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At behest of Hamas-linked CAIR, DoJ sues Minnesota town for rejecting mosque

Aug 27, 2014 5:26 pm By Robert Spencer

holder-obama630The town rejected the Islamic center on zoning grounds, but at a meeting, some opponents of the project “made disparaging remarks about the Muslim faith.” Time to call in the Thought Police! Time for Obama’s feds to force the mosque on this city! It is impossible to have a mature discussion about mosques in the U.S. It is impossible to point out that 80% of mosques in the U.S. are Saudi-funded, and that four separate, independent studies since 1998 have found that 80% also teach hatred of Jews and Christians and the supremacy of Sharia over Constitutional law. Anyone who points out such things is immediately accused of “racism,” “bigotry,” “hatred” and “Islamophobia.”

Yet the concerns are legitimate. Would the feds be suing the city of St. Anthony if it had rejected a church funded by a foreign government that was ostensibly an ally but that had spent billions to fund enemies of the U.S., and that taught that ultimately the Constitution would have to be replaced with a theocracy? I expect that in such a case, the feds would be suing the church, not the city that turned it down.

“Feds plan to sue city of St. Anthony over rejection of Islamic center,” by Shannon Prather, Star Tribune, August 27, 2014 (thanks to Jerk Chicken):

The U.S. Department of Justice plans to sue the city of St. Anthony for rejecting a proposed Islamic center in 2012.

Federal authorities recently sent the city notice of their intent to sue, and U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger is expected to announce the civil rights lawsuit alleging religious discrimination at a news conference Wednesday afternoon.

The St. Anthony City Council met with its attorney behind closed doors on Aug. 18 to discuss the threat of litigation. Mayor Jerry Faust said the city turned over documentation on the matter to federal authorities more than a year ago.

“They’ve taken a lot of records of ours. I am sure that’s what it’s about,” Faust said. “We have to give them all of our e-mails.”

The U.S. attorney’s office in Minneapolis has spent two years investigating the matter, with its spokeswoman saying at one point they had sought to reach an out-of-court agreement with the parties.

In June 2012, the St. Anthony City Council voted down the proposed Abu Huraira Islamic Center, concluding that a religious and cultural center was incompatible with the site’s light-industrial zoning. The council’s 4-1 decision went against a city planning commission recommendation to approve the 15,000-square-foot center in the old Medtronic headquarters at 3055 Old Highway 8.

The council decision came after some St. Anthony residents voiced their opposition to the proposed center. More than 150 people packed the meeting, and some made disparaging remarks about the Muslim faith.

Jim Roth, the lone council member to vote in favor of the Islamic center, predicted at the time of the vote that the council’s rejection would spawn a lawsuit. Roth said he was “embarrassed” and “stunned” by some of the remarks made.

St. Anthony city leaders have maintained the decision was grounded solely in land-use issues. St. Anthony is a “first-ring” suburb of Minneapolis that’s just 2.35 square miles with 8,200 people.

The Minnesota Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations asked federal authorities to investigate whether the city violated the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000(RLUIPA).

In August 2012, two months after the council’s rejection, the Muslim group proposing the Islamic center purchased the former Medtronic Inc. headquarters for $1.9 million.

Mosques and Islamic school projects have faced opposition across the state. Some community members opposed projects in Plymouth, Willmar, Bloomington and Blaine, but all were approved.

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  1. Champ says

    Aug 27, 2014 at 5:30 pm

    Robert, you need a photo with a fly on obama’s face:
    http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02461/Obama-fly_2461808b.jpg

    obama: Lord of the Flies!

    • Jerry says

      Aug 29, 2014 at 1:25 am

      You are mistaken: Obama is a fly in USA face.

  2. john spielman says

    Aug 27, 2014 at 5:39 pm

    St Antony should sue the DoJ for violation of free speech and separation of church and state

    • Beagle says

      Aug 27, 2014 at 6:56 pm

      Indeed. This is what the establishment of religion looks like.

      • kikorikid says

        Aug 27, 2014 at 8:49 pm

        Bingo!

    • el-cid says

      Aug 28, 2014 at 8:50 am

      How ironic. The St. Anthony’s Mosque!

      After, they will sue the government for a name change–too Christian.

