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Of course, if the Republican

oleeb — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:33:37 +0000

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Of course, if the Republican right hadn't whipped up anti Muslim hysteria for years this false issue of the mosque that isn't a mosque that isn't at "ground zero" wouldn't be a point of discussion at all. Nothing about the Park51 community center is at all analagous to the situation mentioned that was a pointedly anti-muslim act of violence by Hindus. The criminals who carried out the September 11th attacks were not attacking Christians, nor were they attacking a sacred religious place and none of those criminals is in any way involved in the Park51 community center.

Hassen Mahmud, an expert on

davidfarrar — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:45:26 +0000

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Hassen Mahmud, an expert on Sharia Law who advocates that Sharia is inconsistent with modern time. He lectures of the propriety of Muslim states relying on secular law as opposed to Sharia law. Director of Sharia Law at the Muslim Canadian Congress in Toronto, states:

"The following is an example of graceful behavior when it comes to religious tolerance: On March 3, 2002, the Hindustan Times in India conducted a poll on building a temple on the ruins of the Babri mosque destroyed by radical Hindus. The destruction involved mass-murder, mass-rape and the burning of properties of thousands, mainly Muslims, in communal riots. The result of the poll showed an astounding 69.13% of Hindus supporting the rebuilding of the original mosque and in opposition to building a Hindu temple. That was enlightenment on their part.

"Ground Zero is a place of the mass-murder of innocents. Opposition to building a mosque there is not "anti-Islamic conspiracy" but the opinion of nearly 70% Americans and 61% of local citizens (CNN, Aug 17, 2010). Indeed we have a legal right to build it, but lest we forget: applying a right attached to religious faith mandates serious wisdom. The plethora of "Legal Right" gave unethical legitimacy not only to the mosque-builders but also to the "Koran Burning" project on 9/11 of Rev. Terry Jones' of Florida Dove Outreach Center. "It is our right" he claimed on CNN. Yes, Jones finally abandoned his idea of carrying out the plan yesterday (Thursday, September 9), but one still wonders: Is Jones not aware that progressive Muslims also share his agony about Sharia law? Is he not aware that, after functioning for fourteen years with the support of provincial law, the Canadian Sharia Court was legally uprooted not by violence but mainly by the forceful movement of progressive Muslims (i.e. the Muslim Canadian Congress, The Canadian Council of Muslim Women and the International movement against Canadian Sharia Court)?"

For more of Hasan Mahmud's article, click here.

ex animo
davidfarrar

your mileage may vary?

Jon Wisby — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:13:54 +0000

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your mileage may vary?

I don't know. I am thinking

dickday — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:09:43 +0000

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I don't know.

I am thinking of a song that Q and Lisb gave me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILJxICUIbCY&feature=player_embedded

Surely you jest! What's

oleeb — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:45:04 +0000

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Surely you jest!

What's YMMV?

I think there's a case for

Schmed — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:18:53 +0000

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I think there's a case for arresting Jones on the grounds of endangering national security. I'm not a lawyer, so YMMV.

There's an item on the front

oleeb — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:23:44 +0000

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There's an item on the front page of TPM running now saying the lunatic Jones from Florida is canceling his dumbass book burning in exchange for the Park51 people moving their planned community center. I certainly hope that is not the case. I don't mind him canceling but I would object to the Muslim community center being moved.

In any event, my suggestion for what to do still holds and perhaps all the more since the idiotic Koran burning may be off now.