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Michigan: Mega-mosque being forced on Christian refugee community

Feb 21, 2017 2:42 pm By Robert Spencer

“Too much traffic, too little parking, the city planning commission decided by a 9-0 vote against the mosque in September 2015. But in December, the mosque sued the city and the Obama Justice Department joined in, claiming the real reason the mosque was denied was because the city was caving to anti-Muslim bigotry in the community. Now, a settlement deal is headed to the Sterling Heights City Council on Tuesday evening. If the council votes to sign the deal, it could be very costly for the city.”

Attorney General Sessions should put a stop to this. The Obama DoJ used its might to crush local opposition to mosques, even when the objections were based on legitimate concerns regarding zoning and other matters. And of course all discussion of Muslim Brotherhood ties and the jihad threat was ruled “Islamophobic.” Sessions needs to stop the persecution of the people in Sterling Heights and elsewhere who don’t want to see a mega-mosque transform their communities.

“Mega-mosque being forced on Christian refugee community,” by Leo Hohmann, WND, February 21, 2017:

A city of 130,000 people in southeastern Michigan is under the gun of Islamic pressure following its denial of a mega-mosque in a residential neighborhood populated largely by Christian refugees who fled Islamic persecution in Iraq.

Sterling Heights already has two mosques, but a third, the American Islamic Community Center, applied for a permit and was rejected after it was determined its proposed use was incompatible with the residential area. Too much traffic, too little parking, the city planning commission decided by a 9-0 vote against the mosque in September 2015.

But in December, the mosque sued the city and the Obama Justice Department joined in, claiming the real reason the mosque was denied was because the city was caving to anti-Muslim bigotry in the community. Now, a settlement deal is headed to the Sterling Heights City Council on Tuesday evening. If the council votes to sign the deal, it could be very costly for the city.

Local residents fear it’s a bad deal, something similar to the Obama DOJ-orchestrated deal forced upon nearby Pittsfield Township, Michigan, last year. That town had to pay out $1.7 million to local Muslims to whom it had denied a permit for an Islamic school, and township employees were ordered to undergo sensitivity training to assure they never again discriminate against Muslims.

Sessions to the rescue?

Attorney General Jeff Sessions could cancel any similar deal from taking effect in Sterling Heights, but only if he is aware of it and acts quickly.

“If the city council is found to be cooperating with the Obama DOJ staff who are expediting this consent order to stick it to the Sessions/Trump team, then this city will go nuts,” said Dick Manaserri, spokesman for Secure Michigan, a group formed to educate the public on Shariah law and how it differs from American law.

In last November’s presidential election, Donald Trump carried Sterling Heights, normally a Democratic Party stronghold, by 56 to 44 percent over Hillary Clinton. He also carried Macomb County, home to Sterling Heights and also a Democratic-oriented county.

But Trump’s new AG, Sessions, is apparently not yet fully in control of the Justice Department, which includes many holdovers from the Obama administration.

“Why else would Jeff Sessions not dismiss the Obama DOJ lawsuit against Sterling Heights?” Manaserri asks. “We have been told by legal experts that he has the power to simply dismiss the lawsuit. A consent order typically implies wrongdoing with the application of penalties.”

When the planning commission denied the mosque permit in September 2015, hundreds of Sterling Heights residents gathered outside City Hall to celebrate. That celebration was caught on video, and critics cited it as evidence the city was somehow biased against Muslims.

Tom Mitchell is a resident of Sterling Heights whose family has been there since 1965. He’s seen the city’s transformation over the past couple of decades under the control of what he calls “progressives.” He avoids the world “Democrat” because the city’s elections are technically nonpartisan.

“I feel that with the left taking over, they are destroying this community. I don’t want to become another Dearborn or a Hamtramck. And our elected officials are enabling this takeover,” he said.

