From NYC to the rest of the nation....
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 11:55 am
priceless read:
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninsca ... -of-am.php
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninsca ... -of-am.php
Sublime Opinions of the Masses (give or take a few)
https://acompletewasteofspace.com/
Callmesick, you only need a mirror to see a perfect example of that truth."Sometimes, you have to face the fact that some folks are just flat-out stupid. "
I thought the same of the links you posted.callmeslick wrote:I read it, it's bullshit. As is any of that sort of thing: to wit, The Right defining Liberals, The Left defining Conservatives, Christians defining Muslims. I'll let folks define themselves by their actions, and have far more regard for those who state what THEY believe in, as opposed to the writer you post that would spend his words defining what others think.
Wullie wrote:
they are sufis, and would probably consider it a kind, peaceful(albeit unneeded) gesture. You do know what the Sufi branch of Islam is, right?ruggbutt wrote:I'll be stopping by the mosque next time I'm in NYC and exercising my constitutional right to give alms to the muslims. In the form of a bacon sammich.
How far would $100M go to help out the poor flooded out Paki's?Now Feisal Abdul Rauf seeks to follow in his father's footsteps with the Park 51 project -- the so-called Ground Zero mosque -- and appears to be following the course set by his father,
The younger Rauf has said he plans to get the $100 million he needs from Islamic nations.
The elder Rauf, who taught in Cairo and Kuwaiti universities before migrating to New York City in 1965, wasn't satisfied with converted storefronts and assembly halls that Muslims had been using.
With $1.3 million in Kuwaiti, Saudi and Libyan cash, he purchased apartment buildings on the corner of Third Avenue and East 96th Street.
For the next 20 years, the elder Rauf, who died in 2004 at age 87, compiled building permits from the city, reached out to public officials -- and, finding local donations anemic, he toured the Islamic world to secure funding.
Ultimately, money poured in from individuals and governments in 46 nations.
The project, however, was still beset by controversy. Governments of the various donor countries vied for influence, and architect Aly Dadras was fired, allegedly because he hired a Jewish-owned firm as a technical consultant, according to news reports.
In October 2001, the mosque's imam, Sheik Muhammad Gemeaha, blamed the 9/11 attacks on Jews. He then immediately resigned and returned to his native Egypt.
The next month, his replacement, Imam Omar Saleem Abu-Namous, said he needed proof that Islamic extremists were behind the attack.
“To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last -- but eat you he will.” Ronald Reagan