BERWYN, Pa. (AP) — A new mosque recently opened in this well-to-do suburb of Philadelphia, but not many people noticed.
That was fine with leaders of the Islamic Society of Greater Valley Forge. Amid a tense national climate for U.S. Muslims, they did not seek publicity for the happy occasion, only continued peace with their neighbors: a Jewish synagogue next door and Baptist church across the street.
The Muslims’ good relations with other faiths and the town at large offers a stark contrast to American communities torn by anti-Islamic acts, including arson at the site of a planned mosque in Tennessee and a threatened Quran burning in Florida.
In New York, debate rages over a planned Islamic center and mosque near ground zero. And everywhere tensions are heightened because Friday’s joyous Muslim celebration of Eid al-Fitr falls a day before the somber ninth anniversary of 9/11.
But in Tredyffrin Township, about 20 miles northwest of Philadelphia, community members say a tradition of religious tolerance, combined with an educated population and small-town friendliness, have yielded years of harmonious coexistence.
“We have much more in common than not in common,” mosque president Mohammad Aziz said. “We are blessed with very good neighbors.”
Township officials conceded some trepidation among residents when the Islamic Society sought construction permits in 2008. The growing Sunni group planned to build on land behind the small house it had used as a mosque since 1994.
Most concerns were standard zoning issues like parking, traffic and stormwater runoff. But the concept of a mosque was jarring to some, despite Muslims having long worshipped at the site, said Judy DiFilippo, a township supervisor for 20 years until her retirement in January.
“It was something brand new to the community. Even though they were using an existing building, it wasn’t an obvious mosque,” DiFilippo said.
The plans were approved; construction and fundraising began in earnest, capped by the mosque opening on June 5. DiFilippo said there have been no problems, which she attributed to an “underlying theme of tolerance that just comes with this community.”
Yossi Kaplan, a Lubavitch rabbi at Chabad Jewish Center next door, said he was approached by people seeking his opposition to the project — but waved them off. The two faiths were enjoying solid relations, to the point where they shared parking lots and Muslims helped with tasks that Jews cannot perform on the Sabbath.
The rabbi expected nothing less from his neighbors, regardless of religion. This is America, Kaplan said, and this is how it’s supposed to be.
“We’re just good friends. We’re really good neighbors,” he said. “There’s never been any issues.”
The United States has seen a 58 percent increase in the number of mosques over the past decade, from 1,200 to roughly 1,900, according to Ihsan Bagby, a professor of Islamic studies at the University of Kentucky and a researcher on American mosques.
Yet many U.S. mosques are repurposed existing buildings, retrofitted to accommodate ritual washing areas and separate entrances for men and women. Sometimes they require odd configurations for prayer so worshippers can face Mecca.
Thus the new $1.5 million mosque in Tredyffrin is truly an American Dream for Aziz. Since joining the congregation in 1998, he said, it has more than doubled in size as technology professionals arrived in the area from India and Pakistan.
The mosque has a prayer hall, library, multipurpose room, bathrooms with washing areas, WiFi and — most important — more space for the 60 or so families who worship there.
Except for dome-shaped accents around the vertical windows, it looks more like a community center than a house of worship. There are no minarets and no dome — cost-conscious omissions that Aziz said should help it blend in and attract younger generations.
“American mosques should take their own form … (and) be appealing and open to people, not just Muslims,” said Aziz, 57. “It is built for my children and my children’s children.”
Last week, the Pennsylvania chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations sponsored an event for community members to tour the mosque, learn about the faith, observe evening prayers and share dinner.
“If you get to know your neighbors, you are less inclined to be fearful of them,” CAIR-PA Executive Director Moein Khawaja said.
About 50 people came, including the Rev. John Loring, pastor of the Baptist Church in the Great Valley, just across the street. The congregation was founded in 1711 by Welsh immigrants seeking freedom to worship in Pennsylvania, then a colony that emphasized its welcome to settlers of all faiths.