Hamtramck, just a few miles south of Sterling Heights, became the nation’s first city with a Muslim-majority city council in 2016, and a large portion of Dearborn resembles a Middle Eastern country with signs in Arabic and women walking the streets with their faces veiled.

He said it’s not a matter of discrimination. Churches have been denied building projects in the past because their sites were too close to residential housing. They didn’t get the federal government to sue the city; they simply picked another site.

“I truly believe this one man, Mr. Sessions, has the power to throw out any consent decree that was engineered by Obama’s Department of Justice. That is our hope,” Mitchell said. “In fact, I know of hundreds of us who are praying for that opportunity to get it in Jeff Sessions’ hands, before Tuesday night, because once it’s signed, how do you overturn that? Signing it is tantamount to a consent that we’re a bunch of bigots here in Sterling Heights.”…

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  1. Charli Main says

    Feb 21, 2017 at 2:57 pm

    Got to give it to the Muslims. They are brilliantly using our ” civilised, democratic laws” to destroy all resistance to their invasion. The very laws that will be the first to be scrapped and replaced with uncivilised and undemocratic Sharia, should their invasion succeed.
    The Muslims fully understand the concept of ” to defeat your enemy, you have to know and understand him”

    • somehistory says

      Feb 21, 2017 at 3:18 pm

      moslims work the same way those who rape children do. A raper of children will choose the child most likely to be obedient to an adult order, knowing that when they say, “Come with me,” the child will go. When they say, “Do…” and “do…”, the child will do as they are told. And when they rape the child and then say, “Don’t tell”…the child will not tell.

      moslims pick an issue and make as much of the laws governing the issue as they can, even twisting, turning and perverting the purpose of the laws to their evil advantage.

    • LB says

      Feb 22, 2017 at 3:09 am

      Yep. It’s called stealth jihad, courtesy of the Muslim Brotherhood. A far more dangerous way of fighting infidels than ISIS’ violent jihad. Terror attacks with casualties at least wake some people up about islam, where as lawfares do the opposite.

      • Paul Ashley says

        Feb 22, 2017 at 10:53 am

        Unfortunately, far too many of our “leaders” don’t understand this, focusing as they do only on jihad’s physically violent form.

    • A Harris USA says

      Feb 22, 2017 at 4:37 pm

      Char Main, Thank God Obama and his Muslim devils are out of the white hut.. Anytime there was a whimper from the pigs of hell, they stepped right in, and then the Muslim hordes got their way.
      Thank GOD they are gone… If the American people do not want a filthy Mosque, and all the crap that goes with that filth, then, so be it… I am sure President Trump will not step in and strong arm a mosque into that community !!!
      Want a Mosque, go to the Islamic nation of your choice, and have at it!! Not here!!

      • Rev g says

        Feb 23, 2017 at 5:00 am

        I fear it may be too late already. The Chinese restaurant of well over 40 years recently became the al-noor middle eastern market. It is situated next door to the former Italian meat market, now Baghdad market.
        I once was a dishwasher at the restaurant, and remember riding my bicycle often to get meat for dinner at the market.
        The infiltration is underway.

        • Rev g says

          Feb 23, 2017 at 5:03 am

          Al-noor restaurant, sorry.

    • Creole Gumbo says

      Feb 24, 2017 at 7:58 am

      Amen Charli.
      But this entire thing should raise another broader issue up for discussion and that is the entire thing of “discrimination.” What are the limits? When does not discriminating against A de facto discriminates against B?

      I know that it is not PC and has not been for years but where was it ever written in stone, prior to the US anti-discrimination laws, that you do not have the right to treat people differently depending on your set of values, etc. People are different, cultures are different and those differences frequently cannot co-exist.

      It is one thing for the government to pass anti-discrimination laws for their own hiring purposed but something altogether different to impose the same thing on the private sector . I can see it if the goods/products in question are necessary for comfort and survival AND monopolized by a single business entity, such as refusal of a hotel room or food when you are the only hotel or restaurant in town. But this country has gone too far in expanding this entire discrimination issue. All societies have discriminated against outsiders. Had that not been the case we would not have different groups now.

