The cynicism of this is breathtaking, but the easy marks among Jewish and Christian leaders are lining up to participate.
“It’s ironic that they would hold a rally against hate in one of the most hateful houses of worship in New England where imam after imam has been found to preach anti-Semitism, homophobia, and hate for the United States, its people and its government.”
Yes, but there is never any shortage of useful idiots among Jewish and Christian leaders. And this article goes easy: not only was the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center frequented by the Tsarnaev brothers, Siddiqui, and Mehanna, but also Ahmad Abousamra, the Islamic State’s “social media guru.” And Alamoudi wasn’t just “sentenced in 2004 to 23 years in prison for taking part in a plot to kill Saudi royal officials”; that operation was an al-Qaeda plot.
“Controversial Islamic center hosts interfaith call for peace, despite terror ties,” by Brooke Singman, Fox News, December 9, 2016:
A Boston Islamic center that has been linked to convicted terrorists is hosting an interfaith event on Sunday to promote peace, but some critics say such “hateful houses of worship” are a dubious venue for a message of solidarity and hope.
The event, at Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center, is entitled “Out of Many, One,” and has Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., slated to speak. It is sponsored by the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization, and aimed at bringing religious communities together under common beliefs.
This Cambridge mosque has been at the center of controversy for years.
“My hope is that we can provide a place for members of the community, who are so fearful and concerned about our values being challenged, to speak up,” Interfaith Organization Board Member Nahma Nadich told FoxNews.com. “We need to affirm our values and be in solidarity with each other to protect all members of our community against hateful, divisive rhetoric.”
But the location of the event has raised concerns, as the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center operates two mosques –one in Boston, where the event will be held, and one in Cambridge where several convicted terrorists reportedly worshipped. They include Boston Marathon bombers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev; Aafia Siddiqui, who plotted a chemical attack on New York City and Tarek Mehanna, who was sentenced in 2012 to 17 years in prison for conspiring to aid Al Qaeda.
In addition, a founder of ISBCC, Abduraham Alamoudi, was sentenced in 2004 to 23 years in prison for taking part in a plot to kill Saudi royal officials, has allegedly worshipped at the mosque.
Neither the mosque nor top officials have been implicated in criminal activity. But critics say several speakers at the mosque have delivered fiery and hateful sermons, and that its connections to terror make it an unlikely host of an event calling for peace.
“It’s ironic that they would hold a rally against hate in one of the most hateful houses of worship in New England where imam after imam has been found to preach anti-Semitism, homophobia, and hate for the United States, its people and its government,” Director of Research at Americans for Peace and Tolerance Ilya Feoktistov told FoxNews.com.
U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Carmen Ortiz has dismissed Americans for Peace and Tolerance’s claims as “incredibly racist and unfair.”
But Feoktistov referred to a 2010 video of Abdullah Faaruuq, a guest preacher, exhorting worshipers to “grab onto the rope, grab onto the typewriter, grab onto the shovel, grab onto the gun and the sword.” Faaruuq told FoxNews.com last year that ISIS was not created by Islamic teachings, but rather by America.
“It was created by the United States’ encouragement into other people’s countries seeking weapons of mass destruction that don’t exist,” Faaruuq said. “Destroying their societies and leaving the bitter taste in young people’s mouths.”
In August, ISBCC appointed an associate imam, Abdul-Malik Merchant, who, according to APT shared anti-Semitic posts on social media. Merchant issued an apology to the Jewish community.
Local Jewish leaders said neither the ISBCC nor the mosques it operates should be judged by the actions of a few….
Feoktistov said faith leaders and elected officials are turning a blind eye to what has taken place in the mosque.
“I think lawmakers discount the hatred for political reasons because the hatred is being spouted by what they consider to be a valuable minority,” Feoktistov told Fox News. “They are holding this event at an extremely hateful place, and that doesn’t bother them at all.”…
The “Interfaith call for Dignity & Diligence” event will take place at ISBCC in Roxbury, on Sunday, Dec. 11 at 6 p.m.
ISBCC Executive Director Yusuf Vali said in a statement that the work at the ISBCC embodies a community that “builds bridges” and “brings people together.”…

Marty says
U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Carmen Ortiz has dismissed Americans for Peace and Tolerance’s claims as “incredibly racist and unfair.”
Wow. A U.S. attorney that thinks Islam is a race. Maybe she needs to go back to the fourth grade.
And what is “unfair” about holding Muslims accountable for the views they espouse or support? Really what Ortiz saying is it’s “unfair” not to look the other way. It’s “unfair” not to give Muslims special treatment which includes a license to incite people to hatred under the guise of religion. It’s unfair not to allow them supremacy over every other group in society.
Disgusting and shameful.
Mirren10 says
Excellent points.
Know Thy Enemy says
She is a Democrat so what else can we expect! IMO the Democratic Party has become so corrupt and its worldview so out of touch with reality that voting for them is akin to giving America another dose of poison. They do push for some (very few) valid issue but their understanding of most things is just plain deluded.
Many Democrats said they were going to move to Canada if Trump wins. Well, till date not one has moved. Apparently they believe that 2016 is a temporary impediment to reaching their Leftist utopia, and be assured that they are going to work hard to win in 2020. We need to make sure that the Democratic Party simply does not come to power again. And that is going to take work.
One of the primary issues that Dems talk about is rights of minorities (gays, people of color, women, etc) to make them equal to others. But let’s face it: The minorities already have at least as many rights as any majority in the US.
(The courts say that gays can officially get “married”. What can be more equal? As for race-equality, every job that I have worked at till date, you can advance to higher position as long as you meet the requirements of education and skills, especially communication skills. So if you have a ‘leader’ who tells you that you are being discriminated against because of your race, tell him to hire experts who will help improve your communication skills. If s/he is reluctant to do so, you should know that s/he has been using you for his race-politics.