  3. dlbrand says

    Aug 27, 2014 at 5:58 pm

    One Hundred percent of the mosque preach the Qur’an and the traditions of the prophet of Islam.

    Enough said.

    • sid-chrome says

      Sep 11, 2014 at 3:44 am

      Koran 8:12 Allah has revealed his will to the angels saying I shall be with you. Give courage to the believers. I shall cast terror into the hearts of the infidels, strike off their heads, strike off the very tips of their fingers. That was because they defied Allah and his apostle. He that defies Allah and his apostle shall be sternly punished by Allah.
      Koran 33:61 Cursed where ever they are found, they will be seized and put to death. Such has been the way of Allah with those who have gone before them. And you shall find no change in the ways of Allah. What more proof do we need that islam is a terrorist organization!!

  4. Wellington says

    Aug 27, 2014 at 6:06 pm

    The photo above shows two of the most harmful fools in all of American history. The article which accompanies the photo is important, of course, but just one more “detail” respecting how destructive to the American Republic and the Constitution these two fools have been.

    • awake says

      Aug 27, 2014 at 6:58 pm

      Wellington,

      They’re merely two puppets controlled by the puppet-mistress herself, Valerie Jarrett.

      • Wellington says

        Aug 27, 2014 at 7:35 pm

        Well then, awake, to the extent that what you assert is true, then just add her to the greatest fools’ list. After all, a fool following yet another fool is just a detail in the history of foolhardiness.

        • awake says

          Aug 27, 2014 at 11:57 pm

          Wellington,

          Do you disagree with my assessment?

        • Wellington says

          Aug 28, 2014 at 12:13 pm

          I don’t necessarily disagree with your assessment, awake, though I have to consider that while Jarrett has great influence this doesn’t make her controlling of Obama overall. Don’t know.

  5. somehistory says

    Aug 27, 2014 at 6:17 pm

    If it doesn’t fit the zone, it doesn’t fit the zone.
    However much truth about islamic centers (they aren’t just places of *worship* like other religions have…little church…little parking lot…few cars coming and going on a Sunday, but a *center* for planning war for the devil) and muslims (we all here know what they want, what they plan, how they lie) manage to come out, the cair thugs would still have demanded their way. If no one had said anything about muslims and their practices, just pointed to the zoning laws…cair thugs would still have demanded their way.

    Revelation 13. But even beasts have an ending. On this earth, only change is permanent .

  6. duh_swami says

    Aug 27, 2014 at 6:22 pm

    There ain’t no law that says ya gots to luvs Islam baby…yet…

    Mosque building is how Islam spreads…’If you build it, they will come’, and they will keep coming until another mosque is needed and then another. No kuffar community should allow mosque building without resistance. Lay down in front of the bulldozer if you must, but check and make sure it does not have a Mahoundian driver before you do it.

  7. Anon says

    Aug 27, 2014 at 8:11 pm

    “I don’t like Islam, I think it’s very, very wrong, and I would never convert to it” — AAAAHA!, “disparaging remark” get that guy!

  8. commonsense says

    Aug 27, 2014 at 9:00 pm

    Re: the proposed Abu Haraira Islamic Center: Abu Hariari is cited in numerous hadiths as an authoritative source who reported many of Muhammed’s utterances, being in Muhammed’s presence on these occasions. He is credited in both Sahih Muslim and Sahih al-Bukhari for having witnessed Muhammed declare that “Judgment Day will not come before the Muslims fight the Jews, and the Jews hide behind rocks and trees, which cry out “O Muslim, O Abd’allah (slave of Allah), there is a Jew hiding behind me, come and kill him.” (Al-Bukhari, vol. 4, book 52, no. 177; Muslim, book 041, no. 6985). For those of you who do not know, “sahih” means “sound” or “reliable,” meaning that Muslims place more credence in these hadiths’ authenticity than in the hadiths found in the collections of most other compilers. So this planned Islamic Center will be named after someone who has provided doctrinal legitimacy for murdering Jews by reporting a declaration by Muhammed that the killing of Jews by Muslims is mandatory.

