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Islamic mosque built at 9/11 Ground Zero
Muslim business leader: 'This has hand of the divine written over it'
Posted: December 17, 2009 By Chelsea Schilling © 2009 WorldNetDaily
Wreckage from plane that hit the twin towers fell on the same building that may serve as an Islamic cultural center.
A new Islamic mosque will open its doors just steps from Ground Zero where Muslim terrorists murdered 2,751 people in the name of Allah on Sept. 11, 2001 - and its leading imam, who conducts sensitivity training sessions for the FBI, has reportedly blamed Christians for starting mass attacks on civilians.
The five-story building at Park Place, just two blocks north of the former World Trade Center site, was the site of a Burlington Coat Factory. But a plane's landing-gear assembly crashed through the roof on the day 19 Muslim terrorists hijacked the airliners and flew them into the Twin Towers in 2001.
Now Muslim worshippers currently occupy the building, and they plan to turn it into a major Islamic cultural center.
"The men and women stand up, raise their hands on either side of their head, murmur 'Allahu akhbar,' bow and kneel again," reports Spiegel Online.
"Only in New York City is this possible," Daisy Khan, executive director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement, or ASMA, told the magazine. Khan is the wife of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, founder of ASMA.
They have leased the new prayer space as an overflow building for another mosque, Masjid al-Farah, at 245 West Broadway in TriBeCa, where Rauf is the spiritual leader.
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The building - vacant since that fateful day when time stood still as millions of Americans grieved the loss of loved ones, friends, family members, co-workers and strangers - was purchased in July by real-estate company Soho Properties, a business run by Muslims. Rauf was an investor in that transaction.
Just down the street, the Museum of Jewish Heritage honors victims of the Holocaust, and St. Peter's Church, New York's oldest Catholic house of worship, is located around the corner.
Rauf has announced his plans to turn the building into a complete Islamic cultural center, with a mosque, a museum, "merchandising options," and room for seminars to reconcile religions, "to counteract the backlash against Muslims in general, " Speigel reports. The project may cost as much as $150 million.
Rauf told the New York Times purchasing the building "where a piece of the wreckage fell sends the opposite statement to what happened on 9/11."
"It was almost obvious that something like this had to arise from the ashes of 9/11," Khan told Spiegel. "In some way, this has the hand of the divine written over it. It's almost as if God wanted to be involved."
The move is supported by the city. The mayor's director of the Office of Immigrant Affairs, Fatima Shama, told the Times, "We as New York Muslims have as much of a commitment to rebuilding New York as anybody."
The city's Department of Buildings records show the building has been the focus of complaints for illegal construction and blocked exits in the last year. Recent entries from Sept. 28 and 29, 2009, indicate inspectors have been unable to access the building. One complaint states, "Inspector unable to gain access - 1st attempt - No access to 5 sty building. Front locked. No responsible party present." The second, just a day later, states, "Inspector unable to gain access - 2nd attempt - no access to building. No activity or responsible party. Building remains inaccessible at Park Place."
Agency spokeswoman Carly Sullivan told the Times the complaints were listed as "resolved" under city procedures since the inspectors were unable to gain access.
Imam Rauf, born in Egypt, has written three books: "What's Right with Islam: A New Vision for Muslims and the West," "Islam: A Sacred Law" and "Islam: A Search for Meaning."
WND reported in 2003 when, at least four times that year, the FBI's New York field office held all-day sensitivity training sessions, not far from Ground Zero, featuring Rauf.
Speaking for about two hours each session, "he gave an overview of Islamic culture and some of the differences between what fundamentalist terrorist groups say are the teachings of the Quran and what he believes, as a student of religion, the Quran actually says," said special agent James Margolin, spokesman for the FBI New York office.
Rauf asserted that the Quran "certainly doesn't counsel terrorism, murder or mayhem," Margolin said. And he said terrorists have misinterpreted the Quranic term "jihad" to mean violent, or armed, struggle against nonbelievers. Rauf claims it means internal struggle.
Rauf was invited to speak in Sydney, Australia, by Premier Bob Carr in 2004. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, he said the U.S. and the West must acknowledge the harm they've done to Muslims before terrorism can end.
He said the West must understand the terrorists' point of view - and he blamed Christians for starting mass attacks on civilians.
"The Islamic method of waging war is not to kill innocent civilians. But it was Christians in World War II who bombed civilians in Dresden and Hiroshima, neither of which were military targets," he said.
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Islamic mosque built at 9/11 Ground Zero
Muslim business leader: 'This has hand of the divine written over it'
Posted: December 17, 2009
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Wreckage from plane that hit the twin towers fell on the same building that may serve as an Islamic cultural center.
