muslims have claimed victory. Make them take down those minarets. Make sure building inspectors crawl through that place and find as many violations as possible.
Report Post »oceandove
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 10:43pmThe site of any Mosque is considered Islam land by Islam, no matter what country that Mosque is in. This is another way to conquer the world for a Caliphate.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 11:02pmI learned ALL I need to know about islam on September 11, 2001!!!!
Report Post »ThisIsHowTheWorldEnds
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 11:07pmI agree with you (first post on this site). I live in TN and I’m very concerned about this mosque. They should definately be required to reveal who is funding it.
PROSECUTE_PUBLIC_SERVANTS__FOR_CONSTITUTIONAL_TREASON
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 10:25pmHave you bothered to read this accusers credentials? And please tell us what credentials do you have?
Report Post »PROSECUTE_PUBLIC_SERVANTS__FOR_CONSTITUTIONAL_TREASON
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 10:23pmDon’t argue with me. I am just the messenger boy. Read the credentials of the accuser. He’s almost bullet proof. What credentials do you have?
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 10:22pmOkay, just looked some of this up and am still baffled. Just what is the Star Wars program to which you refer? I do recall Reagan’s intended missile defense program being called Star Wars. It came about during my second tour in Europe. As for Dr Bowman first coining the phrase for ‘their’ operation back in ‘77 is interesting. The movie Star Wars came out in August, 1977. Saw it on it’s opening night in Tampa. Anyway, I am curious to know what that Star Wars program was. Care to fill us in with some details?
Report Post »BigWillyG
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 10:08pmPretty building. Not sure what the controversy is it’s just a megachurch derivative. Nothing more American than that.
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 10:22pmBIG
Report Post »do a google search for mosques in your state—-you might be surprized
megachurch? some are built small with deep basements
do the math
look outside the box
some are in small spaces in mini malls
do the math
look outside the box
OMG 2012
shogun459
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 10:33pmYou need to see what happens to cities in other countries where these have been built. In France they set up thier own law and the French police are afraid to interfere 1st because they will be sued and charged with religious intollerance and 2nd because it’s dangerous to thier families.
Report Post »MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 12:14amIt’s safe to hide behind religion.
Report Post »girlnurse
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 12:28amRight SHOGUN. Have you seen the youtube video where they have to stop traffic cause all the Muslims are out in the streets with their prayer rugs???? Traffic is not allowed to go thru at those times…its insane! Do we really want that here in America??? Look at this….
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijRHfx9TcOw&feature=player_embedded
TomSawyer
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 6:16amIslam is a system of government with some religion. A system of government antithetical to the US Constitution is not American.
Report Post »Bruce P.
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:19amTOMSAWYER — all the comments by the Christians on this article are antithetical to the Constitution.
Report Post »dimitrisokolov
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 3:50pmWe need to stop building all mega mosques, mega churches & mega synagogues.
Report Post »BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 10:02pmRead the book “Cowards”. Incredibly informative with citations. Excellent resource.
Report Post »TexanRon
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 9:59pmWhat really, really, really, really happened was that 24 Muslim terrorists hijacked airplanes and flew them into buildings. Really.
Report Post »Big Media Bias
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 9:53pmYour nuts roasted over ground zero.
Every report this moron so his numerous accounts will be shut down.
Report Post »mharry860
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 9:38pmThose are some pretty good drugs your doing there, PPSFCT.
Report Post »Gettn it
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 9:36pmAccording to NIST, there was one primary reason for the building’s failure: In an unusual design, the columns near the visible kinks were carrying exceptionally large loads, roughly 2000 sq. ft. of floor area for each floor. “What our preliminary analysis has shown is that if you take out just one column on one of the lower floors,” Sunder notes, “it could cause a vertical progression of collapse so that the entire section comes down.”
There are two other possible contributing factors still under investigation: First, trusses on the fifth and seventh floors were designed to transfer loads from one set of columns to another. With columns on the south face apparently damaged, high stresses would likely have been communicated to columns on the building’s other faces, thereby exceeding their load-bearing capacities.
Second, a fifth-floor fire burned for up to 7 hours. “There was no firefighting in WTC 7,” Sunder says. Investigators believe the fire was fed by tanks of diesel fuel that many tenants used to run emergency generators. Most tanks throughout the building were fairly small, but a generator on the fifth floor was connected to a large tank in the basement via a pressurized line. Says Sunder: “Our current working hypothesis is that this pressurized line was supplying fuel [to the fire] for a long period of time.”
