Video of the Day: Syrian Wahhabi mosque gets minaret blasted off

You can then hear shouts of Allahu Akbar. Can you imaging the outrage if Christians or the U.S. were responsible?

Obama administration spying on your phone calls and maybe email, but Mosques are still off limit...

Can we start looking where the terrorists actually are instead of violating the rights of all Americans?

Via IBD:

The White House assures that tracking our every phone call and keystroke is to stop terrorists, and yet it won’t snoop in mosques, where the terrorists are.

That’s right, the government’s sweeping surveillance of our most private communications excludes the jihad factories where homegrown terrorists are radicalized.
Since October 2011, mosques have been off-limits to FBI agents. No more surveillance or undercover string operations without high-level approval from a special oversight body at the Justice Department dubbed the Sensitive Operations Review Committee.
Who makes up this body, and how do they decide requests? Nobody knows; the names of the chairman, members and staff are kept secret.

We do know the panel was set up under pressure from Islamist groups who complained about FBI stings at mosques. Just months before the panel’s formation, the Council on American-Islamic Relations teamed up with the ACLU to sue the FBI for allegedly violating the civil rights of Muslims in Los Angeles by hiring an undercover agent to infiltrate and monitor mosques there.

Before mosques were excluded from the otherwise wide domestic spy net the administration has cast, the FBI launched dozens of successful sting operations against homegrown jihadists — inside mosques — and disrupted dozens of plots against the homeland.

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Con Ed threatens to evict Ground Zero Mosque

It seems the Ground Zero Mosque developers owe $1.7 million in back rent.

Con Ed has given the Ground Zero mosque an ultimatum: Pay the $1.7 million you owe in back rent, or we’ll terminate your lease and take back our property.

Con Ed and mosque developer Park51 have an unusual, uneasy alliance, sharing ownership of a site slated to be one of the most controversial projects in city history.

The utility owns a former substation on the western half of the property, at 51 Park Place, and the mosque developers own a five-story building on the eastern half. The buildings were connected years ago and used to house a Burlington Coat Factory store.

Park51, which leases the substation from Con Ed, wants the two buildings so it can knock both down and build a $100 million, 15-story community center.

But the plan hit a major obstacle in August when Con Ed raised the rent from $2,750 a month, a rate set in 1972, to $47,437 a month, retroactive to July 31, 2008, The Post has learned.

Remember the Ground Zero Mosque? Courts Have Cleared Legal Hurdles to Construction.

Why are moderate Muslims not stopping this affront to the victims of 9/11? Oh, yeah. Moderate Muslims are harder to find than a needle in a haystack.

(ABC News) — The backers of the controversial “Ground Zero Mosque” have won a court fight clearing the way for them to build the mosque and community center complex two blocks from the site of the 9/11 terror attack.

In a decision on Friday that was made public today, New York State Supreme Justice Paul Feinman dismissed a lawsuit by former firefighter Timothy Brown who argued that New York City was wrong to allow the destruction of a 150-year-old building to make way for the Islamic center.

The ex-firefighter who was among those who responded to the terror attack on the World Trade Center said the old building had been struck by debris during the collapse of the twin towers and was a “living representative of the heroic structures that commemorate the events of that day.”

In a 15-page decision Feinman wrote, “Mr. Brown’s claim that his ability to commemorate will be injured, is not yet recognized under the law as a concrete injury that can establish standing. Such an injury, although palpable to Brown, is immeasurable by a court.”

Survey: 80% of mosques advocate or promote violence

American Mosque in Dearborn, Michigan

A survey published by the Middle East Quarterly has found support for violence is widespread inside America's Mosques.

(WND)- Dozens of mosques around the United States have been identified in a new study as incubators for jihad against America, with more than 80 percent of those surveyed advocating violence.

"Of the 100 mosques surveyed, 51 percent had texts on-site rated as severely advocating violence; 30 percent had texts rated as moderately advocating violence; and 19 percent had no violent texts at all," said the survey compiled by Mordechai Kedar and David Yerushalmi and published by the Middle East Quarterly.