  2. Walter Sieruk says

    Feb 21, 2017 at 3:00 pm

    The construction of the many mosques in both Europe and America not only means that more and more Muslims are entering those two continents and likewise more and more people in America and Europe are now being proselytized to Islam. This may be disturbing enough. In addition, this mass construction of mosques on America and Europe have still a further meaning which has been explained by a former Muslim who is now a Christian, Dr. Daniel Shayesteh, in his book ISLAM THE HOUSE I LEFT BEHIND for in page 99 it informs the reader that “The mosque is vital for establishing Muslims as sovereign over non-Muslims in a non-Islamic society or country. Building a mosque in a non-Islamic society or country symbolizes Islam’s claim over that society or country, even with a non-Muslim majority.”

    • Dawn says

      Feb 21, 2017 at 3:14 pm

      Not surprised and if you fight against it your bigot or Islamaphobe. We let them win.

  3. JayT says

    Feb 21, 2017 at 3:14 pm

    Fifty Muslims will want thirty mosques, and they would likely insist that it be built only by Muslims as if discrimination laws don’t apply to them.

    Got to love how the Japanese handle this in their country. The last time I checked the Japanese gov’t allows 2 mosques and doesn’t allow Hijrah to come to their shores and has only about 1300 Muslims, which must register with the gov’t, for a nation of 30 million Japanese citizens. And we wonder why they don’t have a Jihad problem on their soil or no go zone issues … hmm.

    • balafama says

      Feb 22, 2017 at 4:38 am

      sorry jayt , japan has over a million people

      • balafama says

        Feb 22, 2017 at 4:39 am

        sorry jayt ,japan has over 100 million folks

    • boakai ngombu says

      Feb 23, 2017 at 3:49 pm

      “…they would likely insist that it be built only by Muslims as if discrimination laws don’t apply to them….”

      not only those laws, but also local building and zoning standards … pay as you go (so to speak) and threaten to intimidate or “compromise” any inspector and/or fire marshal who would deign to criticize

      the allahgod of islam (unknowable; the best of all deceivers) corrupts any associated with it. what you see is not what you get

  4. no_one says

    Feb 21, 2017 at 4:31 pm

    Soon women and girls who refuse to be raped by muslims or worse defend them selves will be called bigoted and islamophobic. May be they will be brought to court if they dare to defend themselves.

  5. Buford says

    Feb 21, 2017 at 4:37 pm

    I believe they need to be stopped Islam is not a Religion it is an Ideology that has no place in Western Society or any Society other than the Middle East

    Politicians that have allowed these creatures to come here in large masses have created a Monster the ones that are here are going to have Multiple Kids & over populate Western Countries will lead to an eventual transformation from a Christian Nation to an Islamic Hellhole if Islamic Countries are so great why do they leave & try install that Crazy crap on us. That not only applies to Syria but Somalia but any of the 62 Muslim based countries.

    • gungadin says

      Feb 22, 2017 at 5:17 am

      the time is growing nearer to level all those sand pits of countries and for the western world to stop putting up with this crap……otherwise the rape and carnage of the west will continue until my grandkids will live under these camel/goat humpers….

  6. Angemon says

    Feb 21, 2017 at 4:53 pm

    But in December, the mosque sued the city and the Obama Justice Department joined in, claiming the real reason the mosque was denied was because the city was caving to anti-Muslim bigotry in the community.

    Let me guess: the accusation was the evidence.

  7. mortimer says

    Feb 21, 2017 at 5:53 pm

    They should allow Muslims to put up all the mosques they want PROVIDED THAT the evil CORE DOCTRINES are listed on the outside WITH PICTURES in the interests of warning the public.