A new Islamic mosque will open its doors just steps from Ground Zero where Muslim terrorists murdered 2,751 people in the name of Allah on Sept. 11, 2001 - and its leading imam, who conducts sensitivity training sessions for the FBI, has reportedly blamed Christians for starting mass attacks on civilians.
The five-story building at Park Place, just two blocks north of the former World Trade Center site, was the site of a Burlington Coat Factory. But a plane's landing-gear assembly crashed through the roof on the day 19 Muslim terrorists hijacked the airliners and flew them into the Twin Towers in 2001.
Now Muslim worshippers currently occupy the building, and they plan to turn it into a major Islamic cultural center.
"The men and women stand up, raise their hands on either side of their head, murmur 'Allahu akhbar,' bow and kneel again," reports Spiegel Online.
"Only in New York City is this possible," Daisy Khan, executive director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement, or ASMA, told the magazine. Khan is the wife of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, founder of ASMA.
They have leased the new prayer space as an overflow building for another mosque, Masjid al-Farah, at 245 West Broadway in TriBeCa, where Rauf is the spiritual leader.
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The building - vacant since that fateful day when time stood still as millions of Americans grieved the loss of loved ones, friends, family members, co-workers and strangers - was purchased in July by real-estate company Soho Properties, a business run by Muslims. Rauf was an investor in that transaction.
Just down the street, the Museum of Jewish Heritage honors victims of the Holocaust, and St. Peter's Church, New York's oldest Catholic house of worship, is located around the corner.
Rauf has announced his plans to turn the building into a complete Islamic cultural center, with a mosque, a museum, "merchandising options," and room for seminars to reconcile religions, "to counteract the backlash against Muslims in general, " Speigel reports. The project may cost as much as $150 million.
Rauf told the New York Times purchasing the building "where a piece of the wreckage fell sends the opposite statement to what happened on 9/11."
"It was almost obvious that something like this had to arise from the ashes of 9/11," Khan told Spiegel. "In some way, this has the hand of the divine written over it. It's almost as if God wanted to be involved."
The move is supported by the city. The mayor's director of the Office of Immigrant Affairs, Fatima Shama, told the Times, "We as New York Muslims have as much of a commitment to rebuilding New York as anybody."
The city's Department of Buildings records show the building has been the focus of complaints for illegal construction and blocked exits in the last year. Recent entries from Sept. 28 and 29, 2009, indicate inspectors have been unable to access the building. One complaint states, "Inspector unable to gain access - 1st attempt - No access to 5 sty building. Front locked. No responsible party present." The second, just a day later, states, "Inspector unable to gain access - 2nd attempt - no access to building. No activity or responsible party. Building remains inaccessible at Park Place."
Agency spokeswoman Carly Sullivan told the Times the complaints were listed as "resolved" under city procedures since the inspectors were unable to gain access.
Imam Rauf, born in Egypt, has written three books: "What's Right with Islam: A New Vision for Muslims and the West," "Islam: A Sacred Law" and "Islam: A Search for Meaning."
WND reported in 2003 when, at least four times that year, the FBI's New York field office held all-day sensitivity training sessions, not far from Ground Zero, featuring Rauf.
Speaking for about two hours each session, "he gave an overview of Islamic culture and some of the differences between what fundamentalist terrorist groups say are the teachings of the Quran and what he believes, as a student of religion, the Quran actually says," said special agent James Margolin, spokesman for the FBI New York office.
Rauf asserted that the Quran "certainly doesn't counsel terrorism, murder or mayhem," Margolin said. And he said terrorists have misinterpreted the Quranic term "jihad" to mean violent, or armed, struggle against nonbelievers. Rauf claims it means internal struggle.
Rauf was invited to speak in Sydney, Australia, by Premier Bob Carr in 2004. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, he said the U.S. and the West must acknowledge the harm they've done to Muslims before terrorism can end.
He said the West must understand the terrorists' point of view - and he blamed Christians for starting mass attacks on civilians.
"The Islamic method of waging war is not to kill innocent civilians. But it was Christians in World War II who bombed civilians in Dresden and Hiroshima, neither of which were military targets," he said.
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf (center) poses in a photo with attendees at a 2006 Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. On the far left is Sultan Muhammad, communications coordinator for the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Chicago. (photo: CAIR Chicago)
According to the report, Rauf said there would be little progress until the U.S. acknowledged backing dictators and the U.S. president gave an "America Culpa" speech to the Muslim world.
On June 4, 2009, President Obama gave a speech to the Muslim world from Cairo, in which he stated:
I have come here to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world; one based upon mutual interest and mutual respect; and one based upon the truth that America and Islam are not exclusive, and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles - principles of justice and progress; tolerance and the dignity of all human beings. … So I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed. That experience guides my conviction that partnership between America and Islam must be based on what Islam is, not what it isn't. And I consider it part of my responsibility as president of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.
