The renowned "moderate" Imam of the Ground Zero mega-mosque is suffering from some cracks in his facade of moderation. Pamela Geller broke the story here: among many other incendiary statements, Rauf said, "We tend to forget, in the West, that the United States has more Muslim blood on its hands than al Qaida has on its hands of innocent non Muslims." But the State Department, which is using taxpayer money to send this pro-Sharia, anti-free speech Imam on a tour of the Middle East, doesn't care. "State Department 'Aware' of Ground Zero Mosque Imam's Controversial Remarks," by Jake Gibson for FoxNews, August 24 (thanks to Pamela Geller):
WASHINGTON - State Department officials say they are aware of the controversial remarks Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf made in 2005. Rauf is the Imam of the controversial so-called Ground Zero mosque and is presently on a State Department funded outreach tour of Middle Eastern countries.During a 2005 conference in Australia, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf compared the United States to Al Qaeda and said, "We tend to forget, in the West, that the United States has more Muslim blood on its hands than Al Qaeda has on its hands of innocent non-Muslims."
Rauf made the comments while speaking at the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Center during a question and answer session, as part of what sponsors say was a dialogue to improve relations between America and the Muslim world.
Rauf added, "You remember that the U.S. led sanctions against Iraq led to the death of over half a million Iraqi children. This has been documented by the United Nations."
"We are aware of those remarks," said State Department Spokesman P.J. Crowley. "I would just caution any of you that choose to write on this that once again you have a case where a blogger has pulled out one passage from a very lengthy speech, if you read the entire speech, you will discover exactly why we think he is rightfully participating in this international speaking tour."...
Crowley is lying, of course. Pamela Geller published the whole speech here.
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Universities are back in session. Take five minutes to write a response to the endless stream of pro-GZM editorials that are found in their uber-liberal internet newspaper editorial websites!
It's the least we can do!
Let's show the bullshit Islamic propaganda machine for what it is.
PJ Crowely lied?
Is PJ Crowely the reincarnation of Aleister? He wrote 'The Book of Lies'...I guess PJ must have read it...This really does not say much for the State Dept...It's just another part of Rasool Obama's stacked deck...
State doesn't care:
Children in Charge: John Brennan
http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2010/08/children-in-cha.html
This news was on the "front page" of Fox internet last night and today!! GREAT!! It is out there!
I just sent a copy of it hidden in an email to a "friend" who voted for o-bama. She would have opened the email because I had told her the other day that I had a new white chocolate brownie recipe for her and would be sending it along this week. gottacha!! SHE IS A RECEIPE HOUND AND FOODIE!! She is like a food addict...LOL
Also enclosed the comment about the Ground Zero mosque imam being an o-bama speech writer.
Hope this opens her MIND. I have the "aod assity" of hope. HAHA.
Important information about Rauf supplied by another commenter in another related thread:
katt | August 24, 2010 4:02 PM | Reply
Did you know that Rauf's book has a very different title in some islamic countries.
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/29598.htm
Imam Faisal 'Abd Al-Rauf's book What's Right with Islam: A New Vision for Muslims and the West was published in Indonesian in 2007 with a different title – Seruan Azan Dari Puing WTC: Dakwah Islam di Jantung Amerika Pasca 9/11 TRANSLATION: "The Call of Azan from the Rubble of the World Trade Center: Islamic Da'wa in the Heart of America Post-9/11".
The azan is the muezzin's call to prayer. It consists of a number of sentences repeated several times: "Allahu Akbar," the Shahada (la ilaha illa Allah wa-Muhammad rasoul Allah – "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is His Messenger") and the phrase "Gather for prayer." It is noteworthy that, in the period of Muslim conquests in the first centuries of Islam, this call was made from newly conquered sites.
Source: MEMRI, August 23, 2010)
Yesterday while guest hosting for Rush Limbaugh, Dr. Walter Williams revealed that the U.S. Dept. of State has millions in their budget to rebuild mosques around the world.
Not a surprise, but even in good economic times this is not their charter. Here we have 25 million Americans in danger of mortgage default and Hillary's handing out our tax money to the enemy.
So, it's "Muslim blood" vs "innocent non-Muslims"? That word, "innocent" always sneaking in where non-Muslims are concerned. Not just people, but "innocent" people. I wonder who is not innocent in Rauf's eyes?
Obama..."Yes...he's evil. And your point is?"
Obama surrounds himself with human wrecking balls all aimed at America.
Obama is a liar and Truth is
killing his Marxist agenda.
Does anyone remember that charlatan, Challabi. The guy whom the Bush administration relied upon for the build up to the Iraq war. He said that the American liberators would be heralded as heroes welcomed with flowers and candy. The Bush Administration was played for fools and suckers by the oily rug merchant!
Well the State Department is doing the same thing for ideological reasons. Trust the oily rug merchant to sell you a bill of goods!!!
The Cycling Tuscan
"Obama surrounds himself with human wrecking balls all aimed at America."
AlaskanInfidel, thank you for a fine turn of phrase, nodding toward Obama and his fine turncoats, ringing the perimeter of the former glorious World Trade Center, poised to scoop up more jagged shards of America to gift to our Islamic enemies, to use against us, or maybe as decoration (a la Julian Schnabel) in the new, "cutting-edge" (what else?!) Islamic center on Ground Zero.
I'mSorryI'mSorryI'mSorryImeanPark51It'sPark51!!
IT'S-NOT-THE-MOSQUE-ON-GROUND-ZERO!!
SoSorrytoOffend!!!