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• AUDIO: Ground Zero Imam Sees Al-Qaeda & America like Squabbling Married Couple

  August 31, 2010 at 10:24pm

  In reply to BeckingOrder25.

  Why stop calling it GZM? It’s certainly at GZ as a piece of the plane hit the building. Of course it’s at GZ.

  That said, we should be calling it ‘Cordoba Over GZ’. ‘Cordoba’ is what the imam is calling his project, ‘Cordoba’ is the historical context the imam is projecting for NYC, and ‘Cordoba’ is exactly how this project is perceived by Muslims all over the world. Whether this project gets built or not, the fact that NYC is not allowing the church that was at GZ to be rebuilt, nor are the monuments to capitalism that once stood proud going to be rebuilt any time soon if at all, are testament to the supremacy of Islam as far as Muslims around the world are concerned. We’re cowards.

• AUDIO: Ground Zero Imam Sees Al-Qaeda & America like Squabbling Married Couple

  August 30, 2010 at 11:35pm

  In reply to RoseAnnaDanna.

  The projection of Islam beyond the religious into the demand for application of Sharia — within their own communities or beyond — is indeed anathema to the Constitution. The inability or unwillingness of our leaders to rightfully call out an enemy of the state (an enemy of the Constitution is by definition an enemy of the state) is reprehensible. Leaders that allow or invite enemies to establish enclaves on our soil should be impeached for dereliction of their duty to their oath of office.

• AUDIO: Ground Zero Imam Sees Al-Qaeda & America like Squabbling Married Couple

  August 30, 2010 at 10:16pm

  In reply to Grandpa's race.

  Yeah, sorry… I realized that after I hit post. I’ll be more careful about that.

• AUDIO: Ground Zero Imam Sees Al-Qaeda & America like Squabbling Married Couple

  August 30, 2010 at 10:01pm

  In reply to dandmb50.

  See Geewhiz’s take… These people have no tolerance for freedom of religion. It’s foolish to project our ideals on a cult system that will never reconcile with you in any way except with your complete capitulation or your death. Please wake up to that fact.

• AUDIO: Ground Zero Imam Sees Al-Qaeda & America like Squabbling Married Couple

  August 30, 2010 at 9:49pm

  In reply to FeralCat.

  I agree completely, it is incomplete at best to call Islam a religion. I suggest it’s really a cult.

  I offer the following as food for thought (taken from http://www.csj.org/infoserv_cult101/checklis.htm)…

  Characteristics Associated with Cultic Groups – Revised

  Janja Lalich, Ph.D. & Michael D. Langone, Ph.D.

  Concerted efforts at influence and control lie at the core of cultic groups, programs, and relationships. Many members, former members, and supporters of cults are not fully aware of the extent to which members may have been manipulated, exploited, even abused. The following list of social-structural, social-psychological, and interpersonal behavioral patterns commonly found in cultic environments may be helpful in assessing a particular group or relationship.
  Compare these patterns to the situation you were in (or in which you, a family member, or friend is currently involved). This list may help you determine if there is cause for concern. Bear in mind that this list is not meant to be a “cult scale” or a definitive checklist to determine if a specific group is a cult. This is not so much a diagnostic instrument as it is an analytical tool.
  The group displays excessively zealous and unquestioning commitment to its leader and (whether he is alive or dead) regards his belief system, ideology, and practices as the Truth, as law.
  Questioning, doubt, and dissent are discouraged or even punished.
  Mind-altering practices (such as meditation, chanting, speaking in tongues, denunciation sessions, and debilitating work routines) are used in excess and serve to suppress doubts about the group and its leader(s).
  The leadership dictates, sometimes in great detail, how members should think, act, and feel (for example, members must get permission to date, change jobs, marry—or leaders prescribe what types of clothes to wear, where to live, whether or not to have children, how to discipline children, and so forth).
  The group is elitist, claiming a special, exalted status for itself, its leader(s) and members (for example, the leader is considered the Messiah, a special being, an avatar—or the group and/or the leader is on a special mission to save humanity).
  The group has a polarized us-versus-them mentality, which may cause conflict with the wider society.
  The leader is not accountable to any authorities (unlike, for example, teachers, military commanders or ministers, priests, monks, and rabbis of mainstream religious denominations).
  The group teaches or implies that its supposedly exalted ends justify whatever means it deems necessary. This may result in members’ participating in behaviors or activities they would have considered reprehensible or unethical before joining the group (for example, lying to family or friends, or collecting money for bogus charities).
  The leadership induces feelings of shame and/or guilt iin order to influence and/or control members. Often, this is done through peer pressure and subtle forms of persuasion.
  Subservience to the leader or group requires members to cut ties with family and friends, and radically alter the personal goals and activities they had before joining the group.
  The group is preoccupied with bringing in new members.
  The group is preoccupied with making money.
  Members are expected to devote inordinate amounts of time to the group and group-related activities.
  Members are encouraged or required to live and/or socialize only with other group members.
  The most loyal members (the “true believers”) feel there can be no life outside the context of the group. They believe there is no other way to be, and often fear reprisals to themselves or others if they leave (or even consider leaving) the group.