Rauf praised Obama for "embracing Islam in the peacemaking process" in his speech to the Muslim world. He wrote in the Washington Post:
The historic significance of President Obama's speech to the Muslim world in Cairo cannot be overstated. Never before has an American president spoken to the global Muslim community. His speech marked a major shift in American foreign policy. … In just a few sentences he demolished the phony theory of the 'Clash of Civilizations,' which insists that Islam and the West must always be in conflict. Instead, he declared the United States is not at war with Islam and outlined a plan for how the conflict can be resolved. … He captured the attention of Muslims because, unlike most politicians, he was willing to critique both his own country and Muslims where they fell short of their ideals.
In an interview with Beliefnet on Islam and America, a reporter asked Rauf, "Some Islamic charities are being investigated for terrorist ties. Have you seen what you consider to be reputable Islamic charities being financially damaged?"
"We believe that a certain portion of every charity has been legitimate," he responded. "To say that you have connections with terrorism is a very gray area. It's like the accusation that Saddam Hussein had links to Osama bin Laden. Well, America had links to Osama bin Laden - does that mean that America is a terrorist country or has ties to terrorism?"
In 2004, Rauf participated in a 30-second advertisement, broadcast on Arabic television, in which he apologized for alleged abuses at Abu Ghraib prison.
The Times reported Rauf said he believes "Islamic terrorists do not come from another moral universe - that they arise from oppressive societies that he feels Washington had a hand in creating."
Readers of various blogs are outraged at the news of the mosque. Comments include the following:
* Muslims are doing this only to see if they get away with it. It's the way Islam spreads in every country these days, like a cancer - through incremental totalitarianism. In this case, they'll quietly open the mosque, then, as they get away with it, they'll ramp up their outrages until someone finally points it out. At that time, their lawyers, backed by the ACLU and various liberal organizations, will pounce.
* This is not different than allowing the Nazis to establish their headquarters and propaganda office in NYC in 1938. How come people could tell right from wrong then and not now?
* What bonehead allowed this to happen?
* That's disgusting. That truly is low. I feel bad for the people who lost family members.
* This is outrageous. I just don't have word.
* This is called "staging" for the KSM trial.
* You've got to be kidding me. If this is true, our beloved country is already gone. We no longer have the America I know and love.
* Who wants to bet this place becomes a "tourist attraction" for Muslims? This mosque will become one of Islam's holiest shrines as it sits upon the site of their greatest modern military victory.
* Good idea. Maybe terrorists will be less likely to bomb this area if there's a mosque there.
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Новых исламских мечетей откроет свои двери в нескольких шагах от Ground Zero, где мусульманские террористы убили 2751 людей во имя Аллаха на 11 сентября 2001 - и ее ведущий имама, который проводит заседания чувствительность подготовки ФБР, по сообщениям, обвинила христиан начиная массовых нападений на гражданское население.
Пятиэтажного здания на Парк Плейс, всего в двух кварталах к северу от бывшего мир сайт торгового центра, был сайт завода Burlington Coat. Но посадка самолета-Gear разбился Ассамблее через крышу в тот день, 19 мусульманских террористов захватили Пассажирские и вылетел их на башни-близнецы в 2001 году.
Теперь верующих-мусульман, в настоящее время занимают здания, и они планируют превратить его в крупный исламский культурный центр.
"Мужчины и женщины, встать, поднять руки по обе стороны головы, шум" Аллаху акбар, 'Bow колени и снова ", сообщает Spiegel Online.
"Только в Нью-Йорке это возможно," Daisy Хан, исполнительный директор Американского общества по мусульманским Улучшение или ASMA, рассказал журналу. Хан женат Имам Фейсал Абдул Рауф, основателя ОУРА.
Они взяли в аренду новых помещений молитва как переполнение потенциала для другой мечети Масджид аль-Фара, на 245 West Broadway в Tribeca, где Рауф является духовным лидером.
Строительство - вакантной после того рокового дня , когда остановилось время как миллионы американцев огорчен потерей близких, друзей, членов семьи, коллег и незнакомых - была приобретена в июле недвижимостью компания Soho свойства, в ведении бизнеса мусульман. Рауф была инвесторами в этой сделке.
На той же улице, Музей еврейского наследия почестей жертвам Холокоста, и церковь Св. Петра, старейший католический дом в Нью-Йорке поклонения, находится за углом.
Рауф объявила о своих планах, чтобы превратить здание в полной Исламский культурный центр, а также мечеть, музей, "мерчандайзинг Options", и комната для проведения семинаров примирить религии ", для противодействия негативной реакции в отношении мусульман в общем", сообщает Speigel. Проект может стоить до $ 150 миллионов.