    • Terry says

      Aug 28, 2014 at 3:08 pm

      Surely the schools in this small town will have to go halal to accommodate the islamists. If killing jews is mandatory, how much more so is halal. Oh, and no childrens’ stories in the libraries about pigs either. Wonder what will happen to the town dogs…

  9. commonsense says

    Aug 27, 2014 at 9:04 pm

    I see that I have misspelled Abu Huraira, not once but twice. I hope this is due to carelessness on my part, and not early dementia.

  10. Charles says

    Aug 27, 2014 at 9:04 pm

    Can anyone say they are surprised by any of this? It’s no secret that the current administration is awash in muslim brotherhood members/agents. They hold important positions within almost every department and were instrumental in removing all references to radical islam and it’s followers from the training materials of the federal law enforcement agencies, as well as the state and local LE. If you aren’t trained, or made aware of what to look for, how can you possibly stop radicalism from arising here?

    Two good links for your consideration, if this site will allow me to post them are,

    http://dailycaller.com/2014/08/17/benghazi-when-america-switched-sides-in-the-war-on-terror-and-armed-al-qaida/?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com

    http://www.israelvideonetwork.com/the-video-obama-didnt-want-to-get-out

  11. Arlie says

    Aug 27, 2014 at 9:09 pm

    I used to own a home in St. Anthony village. It is an upper middle-class very small “suburb” of Minneapolis. It is mainly all white people and is between Mpls to the West & South, Columbia Heights suburb to the North & St. Paul suburbs of New Brighton and Roseville to the North & East. St. Anthony is only about 3 miles by 3 miles total. it was called “The hill” when I was in high school as opposed to Mpls being in the “valley”. The high school is on the highest point of the village. I can see the old Medtronic Bldg clearly in my mind It is right down the street from the high school. The gerrymandered District 5 has the Congressman…….guess who? Keith Ellison! Surprised? Not.

    Remember MN in your prayers…the whole state is progressive/commie run and the Fed Gov money runs this corrupt state. MN is one the the states that the Fed’s use for any program they want to push on everyone. Totally corrupted Mpls Met Council runs everything…unelected leftist bureaucrats.

  12. enwhitenment says

    Aug 27, 2014 at 9:50 pm

    How much of the two year investigation was focused on the financing of the mosque and the people that wanted to build the mosque.
    I would imagine Nil.

  13. Chris Hoffer says

    Aug 27, 2014 at 9:53 pm

    There is no legitimate need for a mosque there. A few years back a Christian church was also denied that space. However, if you google map that address and select satellite view you’ll see it’s directly across the highway from a major fuel storage depot run by Williams Pipeline.

  14. Bezelel says

    Aug 27, 2014 at 10:12 pm

    Lawsuit against Arizona to ruin the southern border, I see the gerrymandering at the northern border. As well as totally disrespecting the will of the people. Systematically stepping on state and local law.

  15. de says

    Aug 27, 2014 at 11:08 pm

    The church was denied, earlier. But this is NAZI oppression by racists!

  16. gardengnome132 says

    Aug 28, 2014 at 12:04 am

    The US is racing towards the same dire issues Great Britain is now facing. It’s not PC to talk about some of these uncomfortable truths so I congratulate the Minnesota town for having the courage to do so and say NO.

    We give in at our own peril.

    • BC says

      Aug 28, 2014 at 9:59 am

      The EU countries get a lot of flack on this site but things are equally as bad in US. PC (AKA pernicious crap) was invented in US and eagerly embraced by the sheeple of UK. We also do not have such powerful advocacy group like CAIR which seems to get away with everything and leads the US government and academia by the nose

  17. No Fear says

    Aug 28, 2014 at 12:16 am

    They need Gavin Boby and his crew.

    • PJG says

      Aug 28, 2014 at 9:08 am

      Gavin Boby was denied permission to speak at a council meeting about a proposed mosque here in Australia.

  18. GP says

    Aug 28, 2014 at 12:28 am

    CAIR has bought and paid for many politicians with Arab Oil wealth, including at the DOJ.

    Beware: The new IS has many recruiting centers across the United States, they are called mosques!

  19. Laura says

    Aug 28, 2014 at 3:01 am

    Do the Muslims have their own construction teams who build the satanic temples, or are they thrown up by Redneck Americans?
    If it’s the latter, why don’t you have a `quiet word` with the builders?