Mosque Neighbor Puts Up “Bomb Making, Next Driveway” Sign

I wouldn't have put up this sign, but the man is exercising his right to free speech.

AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) – It’s a stark message in front of a house neighboring a mosque in east Amherst. The sign reads: “Bomb making, next driveway.”

There are 13 mosques in Niagara and Erie Counties. The mosque in east Amherst was constructed with relatively little protest, until today, when a resident who lives a couple doors down put up a sign saying how he really feels.

Sign by mosque: "Bomb making, next driveway": wivb.com

Do Not Shoot at US Forces From Inside a Minaret

This doesn't work out for the Jihadis.

Ground Zero Mosque Imam Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf Stepping Down as Project Leaders

Does this leave an opening to move the Mosque to a new location?

(Reuters) - The imam and his wife behind a controversial plan to build a Muslim cultural center and mosque near the site of New York's September 11 attack are stepping down as leaders of the project, the center said on Friday.

Bloomberg top aides went to great lengths to help the developers of Ground Zero Mosque

Instead of telling the Ground Zero Mosque developers they had chosen a inappropriate location, Mayor Bloomberg's top aides bent-over backwards to help them.

(NYDN)- Mayor Bloomberg’s top deputies went to great lengths to help the developers of a planned mosque near Ground Zero – even drafting a letter to the community board for them.

A flurry of emails released by City Hall yesterday revealed the coaching Hizzoner’s brass gave to the imam pushing to build the mosque, Feisal Abdul Rauf.

At one point, Community Affairs Commissioner Nazli Parvizi even drafted a letter for Rauf’s wife, Daisy Khan, to send to Community Board 1, which was voting on the project.

Poll: Voters Still Strongly Oppose Ground Zero Mosque

Most Americans understand the Muslim group has a right to build a Mosque anywhere local zoning laws allow, but it is wrong to build one on the hallowed soil of Ground Zero. For some reason, President Obama just doesn't get it. Voters don't understand why President Obama has taken such a boneheaded position.

Quinnipiac reported:

The Muslim group has the right to build a mosque and cultural center near Ground Zero, American voters say 70 – 25 percent. But voters say 63 – 28 percent that it is wrong to do so. There is no sub-group which says it is “appropriate” to build the mosque near Ground Zero.

American voters disapprove 44 – 31 percent of the way President Barack Obama is handling the Ground Zero mosque controversy, with 25 percent undecided...

Hero: Donald Trump Offers to Buy Ground Zero Mosque Property and Pay 25% Profit

In an attempt to diffuse a volatile situation, Donald Trump has offered to buy the Ground Zero Mosque property for 25% more than the developers paid. As a condition for the offer, Trump stipulated any new Mosque must be built at least five blocks farther away from the World Trade Center site. Kudos to Donald Trump.

WNYC reported:

Donald Trump is stepping into the fray over the proposed Islamic cultural center and mosque near Ground Zero. The business magnate and television personality sent a letter to one of the financial backers of the project proposing to buy the building where Park51 would be located.

Trump offered 25 percent more than what the building was bought for. In the letter he makes the offer because it will end a “very serious, inflammatory and highly divisive situation.”

The Burning Hypocrisy of President Obama

The contrast between President Obama's reaction to the planned burning of Qurans by a Florida minister and the planned building of a Mosque two blocks from Ground Zero by a New York Imam couldn't be more different. Both people were clearly exercising their rights under the American Constitution and law. However, both parties were taking actions that were clearly offensive to certain groups. Quran burning is offensive to Muslims worldwide and the Ground Zero Mosque is offensive to victims and families of 9-11. President Obama fully supported the Ground Zero Mosque. He said,

"I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country,"

When it came to the free speech right to burn Qurans, President Obama had a different take on the issue. President Obama said,

""If he's listening, I just hope he understands that what he's proposing to do is completely contrary to our values..."