Рауф сказал New York Times приобретении здания ", где часть обломков упала направляет заявления противоположного тому, что произошло 9 / 11".
"Это было почти очевидно, что нечто подобное было возникнуть из пепла 9 / 11," Хан сказал Шпигель. "В некотором роде, это рука божественного письменного над ней. Это почти как если бы Бог хотел принимать участие".
Согласно докладу, Рауф сказал, что будет незначительный прогресс, пока США не признали поддержка диктаторов и президент США дали "речь Америке Culpa" в мусульманском мире.
4 июня 2009 г., Президент Обама выступил с речью к мусульманскому миру от Каира, в котором он заявил:
Я пришел сюда, чтобы искать новое начало между Соединенными Штатами и мусульман во всем мире, основанный на взаимных интересах и взаимном уважении, и основанный на истине, что Америка и ислам не являются исключительными, и нет необходимости в конкурсе. Вместо этого, они пересекаются, и общие принципы - принципы справедливости и прогресса; терпимости и уважения человеческого достоинства всех человеческих существ. ... Так что я знал ислама на трех континентах, до прихода в регион, где оно было впервые обнаружено. Этот опыт руководства мое убеждение, что партнерство между Америкой и исламом должны быть основаны на том, что Ислам является не то, что это не так. И я считаю, это часть моей ответственности, как президент Соединенных Штатов в борьбе против негативных стереотипов в отношении ислама там, где они появляются.
Рауф похвалил Обаму за "принятия ислама в миротворческом процессе" в своем выступлении перед мусульманским миром. Он пишет в Washington Post:
Историческое значение выступления президента Обамы в мусульманском мире в Каире, не может быть переоценена. Никогда раньше американский президент говорил в глобальной мусульманской общины. Его выступление ознаменовало важный сдвиг в американской внешней политике. ... В нескольких предложениях он разрушил фальшивые теорию "столкновения цивилизаций", которая настаивает на том, что ислам и Запад должен всегда находиться в конфликте. Вместо этого, он заявил, Соединенные Штаты не в состоянии войны с исламом и наметили план того, как конфликт может быть решен. ... Он привлек к себе внимание мусульман, потому что, в отличие от большинства политиков, он был готов к критике, как своей собственной страны и мусульманами, где они не оправдали их идеалы.
В интервью с Beliefnet по исламу и Америки, один из репортеров спросил Рауф, "Некоторые исламские благотворительные организации находятся под следствием за террористические связи. Вы видели, что вы считаете авторитетные исламские благотворительные организации в финансовом поврежден?"
"Мы считаем, что определенная часть каждого благотворительность было законным", он ответил. "Сказать, что у вас есть связи с терроризмом является очень серые области. Это похоже на обвинения, что Саддам Хусейн был связан с Усамой бен Ладеном. Ну, Америку был связан с Усамой бен Ладеном - это значит, что Америка является страной террористической или связях с терроризмом? "
В 2004 году, Рауф участие в 30-секундный рекламный ролик, трансляция по арабскому телевидению, в котором он принес извинения за предполагаемые злоупотребления в тюрьме Абу-Граиб.
The Times сообщила, Рауф сказал он считает, что "исламские террористы не приходят из другого морального Вселенной - что они возникают от репрессивного общества, что чувствует себя Вашингтон приложил руку к созданию".
Читатели различные блоги, выражая возмущение по поводу известия о мечети. Комментариев включают следующее:
* Мусульмане делают это, только чтобы увидеть если они все сойдет с рук. Это способ Ислам распространяется в каждой стране в эти дни, как рак - через дополнительные тоталитаризма. В этом случае, они будут спокойно открыть мечеть, то, как они все сойдет с рук, они отстаивают свои посягательства, пока, наконец, кто-то указывает на это. В то время, их адвокатов, при поддержке ACLU и различных либеральных организаций, будет атаковать.
* Это не отличаются от нацистов позволяющая создавать свои штаб-квартиры и пропаганды службы в Нью-Йорке в 1938 году. Как же люди могут сказать правду от лжи и то не сейчас?
* Какой дурак позволил этому случиться?
* Это отвратительно. Это действительно низкий. Я чувствую, плохо для людей, которые потеряли членов семьи.
* Это возмутительно. Я просто не хватает слов.
* Это называется "постановка" в суде КСМ.
* Вы должны быть шутишь. Если это верно, наша любимая страна уже ушел. Мы больше не Америка, которую я знаю и люблю.
* Кто хочет поставить это место станет "Турист притяжения" для мусульман? Эта мечеть станет одной из святынь ислама как оно сидит на месте их наибольшего современной военной победы.
* Хорошая идея. Возможно, террористы будут реже бомба этой области, если есть мечети.