“Respect for all religions is an important part of who we are,” Loring said.
Sally Bovais, 68, of Phoenixville, came with about 10 members of her nearby Presbyterian church. She said such events were important “to put a face to Muslim people.”
“The stereotype is really very dangerous,” Bovais said. “They espouse love and peace, and raise families and are involved in their faith. That’s part of the thread of our nation.”
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charmagne70
Posted on September 11, 2010 at 2:07amWho paid for it?
Report Post »Taqiyya – look it up please because that is what they are doing and also read the verse of the sword passage from the koran. Then you’ll see how they really feel about infidels.
proberly
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 11:02pmWhy is it that no one understands what the protest is about? It not the fact that it is a muslim it is the lack of sensitivity putting it so close to the trade center site. I don’t care what the joker inman says the site if a victory salute for the muslim jihadist. Why can’t they understand that. Our fearless leader stated today that we should be sensitive to the muslims about burning the koran. Where is his sensitivity to the 911 victims family? He talks out of both sides of his mouth and that is why a very large amount of people don’t trust him, including me. He also stated we could put up a church there, and a synagogue or a catholic church so why can’t we put up a mosque. A christian, jew or catholic did not attack the world trade center, muslim jehadist did and that is why we don’t want a mosque that close to the site.
Report Post »tranquilrider
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 9:37pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSFCoT2et_s&feature=channel
Report Post »Dexter Alarius
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 4:05pmGlenn, Glenn. It’s “PA”, not “P.A.”
Report Post »You need an editor.
I happen to be seeking employment at the moment…
mickloud
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 3:56pmOk, first of all, this is nothing new. I grew up right up the street from where this is (and currently live about 10 miles away), and that mosque/community center has been there over 15 years. So I’m not sure how some extensive renovations = some kind of virgin cultural victory in that Americans are “accepting” of this being built — it has been there for a decade and a half without issue.
What it does show, however, (repeatin myself here) is that this Islamic center has had a presence in this American suburban community without issue for years. Tredyffrin Township is part of an affluent upper-middle class Philadelphia suburb; Conestoga High School is consistently one of the best in the state, along with neighboring township Radnor as well as Great Valley, all top schools in the state.
In other words, there’s a lot lot of rich white folk in this area, and there has never been an issue with this mosque here. So why is it being painted as such a victory now? It’s life as usual here. (I did always find it highly ironic to have the Islamic center and the synagogue literally right next to each other on the road)
I can tell you that if Flight 93 had crashed and burned in the farm fields of Duncans Farm behind this mosque instead of west-central PA, and this was suddenly a new mosque construction, people might have a problem with it just like they do in NYC.
If anyone is interested, here is the Google street view of the location: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=devon,+pa&sll=39.963473,-75.64202&sspn=0.189724,0.445976&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Devon,+Chester,+Pennsylvania&ll=40.066485,-75.433416&spn=0.00148,0.003484&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=40.066984,-75.43376&panoid=agkPuv9Wg3G476hptVbZbA&cbp=12,242.94,,0,9.36
Report Post »13thGenerationAmerican
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 2:57pmI say deport everyone who‘s family didn’t directly participate in the Revolutionary War. That will solve everything. Eye Roll
Report Post »firstHat
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 3:57pmThe word of the day SOPHISTRY. Look it up and learn. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sophistry
Report Post »The Bees
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 2:06pmHere we see what can be accomplished when idiots and nut cases are kept away from sane people who want only peace with their nieghbors.
Every Jack_ass that is involved with this Koran burning/Mosque at Ground Zero issue should be stopped from their whining tantrums and be made to spend a month with these guys to learn how to get along.
This climate of distrust is being fostered by the LLM – they see ratings in them thar fueds. What is sad is that thees childish nut cases want so badly to be noticed that they just won’t stop. The LLM shows up with their cameras and their so called reporters and gives these Jack_sses their 15 minutes of fame.
