Faith Freedom
On 9/11 2001, Muslim jihadists butchered 3000
Americans. Nine years later, a Muslim Imam wants to
build a 13 story monument two blocks away from the
site of that carnage.
Many Americans, particularly the New Yorkers and the
families of the victims of that tragedy are outraged
at the insensitivity, bordering arrogance of Faisal
Abdul Rauf, the imam behind this project. Rauf says it
is not a mosque but an Islamic center. The name does
not change anything. Whatever you call it, it is of
extreme poor judgment.
In 2004, Rauf published a book calling it “What is
Right with Islam is What is Right with America.” In
that book he argued “The American political structure
is Sharia compliant. For America to score even higher
on the ‘Islamic’ or ‘Sharia compliance’ scale America
would need to do two things. Invite the voices of all
religions in shaping the nations’ practical life, and
allow religious communities more leeway to judge among
themselves according to their own laws.”
The truth is that the American constitution and the
Sharia law are opposite of each other. It is
interesting however, how Rauf composed his statement.
He did not say that the Sharia is in compliance with
the US constitution, but the other way round. By doing
so he wanted to establish the superiority of the
Sharia over the US constitution.
The fact is that the American Constitution and the
Sharia differ fundamentally. For example, the Sharia
does not recognize
* Freedom of speech,
* Freedom of conscience
* Equality of all people before the law
* Equality of the rights of women with men
Of course, as an Imam he can’t reject the Sharia. He
will reject the constitution when not in compliance
with the Sharia.
There is nothing in the constitution of the USA that
is in agreement with the Sharia law. You cannot find
two documents more diametrically opposed to each
other.
Think about stoning the adulterers, killing the
apostates, hanging or beheading the homosexuals,
chopping the hands of the thief, imposing a dress code
on people and flogging them for consuming alcohol.
These are all part of the Sharia law and against the
Constitution. You can’t serve two masters. Muslims
will have to either submit to the Sharia law or to the
US constitution. If they submit to one, they are in
violation of the other.
But the disturbing part in Rauf’s statement is the
fact that he compares Islamic laws with the secular
laws of America. This is proof that his goal is to
supplant the latter with the former. Statements such
as this make it clear that the ambition of Muslims in
America is political.
Rauf ignores the fact the in the USA religion and
state are kept apart. When he says “America would need
invite the voices of all religions in shaping the
nations’ practical life, and allow religious
communities more leeway to judge among themselves
according to their own laws,” he is not talking about
Jews, Christians or other religions. In fact adherents
of these faiths want to keep state and religion
separate. Rauf wants these rights solely for Muslims.
He aspires to convert America into an Islamic
theocracy.
The Sharia law does not just regulate the rights of
the Muslims but also the non-Muslims must submit to
it. How is that going to work according to this imam?
Well that part will have to wait until Muslims become
the majority and convert America into a Sharia
compliant state, like Saudi Arabia. Then no one has
any right anymore.
As far as Muslims are concerned the Sharia law is from
God and it supersedes all constitutions that are
written by men.
The implication is grave. It means that Muslims who
uphold the Sharia law are a subversive group whose aim
is to destroy our system of government. Muslims
present Islam as a religion whereas their agenda is
political and subversive.
When in 2007, Rauf published his book in the Muslims
world, he did not call it What is Right with America
is What is Right with Islam. He called it A Call to
Prayer from the WTC rubbles: Islamic Da’wa from the
Heart of America Post 9/11.
This is the kind of talk that resonates in Muslim
world. The message that Rauf wants to send to
Americans is that the Sharia is very similar to
their constitution and hence they should not fear
Islam. But his message to his fellow coreligionists
is different. To them he is announcing that a da’wa
is being issued to Americans from the rubbles of
9/11.
What is Da’wa? Da’wa means invitations to submit to
Islam. Jihad has two phases. The first phase is the
invitation. Disbelievers are to be warned first and
given a chance to submit. If they refuse the next
stage is qital (fighting). Da’wa and qital are
integral parts of jihad.
The Cordova House will be the ultimatum, a line
drawn in the sand for the Americans. After the da’wa
is issued, Americans will have two choices: They
must either submit to Islam or face more terrorism.
What is in the name?
The choice of the name is also significant. Cordova
House may mean nothing to Americans, but for Muslims
it is fraught with meaning.
Cordova is a city in south Spain. Muslims armies
invaded Spain in 711, massacring countless people.
Then they converted the biggest church in Cordova
into a mosque.
Building mosques over churches, synagogues and
temples of the conquered people began during the
life of Muhammad who converted the temple of the
Arabs in Mecca into an Islamic mosque.
Muslims have been doing the same ever since.
Numerous Hindu temples, churches, synagogues and
Zoroastrian temples were converted into mosques. The
objective is twofold” To humiliate the defeated
people and to establish the supremacy of Islam.
The mosque over the temple of Solomon in Jerusalem
is one example. When Muslims conquered the Byzantine
Empire they converted the biggest church in the
Christian empire into a mosque. In India over 2000
mosques are built on Hindu temples.