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Islamic mosque built at 9/11 Ground Zero
Muslim business leader: 'This has hand of the divine written over it'
Posted: December 17, 2009 By Chelsea Schilling © 2009 WorldNetDaily
Wreckage from plane that hit the twin towers fell on the same building that may serve as an Islamic cultural center.
A new Islamic mosque will open its doors just steps from Ground Zero where Muslim terrorists murdered 2,751 people in the name of Allah on Sept. 11, 2001 - and its leading imam, who conducts sensitivity training sessions for the FBI, has reportedly blamed Christians for starting mass attacks on civilians.
The five-story building at Park Place, just two blocks north of the former World Trade Center site, was the site of a Burlington Coat Factory. But a plane's landing-gear assembly crashed through the roof on the day 19 Muslim terrorists hijacked the airliners and flew them into the Twin Towers in 2001.
Now Muslim worshippers currently occupy the building, and they plan to turn it into a major Islamic cultural center.
"The men and women stand up, raise their hands on either side of their head, murmur 'Allahu akhbar,' bow and kneel again," reports Spiegel Online.
"Only in New York City is this possible," Daisy Khan, executive director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement, or ASMA, told the magazine. Khan is the wife of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, founder of ASMA.
They have leased the new prayer space as an overflow building for another mosque, Masjid al-Farah, at 245 West Broadway in TriBeCa, where Rauf is the spiritual leader.
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The building - vacant since that fateful day when time stood still as millions of Americans grieved the loss of loved ones, friends, family members, co-workers and strangers - was purchased in July by real-estate company Soho Properties, a business run by Muslims. Rauf was an investor in that transaction.
Just down the street, the Museum of Jewish Heritage honors victims of the Holocaust, and St. Peter's Church, New York's oldest Catholic house of worship, is located around the corner.
Rauf has announced his plans to turn the building into a complete Islamic cultural center, with a mosque, a museum, "merchandising options," and room for seminars to reconcile religions, "to counteract the backlash against Muslims in general, " Speigel reports. The project may cost as much as $150 million.
Rauf told the New York Times purchasing the building "where a piece of the wreckage fell sends the opposite statement to what happened on 9/11."
"It was almost obvious that something like this had to arise from the ashes of 9/11," Khan told Spiegel. "In some way, this has the hand of the divine written over it. It's almost as if God wanted to be involved."
The move is supported by the city. The mayor's director of the Office of Immigrant Affairs, Fatima Shama, told the Times, "We as New York Muslims have as much of a commitment to rebuilding New York as anybody."
The city's Department of Buildings records show the building has been the focus of complaints for illegal construction and blocked exits in the last year. Recent entries from Sept. 28 and 29, 2009, indicate inspectors have been unable to access the building. One complaint states, "Inspector unable to gain access - 1st attempt - No access to 5 sty building. Front locked. No responsible party present." The second, just a day later, states, "Inspector unable to gain access - 2nd attempt - no access to building. No activity or responsible party. Building remains inaccessible at Park Place."
Agency spokeswoman Carly Sullivan told the Times the complaints were listed as "resolved" under city procedures since the inspectors were unable to gain access.
Imam Rauf, born in Egypt, has written three books: "What's Right with Islam: A New Vision for Muslims and the West," "Islam: A Sacred Law" and "Islam: A Search for Meaning."
WND reported in 2003 when, at least four times that year, the FBI's New York field office held all-day sensitivity training sessions, not far from Ground Zero, featuring Rauf.
Speaking for about two hours each session, "he gave an overview of Islamic culture and some of the differences between what fundamentalist terrorist groups say are the teachings of the Quran and what he believes, as a student of religion, the Quran actually says," said special agent James Margolin, spokesman for the FBI New York office.
Rauf asserted that the Quran "certainly doesn't counsel terrorism, murder or mayhem," Margolin said. And he said terrorists have misinterpreted the Quranic term "jihad" to mean violent, or armed, struggle against nonbelievers. Rauf claims it means internal struggle.
Rauf was invited to speak in Sydney, Australia, by Premier Bob Carr in 2004. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, he said the U.S. and the West must acknowledge the harm they've done to Muslims before terrorism can end.
He said the West must understand the terrorists' point of view - and he blamed Christians for starting mass attacks on civilians.
"The Islamic method of waging war is not to kill innocent civilians. But it was Christians in World War II who bombed civilians in Dresden and Hiroshima, neither of which were military targets," he said.
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Muslim business leader: 'This has hand of the divine written over it'
Posted: December 17, 2009
8:10 pm Eastern
Wreckage from plane that hit the twin towers fell on the same building that may serve as an Islamic cultural center.