These clowns claim to be men of God…… Well here is a story about real the people of God!
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 12:36pmobama has no intentions of WINNING a 2nd Term, it is about the destruction of Christian America, capitalist America, and the continued systematic covert islamization of America. … only now it is getting bold and IN OUR FACE. they are TESTING US AMERICANS.
Report Post »Lester Willox
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 2:32pmThat’s a lot to accomplish in only one term.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 3:45pmthe overtaking of banks and auto industry, pro-obama/pro-homosexual/pro-socialism school indoctrination..as young as our kids in kindergarten, joblessness sweeping the nation, the destruction of American quality health care, higher taxes, the degradation of America by bowing to and praising foreign enemies and declaring America is not a Christian Nation… telling us what we can and cannot EAT or DRINK, putting America into mega-trillions in debt it can never recover from and selling us out to foreign nations (China) and completely dividing America by race and religion, and that is not even the first 2 years of obama. and he satnds with muslims against Americans on every single issue, from covering up the FT HOOD massacre by a muslim infiltrator to the USS COLE bomber to the mosque near Ground Zero,
obama’s clear aim is laying the path for the islamization of America, the destruction of our economy, and the total division of its citizens. United we stand. Divided, we fall. right out obama’s playbook. with the faithful anti-American democrats helping him ram his agenda thru (“right down our throats and out our asses” according to an obama union boss) obama is quickly succeeding in the downfall of America. our job: stop his agenda.
Report Post »BarbRah
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 5:42pmBurnthills, you are RIGHT ON!!!
Report Post »Lester Willox
Posted on September 11, 2010 at 12:36am>the overtaking of banks and auto industry,
Giving them money so they don’t go under, doubling our unemployment rate and lowering Americas international credit rating…
>pro-obama/pro-homosexual/pro-socialism school indoctrination..as young as our kids in kindergarten,
Sources please?
>joblessness sweeping the nation,
Thank Wall Street and the banks for this one. They screwed over the economy.
>the destruction of American quality health care,
I’ve got to give you this one. His health care reform has been a corporate handout to the insurance companies. It simply doesn’t go far enough.
>higher taxes,
Lower taxes for everyone but the richest.
>the degradation of America by bowing to and praising foreign enemies
May be considered iffy, agreed.
>and declaring America is not a Christian Nation…
It’s not. It never was. See: Treaty of Tripoli, signed Nov 4, 1796
>telling us what we can and cannot EAT or DRINK,
He did that?
>putting America into mega-trillions in debt it can never recover from
Thank Wall Street. Obamas response may have been too little, though.
>and selling us out to foreign nations (China)
China has been buying our debt for upwards of a decade. But I can‘t see what’s bad about that? That’s international trade, it helps support the economy.
>and completely dividing America by race and religion,
That’s called intolerance, not Obama.
>and that is not even the first 2 years of obama. and he satnds with muslims against Americans on every single issue, from covering up the FT HOOD massacre by a muslim infiltrator to the USS COLE bomber to the mosque near Ground Zero,
Wow, that’s some awesome covering-up, I haven’t heard about any of those things! Them not being all over the media and all.
>obama’s clear aim is laying the path for the islamization of America,
To what end?
>the destruction of our economy,
Seriously, to what end? What’s in it for him?
>and the total division of its citizens.
I mean, REALLY, to what end? This is some comic-book villainy you’re ascribing to that man.
>United we stand. Divided, we fall. right out obama’s playbook.
Obama isn’t the one doing the dividing here. It’s you and others that think alike. He IS our elected president.
>with the faithful anti-American democrats helping him ram his agenda thru (“right down our throats and out our asses” according to an obama union boss)
That’s politics for ya. Happens in both parties, too. It’s just that the democrats are trying to be too appeasing. See: health care bill.
>obama is quickly succeeding in the downfall of America. our job: stop his agenda.
