“We feel very betrayed about what’s happening in the press,” he snapped back.
Huh. So that's what real, live rat fight looks like, then.
Cool. ;)
Posted on 08/27/2010 7:43:06 PM PDT by La Lydia
The good news: They’re fighting amongst themselves already. The bad news: They managed to raise 10 grand from Somali street vendors. The disgusting truth: They’re desperately trying to limit media access – what are they hiding?
Sounds like a total Islam-o-cluster*** to me.
The abrupt fund-raising effort followed religious services Friday and came at the end of a muddled event that drew a media mob, police officers and sign-wielding protesters and supporters to the site.
Mr. El-Gamal pleaded with the worshipers leaving the Park51 center for funds for the $100 million project. “Who’s going to be the first person that’s going to pledge 5,000 dollars? Don’t be shy,” he intoned. Invoking Muslims’ holy fasting month of Ramadan, he added, “This is the month of giving.” As hands went up, he continued, sprinkling in Arabic phrases in his pleas. “We have real-estate taxes, we have electricity, we have inspections,” he said. “We haven’t even bought this building yet. We need everybody’s help in what we’re trying to do.”
Mr. El-Gamal also urged members to volunteer their time if they couldn’t offer money, saying different advisory committees would be announced on the website in coming days. “I know nobody’s going out to lunch after this so we can talk about it,” he said. “Let’s talk about it until we get 10,000 dollars.” Within five minutes, he had raised $10,000 in promised funds. It was unclear if or when he was collecting the money. He advised everyone leaving the service to not talk to any media.
Oz Sultan, who handles media relations for Park51, said the center’s fund-raising strategy would be developed within 45 to 60 days.
Imam Abdallah Adhami, a religious legal adviser and founder of the Sakeenah Foundation, was invited to preside over Friday’s services at Park51. Representatives for Mr. Adhami had invited the press to attend the service. But Mr. El-Gamal and a representative for Mr. Adhami openly clashed as Mr. El-Gamal said he didn’t want the media there.
“She does not work here,” the developer told security officers at the mosque, referring to Mr. Adhami’s representative.
“We feel betrayed about what’s happened here,” a news anchor said to Mr. El-Gamal.
“We feel very betrayed about what’s happening in the press,” he snapped back.
In a statement, Park51 apologized for the confusion at Friday’s prayer service, saying the group normally allows visiting imams to invite one or two media members but that an outside consultant for Mr. Adhami had sent the invitation to a larger group.
“We feel very betrayed about what’s happening in the press,” he snapped back.
Huh. So that's what real, live rat fight looks like, then.
Cool. ;)
reminder to self: never try to raise money on someone else’s empty stomach & then tell them not to talk to anyone about it
So tolerant; I can’t wait to go.
/s
I hope accounts are being watched. Rauf and Daisy will have plenty to launder.
What a mess this is. I continue to pray that this threat of a mosque being built at Ground Zero will just go away. However, I am thinking that this is a deliberate attempt by a planned group of officials to prove that we should accept Sharia Law.
It is very frightening to me that the officials who all have money in the game would be so easily taken by this horrible idea.
Money over our Constitution.
This would never have happened if Obama was not President and the MSM is compliant.
They’re already having “services” there? Yipes.
“They managed to raise 10 grand from Somali street vendors.”
Yeah. Right. Pull my other leg & it plays Jingle Bells.
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