Comments on: UPDAED: Wahhabi Mosque At Ground Zero

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:48:40 +0000

Andrew McCarthy has a piece on Rauf (the would-be imam of the Ground Zero mosque) and his Muslim Brotherhood connections.

By: james huggins

james huggins — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:44:35 +0000

I don’t care about the background of the Muslims wanting to erect the Mosque. None of them want anything good for our country. I realize that putting the welfare of the United States is passe in today’s social and political discourse but that’s the way I see it. Don’t believe them, they’re not to be trusted. If they follow the Koran they want to kill us and every other non-Muslim in the world.

By: Mari Tyers

Mari Tyers — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:57:39 +0000

I also like the idea of “landmarking” the building in question. I do agree with the comparison between Shinto and Islam. While the Japanese have concentrated on economic conquest since WWII, that was not always the case. Shinto was the state religion beginning in the late 1800’s, and became one of the main forces driving Japan’s militarism. Just as Islam is often used as a justification for conquest, so Shinto was used to justify the conquest of China.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:45:12 +0000

The ACLU used to frequently send their surveys to me. Many were about religious freedoms and I always replied that if the religion espouses violence towards others not of the religion, violence towards those who leave the religion, marry outside the religion, etc., then I am not in favor of that religion and its adherents since they would be violating the unalienable rights of each individual and violating the lawful laws of this country. Additionally, I am unfamiliar with theo-political religions that control countries to the extent the Islamic religion does. So, for those who are reading this comment, I do not care what religion you practice or your absence of religious practice, just as long as you do not think you have the power to force it upon me. If you initiate violence because of cartoons, silly comments, jokes – bad taste or not, or “blasphemies”, you will reap the whirlwind and become a minor footnote in history.

By: George Pal

George Pal — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:35:50 +0000

The willfully obtuse ‘ground zero’ mosque argument – Mr. Bostom’s included – is just a sample of culturally induced ignorance that’s spreading like Islam. To argue “especially not here” is to acquiesce implicitly to “anywhere else”. Engagements of this sort will have us winning the battle of ‘ground zero’ while simultaneously losing the war. The fable of ‘The Camel’s Nose’ is no longer an Arab cautionary tale - it’s an Arab stratagem.