    • BC says

      Aug 28, 2014 at 10:00 am

      Better yet let them complete it and then arrange a ‘demolition’

  20. Tom L. says

    Aug 28, 2014 at 3:43 am

    The absolutely worst man is the White House . The USA will soon be facing terrorists on our streets and within our neighborhoods. Our elected officials, particularly democrats, have done a grave disservice to the people of the US.

  21. Myxlplik says

    Aug 28, 2014 at 7:59 am

    Follow the financing of this Mosque, no doubt that funds are coming in from terror related organizations… they are Muslims.

  22. pongidae rex says

    Aug 28, 2014 at 9:30 am

    Multiculturalism has degenerated into brainwashing and magical thinking where ‘bad thoughts’ are not tolerated, regardless of the extent to which such ‘bad thoughts’ are a direct response and adaptation to reality.

  23. loseyateefa says

    Aug 28, 2014 at 10:17 am

    Muslim is the new black.

  24. Ralph says

    Aug 28, 2014 at 12:13 pm

    Sorry Black Muslim President and All of his WH Idiots.

  25. siobhan says

    Aug 28, 2014 at 12:55 pm

    odd…i thought freedom of religion was one of those ‘things’ in your constitution. Yet, I see it isn’t unless it is your belief. Catholic beliefs were illegal in some states, when your country was young. Do you want the Catholic faith to be illegal now as well. I have heard from protestants in USA how evil Catholics are….so, next would be the Church…for all of those Catholic haters. After that, then which faith will be targeted? And I THOUGHT USA was democratic…I guess I was wrong….from the comments I see here.

  26. CogitoErgoSum says

    Aug 28, 2014 at 2:14 pm

    Islam should not be recognized as a religion under the laws of the United States. The purpose of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was to prevent any one religion from dominating the U.S. government or persecuting other religions in this nation. However, it is specifically set forth in Islam’s holiest book, the Quran, that all peoples of the Earth are to be submissive to Islam and that all other religions are to be either eliminated or to be made to feel subdued and dominated. This goes directly against the laws of the United States. The official recognition of Islam as a religion should NOT NOW NOR EVER be granted under the laws of the United States.

  27. Gideon says

    Aug 28, 2014 at 3:22 pm

    The building in question is called the Saint Anthony Business Center (SABC). It is the old Medtronics headquarters in the 1970s.

    The owner prior to Abu Huraira was the Jeffrey Wirth. He is currently in federal prison for tax evasion. Abu Huraria picked up the building for a song during the liquidation process.

    The tenants were not informed about any of this. I own a business that was located in the basement of that building. I didn’t know what was going until suddenly the parking lot was filled with Somali cabs every night.

    I moved out because I knew I was going to be evicted at some point, and probably soon.

    My web link shows a floorplan of the of the basement of the building in question. There is no way you can hold any sort of large assembly in that space. It’s just a bunch of small offices. The largest room is the boiler room (upper right).

    After I left, Abu Huraira stiffed me on my lease deposit.

    A big ‘For Lease’ sign appeared on the property a few days ago.

    Perhaps some intrepid reporter could call them to ask what is going on. (I am not sure that Abu Huraia even owns the building anymore.)

    The whole Abu Huraia organization is rather weird. I never any evidence that it was a real organization. I never met anyone who claimed to represent the group. I never got any correspondence from them. With Wirth transferred the property I got a letter from him, but that was it. I never even got confirmation that they received my official lease-end notifice via certified mail to the address that Wirth indicated in Brooklyn Park, which was his own office before he went to jail. They simply switched titles for the mailing address. Really weird.

  28. Jerry says

    Aug 29, 2014 at 1:28 am

    No new mosques should be allowed and existing ones closed and demolished, because they preach suppression and genocide against all other religions.

    • dlbrand says

      Aug 29, 2014 at 2:59 am

      Amen to that, Jerry. Indeed.

      Absent that, we huff and puff, and then, adjust to live with Islam in our nation and in our lives.

  29. Don S says

    Aug 29, 2014 at 9:54 am

    Keep on repeating to yourself: even though he was raised as a Muslim, Obama is not one now.

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