As I said, that’s some comic book villainy here, to act like this without any discernible motivation and all.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 12:30pmjust think, that PA synagogue right next to the new mosque may very well be the first place the local Americans are held and blown up or otherwise murdered in the future. Baptists across the street will be next. where is the local gradeschool at? take one good look at FT HOOD, a MILITARY BASE!!, which they have conveniently swept under the obama prayer rug.
Report Post »Prospero
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 11:48amOh please. You don’t “tolerate” the absolutely intolerant. I guess nobody saw the “seperate entrances for men and women” part.
While you all have your kumbaya moment, another house of worship devoted to the notion that Allah wishes all other religions and people to be subjugated to Islam has been enlarged. Islam is the antithesis of Western, Christian sensibilities.
The mosque, and the issue of Islam in general, are separate issues. The mosque is evidence of the absolute fraudulence of the notion that Islam desires any sort of accomodation for purposes of harmony and understanding. What sane person of honest motive would even *suggest* building a mosque anywhere near ground zero?
And now we get, “Give me my mosque, and nobody gets hurt.”
Currently in Paris, “peaceful and loving” Muslims routinely defy the law….barricading entire city blocks and engaging in public worship and prayer. This is in absolute defiance to the secular practice laws of France. These acts are to demonstrate their power, and the police and politicians of France are incapable of taking any action.
Anyone who believes that Islam can be accomodated is a fool.
Report Post »Buck Bagaw
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 10:52amIf Islam was just a religion I would have no problem having as many mosques as we have United Methodist churches. But it is not just a religion, it is a movement with an agenda of world domination that aims to put the whole planet under the heel of sharia law. Let’s not pretend that all is goodness and light with our muslim “brothers”, their “religion of peace” has always been administered at sword point and will continue to be.
“Tolerance is the last virtue of a dying society” Aristotle
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 12:51pmislam is a transnational political movement for the subjugation of entire nations to the islamic agenda. which is DOMINATION. their claim to “religion” is because free countries recognized a God-given right to worship God. their mohammed, a pedophile psychotic warlord, perverted the Hebrew Torah and Christian Bible (Moses, Abraham, Jesus, etc) because those names were already known thru-out his world, he had to terrorize and subjugate everyone in his tent, village and area, and it spread.
Report Post »Midwest Belle
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 10:48amBut the Mosque in Philly is NOT near Ground Zero!
They have a right to build the mosque wherever they want. The question is: Is this the best (wisest) place to build? NO!
Report Post »Prospero
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 11:53amI’m not buying that the right to expression contains the right to build a church anywhere you like. I’ve checked with my zoning authority, and I cannot build a church on my lot.
If the government can tell you where you can and cannot build, and what you can build here or there, in the first instance, then the whole Constitutional rights argument is a charade.
As I understand it, Muslims enjoy full religious freedoms in Manhattan…right now today…in the absence of this mosque. I fail to see how a continued absence is going to change anything on that score.
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 10:31amOne word: metastasizing
Report Post »SGTTAZ67
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 10:24amThis is the way it’s supposed to be. No “hallowed ground”, no trampling on sinsibilities. This kind of society and community is what I raise my right hand for every 6 years. I serve so that people can exercise ther rights, WHILE PAYING ATTENTION TO COMMON SENSE.
Report Post »Of course common snese is an oxymoron, just look at posts by Beckisademagogue and dangling bags and you’ll see that.
Montana Miles
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 10:14amNo Controversy Here: New Mosque Opens Peacefully in P.A.; that from headline.
Reply;
Report Post »No ground zero area there.
Joseph
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 10:03amYou see All Americans are against Muslims, and all Republicans hate Latino’s! Here wait! I’m both! I must hate myself Ms. Heurta!
