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Europe's Ground Zero August 1, 6:16 PMhttp://image.examiner.com/img/greydot.gifWilmington <http://www.examiner.com/x-47869-Wilmington-Conservative-Examiner> Conservative Examinerhttp://image.examiner.com/img/greydot.gifKevin Whiteman Al-Huda mosque. Al-Huda mosque. (Photo - Getty) Both pro and con, much ink has been spilled over the question if a mosque should be built on Ground Zero. Tentatively slated to be named the Cordoba Mosque, it could be the largest mosque in the United States, which begs the question - why do the forces of Islam want such a massive structure in a location that many regard as America's 21st century equivalent of Pearl Harbor? The Target Much Older Than New York On June 6, 2003, moslem cleric Abdel-Samie Mahmoud Ibrahim Moussa stated the following in a rather fiery khutba (sermon); "O Allah, grant victory to the Islamic fighters in Palestine, Chechnya, and elsewhere in the world! O Allah, destroy the homes of the enemies of Islam! O Allah, help us to annihilate the enemies of Islam! O Allah, make firm everywhere the voice of the nation of Islam!" So from where was this message of love sent from? Mecca, Riyadh, Tehran? No... it was from the al-Huda Mosque, which also happens to be the largest mosque outside of the moslem world. It's also two and a half miles from the grandest church in all of Christendom, St. Peter's Basilica. Financed by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, such a massive structure literally in the shadow of the Vatican seems a curious choice. Especially in light of the fact that the moslem population of Italy is a mere 1.4% of the total population. Rather small in comparison to some other moslem populations in various European nations: * 3% of the population of Great Britain is moslem. * 3.6% of the population of Germany is moslem. * 5% of the population of Denmark is moslem. * 8-10% of the population of France is moslem. So why Rome? It was the Catholic armies of Charles Martel that defeated the moslems at Tours. It was Pope Urban II whose cry of "Deus Vult!" (God wills it) that sent Catholic armies to liberate the Holy Land during the Holy Crusades. It was the Catholic fleet under Don Juan of Austria who defeated the moslems at Lepanto. It was the combined Catholic armies under King Jan Sobieski of Poland who stopped the moslems cold at the gates of Vienna. Message Sent Many consider the construction of the massive al-Huda Mosque to be a none too subtle message to all of Christendom. Just as many consider the construction of the Cordoba Mosque to be a none too subtle message to all of Western Civilization. Unfortunantly, there was a time when Christendom and Western Civilization were synonymous. And in those days... we won. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
