Hillary Clinton's U.S. State Department is Building .. Mosques?

Once again the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is wasting our tax dollars. This time it is on building or refurbishing Islamic Mosques which is actually against Section 205.1(d) of title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations which prohibits using USAID funds for “inherently religious activities." We would expect that an Islamic Mosque would fall in the "inherently religious activity" category but that doesn't seem to have stopped the State Department.

Has anyone seen an accounting of how our taxpayer dollars are being spent by Ms. Clinton at the State Department? Would bet a fairly high amount is spent on her pet projects like the Clintons did when they were in the White House. Trip to Africa comes to mind with the vast number of 'close' friends they took with them or their trip to China. Now that she is Secretary of State she can fund all kinds of projects like it is coming out of her checkbook, but it is our tax dollars. The Clintons have no more regard for our taxpayer dollars than the Obamas who are bankrupting this Country.

The next time you see a billboard with President Bush's face asking "Do you miss me yet?" feel free to say "YES!" We didn't always agree with some things he did like his plan for immigration, but we found him to be an honest man who believed in the inherent good of people. Problem is he extended that to Bill Clinton and Barack Obama who like nothing better than to trash Pres Bush. Also missing former Secretary of State Condi Rice who understood foreign affairs versus the current SoS Clinton who just wants to pass out money and play up to our enemies.

Guess we shouldn't be shocked that the good friend of Arafat's wife, Hillary, is using State Department money to help build and refurbish mosques. Something to remember if Hillary decides to run for President again.

U.S. State Department is Building… Mosques
Posted by Candace de Russy Aug 12th 2010 at 2:24 am

What else is the State Department larding out, at hard-pressed taxpayers’ expense, to facilitate “understanding” with the Muslim world?


What else, that is, in addition to Ground-Zero-Mega-Mosque Imam Rauf’s likely fund-raising gig in five, oil rich countries?

Just as it has greatly, very greatly, disturbed 68% of you registered voters to learn of plans to build a $100 million dollar mosque financed perhaps by the very ones who underwrote the 9/11 slaughter, it will likely disturb you to learn that the State Department has been hard at work – on your dime – rebuilding of mosques in foreign countries.

The Washington Times reports:

In April, U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania Alfonso E. Lenhardt helped cut the ribbon at the 12th-century Kizimkazi Mosque, which was refurbished with assistance from the United States under a program to preserve culturally significant buildings. The U.S. government also helped save the Amr Ebn El Aas Mosque in Cairo, which dates back to 642. The mosque’s namesake was the Muslim conqueror of Christian Egypt, who built the structure on the site where he had pitched his tent before doing battle with the country’s Byzantine rulers.

For those who think the Ground Zero Mosque is an example of “Muslim triumphalism” glorifying conquest, the Amr Ebn El Aas Mosque is an example of such a monument – and one paid for with U.S. taxpayer funds.

By what lights is U.S. citizens’ money being used to preserve and advance Islam? What of First Amendment considerations about the use of public moneys for religious worship? Our government claims murkiness on these issues but nonetheless forges ahead in constructing mosque abroad:

In July 2009, the Office of the Inspector General published an audit of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) faith-based and community initiatives that examined whether government funds were being used for religious activities. The auditors found that while USAID was funding some religious activities, officials were “uncertain of whether such uses of Agency funding violate Agency regulations or the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution” when balanced against foreign-policy objectives.

Casting uncertainty to the winds, our government proceeded to rebuild the Al Shuhada Mosque in Fallujah, Iraq, in the anticipation of such benefits as “stimulating the economy, enhancing a sense of pride in the community, reducing opposition to international relief organizations operating in Fallujah, and reducing incentives among young men to participate in violence or insurgent groups.”

But here’s the rub:

Section 205.1(d) of title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations prohibits USAID funds from being used for the rehabilitation of structures to the extent that those structures are used for “inherently religious activities.”

The Times is right: “It is impossible to separate religion from a mosque; any such projects will necessarily support Islam.”

Our taxpayer money should not be used to preserve and promulgate Islam. Nor should it be spent on a tour for Rauf that endows him with both access and the U.S. stamp of approval.

Source: http://bigpeace.com/cderussy/2010/08/12/u-s-state-department-is-building-mosques/