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 12:45pmtime for America to stand. be here legally and be willing to call America what she is: A CHRISTIAN NATION, FOUNDED ON CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES. there was no muslim “contribution”, no “history” where they can say America has benefitted from them. what they’ve given us is moron Farrakhan (is his real name like Francis Anderson?) and the FT HOOD murderer.
Report Post »JBaer
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 12:54pmLOL!! Good post Joseph!
Report Post »Joseph
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 10:01amTurkey, also some Synigoges too
Report Post »recruiter
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 10:00amWhy is it so hard to understand that Americans don’t want a Mosque built on the Graveyard of the victims of 9-11? No one is challenging the rights of Muslims to practice their Religion. Move the Mosque somewhere else! If the building of this Mosque/Community Center were really about unifying the community, it wouldn’t matter if it were built on that site or several blocks away. The truth of the matter is that the Radical Muslims consider this a Victory site for them and refuse to compromise. Americans better wake up!
Report Post »janddjohnson
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 10:22amIf this imam was really putting this mosque in Manhatten for peace to build bridges between the religions…he would instantly move it elsewhere after seeing all the uproar over it. But insisting that it will be built just tells me that it is a “in your face…we win” situation.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 12:35pmthe GROUND ZERO victory mosque ATROCITY, and the sudden rush to build all these other “quiet” mega-mosques “COMMUNITY CENTERS” while obama is president is a TEST to see how far “the islamization of America” can PUSH AMERICANS. and funny what a coincidence they are “COMMUNITY CENTERS” now, just like obama was a “COMMUNITY ORGANIZER”. we bet you 10 to 1 that obama will spin a way to “come out” as something like he “found his true faith” as a MUSLIM and something like him being a muslim will “save America” yada yada.
Report Post »jevola
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 4:08pmBuilding this mosque there is a mystery –there are mosques , schools throughout the US in need of money. They serve real communites and their needs. They are supported by the communities served. How many Moslems live in that area ? Not enough that will be served and support a 100 mm building . What is going on here ?
Report Post »janddjohnson
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 9:52amAre there any Christian churches in Muslim countries? I would really like to know if anyone knows the answer. Thanks
dollfin
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 10:03amNo, it’s against their principles, and they just couldn’t tolerate such a thing.
Report Post »debak
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 10:18amThere are a few, very few, Christian Churches per capita of the number of Christian residents, that have been allowed to build in predomiantely Muslim nations. You can google it to find out. What I have found is the most radical of Muslims teach that Christianity and Judism are abominations to their God and are not to be tolerated. so called “softer” Muslims, while more tolerant are also just as intolerant to accept Christianity as anything other than something to be eradicated, just in a quieter more subtle way.
Report Post »dlmarsh
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 10:58amActually there are Coptic Christian churches in Egypt. They are a sect of Christians that have been around since Jesus’s time and still exist today. A friend of mine was from Egypt and a Coptic Christian. Of course their churches have to be sanctioned and licensed by the State of Egypt and are harassed, intimidated, and more by Muslims on a regular basis. They have also had their churches burned by Muslims in Egypt. Also Syria has state sanctioned Christian churches also. But most muslim countries restrict them severely and only with permission from the State Govt.
Report Post »warriorcop
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 11:20amAs a matter of fact, the last Church built in Qattar was 700 years ago.
Report Post »LesterWillox
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 1:01pmThere are 42 catholic, evangelical, or assyrian churches in Baghdad alone. Hundreds over Iraq, thousands over the part of the world we’d consider Muslim.
Report Post »jevola
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 3:29pmThere are churches in Morocco, Egypt , Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, Indonesia , Iran , Bahrain ,Tunsia etc etc.Synagogues too There have been women Prime Ministers in Turkey. Pakistan , Indonesia, Malaysia,,.USA , none.
Report Post »Room 101
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 9:43amWas a great story until I read that CAIR was involved, being an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation terror funding case.
Report Post »firstHat
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 3:10pmExactly what I was thinking
Report Post »rjd
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 9:34amImagine that. People of different religions, living and worshiping together in peace. Almost sounds like America.
