NY: Rick Lazio: Hopeful seeks probe of mosque project

Will someone explain to us why this is a good idea to build a mega Mosque with an Islamic Cultural Center so close to the site of where the World Trade Center buildings stood. Islamic Jihadists flew commercial airliners into the two World Trade Center buildings the morning of 9/11 killing over 2600 people and wounding countless others. Some elected officials (Mayor Bloomberg and Democrats including the Attorney General Cuomo) see no problem with building a mosque so close? A reminder of that horrific morning which some seem to forget including most of the Democrat Party officials and their adoring media:



What is the matter with Mayor Bloomberg and the Democrats who support this Mosque. Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani gets it, why don't they?

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who rallied Gotham's denizens after the 9/11 attacks, says he objects to the idea of an Islamic mosque at the site of Ground Zero in the city where Muslim terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people in 2001.

"It not only is exactly the wrong place, at Ground Zero, but it is a mosque supported by an imam who has a record of support for causes that were sympathetic with terrorism," he today told Jeff Katz on his morning drive-time radio show on WXKS. "Come on, we're going to allow that at Ground Zero?"

Residents of NYC should have thought twice when they decided to allow Bloomberg to serve a 3rd term against the law on the books. Bloomberg has gone farther left the longer he is in office which is not good for NYC and not good for the families and friends of people who were killed in the 9/11 bombing of the World Trade Centers by the Islamic Jihadists.

The stark contrast between Bloomberg and Rudy Giuliani:

CNN: Giuliani refused donation after Al-Waleed suggested U.S. policies contributed to the September 11 attacks. An October 12, 2001, CNN.com article reported that "Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Thursday the city would not accept a $10 million donation for disaster relief from Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal after the prince suggested U.S. policies in the Middle East contributed to the September 11 attacks."

Bloomberg defends Ground Zero mosque as freedom-of-faith issue. In his fiercest defense yet of the mosque proposed near Ground Zero, Mayor Bloomberg declared yesterday that it must be allowed to proceed because the government "shouldn't be in the business of picking" one religion over another.

"I think it's fair to say if somebody was going to try, on that piece of property, to build a church or a synagogue, nobody would be yelling and screaming," the mayor said.

"And the fact of the matter is that Muslims have a right to do it, too."

Last we checked Christians and Jews did not hijack planes and fly them into the World Trade Center to kill all those people.

We find this whole issue of building a mega mosque two blocks from the site of the World Trade Center tragedy disgusting and extremely distasteful. When did Democrat politicians start bending over backward for the members of Islam the "Religion of Peace" who want to change our way of life and sponsor terrorist who want to kill us. Does it have anything to do with Obama being President since he favors Muslim countries? A reminder of Obama's comments when he was running for President about the Muslim Prayer:

On February 27th, speaking to Kristof of The New York Times, Barack Hussein Obama said the Muslim call to prayer is "one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset."

In an interview with Nicholas Kristof, published in The New York Times, Obama recited the Muslim call to prayer, the Adhan, "with a first-class [Arabic] accent."
The opening lines of the Adhan (Azaan) is the Shahada:

"Allah is Supreme! Allah is Supreme!
Allah is Supreme! Allah is Supreme!
I witness that there is no god but Allah
I witness that there is no god but Allah
I witness that Muhammad is his prophet? "

According to Islamic scholars, reciting the Shahada, the Muslim declaration of faith, makes one a Muslim. This simple yet profound statement expresses a Muslim's complete acceptance of, and total commitment to, the message of Islam. Obama chanted it with pride and finesse.

If that doesn't raise the hair on the back of your neck, nothing will. Just who is this man in the White House that the media hid his past from view of the voting public so he could get elected?

We fully support Lazio is his attempt to get answers.

Hopeful seeks probe of mosque project
New building planned near ground zero


PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS "We're asking the attorney general to exert his authority to investigate the sources of these donations ... to determine whether it is compliant, and whether the Cordoba Initiative ... is in fact a legitimate charity. And in fact, whether the sources of income are legitimate or if they pose a security risk to the people of New York and the people of America," Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio said
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By ASSOCIATED PRESS
6:21 p.m., Wednesday, July 7, 2010

NEW YORK (AP) Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio on Tuesday called on his Democratic rival, Andrew Cuomo, to investigate the development of a $100 million mosque being planned near ground zero.
The mosque, just a block away from the Sept. 11 terror attack site, has been a source of controversy in the community even though Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other city officials support its construction and have said that it poses no security concerns. Some survivors and family members of the 9/11 victims say building a mosque there disrespects the memory of those who died at the hands of Islamic terrorists.

The mosque is a project of the American Society for Muslim Advancement and the Cordoba Initiative, which promotes cross-cultural understanding between Islam and the West. The organizations purchased the building in 2009 and plan to break ground later this year.

At a news conference, Mr. Lazio said he was concerned that not enough is known about the project's funding sources and raised questions about its director, Imam Faisel Abdul Rauf. He noted that Mr. Rauf had recently refused to call the radical Palestinian group Hamas a terrorist organization, and had said in a "60 Minutes" interview televised shortly after 9/11 that "United States policies were an accessory to the crime that happened."
Mr. Lazio said that Mr. Cuomo, as attorney general, has the authority to investigate the project because Mr. Cuomo's office has jurisdiction over nonprofit organizations in New York.

"We're asking the attorney general to exert his authority to investigate the sources of these donations ... to determine whether it is compliant, and whether the Cordoba Initiative ... is in fact a legitimate charity. And in fact, whether the sources of income are legitimate or if they pose a security risk to the people of New York and the people of America," Mr. Lazio said.

Mr. Cuomo has said he supports the mosque's construction.

"Anyone who has evidence of wrongdoing should send it to us and we will review it," Richard Bamberger, Mr. Cuomo's spokesman in the attorney general's office, said in a statement.
Mr. Lazio refused to say whether he opposes the construction of any mosque so close to the Sept. 11 terror attack site.

"This is not a matter of religion, let's make that really clear," he said. "This is a question of motivation, of transparency, of an imam who has clearly made some comments that are inflammatory."

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