Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, of the Islamic Cultural Center of New York (currently the largest mosque and Islamic cultural center in Manhattan) is planning an Islamic community center and mosque near Ground Zero says his critics are bigots and the project will stamp out terrorism – not fan the flames.
This mosque will cost more than US$ 100 million, and by now, tons of money is already being shifted in the fund for this construction. Interestingly, major segment of this money is coming from Arab nations especially Saudis.
Since September 11th, 2001, a number of controversial statements came from at least two of the centers leaders, both of them blaming the Jewish population for the attacks and denying any muslim involvement.
Originally reported as a 15 story center of islamic learning, perhaps each floor will honor one of the Saudi martyrs who “died to defend islam” on 9-11 and the final design will likely include 4 minarets, each to honor the remaining 4 martyrs who “died for islam” on that day.
Rauf, is on record as telling CNN, right after the 9/11 attacks, “U.S. policies were an accessory to the crime that happened. We [the U.S.] have been an accessory to a lot of innocent lives dying in the world. Osama bin Laden was made in the USA.”
Elsewhere, Rauf has stated that terrorism will end only when the West acknowledges the harm it has done to Muslims. And that it was Christians who started mass attacks on civilians.
Interesting that Christians started “mass attacks on civilains” apparently referring to the Crusades which ran from 1095 until 1291 with the fall of Arce. Rauf apparently does not think that the Muslim Invasion of Spain in 710 or the two invasion of France resulted in any “mass attacks on civilians” because Islam is a “peaceful religion.”
Let’s see, leaders of the “peaceful religion of islam” invade Spain in 710 and give the Spanish people three choices, convert to islam, death by the sword or subjugation, the dhimmitude.
What Muslims call “tolerance,” others would correctly call sanctioned institutionalized discrimination. The consignment of Jews and Christians to dhimmis under Islamic rule means that they are not allowed the same religious rights and freedoms as Muslims. They cannot share their faith, for example, or build houses of worship without permission.
Historically, dhimmis have often had to wear distinguishing clothing or cut their hair in a particular manner that indicates their position of inferiority and humiliation. They do not share the same legal rights as Muslims, and must even pay a poll tax (the jizya). They are to be killed or have their children taken from them if they cannot satisfy the tax collector’s requirements.
Then, after coverting, killing and subjugating their way across Spain, the “peaceful followers of islum” decide to invade France, what followed was the First Muslim Invasion of France in 721, led by al-Samh ibn Malik and his force of 375,000 Arabs, which was defeated at the Battle of Toulouse by Duke Odo of Aquitaine. This defeat cost the muslims most of their army and they returned to Spain.
In 732, the Second Muslim Invasion of France, led by Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi and his force of 80,000 Arabs, which sacked the city of Bordeaux and defeated an army led by Duke Odo of Aquitaine, at the Battle of the River Garonne. The Second Invasion come to grief when it engaged the an army led by Charles “the Hammer” Martel at the Battle of Tours. After the loss of Rahman, who was killed during the fighting, the Muslims retreated during the night, abandoning their camp, taking only the plunder (from looting) they could carry and returned to Spain. After being defeated twice in 11 years, the muslims lost interest in France and consolidated their power in Spain.
Starting in around 800, Christians would invade Spain to free it from Muslim rule or enslavement. this process would take almost 700 years, until 1492 and the signing of the Treaty of Granada for Spain to be freed from Muslim rule.
Apparently neither the Muslim Invasion and Subjugation or enslavement of Spain that began in 710 or the Two Muslim Invasion of France count as “mass attacks on civilians.” The fact that the Crusades were a series of defensive wars launched by the Christian West following the invasions of Spain and France.
Why let a little history get in the way of your lie?
