That's the way of all fascists. David Horowitz was a darling of the radical revolutionary press in the 60s, but after his "conversion" to conservatism, he not only couldn't get any mainstream publishers to call him back, he now routinely gets attacked by the leftists at campuses where he is invited to speak by conservative student groups. Radical gays won't let ex-gays speak, either, and go to great lengths to silence them.
Muslims who have converted to Christianity will all tell you the same thing: Don’t believe what the Muslims say.
Interesting article. this guy says all the right stuff but many so called moderates have aso said all the right stuff only to revert to their true beliefs.
never forget that well known moderate Anwar al-Awlaki
There are NO moderates, only press agents for real Muslims who have their goal of domination, world domination and we are in the way.
“You’d think that especially in this country where so many are here because they fled horrible situations that it would be quite common to hear moderates speaking out and even organizing against the radicals and making their presence known”
I think you answer your own question in your last sentence...” an awful lot who are moderate but being systematically intimidated into silence.”
Many have fled, and they DO still feel intimidated, even though no one may have directly threatened them here, the fear is still there because it’s the norm in their previous culture & background that they fled.
Another explanation may be that people who are more secular muslims feel that each person’s practice of the religion is between himself & God and it isn’t their place to condemn how another practices.
Most likely, the State Run Media has no interest in interviewing moderate Muslims, unless it fits with the Pravda of the day.
Another interpretation would be that moderate Muslims have adapted Reagans’s rule and speak no ill of fellow Muslims.
Obviously, placing a mosque at this location gins up opposition, and we may conclude that Imam Rauf enjoys the publicity, much like Osama bin Laden enjoyed the initial publicity from 9/11. Rauf knows that the Obama Regime supports him, and that he will be able to raise more money because of the controversy.
My understanding is that Faisal Abdul Rauf does not even have the money at this time to purchase the building.
100 million is not a lot of money these days. We raised the money through private donations to build the WWII memorial. With a few big contributors, (Rush, Hanity etc) and the rest of us we could snatch this property from the grip of darkness and turn it into something appropriate. No government intervention just American ingenuity at its best.
Or are we just going to submit?
I have, in that spirit, posted this on FaceBook also. Hope it increases the readership of what he wrote.
So one of these sects can criticize the other and be labeled moderate? Phoooey!
Exactly!
“The imam heading up this $100 million project, Faisal Abdul Rauf, enjoys the full support of the sympathizing left-leaning media . . .”
And now for whiplash:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-august-23-2010/the-parent-company-trap
A “moderate” Muslim is also known as an apostate, for he is NOT following the commands of Mohammed, the pedophile inventor of this phony “religion.”
I wonder how and when Imam Rauf came to own property at ground zero. Seems a lot about his motives might be reveled from this part of the story. Perhaps it is out there and I have missed it amongst all the hand waving in the media about freedom of religion.
“Moderate” Muslims are not coming to the rescue, they are irrelevant.
Bump to read later
There may be moderate muslims, but there is no moderate islam.