I am as tired of the ground zero Mosque debate as anyone, but, I'm also just as tired of hearing the "bigot" label from the left about anyone who asks reasonable questions about possible criminal behavior.
Do we really need to be lectured by the President and the Mayor of New York that the first amendment to the constitution guarantees the free exercise of religion? Why aren’t they concerned about the freedom of the Greek Orthodox Church destroyed by the 9-11 attacks that, after nine years of trying, can’t get a permit from the City of New York to rebuild? Isn’t that in the Mayor’s job description? Isn't protecting the country in general and New York City in particular from fanatics the job of the President and the Mayor? Why isn’t the President concerned about using public funds to send the Imam Rauf on an Islamic good will tour around the world? Does that violate the “separation of church and state” clause? Apparently, that provision is relevant only when Christianity is involved.
Have you noticed that Liberals are the the prejudiced ones; and its against anything Christians say or do. For example, Muhammad had several wives and his favorite was twelve years old when he married her. This is not an ancient irrelevant artifact. The law of Muhammad, Sharia law, followed around the world today and openly promoted by the ground zero Imam Rauf, allows children to be placed in marriages and condones polygamy. Why isn't the President concerned about that? Identical conduct was grounds for the Federal government to invade the Branch Davidian compound and slaughter every one in there, including women and children when it was the beliefs of Christians. Liberals defended the Branch Davidian massacre, but why aren't they concerned about Muslims who want to establish these beliefs as law in the US?
Liberals advocate a very watchful governmental eye on the Mormons, but if your concerned about people advocating the imposition of Sharia Law (which has much more draconian repression of personal freedom than Mormonism) then your a bigot. How many Mormons have blown people up lately?
Yes, Mayor Bloomberg, the constitution guarantees free exercise of religion, but not religiously inspired murders! Yes, Mr. President, the first amendment prohibits any law respecting the establishment of religion, unless the religion holds that the constitution must be overthrown by violent means and the people forced to follow the law of one religion.
When an attack is perpetrated by followers of a particular religion who claim that that religion requires a holy war against the people of the United States; that entitles us to be just a little bit cautious about what the adherents to that religion propose to do here.
Mosques are the focal point in the US for communication between terrorists and terrorist supporters, and the prime recruiting ground for home grown terrorists. History has been quite clear on this. American Courts have forced Christians to send their children to school to learn ideas against their religious beliefs, and to get medical treatment they do not believe in. Why should Muslims be entitled to hide violent conspiracies behind Mosque doors?
When common sense tells the vast majority of the American people, that there is something suspicious, then there is something suspicious. Reasonable suspicion or probable cause is all that is required for a reasonable investigation. Not only is the place chosen for this mega mosque suspicious, its Imam has said in various ways that US policies have caused many more unjustified deaths world wide than Al Quaida and that, in turn, caused the 9/11 attacks. He is saying in a politically correct way that the US has acted criminally in world politics and the attacks are a justified response.
What is the Imam going to say on his tour, other than assure Muslim world leaders that attacks against us are justified? He certainly is not saying that the US policies have been justified in the past since he is on record saying we are accomplices to international crime. More than likely, just as Obama has openly apologized to the Muslim world for US actions, Imam Rauf and his wife are apologizing for the past and assuring Muslims leaders that the new administration is sympathetic to Islam. And, “Oh! by the way, how about a million or two for the new Islamic Victory Mosque at ground zero? Allah Achbar!”
Daisy Kahn, his wife, claims that the Mosque is intended to be a “symbol” to the world. I agree, just not the one she, and her husband, claim. It’s not a symbol of “building bridges”, but rather a monument to a great victory in the war of ignorance against an enlightened, tolerant and free civilization. We can not let our tolerance and enlightenment blind us to religious beliefs that are unacceptable in civilized society. We have a right to be on alert to insinuations of religious terrorists into our mist since they have proven their deadliness in the e past.
The stock argument of those supporting the Mosques is to point out that not all Muslims are violent. I have no specific idea how many Muslims are violent or potentially violent or terrorism sympathizers; nor do I specifically know how many want to see the eradication of freedom of religion and speech and the imposition of Sharia law in the US; but, it appears to me, based on their own conduct, its not a small number. Further, the terrorist ideas do not seem to be that far away from main stream Muslim doctrine.
During the Bush administration, liberals harped for years that claims of terrorist plots in the US were phony shams, based on Islamophobia, and aimed at scaring us into submission to a police state. Then, when Obama took office, the attacks increased. We had the underwear bomber, the Massacre at Fort Benning, the Times Square bomber and a host of foiled plots. Numerous Muslim Americans have turned up on Al Quiada web sites. Even now the administration refuses to label terrorist attacks what they really are. It’s time to stop deluding ourselves. The world wide Islamic war against us is not a figment of our collective imaginations. And it is not our fault or even George Bush’s fault. The natural logical response to the proposed Mosque is to be suspicious. Look, you have a gag reflex for a reason. When you’re gagging, it’s probably because something stinks.
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