Report Post »TaunTaun
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 9:29amThis is an inspiring story of how our different religions being mindful and courteous to each other, can get along well and even excel in the United States. This is a prime example of how every diverse community should be able to get along.
Report Post »mrzmac
Posted on September 11, 2010 at 12:44amand the one story you will not see on the nightly news…that would completely dispel their favorite new word…Islamophobia.
Report Post »AnnMarie
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 9:27amThere is no sterotype here. People are not against Muslims, they are against the mosque being built near Ground Zero. The behavior was started by the people involved in placing the mosque near Ground Zero. I think that more churches of all faiths should be built in the Muslim countries. Tolerance works both ways and there seems to be a one sided tolerance here in the USA.. So please don’t start the race thing being done against Muslims. With how many mosque are already built in the US??? Be tolerant and respect the beliefs of the US by moving it away from Ground Zero. The Iman going on TV and saying that if it is not built will cause violance against the US?? This guy is too much. Is he saying that if the US does not let them do what they want, when they want, they will kill us??? That tolerance for you??
Report Post »GlennBeckIsADemagogue
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 9:27amIt’s amazing this could take place peacefully, when Glenn Beck has made statements like the following surrounding the Cordoba house: “after you’ve killed 3,000 people you’re going to now build your mosque?“ ”Allah-tells-me-to-blow-up-America mosque”
Talk about promoting spirituality.
warriorcop
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 9:36am@ GLENBECKISADEMAGOGUE…After reading your posts here and on other threads. One can only come to the conclusion your mentally retarded and have some serious anger issues going on. I would suggest you see a Proctologist, and have him remove your head from your backside. Seems all these years it has been firmly placed there, the lack of oxygen has given you brain damage. You are the shinning example of why Liberalism is considered a mental disorder.
Report Post »Rock Knutne ND
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 9:58amHere’s some good advice from a pretty smart blogger. We should all heed it in regards to the uneducated and purposefully incendiary postings as above.
“these people you speak of and YOU are following the Cass Sunstein playbook on infiltrating message boards and alternative news sites to discredit them. If we ignore these people and YOU, they will eventually get very tired of wasting their time trying to incite.”
Ignore and move on.
Report Post »dollfin
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 10:01amI was wondering too, but I think your diagnosis makes sense Warriorcop. Not only are you a warrior, but possibly in the order of Shaman too! Thanks for saying what you said, so eloquently.
Report Post »kb1200cc
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 1:46pm@GlennBeckIsADemagogue
Ill try to use small words so its Clear. NO ONE IS AGAINST BUILDING MOSQUES. This particular location is the only issue. Even a ******* like you SHOULD be able to understand the sensitivity. How many of your friends or family died in those buildings that day? My guess is none. you dont have to agree with their opposition but try to respect someone elses point of view other than your own.
Report Post »firstHat
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 3:09pmIf we add up this guy’s/gal‘s posts over a day’s time and figured the amount of effort hours they took, I wonder how many hours of useful labor this person could be doing for society? Perhaps his or her time might be better spent doing service for some charity. I know of some homeless shelters, nursing homes, child care centers that serve the needy that could use those hours. How about it GBIAD, ready to do your share of public service since you seem to care so much about our social well-being?
Report Post »Cheese
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 3:22pmYou are a true idiot, and being from the left I expect nothing less from you. What Beck said was why would you put a Mosque 500 hundred feet from ground zero. One thing is for sure and that is that you probably don’t live in New York, if you did and lived with what we all did then you might understand.
Report Post »TomBurpee
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 4:20pm“It’s amazing this could take place peacefully, when Glenn Beck has made statements like the following surrounding the Cordoba house:”
Do you know the history of Cordoba?
