Recently the Imam behind the ground zero mosque gave an interview to CNN. In the interview he defended the continued building of a mosque near ground zero because, according to him, if he didn't do that than the "terrorists would win." Apparently the logic behind this is that terrorists abroad are paying attention of the American outrage surrounding the building of this mosque and if it is stopped they will utilize such a thing to promote bad PR on America and swell their ranks.
What a load of crap. Even should this mosque be built terrorists such as those that make up the ranks of Al Qaida and the Taliban are not going to tone down their rhetoric against America and whatever they don't use from the ground zero mosque they will simply make up in front of the ignorant masses. The blocking of this building would have about zero impact, but this is the excuse this guy has for ignoring causing such an offense to Americans and continuing to push for the building of this mosque.
Lets delve into that a little more. He is well aware that Americans are offended by the building of this mosque and yet continues to justify it by saying it will be offensive to other's abroad. Never mind that other muslim religious leaders in the US and abroad are against this, to go along with the 70% of Americans that are against this, it is that retarded minority that we have to be concerned it. Our anger is understandable, but really, it's not as important as the others.
To top this off the Imam again has been offered decent outs and compromises to this situation and he is continuing to balk at any of these offers. A respected muslim scholar commented for a CNN article recently in which he made his opposition clear, but also noted a sympathy for the Imam's position. Still, even he said a good compromise that would bolster the Imam's position as a diplomat would be to walk away from the building and act as a sort of ambassador to Pakistan as it deals with it's current flood crisis. No word has come out on if the Imam even considered this. The reverend of a small church in Florida has suspended plans to hold a kind of Koran bon fire after assurances that the mosque would be moved. Faced with this the Imam again balked, apparently "muslim" terrorists are better to appease. Lastly and most recently it appears that Donald Trump has offered to buy the holding share of the rights to the property where the mosque is to be build, offering 25% above what the holder paid. No word on the Imam's response but a lawyer for the stakeholder blasted it calling it a "pathetic attempt at PR" and again out and out disrespecting what should have been viewed as a respectful way to resolve this dispute.
In closing I will say that I hope that Americans are more angry and more fired up, as I am, following the Imam's interview. This is ridiculous, it needs to be stood on it's head and shown for the ugliness that is the Imam's disregard and disrespect for those that oppose this mosque. As I said before, this man claims to be a diplomat and a man that seeks peaceful solutions to bitter situations, well time to put up or STFU.
The link below is to the referenced CNN article.
-Zach
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/08/profile-imam-feisal-abdul-rauf-the-man-behind-the-nyc-islamic-center/?iref=allsearch
You've said it well, thank you.
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