A new Islamic mosque will open its doors just steps from Ground Zero where Muslim terrorists murdered 2,751 people in the name of Allah on Sept. 11, 2001 - and its leading imam, who conducts sensitivity training sessions for the FBI, has reportedly blamed Christians for starting mass attacks on civilians.
The five-story building at Park Place, just two blocks north of the former World Trade Center site, was the site of a Burlington Coat Factory. But a plane's landing-gear assembly crashed through the roof on the day 19 Muslim terrorists hijacked the airliners and flew them into the Twin Towers in 2001.
Now Muslim worshippers currently occupy the building, and they plan to turn it into a major Islamic cultural center.
"The men and women stand up, raise their hands on either side of their head, murmur 'Allahu akhbar,' bow and kneel again," reports Spiegel Online.
"Only in New York City is this possible," Daisy Khan, executive director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement, or ASMA, told the magazine. Khan is the wife of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, founder of ASMA.
They have leased the new prayer space as an overflow building for another mosque, Masjid al-Farah, at 245 West Broadway in TriBeCa, where Rauf is the spiritual leader.
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The building - vacant since that fateful day when time stood still as millions of Americans grieved the loss of loved ones, friends, family members, co-workers and strangers - was purchased in July by real-estate company Soho Properties, a business run by Muslims. Rauf was an investor in that transaction.
Just down the street, the Museum of Jewish Heritage honors victims of the Holocaust, and St. Peter's Church, New York's oldest Catholic house of worship, is located around the corner.
Rauf has announced his plans to turn the building into a complete Islamic cultural center, with a mosque, a museum, "merchandising options," and room for seminars to reconcile religions, "to counteract the backlash against Muslims in general, " Speigel reports. The project may cost as much as $150 million.
Rauf told the New York Times purchasing the building "where a piece of the wreckage fell sends the opposite statement to what happened on 9/11."
"It was almost obvious that something like this had to arise from the ashes of 9/11," Khan told Spiegel. "In some way, this has the hand of the divine written over it. It's almost as if God wanted to be involved."
The move is supported by the city. The mayor's director of the Office of Immigrant Affairs, Fatima Shama, told the Times, "We as New York Muslims have as much of a commitment to rebuilding New York as anybody."
The city's Department of Buildings records show the building has been the focus of complaints for illegal construction and blocked exits in the last year. Recent entries from Sept. 28 and 29, 2009, indicate inspectors have been unable to access the building. One complaint states, "Inspector unable to gain access - 1st attempt - No access to 5 sty building. Front locked. No responsible party present." The second, just a day later, states, "Inspector unable to gain access - 2nd attempt - no access to building. No activity or responsible party. Building remains inaccessible at Park Place."
Agency spokeswoman Carly Sullivan told the Times the complaints were listed as "resolved" under city procedures since the inspectors were unable to gain access.
Imam Rauf, born in Egypt, has written three books: "What's Right with Islam: A New Vision for Muslims and the West," "Islam: A Sacred Law" and "Islam: A Search for Meaning."
WND reported in 2003 when, at least four times that year, the FBI's New York field office held all-day sensitivity training sessions, not far from Ground Zero, featuring Rauf.
Speaking for about two hours each session, "he gave an overview of Islamic culture and some of the differences between what fundamentalist terrorist groups say are the teachings of the Quran and what he believes, as a student of religion, the Quran actually says," said special agent James Margolin, spokesman for the FBI New York office.
Rauf asserted that the Quran "certainly doesn't counsel terrorism, murder or mayhem," Margolin said. And he said terrorists have misinterpreted the Quranic term "jihad" to mean violent, or armed, struggle against nonbelievers. Rauf claims it means internal struggle.
Rauf was invited to speak in Sydney, Australia, by Premier Bob Carr in 2004. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, he said the U.S. and the West must acknowledge the harm they've done to Muslims before terrorism can end.
He said the West must understand the terrorists' point of view - and he blamed Christians for starting mass attacks on civilians.
"The Islamic method of waging war is not to kill innocent civilians. But it was Christians in World War II who bombed civilians in Dresden and Hiroshima, neither of which were military targets," he said.
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf (center) poses in a photo with attendees at a 2006 Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. On the far left is Sultan Muhammad, communications coordinator for the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Chicago. (photo: CAIR Chicago)
According to the report, Rauf said there would be little progress until the U.S. acknowledged backing dictators and the U.S. president gave an "America Culpa" speech to the Muslim world.
On June 4, 2009, President Obama gave a speech to the Muslim world from Cairo, in which he stated:
I have come here to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world; one based upon mutual interest and mutual respect; and one based upon the truth that America and Islam are not exclusive, and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles - principles of justice and progress; tolerance and the dignity of all human beings. … So I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed. That experience guides my conviction that partnership between America and Islam must be based on what Islam is, not what it isn't. And I consider it part of my responsibility as president of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.
