Should the U.S. Government spend $16,000 to send Ground Zero Imam to other countries? Vote in Poll

Examiner.com ^ | Aug 19, 2010 | Réne Girard

[jackspyder]

The U.S. Government has decided to send Feisal Abdul Raul, the Ground Zero Imam from the Cordoba Initiative, to threee other countries (Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates) on behalf of the United States in order to promote religious tolerance à la Islam at a cost of approximately $16,000. This includes $3000 to the Imam for his work. Quite a bargain for anything the U.S. Government decides to spend tax-payer money on these days; however, does it make any sense for our Government to do this? Before you vote in the poll below, let us consider this interesting turn of events.

The Cordoba Initiative has recently been a hot-topic in the media because individuals from all political persuasions, including Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, are opposed to building the Cordoba House Mosque so close to Ground Zero - the site of the 9/11 attacks. Even Obama had to backtrack this past weekend on the "wisdom" of building a mosque just 2 blocks away from the site of the former twin towers. So if you are going to send a Muslim on behalf of the United States, why send this guy?

The two-week tour is obviously a blatant attempt by the U.S. Government to engage in the politics of religion. If we are supposed to believe in the progression of seperation of church and state, where the Government does not endorse or promote any one religion, then why use Government funds from U.S. taxpayers to endorse and promote Islam? Try to imagine the U.S. Government spending $16,000 to send Joel Osteen to the U.K. in order to promote religious tolerance. Or Dallas pastor T.D. Jakes to Africa. Or Fort Worth pastor Kenneth Hagin to Germany...

[Nevermore]

Who the hell in our government o.k.’d this?

A rhetorical question, I presume? (A: The Muslim-in-Chief)

[muawiyah]

Yes, definitely. My son loved his grill in college, and now this is a newer one WITH A POWER SWITCH.

It worked quite well on the salmon ~ and pushed the flying Imams and their running dog lackey Leftwingtards right out of my mind.

You know these Islamists are demonstrating that the Arab technique for converting people to slaves works much faster than our traditional methods of minor sleep deprivation and beatings.