A mosque, a place from which da’wa is issued, built
over the rubbles of the WTC is a hint to Muslims
that jihad is on the march and that Islam is
advancing and conquering new territories. The
conquest of Cordova ushered Muslims into an era of
opulence, the so called Golden Age of Islam. It is
therefore a symbol of Islamic conquest and
supremacy, which Muslims recall nostalgically.
Who is Faisal Abdul Rauf?
Imam Rauf tries to present himself as a moderate
Muslim. Far from it! He has made statements that
show he has very radical views. Right after 9/11
Rauf blamed the victims and said, “United States
policies were an accessory to the crime that
happened on 9/11.”
He also said “We [Americans] have been an accessory
to a lot of innocent lives dying in the world. In
fact, in the most direct sense, Osama bin Laded was
made in the USA.”
Rauf supports Muslim Brotherhood, the same group
that wants to destroy America from within, and has
nerve condemned Hezbollah or Hamas terrorist
organizations.
In October 2009, the Former Muslims United sent Rauf
and his wife the Pledge of Freedom that states
Muslims should not be killed if they choose to leave
Islam. The couple refused to sign it. So much for
their tolerance! Also he has never made it public
where the $100 million dollars financing comes from.
There are 2300 mosques in the USA and over 200 in
New York. There is no need for another one,
especially in the proximity of where Muslims
massacred thousands of Americans. Why this place?
The choice of the Ground Zero is no accident.
Muslims have chosen this spot to a) thumb their nose
at Americans and at the families of the victims and
b) send a message to Muslim world announcing Islam’s
victory over the “Great Satan.”
The Cordova House will have a huge symbolic
significance for Muslims and it encourages them to
enlist in jihad and make the ultimate objective of
Islam, which is world domination come true.
Rauf is not a man of peace. He has made very
inflammatory comments, such as “one man’s terrorist
is another man’s hero.”
In an article entitled, “Sharing the Essence of Our
Beliefs,” published in the Al-Ghad Newspaper in
Jordan, 5/9/2009, translated by Walid Shoebat, Rauf
wrote:
If someone in the Middle East cries out, “where is
the law”, he knows that the law exists. The only law
that the Muslim needs exists already in the Koran
and the Hadith.
People asked me right after the 9/11 attack as to
why do movements with political agendas carry
[Islamic] religious names? Why call it ‘Muslim
Brotherhood’ or ‘Hezbollah (Party of Allah)’ or
‘Hamas’ or ‘Islamic Resistance Movement’? I answer
them this—that the trend towards Islamic law and
justice begins in religious movements, because
secularism has failed to deliver what the Muslim
wants, which is life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness.”
Rauf is not talking about life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness for all the people. According
to Islam these rights belong only to Muslims. The
non-Muslims must suffer defeat, ignominy and
dhimmitude.
Follow the Money Trail
Why would Mayor Bloomberg and the majority of the
council members of the New York City support such an
offensive project? The answer is, follow the money
trail.
I am not accusing anyone, but my hunch tells me to
be suspicious of anyone who strongly defends Islamic
interests over the interests of his own country.
The Saudi and the Iranian regimes spend large sums
of money buying the loyalty of politicians and the
academicians in the west. The western supporters of
Islam are not often mere useful idiots. In many
cases they are well paid traitors.
An example that comes to mind is the US congressman
Mark D. Siljander who began his career as a zealous
evangelical Christian and then went on to write a
book, A Deadly Misunderstanding, to “bridge the
Muslim-Christian divide.” He argued that Christian
and Muslim religious texts are surprisingly
compatible, when studied in their original
languages. This is of course a blatant lie. The
truth came out on July 7, 2010, when Siljander
pleaded guilty to two counts of receiving money from
Muslims and supporting Muslim terrorists. He was
indicted in January 2008 on charges of money
laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice.
Throughout the history, Islamic forces have deceived
their victims, making them think Islam and Muslims
are peace-loving, only later to find the opposite.
Another example of this deception/treason happened
in A.D. 635 when Damascus fell to Muslims because
they deceived and bribed its Bishop who opened the
city gates at night.
Anytime a politician defends Islam under the guise
of “tolerance” and “community cohesion,” I think
about money. Chances are you’ll find a skeleton in
their closet. I am not accusing anyone in
particular. I don’t know the facts. But I won’t be
surprised if one day we find out that the
politicians who defend the construction of this
Islam Trojan horse on Ground Zero were paid for
their support.
Mayor Bloomberg calls patriotic Americans who don’t
want this mosque, “un-American.” He should know that
it is very American to defend the American
constitution against any creeping alien ideology
whose adherents do not hide their intention to bring
down America and “sabotage its miserable house from
within.” What is un-American is to open the gates of
the country to its sworn enemies. Whether the Mayor
is bribed, or he is merely a useful idiot is not for
me to decide. It is one or the other and in either
case he is not qualfied to be the mayor of New York.
But one thing is certain and that is his support for
Islamists against the interests of America is very
un-American..