Rauf praised Obama for "embracing Islam in the peacemaking process" in his speech to the Muslim world. He wrote in the Washington Post:
The historic significance of President Obama's speech to the Muslim world in Cairo cannot be overstated. Never before has an American president spoken to the global Muslim community. His speech marked a major shift in American foreign policy. … In just a few sentences he demolished the phony theory of the 'Clash of Civilizations,' which insists that Islam and the West must always be in conflict. Instead, he declared the United States is not at war with Islam and outlined a plan for how the conflict can be resolved. … He captured the attention of Muslims because, unlike most politicians, he was willing to critique both his own country and Muslims where they fell short of their ideals.
In an interview with Beliefnet on Islam and America, a reporter asked Rauf, "Some Islamic charities are being investigated for terrorist ties. Have you seen what you consider to be reputable Islamic charities being financially damaged?"
"We believe that a certain portion of every charity has been legitimate," he responded. "To say that you have connections with terrorism is a very gray area. It's like the accusation that Saddam Hussein had links to Osama bin Laden. Well, America had links to Osama bin Laden - does that mean that America is a terrorist country or has ties to terrorism?"
In 2004, Rauf participated in a 30-second advertisement, broadcast on Arabic television, in which he apologized for alleged abuses at Abu Ghraib prison.
The Times reported Rauf said he believes "Islamic terrorists do not come from another moral universe - that they arise from oppressive societies that he feels Washington had a hand in creating."
Readers of various blogs are outraged at the news of the mosque. Comments include the following:
* Muslims are doing this only to see if they get away with it. It's the way Islam spreads in every country these days, like a cancer - through incremental totalitarianism. In this case, they'll quietly open the mosque, then, as they get away with it, they'll ramp up their outrages until someone finally points it out. At that time, their lawyers, backed by the ACLU and various liberal organizations, will pounce.
* This is not different than allowing the Nazis to establish their headquarters and propaganda office in NYC in 1938. How come people could tell right from wrong then and not now?
* What bonehead allowed this to happen?
* That's disgusting. That truly is low. I feel bad for the people who lost family members.
* This is outrageous. I just don't have word.
* This is called "staging" for the KSM trial.
* You've got to be kidding me. If this is true, our beloved country is already gone. We no longer have the America I know and love.
* Who wants to bet this place becomes a "tourist attraction" for Muslims? This mosque will become one of Islam's holiest shrines as it sits upon the site of their greatest modern military victory.
* Good idea. Maybe terrorists will be less likely to bomb this area if there's a mosque there.
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Новых исламских мечетей откроет свои двери в нескольких шагах от Ground Zero, где мусульманские террористы убили 2751 людей во имя Аллаха на 11 сентября 2001 - и ее ведущий имама, который проводит заседания чувствительность подготовки ФБР, по сообщениям, обвинила христиан начиная массовых нападений на гражданское население.
Пятиэтажного здания на Парк Плейс, всего в двух кварталах к северу от бывшего мир сайт торгового центра, был сайт завода Burlington Coat. Но посадка самолета-Gear разбился Ассамблее через крышу в тот день, 19 мусульманских террористов захватили Пассажирские и вылетел их на башни-близнецы в 2001 году.
Теперь верующих-мусульман, в настоящее время занимают здания, и они планируют превратить его в крупный исламский культурный центр.
"Мужчины и женщины, встать, поднять руки по обе стороны головы, шум" Аллаху акбар, 'Bow колени и снова ", сообщает Spiegel Online.
"Только в Нью-Йорке это возможно," Daisy Хан, исполнительный директор Американского общества по мусульманским Улучшение или ASMA, рассказал журналу. Хан женат Имам Фейсал Абдул Рауф, основателя ОУРА.
Они взяли в аренду новых помещений молитва как переполнение потенциала для другой мечети Масджид аль-Фара, на 245 West Broadway в Tribeca, где Рауф является духовным лидером.
Строительство - вакантной после того рокового дня , когда остановилось время как миллионы американцев огорчен потерей близких, друзей, членов семьи, коллег и незнакомых - была приобретена в июле недвижимостью компания Soho свойства, в ведении бизнеса мусульман. Рауф была инвесторами в этой сделке.
На той же улице, Музей еврейского наследия почестей жертвам Холокоста, и церковь Св. Петра, старейший католический дом в Нью-Йорке поклонения, находится за углом.
Рауф объявила о своих планах, чтобы превратить здание в полной Исламский культурный центр, а также мечеть, музей, "мерчандайзинг Options", и комната для проведения семинаров примирить религии ", для противодействия негативной реакции в отношении мусульман в общем", сообщает Speigel. Проект может стоить до $ 150 миллионов.