    Warnings should be in the form of LARGE pictures of what you will get from Islam’s authorized: Warfare against disbelievers, suicide-bombing, FGM, wife-beating, beheadings, hand-choppings, torture, persecution of Jews, Christians, Hindus, etc., and also pictures of art destruction, genocides, rape of captive women, third-class citizenship for kafirs, segregation and other normative effects of this vicious Death Cult.

    Warnings on mosques would be like those on cigarette packages seen in many countries that show the WORST EFFECTS of smoking… Islam warnings would similarly show the WORST and MOST HIDEOUS EFFECTS of ISLAM-ING.

  8. mortimer says

    Feb 21, 2017 at 5:54 pm

    Correcton: Warnings should be in the form of LARGE pictures of what you will get from Islam’s authorized PRACTICES: Warfare against disbelievers, suicide-bombing, FGM, wife-beating, beheadings, hand-choppings, torture, persecution of Jews, Christians, Hindus, etc., and also pictures of art destruction, genocides, rape of captive women, third-class citizenship for kafirs, segregation and other normative effects of this vicious Death Cult.

    • boakai ngombu says

      Feb 23, 2017 at 3:52 pm

      mort, ain’t that all false news?

  9. Papa Whiskey says

    Feb 21, 2017 at 8:30 pm

    Unfortunately, DOJ can use this to force mosques on communities:

    https://www.justice.gov/crt/religious-land-use-and-institutionalized-persons-act

    Unless it is repealed, lawfare like this will continue.

  10. gravenimage says

    Feb 21, 2017 at 8:53 pm

    Michigan: Mega-mosque being forced on Christian refugee community
    …………………

    These poor people–they will be targets. I hope they can keep this Mosque out.

  11. Kay says

    Feb 21, 2017 at 9:22 pm

    Who will pay for the mosque?
    Certainly not “refugees”.
    There has to be a law against foreign governments setting up alternate means of governance within our country.

  12. Mo says

    Feb 21, 2017 at 9:33 pm

    How terrifying for those poor refugees! They fled the horrors of Islam! And now they are being targeted in what is supposed to be a free country.

    What a nightmare come true.

    • Rev g says

      Feb 22, 2017 at 4:20 am

      This site is 2 miles west of my workplace. I was raised a mile east of here from late childhood. It is sad. Marionite and Chaldean Christians lived in this area at least 40 years, many fled Dearborn (20 miles away), and now have been followed here. Many cars here have “pray for Chaldean Christians” stickers on them.

      I currently reside 7 miles further east, and we are getting an influx. The other day the wife was served by a semi-final at the pharmacy. When the debit card reader beeped that the sale was done, the Muslim a grabbed her card out of the reader “because it was beeping”. Fortunately my wife expressed her dissatisfaction gracefully.

      Things are getting worse, not better. Metro Detroit may not be London, but not for a lack of islamic effort.

      • Rev g says

        Feb 22, 2017 at 4:24 am

        Semi-ninja, as opposed to those who go full ninja. We run into those at costco.
        Always makes me want to grab a bag of pork rinds just because.

      • St. Michael Defend Us says

        Feb 22, 2017 at 1:15 pm

        They have settled. http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/sterling-heights-accepts-lawsuit-settlement-in-mosque-controversy

        As far as I understand this news article, the mosque WILL be built, AND they receive a hefty cash settlement. Shouldn’t it be either ONE or the OTHER?
        So, essentially, as I see it, the taxpayer is now funding a large portion of the mosque to be built.

        In another Michigan news story, the sports doctor accused of sexually abusing multiple girls is a muslim. I was wondering about that one, too.
        https://behindthenewsisrael.wordpress.com/2017/01/26/4-more-women-come-forward-from-team-usa-gymnastics-muslim-doctor-molested-them-number-of-victims-22/

        • Rev g says

          Feb 23, 2017 at 5:31 am

          Pandering to Islam is alive and well in michigan. Even when the people oppose, the government at all levels is shamed into acquiescence.

