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Monday, August 16, 2010

Should a Mosque be Built Near Ground Zero?

(USA Today) On Friday, President Obama voiced support for the building of a mosque near Ground Zero in New York.  "As a citizen and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country," Obama said.  "And that includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in Lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances.  This is America."  On Saturday, the president was "clarifying" his remarks in an effort to backtrack on the comment he made in supporting the building of a mosque near the site of the 9/11 attacks.  Obama claims he wasn't commenting on "the wisdom of making the decision to put a mosque there."  However, he's already given vocal support for a mosque to built near Ground Zero.  The President is a supporter and sympathizer of Muslims.  He attended Muslim schools as a youth when he went to school in Jakarta, Indonesia. 

The top Republicans in charge of Senate campaigns said Sunday that President Obama's support of a Muslim group's right to build an Islamic center near the site of the 9/11 attacks in New York would become an issue in the fall election.  The comments came from Senator Jon Cornyn (R-TX), chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, adding to the controversy over the proposed mosque that erupted this weekend when Obama gave vocal support to the rights of a Muslim group to build it.  Some Republicans claimed Obama is out of touch for supporting the rights of a developer and Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf to build the center.  Obama's critics echoed statements made by House Minority Leader John Boehner and former GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.  "It's unwise to build a mosque at the site where 3000 Americans lost their lives as a result of a terrorist attack," Cornyn said on Fox News Sunday.  "And I think to me it demonstrates that Washington, the White House, the administration, the president himself seems to be disconnected from the mainstream of America."  Voters, Cornyn said, will "render their verdict" in the fall.  Rep. Peter King (R-NY), a staunch opponent of the project, accused Obama of "trying to have it both ways" and said the president "should have been much more clear, much more precise." 

It's appalling how the elected elite are trying to pander to Muslim groups.  Even former president George W. Bush pandered to some Muslims while he was president.  Bush made the statement that America wasn't at war with Islam.  However, it's the religion of Islam that is a problem believe the Koran states to kill those that don't convert to Islam.  The thought of building a mosque at Ground Zero, which is the site where hijackers slammed airplanes into the World Trade Center, is unfathomable.  It's an insult to those families who lost loved ones at the site of 9/11 attacks.  I'll go a step further than that:  Why do we allow Muslims to migrate to the U.S. when you consider the perpetrator of the attacks were Muslims?  I hear the classic old argument consistently that not all Muslims are terrorists.  That's true.  However, there are some Muslims that aren't faithful in practicing their religion.  By the same token there are many people that are members of Baptist churches that aren't true to scripture.  The Koran says that the enemy is to be killed.  Those that are opposed to Islam are considered the enemy.  Muslims in Muslim countries in the Middle East will kill you if you don't convert to their religion.  Countries such as Saudi Arabia are the perpetrators of Islamic terrorism.  The United States even conducts business with Saudi Arabia.  Given the fact that America was under attack on 9/11, our government shouldn't be allowing Muslims to come to America.  It's a national security issue.  How many Muslims that have come to America are here for the purpose of committing jihad?  How many Muslims in this country are potential terrorists?  That's a good question.  The Department of Homeland Security should place a stop to all Muslims coming into this country.  I know some will classify it as racism, but this isn't a racist issue. 

Most of the terrorist attacks that happen around the world stem from Islamic terrorism.  Islamists are supportive of jihad.  There's no telling how many jihadists there are in America awaiting word when to attack.  You never know.  It's dangerous that President Obama caters to Muslim.  I believe President Obama is probably a closet Muslim himself.  He tries to give the pretense that he converted to Christiantiy years ago, but he's a sympathizer of Islam.  I have every reason to believe he's a Muslim given his background. 

Not only do I believe it's a foolish idea to build a mosque near Ground Zero, but I also believe it's foolish to build mosques in America, period.  We don't need to allow Muslim groups to gain a foothold in America.  I do know the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants the right to the freedom of religion.  However, when you take a look at the original intent of the Founding Fathers, this nation was founded on Judeo Christian principles.  John Adams stated that the Constitution was made for a moral and religious people only; it was wholly inadequate for any other.  The religious people he was referring to aren't Muslims.  They were those that believed in Christianity.  It was old-time Bible preaching that laid the theological foundation for this country.  Islam is an intolerant religion.  It's dangerous to allow foreign religions in America that believe in killing people and blowing up buildings.  There are those in Muslim communities in America that desire to see Sharia law enforced in America.  America is not a Muslim nation.  It wasn't built on Islam.  Islam is incompatible to the principle of a representative republic.  The Islamic countries in the Middle East aren't supportive of democracy.  Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Saudi Arabia, for example, are dominated by Islam.  I know that Iraq and Afghanistan are supposedly trying to experiment with democracy.  However, democracy will never work in those countries.  These countries where Islam is the dominant religion aren't free countries.  Women are treated like slaves in Muslim countries.  Why does President Obama desire to pander to Islamic countries?  Where are the feminists?  Muslims don't believe in equal rights for women.  The Islamic world considers the United States the Great Satan. 

Building a mosque near Ground Zero would be an insult to those 3000 that were killed in the September 11 terrorist attacks.  Islamists are a threat to the United States.  We shouldn't allow any more Muslims to come to America.  On top of that, we shouldn't be catering to this so-called "religion of peace."  If America was to be dominated by Muslims, we would no longer be a free country.  Islam doesn't believe in freedom of the people.  I know the Republicans will make this an issue in the fall elections, but the truth of the matter is the Republicans aren't going to stop the spread of Islam in America either.  Both parties are part of the problem.  Neither political party wants to reveal Islam for what it is.

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