Рауф сказал New York Times приобретении здания ", где часть обломков упала направляет заявления противоположного тому, что произошло 9 / 11".
"Это было почти очевидно, что нечто подобное было возникнуть из пепла 9 / 11," Хан сказал Шпигель. "В некотором роде, это рука божественного письменного над ней. Это почти как если бы Бог хотел принимать участие".
Согласно докладу, Рауф сказал, что будет незначительный прогресс, пока США не признали поддержка диктаторов и президент США дали "речь Америке Culpa" в мусульманском мире.
4 июня 2009 г., Президент Обама выступил с речью к мусульманскому миру от Каира, в котором он заявил:
Я пришел сюда, чтобы искать новое начало между Соединенными Штатами и мусульман во всем мире, основанный на взаимных интересах и взаимном уважении, и основанный на истине, что Америка и ислам не являются исключительными, и нет необходимости в конкурсе. Вместо этого, они пересекаются, и общие принципы - принципы справедливости и прогресса; терпимости и уважения человеческого достоинства всех человеческих существ. ... Так что я знал ислама на трех континентах, до прихода в регион, где оно было впервые обнаружено. Этот опыт руководства мое убеждение, что партнерство между Америкой и исламом должны быть основаны на том, что Ислам является не то, что это не так. И я считаю, это часть моей ответственности, как президент Соединенных Штатов в борьбе против негативных стереотипов в отношении ислама там, где они появляются.
Рауф похвалил Обаму за "принятия ислама в миротворческом процессе" в своем выступлении перед мусульманским миром. Он пишет в Washington Post:
Историческое значение выступления президента Обамы в мусульманском мире в Каире, не может быть переоценена. Никогда раньше американский президент говорил в глобальной мусульманской общины. Его выступление ознаменовало важный сдвиг в американской внешней политике. ... В нескольких предложениях он разрушил фальшивые теорию "столкновения цивилизаций", которая настаивает на том, что ислам и Запад должен всегда находиться в конфликте. Вместо этого, он заявил, Соединенные Штаты не в состоянии войны с исламом и наметили план того, как конфликт может быть решен. ... Он привлек к себе внимание мусульман, потому что, в отличие от большинства политиков, он был готов к критике, как своей собственной страны и мусульманами, где они не оправдали их идеалы.
В интервью с Beliefnet по исламу и Америки, один из репортеров спросил Рауф, "Некоторые исламские благотворительные организации находятся под следствием за террористические связи. Вы видели, что вы считаете авторитетные исламские благотворительные организации в финансовом поврежден?"
"Мы считаем, что определенная часть каждого благотворительность было законным", он ответил. "Сказать, что у вас есть связи с терроризмом является очень серые области. Это похоже на обвинения, что Саддам Хусейн был связан с Усамой бен Ладеном. Ну, Америку был связан с Усамой бен Ладеном - это значит, что Америка является страной террористической или связях с терроризмом? "
В 2004 году, Рауф участие в 30-секундный рекламный ролик, трансляция по арабскому телевидению, в котором он принес извинения за предполагаемые злоупотребления в тюрьме Абу-Граиб.
The Times сообщила, Рауф сказал он считает, что "исламские террористы не приходят из другого морального Вселенной - что они возникают от репрессивного общества, что чувствует себя Вашингтон приложил руку к созданию".
Читатели различные блоги, выражая возмущение по поводу известия о мечети. Комментариев включают следующее:
* Мусульмане делают это, только чтобы увидеть если они все сойдет с рук. Это способ Ислам распространяется в каждой стране в эти дни, как рак - через дополнительные тоталитаризма. В этом случае, они будут спокойно открыть мечеть, то, как они все сойдет с рук, они отстаивают свои посягательства, пока, наконец, кто-то указывает на это. В то время, их адвокатов, при поддержке ACLU и различных либеральных организаций, будет атаковать.
* Это не отличаются от нацистов позволяющая создавать свои штаб-квартиры и пропаганды службы в Нью-Йорке в 1938 году. Как же люди могут сказать правду от лжи и то не сейчас?
* Какой дурак позволил этому случиться?
* Это отвратительно. Это действительно низкий. Я чувствую, плохо для людей, которые потеряли членов семьи.
* Это возмутительно. Я просто не хватает слов.
* Это называется "постановка" в суде КСМ.
* Вы должны быть шутишь. Если это верно, наша любимая страна уже ушел. Мы больше не Америка, которую я знаю и люблю.
* Кто хочет поставить это место станет "Турист притяжения" для мусульман? Эта мечеть станет одной из святынь ислама как оно сидит на месте их наибольшего современной военной победы.
* Хорошая идея. Возможно, террористы будут реже бомба этой области, если есть мечети.
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