THE 911 MOSQUE COMMUNITY BOARD MEETING MAY 25 -BE THERE!
Last week, the finance committee, composed of 12 people, voted unanimously in support the mosque after Imam Rauf and his wife Daisy Khan, made a presentation, no one knew about it, no announcement was The matter will now go to the full committee (more than 40 people). The full committee will be meeting on May 25. WE NEED YOU ALL TO ATTEND TO VOICE YOUR OPPOSITION.
CB1 has no legal authority. Their “approval” or disapproval is in no way binding on the matter, but the media will be there and we need to send a message to Rauf, Khan and Mayor Bloomberg: This is wrong. This will do terrible harm to the 9/11 family community.
Location: Three Legged Dog Art and Technology Center
80 Greenwich Street (at Rector Street)
Bill Doyle, 911 family member and father of the beloved Joey Doyle,
Plans have been announced to build a mega-mosque and cultural center at 45 Park Avenue, just 600 feet from the footprint of the north tower at the World Trade Center site. The building housed the Burlington Coat Factory, which was reportedly damaged in the attacks and which has stood vacant all these years. It’s owners sold the building to Soho Properties for $4.85 million dollars in cash. Yes, CASH. Soho properties CEO Sharif Al-Gamal has not identified the company’s other investors, but we know that one of them is Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, founder of the Cordoba Initiative www.cordobainitiative.org. Rauf has ties to Gulf money and has received funding from the Malaysian government, the location of the largest Muslim population in the world. Malaysia embraces shariah law and has separate shariah courts. In January, three Christian churches were fire-bombed after a Catholic newspaper referred to the Christian God as “Allah.” Rauf wrote that while this might have been legal, it was “socially inappropriate” because it upset the Muslim community, 60% of the population. He also maintains that the Prophet Mohammed was “the world’s first feminist” and that the two biggest myths about Islam was that it promotes terrorism and that it oppresses women. He says the prophet Mohammed was “the world’s first feminist.” He embraces shariah law and says that it is a benign set of pious rules which are completely compatible with the U.S. Constitution.
Rauf is the imam of the Masjid Al-Farah mosque, a storefront mosque in Tribeca. He and his wife, Daisy Khan, (executive director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement-founded by Rauf) have told the media that the mosque is needed in this location to meet the needs of the Muslim population there. They hope to “grow the Muslim community” in lower Manhattan. They specifically chose this site because of its proximity to ground zero. They want to change the narrative about 9/11. They contend that the 19 hijackers “were not Muslims.” They believe building a mosque there would amount to “something positive” coming out of 9/11.
Rauf has stated that the U.S. was complicit in the attacks because of its foreign policy which victimized Muslims. He maintains that terrorism will not end until the U.S. brokers a peace agreement between the Palestinians and Israel and the U.S. stops humiliating Muslims.
Location: Three Legged Dog Art and Technology Center
80 Greenwich Street (at Rector Street)
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Yume Kitasei, Community Liaison
Lucy Acevedo, Community Coordinator
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I know people who worked at Burlington Coat Factory on Park Place on 9/11. That is where this Mosque will be located.
Parts of the Landing Gear from the second plane, including the wheels, that hit the Trade Center landed in that building.
I guess in their sick minds, thats like a relic.
If the board has no authority to stop it, who does? how can it be stopped? (and believe me I want it stopped)
leonidas on May 23, 2010 at 1:45 PM
We definitely must stop the building of this mosque and demolish all mosques everywhere as the Imams read the Koran in there ,that preaches the hate and killing of all jews,christians,and Infidels so Islam can conquer the world.YOU CAN TRUST THE MUSLIMS TO DO TO YOU AS THE KORAN SAYS:READ THE KORAN .Go to GOOGLE->”muslims against sharia”to read or download the Koran,and read a13 page summary of eveything that is evil in the koran like wife beating and murder,child abuse,women subjugation, Infidel killing etc etc
leonidas on May 23, 2010 at 1:45 PM
We definitely must stop the building of this mosque and demolish all mosques everywhere as the Imams read the Koran in there ,that preaches the hate and killing of all jews,christians,and Infidels so Islam can conquer the world.YOU CAN TRUST THE MUSLIMS TO DO TO YOU AS THE KORAN SAYS:READ THE KORAN .Go to GOOGLE->”muslims against sharia”to read or download the Koran,and read a13 page summary of eveything that is evil in the koran like wife beating and murder,child abuse,women subjugation, Infidel killing etc etc
I pray to god that this Mosque gets removed, it’s a horrifying affront to the public and the wounds of NYC and disrespects everything that happened that terrible day. It does not purposely belong anywhere near Ground Zero. I believe we are a tolerant society with many differences in culture and American beliefs, but to piss on all those innocent lives lost and using an act of terrorism as a way to get what they want to propagate their religion is completely wrong. Ground Zero must remain neutral and un-compromised by hate.