Report Post »IF YOU BELIEVE THAT THE AMERICAN GOVT WOULD DO THIS TO THIER OWN PEOPLE LEAVE!!! GO LIVE SOMEWHERE PATRIOTS DON’T HAVE TO DEAL WITH YOUR GAR
PROSECUTE_PUBLIC_SERVANTS__FOR_CONSTITUTIONAL_TREASON
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 10:36pmAnd what are your credentials? Did you bother to read the accusers credentials? Let’s see….the first is 101 combat missions over Vietnam. ? and head of missle defense, “Star Wars,” for not one but two Presidents. ? Well, I guess you are better qualified to comment than this insider. Hey, could you give us your credentials please?
Report Post »PROSECUTE_PUBLIC_SERVANTS__FOR_CONSTITUTIONAL_TREASON
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 10:40pmAnd who assisted the last two foreign airline terrrorist bombers? CIA & CIA
History is full of US false flags. Wake Up and do your own research.
Report Post »mharry860
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 9:35pmClick on the link to read all about it, please! This is some deep and scary stuff, these people are evil!
Report Post »txjb
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 11:19pmYou can warn them all you want , most Americans are blinded and their ears are plugged. They think live and let live and what’s for dinner , it’s hard to tell them islam is a take you over ,kill you cult , it’s more of a way of life . Muslims goal is to take over the world .It will come to a head one of these days , be ready !!
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 7:26amI’m ready.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 9:35pmTrack has been kept of mosques being built around Army bases, Air Force bases and in the middle of gas and oil refining towns. They build not only for the idea of conquered land but also for strategic advantage. Take a look sometime at the traffic into and out of the mosques. As far as I can tell,there is none. Only a locked iron gate and cameras to show any sign of activity. This plan goes back to the 1970′s with some specific places I can personally account for. The first I ever saw was on the edge of Perrin Air Force base. Perrin was closed soon after but a significant aquifer is nearby. Do your research. Ask why. Form your own opinion based on the evidence. You’ll see.
Report Post »Gettn it
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 9:32pmNIST reports that pockets of fire hit 1832°F.
“The jet fuel was the ignition source,” Williams tells PM. “It burned for maybe 10 minutes, and [the towers] were still standing in 10 minutes. It was the rest of the stuff burning afterward that was responsible for the heat transfer that eventually brought them down.”
Read more: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories – Debunking the Myths – World Trade Center – Popular Mechanics
Report Post »PROSECUTE_PUBLIC_SERVANTS__FOR_CONSTITUTIONAL_TREASON
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 10:50pmMost of the building materials were steel, concrete, and glass. How well would these non flameables burn?
Report Post »As for your idea the gov. would never do this to it’s people. Well, everyday the good citizens of the US work their butts off for the gov. and if they don‘t do as they are told they go to prison and their property is seized so I don’t buy your argument.
I do believe the terrorist had some involvement, but clearly the gov. knew and had some assistance in what happened. It’s not 100% the terrorists or 100% the gov.. It was a combination of both. That’s what the brightest experts believe. The same as how the CIA has assisted the last two airplane bombers. This is proven.
RJJinGadsden
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 11:06pmPROSECUTE_PUBLIC_SERVANTS__FOR_CONSTITUTIONA, SDI, tagged Star Wars sarcastically by the media was first proposed by Reagan in March, 1983. How did that Dr, and former USAF pilot name it Star Wars in 1977 during the Carter admin, and yet claim to have been in the program during Ford’s admin? The story is so full of holes that you could strain spaghetti noodles in it.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 11:10pmPROSECUTE_PUBLIC_SERVANTS__FOR_CONSTITUTIONAL, Furniture, carpet, drapes, interior construction materials, wooden trim, even the paint on the gypsum fire ‘resistant’ dry wall becomes fuel. Do some real research for yourself and go find some firemen who are used to high rise building fires and ask them. Don‘t believe Rosie O’Donnell.
Report Post »Gettn it
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 9:31pmFACT: Jet fuel burns at 800° to 1500°F, not hot enough to melt steel (2750°F). However, experts agree that for the towers to collapse, their steel frames didn’t need to melt, they just had to lose some of their structural strength—and that required exposure to much less heat. “I have never seen melted steel in a building fire,” says retired New York deputy fire chief Vincent Dunn, author of The Collapse Of Burning Buildings: A Guide To Fireground Safety. “But I’ve seen a lot of twisted, warped, bent and sagging steel. What happens is that the steel tries to expand at both ends, but when it can no longer expand, it sags and the surrounding concrete cracks.”