  13. gungadin says

    Feb 22, 2017 at 5:25 am

    As I said in a previous post…..to praphrase…..”the time is growing nearer for the west to level all those sand traps where these vermin originate from”

    Enough said…..End of the worlds’ problems…..

  14. Richard C de L says

    Feb 22, 2017 at 6:10 am

    Didn’t Mo say “Terror has made me victorious.”

  15. Paul Ashley says

    Feb 22, 2017 at 11:02 am

    Unlike Christian Churches, Jewish synagogues, and Hindu temples, which rely primarily on funding from congregants, most mosques couldn’t be built without being financed by foreign organizations bent on conquering the West.

  16. AvantiBev says

    Feb 22, 2017 at 11:30 am

    To call these residents “bigoted” is insane. It implies hate/fear based on ignorance. These Chaldean, Syriac and Maronite Christians have EXPERIENCE and KNOWLEDGE of Islam and shariah.

  17. jd says

    Feb 22, 2017 at 12:06 pm

    There you have it, another wonderful day in a world with Islam; it will get messy sooner or later.

  18. Paleologos says

    Feb 22, 2017 at 3:03 pm

    Same story in Temecula, CA. …

    http://myvalleynews.com/local/temecula-mosque-proposal-targeted-in-pending-protest/

    How did it all play out? … This way, unfortunately. …

    http://www.pe.com/articles/shape-762999-taking-temecula.html

    The Islamic Center of Temecula Valley’s mosque project, which was a flashpoint for controversy years ago, is finally coming together.

    On Monday there were no workers on the construction site — land near Baptist and Presbyterian churches in Temecula’s Nicolas Valley — but it’s clear there has been a lot of progress on the building since the winter of last year, when the land was barren aside from a foundation and drainage channels.
    In the spring of 2013, center officials said they needed around $500,000 to finish the first phase of the two-phase project and the center’s members have been raising money since then.
    On March 7, according to the center’s website, there was a fundraising dinner at the center’s Murrieta headquarters, the first of 2015.

    The first phase, as discussed during numerous public hearings on the project, is a multi-purpose room that will allow the membership, which has been reported as 150 area families, to hold services and meetings.

    The second phase is more elaborate and it will feature the familiar architectural cues of a mosque and space for classrooms.

    The center pitched the Temecula mosque project around the same time there was national controversy regarding an Islamic center proposed for a building near Ground Zero in New York City, which served to inflame passions in the region.

    The local debate, which was mirrored somewhat by a fight against a mosque in Tennessee, turned into national news after area residents staged a splashy protest at the center’s old Temecula headquarters.
    The council in early 2011 eventually approved the project by dismissing an appeal of the Planning Commission’s vote in favor of it.

    The appeal was filed by area residents who didn’t think the city did a good enough job studying how the project would impact traffic in the area, which also includes a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witness south of the Baptist/Presbyterian corner.

    Others opposed the project because they sought to stop the spread of “Sharia law” in the U.S.
    Supporters included the local interfaith council and residents who said the opposition by area residents, which included people from Murrieta and Wildomar, didn’t reflect the spirit of Temecula.

    **********************************************************************************************************

    You gotta love that last paragraph. 🙂

    What exactly is “the spirit of Temecula” … these days?

    Looks to me like the spirit of infidels living in Temecula has been sacrificed to feed the demon islam!

    This is going on all over the U.S. folks; … pretty sad! 🙁

    R/

    Paleologos

  19. Jack Holan says

    Feb 22, 2017 at 5:33 pm

    Don’t sign anything. Stretch it out if possible. If imposed settlement appeal to the Supreme Court on grounds that this not a discrimination case but a local zoning case whereby the Federal Government is trying to send a political message favoring one religion over another.

  20. João Guilherme says

    Feb 22, 2017 at 7:13 pm

    Is it not possible to ban the Islamic religion in the US? A public consultation …

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