There is plenty of variety of opinions within the Republican Party itself. Hence we need to concentrate on spreading ideas and propagate views, especially on social media, that make people see the stupidity of Democrats and make them join the GOP. Once the donkeys lose three or four elections, hopefully they will start seeing reality, or better, will actually move to Canada!
Tommy says
I believe tax-payers help pay for that mosque?
Proud Non-Muslim says
That is true. The mosque was built by taxpayers’ money through very corrupt politicians.
BlueRaven says
““They are holding this event at an extremely hateful place, and that doesn’t bother them at all.””
Hard to top this statement about this ‘worship’ place!!
Lucia Bartoli says
All I can say is: “whoever woulda thunk it?” especially in the U S
These officials and those who acquiesce to the sham “dialogue” deserve no leeway come their next election. This is like plunging live lobsters into cold water and heating it slowly–lulling the poor creatures to rest as they then boil to death.
Lucia Bartoli says
A thought: where precisely within the mosque will this fake dialogue occur? Is it an area where women are typically invited?
Angemon says
😀
Mirren10 says
”A thought: where precisely within the mosque will this fake dialogue occur? Is it an area where women are typically invited?”
🙂
Don’t be such a greasy islamophobe. Kufr aren’t supposed to ask searching questions, just swallow everything whole.
Lucia Bartoli says
????
Blangwort says
I suggest an Episcopal Bishop, a female Bishop, be invited. I would love to see how they react to that.
beyondculturewars says
They would ask her to wear a hijab and she would comply, thus cementing her dhimmi status;
islamic supremist problem solved.
Angemon says
Spot on.
Anke L. says
Make a counter invitation for talk in a Christian church or Jewish synagogue, or better in a public building…
No one should go for such meeting into a mosque.
Lucia Bartoli says
EXCELLENT idea!!
Allan says
“Local Jewish leaders” need to affirm an important fact about Islam. It’s TRUE that “the [brutal] actions of a few [Muslims]” is consistent with the Koran of all Muslims.”
pennant8 says
In the interest of diversity the city of Boston sold the Islamic Society of Boston a choice parcel of land at a giveaway price where they built their mosque.
Michael Copeland says
Here, to start the dialogue, are two quotes:
“It is unbelief (kufr) to hold that the remnant cults now bearing the names of formerly valid religions such as “Christianity” and “Judaism” are acceptable…”
Manual of Islamic Law, “Reliance of the Traveller”, w4
“If anyone desire a religion other than Islam never will it be accepted of him”
Koran 3:85
DFD says
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DFD says
Whoops! Sorry, forgot to mention that I am a bit off topic – as every so often….
Sam says
“Boston Islamic center with ties to multiple jihad terrorists hosts interfaith call for peace”
A call to peace means that there is some kind of war somewhere. Islam is a religion of peace, right? So are muslims inviting violent islamophobic infidels to peace?
What a f*****joke! More shame on those liberal idiots who buy this crap.
Hey idiot liberals, read the Koran!
SAKOVKT says
Clausewitz : due to the onerous nature of war, the opponents will try to arouse a “defeatist” or peace
movement within each others’ camp.
A Peace Movement is, in Clausewitz’s scheme, nothing more than cowards who feel that their own
lives are not worth any risk and prefer to drown in their cruel sea of lust rather than consider their
responsibility to future generations.
Communists and Islamists have become masters of this ploy since America demonstrated its efficacy from the Spanish Civil War through the Korean War and Viet Nam.
It’s McNamara’s idea of Limited War turned back upon us : instigate short of Conventional War, which
Islam will lose, but never let off the pressure.
Patience is the key to Islam’s success.
That, Propaganda and “managed savagery”.
It’s RAND Corporation research turned back upon us, who financed it.
No secret is as Fleeting as the Military variety.
Finding solutions is expensive.
Copying them is pretty cheap.
davej says
The Islamic Center (that known terrorists attended and preached within) is calling this event “Out of Many, One”. This is not “bridge building” or “dialogue”, this is a celebration of Islamic Supremacy – the “One” referred to in the title.
AKA: It’s going to be so peaceful once you are all dead or enslaved.
don vito says
Will this dialogue tell a kufr like me how to keep my life and property safe from moe the prophet?
Creole Gumbo says
I attended one of the Interfaith meetings that was held in our public library (an outrage but that is another story) just to see what it was all about.
It was an Islamic proselytizing event and nothing more. They had Christians and Jews who had converted into Islam and women speaking on how wonderful and free they are now that they have to wear goblin suits.
Cretius says
“In short, anytime non-Muslims dare to overstep their Sharia-designated “inferior” status, supremacist Muslims become violently aggrieved.
People of the West are raised on the unique idea of treating others as they would be treated.
This is not the sort of grievance that animates many Muslims – and certainly not those who resort to terrorism.
Rather, they are animated by a supremacist-based grievance: they get angry seeing infidels on an equal footing with Muslims. And they get murderous seeing infidels actually lording over Muslims.
Islamic doctrine, which persuades Muslims into believing they are superior to non-Muslims — who are even likened to dogs and cattle — imbues Muslims with this sense of entitlement.
Ed Lee says
Robert, thank you for calling Jewish and Christian leaders “easy marks”. They think they are so smart, but they are falling hard for the con. This must reinforce the Islamists’ opinion that people in the West are idiots, because Islam is not a sophisticated con, and the jihadis are not very good con artists.
Proud Non-Muslim says
As one ex-Muslim told me a long time ago about Muslims. He told me in his exact words: “DON’T TRUST THEM”. And he is exactly right.