“Steel loses about 50 percent of its strength at 1100°F,” notes senior engineer Farid Alfawak-hiri of the American Institute of Steel Construction. “And at 1800° it is probably at less than 10 percent.” NIST also believes that a great deal of the spray-on fireproofing insulation was likely knocked off the steel beams that were in the path of the crashing jets, leaving the metal more vulnerable to the heat.
But jet fuel wasn’t the only thing burning, notes Forman Williams, a professor of engineering at the University of California, San Diego, and one of seven structural engineers and fire experts that PM consulted. He says that while the jet fuel was the catalyst for the WTC fires, the resulting inferno was intensified by the combustible material inside the buildings, including rugs, curtains, furni
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 10:01pmThe red iron skeletons of these buildings used to be insulated with asbestos. Even with all of it’s other problems asbestos worked better in this task, but even it was used to buy a little time to evacuate occupants. I’ve read about and spoken with engineers regarding the cellulose based insulation used today. The major complaint is that it is nowhere near as good as the old asbestos. It was shortly after the construction of the original WTC towers that asbestos was dropped and the first attempts at replacing it were used in this particular construction project. Years before 9/11 I had read as well had a couple of engineers on separate occasions tell me that these towers would be more vulnerable than most to fires started in the upper decks, and especially to an aircraft strike. That day when I watched the aftermath of the first aircraft strike then the 2nd strike followed by the collapses, this all came rushing back at me. What would be considered a regular fire in the upper decks will consume enough internal fuel to damage the red iron. The extra JP8 or JP10 just promulgated it.
Report Post »TheycallmeJoker
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 9:28pmWell, they make very nice churches just ask the people of Spain. Many of these mosques where made into churches after the Holy Wars. Can’t believe they would try this in Tenn. of all places there probably isn’t even enough of them to fill it.
Report Post »hotmomma
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 10:03amIf you build it they will come… this is scary stuff.
Report Post »v15
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 9:17pmThere’s no 9/11 conspiracy.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 9:16pmMuslims are required to build mosques where they have conquered. They are building mosques in America at a rapid pace. This article from Atlasshrugs is very informative about the megamosque.
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2012/06/mysterious-money-and-motive-behind-monster-mosque-in-mufreesboro.html
Report Post »subic
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 9:25pmlook @ Europe, we don’t need that BS here.
Report Post »v15
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 9:13pmDidn’t “Rumors of War 3” mention that Mosques were used for worship and for drug and weapon trafficking? The more I get to know what Islam is all about, the less likely I am to embrace it as just another religion.
Report Post »historyguy48
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 8:58pmThey are just a very religious people. There’s nothing to see here. Sure there isn’t!
Report Post »We have a Mosque not two miles from where we live. Its a big place, larger than the largest Catholic Church in an area where the predominate religion is Catholic.
I wonder how many guns and how many explosives are in that Mosque? Thats one of the principle hiding places for such items in the Middle East.
I know I’m just a racist! Read the Koran, I have!
randy
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 9:56pmAnd when the shooting starts. which I’m sure it will here in the US someday, the Muslims bastard will use their children as human shields. Why is our Gov’t allowing this?
Report Post »johnpaulkuchtajr
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 5:48amHi Historyguy,
Have you seen Frank Gaffney’s great video at http://www.muslimbrotherhoodinamerica.com?
Most of our political class is butt hole deep in Saudi cash; and, we have 264 “unindicted co-conspirators” from the HLF terror trial roaming about, free as birds. Eric Holder is much too busy suing AZ, freeing New Black Panthers and protecting Obama from the Fast and Furious scandal. Oh, I almost forgot that Holder’s treason is to pay back the Saudis for all the campaign cash that Obama gets through the likes of CAIR, ISNA and NAIT (all named as unindicted co-conspirators”).
I have four pieces of advice for you: Guns, ammo, food and water.
Report Post »sawbuck
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 8:57pmThey keep saying that only 1percent of the population are Muslims .
Report Post ».But I seem to remember someone say.. their recruiting in large numbers in the prison system..
and their are converts every day.
I didn’t think we had a communist problem either…. Yet here we are.
Shasta
Posted on June 24, 2012 at 9:06pmYep, radical islamists and communists in the white house. here we are.
Report Post »YouAreMistakenSir
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:27amThere are no radical islamists in the white house. There are no communists in the white house. That is all.
Report Post »sawbuck
Posted on June 25, 2012 at 4:19pmYouAreMistakenSir
Report Post »Whilw you were sleeping.. Barry appointed a green energy czar …
Van Jones [ self proclaimed communist ].. and when it was found out..
Van quietly exited the back door…