Cleon
King of the Pod People
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Well, all true muslims are terrorists. But most think Islam is not political and delude themselves into thinking Islam is a religion of peace.
morons and bigots...all of them.
To quote what I said in the other thread:
Let us imagine for a minute that the "Jenin Massacre" of thousands of Palestinians in 2002 were real, and not an Arab propaganda lie.
Let us imagine that this massacre was celebrated throughout Israel by dancing in the street and claiming that it is Jehovah's judgment on the unbelieving Palestinians, who should convert to Judaism as soon as possible.
Let us imagine further that, afterward, Israel decide to build a huge synagogue right on the point of the biggest atrocity of all in the massacre, right on the spot of the ruins of a -- say -- a hospital that was razed to the ground with all inside killed during it.
What would you say then about religious freedom, folks? Would you consider those who protest the synagogue nothing but evil antisemites? Would quotes from the Bible or the Talmud about decent treatment towards non-Jews be to the point justifying this?
Or would you realize the obvious truth, that, like this Saudi-funded mosque, such a synagogue's main purpose would not so much be religious worship, but a deliberate political and imperialist poke in the eye to the infidels?
...exactly.
Of course my example is purely theoretical and hypothetical. Jews, whatever their faults, are not known to celebrate victories (or defeats) with grand architectural imperialism. The tiny group that wants to raze the Mosque on the dome of the rock and rebuilt the temple, for example, makes a lot of noise, but constitutes, perhaps, 0.1% of Israeli Jews (to say nothing of Jews in general.)
This mosque, however, is real. It's establishing a place for Islamic worship, at the site of the big victory of the forces of Islam over the infidels, as a sign of ownership and an memorial of the victory: a very old Islamic tradition, starting from Mecca and Medina, continuing (in the 700s) in Jerusalem and Damascus, continuing later in Al-Andalus, Constantinople, etc.
It is one thing if you did this sort of thing in 600, 700, or 1400 AD. Back then standards were different, and Christians (for instance) acted in the same way. The whole problem with Islam, however, it is that it is hell-bent, at least today the same sort of conquest-filled imperialism as it was 1000 years ago.
anyways...
there is no good reason not to build a mosque near GZ. there are hundreds of thousands of Muslims in NYC and they have the right to build religious and cultural institutions.
So you would have no problem if someone opened a hot dog stand that also sold pork rinds and ham sandwiches on the sidewalk right outside the mosque entrance even if the muslims raised 'holy hell' about it?
This mosque, however, is real. It's establishing a place for Islamic worship, at the site of the big victory of the forces of Islam over the infidels, as a sign of ownership and an memorial of the victory:
In the thread over at General Forums at subsim.com, several other forumers went to great length to explain to us naïve sheep that Islam is a violent, woman-hating, intolerant religion because the Qur'an says so and so. When I pointed out to them that there are moderates among Muslims, too, and that this centre was being built to promote this approach to Islam, they immediately told me that moderate Muslims are not "true Muslims", and that the Qur'an says the "real" Muslims should kill them. At that point, I left the thread.
1. The bill of rights only restricts what the federal government can do. State and local government are ok to discriminate on the basis of religion.
2. Islam does not qualify as a religion
3. The Constitution is not a suicide pact and in times of war, like this, we can suspend certain parts of it.
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So you would have no problem if someone opened a hot dog stand that also sold pork rinds and ham sandwiches on the sidewalk right outside the mosque entrance even if the muslims raised 'holy hell' about it?
This is New York City.
#1. State, city, and local laws can indeed violate Federal law and be unConstitutional.
Of course my example is purely theoretical and hypothetical.
Yes. This IS....NYC.
And here, we tolerate differences of opinion, and different faiths.
We believe in freedom of religion. This is a very central part of our long colonial history, going all the way back to the 1640s, when Peter Stuyvesant tried to persecute the Quakers and Jews.
Learn the history of your city. We are not bigots. This new Muslim cultural center with a mosque inside is more than welcome.
This mosque, however, is real. It's establishing a place for Islamic worship, at the site of the big victory of the forces of Islam over the infidels, as a sign of ownership and an memorial of the victory: a very old Islamic tradition, starting from Mecca and Medina, continuing (in the 700s) in Jerusalem and Damascus, continuing later in Al-Andalus, Constantinople, etc.
This is New York City.
There probably is a hot dog stand that sells that outside the mosque as we speak.
Owned by an immigrant from some Islamic country, chances are...