Beyond the first two years of Muslim occupancy. You see, as year went on, the ruling class (the Muslims) became very fearful of their infidels living in the slums. After a while they declared that a tax would have to be paid for every Christian, Jew, or any other faith that wasn’t Islam. This allowed the Muslims to gain better knowledge of just how many Christians/Jews/etc lived within the borders of Cordoba. However, when confronted with the numbers, they immediately began stripping freedoms from the people living in Cordoba. This was an attempt to break the Christians and Jews, to hopefully drive them out of the city. First it was another tax, then it was a law that if they forfeited their debts (debts to Muslim creditors that is) they would either be enslaved, or put to death. If you did pay your taxes you were also liable for those in your neighborhood who didn’t. Soon prisons were over crowded, full of Christians/Jews/etc. who could afford to pay for their brethren. Thus the Muslims gave them the choice, die a Christian/Jew/etc. or convert to Islam and be absolved of all crimes, debt, and be lifted from second class citizenship.
*Insert “THE MORE YOU KNOW” logo here.*
” “after you’ve killed 3,000 people you’re going to now build your mosque?“ ”
In reference to the Cordoba House, which Imam Rauf has confirmed that he will be taking money from Hamas, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and other Anti-Semite/Anti-American groups. Therefore, directly linking him to the terrorist organizations that funded the attacks on 9/11 there-by creating Ground Zero.
Now, if I may, if the KKK and Neo-Nazis were funding a group of Christians seeking to build a church right next to where the Neo-Nazis and the KKK murdered 3,000 Black people/Jewish people.. Wouldn’t you be a little pissed?
” ”Allah-tells-me-to-blow-up-America mosque” ”
Refer to the comments above. (Psst. Scroll up.)
“Talk about promoting spirituality.”
Report Post »Glenn routinely continues to beat the drum of religious cohesion between all faiths, he also continues to beat the drum of catching extremist sects of all religions. He has spoken in great detail about the KKK as well as the Neo-Nazis, condemning them for their acts, just the same as he condemns radical Islamists for their acts.
warriorcop
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 9:23amSee the Liberals want you to believe that Conservitives don’t want any Mosques built anywhere. The truth is, we just don’t want you to build a Mosque on the same property that was destroyed by flamming debris from a plane, that was driven by 18 Muslims, face first into two buildings, where they murdered 3000 people.
Just build the Mosque somewhere else.
Report Post »The American
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 9:30amAmen!
Report Post »becklies
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 4:56pmSee, now this is a slight problem if you reverse things. Considering the number of Muslims killed by Christians during the crusades (hint: it was in the millions) then building a church in… well anywhere in Europe.. would be right out.
BTW, assuming your handle means either former military and now cop or MP, thank you for your service. No matter our political views, we can all appreciate it.
Report Post »911-WAS-AN-INSIDE-JOB-REINVESTIGATE-911
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 5:26pmI’m so tired of history being written by liars. Muslims didn‘t fly airplanes into those building and I couldn’t tell you who did but you have no evidence that a Muslim was flying the plane.
The US government took down those buildings so people like you could years later blame someone else while you beat your chest and tell everyone how patriotic you are.
Want to be patriotic? Find the real killers.
pajamash
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 5:35pmIf you want to compare which faith killed the greatest number of people then you would have to include Hadj Amin al-Husseini the Mufti of Jerusalem. This man assisted Hitler in the extermination of millions.
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 5:42pmNo evidence it was the radicals? Al Qaeda has accepted responsibility for the act. Video tape shows the men in the airports. The paper trail, such as tickets, show they were on the planes. Countless phone calls by people on the plane describing who they were. What more proof do you want. I just love revisionists like you. Muslim Radicals didn’t attack us. There was no Holocaust. Open your eyes and except the truth!!!!
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on September 10, 2010 at 5:44pmOh, and by the way, the real killers died on the planes with the US victims and in the mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Posted on September 11, 2010 at 3:59amhttp://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/islam_center_eerie_echo_of_ancient_iRTMW6TprkULnaA1Nqi9xM
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