Both the Ground Zero Mosque and the planned Quran burning are boneheaded ideas, but President Obama failed to support the free speech rights of the Florida minister and failed to tell the NY Imam the Mosque location was a bad idea. Is it any wonder one in five Americans think Obama is a secret Muslim?

After a visit by the FBI, the Florida minister has announced a cancellation of the Quran burning and said he is flying to New York to meet the Ground Zero Mosque developer in the wake of a reported decision to move the Mosque location. Sources close to Sharif Al-Gamal deny a deal has been struck.

President Obama's could attempt to defend his decision to try and stop the Quran burning by saying he is protecting U.S. Military and civilian's lives by his Quran burning position. However, this brings to mind the failed policy of German appeasement before WW2.

Ground Zero Mosque Developer is no Saint

Sharif El-Gamal, the leading developer behind the Ground Zero mosque, has a sordid past. He has been arrested seven times, including assault and soliciting a prostitute.

Years before his latest real-estate project ignited an uproar, Sharif El-Gamal racked up at least seven run-ins with the law, including a bust for patronizing a prostitute...

...El-Gamal allegedly cursed at Vassiliev, called him the Arabic curse word "sharmouta" and punched him in the face, breaking his nose and cheekbones.

When he was arrested, El-Gamal denied he socked Vassiliev, but conceded, "[Vassiliev's] face could have run into my hand," court papers say.

Oh, and he is a tax cheat too.

Sharif El-Gamal, the leading organizer behind the mosque and community center near Ground Zero, owes $224,270.77 in back property tax on the site, city records show.

El-Gamal's company, 45 Park Place Partners, failed to pay its half-yearly bills in January and July, according to the city Finance Department.

Video: Demo Congressman Russ Carnahan Runs Away From Ground Zero Mosque Question

St. Louis blogger, Sharp Elbows, videotaped an effort to get Democratic Congressman Russ Carnahan on record about his position on the Ground Zero mosque during a Town hall meeting with veterans in his home district. Carnanhan repeatedly ignores his constituent and finally leaves the building and heads for parking lot and his vehicle at a fast pace. I think from Caranahan's non-answer, we might safely assume he joins President Obama in supporting the Ground Zero mosque construction.

Video: Demo Congressman Russ Carnahan Runs Away From Ground Zero Mosque Question

Top NY Democrat Bails On Ground Zero Mosque

New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has broke his silence and come out in favor of moving the Ground Zero mosque to a new location.

The NY Post reported:

A powerful state politician joined with Gov. David Paterson on Tuesday in suggesting that Islamic leaders should move a proposed Islamic center and mosque farther from ground zero, saying the organizers should be more sensitive to opponents.

The Cordoba Initiative has the right to build the center at a building two blocks from Ground Zero but should be open to compromise, said New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who represents the lower Manhattan district.

Pro-GZM supporters call opponents racists and bigots, make anti-semantic remarks and attack a cameraman

The hypocrisy of the left is astounding. Protesters calling for tolerance and religious freedom make anti-semantic remarks and attack a cameraman who didn't share their views. This is a difficult video to watch. It is painful to see Americans act in this manner. Warning: Strong language in video.

Unbelievable! CNN Compared Ground Zero Protesters to Nazi Sympathizers

The screen capture says it all. Yesterday, al CNN compared Ground Zero mosque opponents to those who defended Nazi violence. I am speechless.

Via NewsBusters: (click image for larger view)

President Obama has unleashed a GZM Nightmare on Democrats

President Obama is guilty of an unforced error in his public support for building a Mosque at Ground Zero. He wasn't cornered by a hostile reporter. Instead, he volunteered the comment at a Ramadan event while reading prepared remarks from his teleprompter. This rocketed the issue to the forefront of the mainstream media and has forced Democrats to take a stance on an issue they were avoiding like the plague. Voter attention has dramatically picked up as news about the Mosque went mainstream. The GZM has become a hot button issue in elections across the country.

Rasmussen reported:

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 85% of U.S. voters say they are now following news stories about the mosque planned near Ground Zero. That’s a 34-point jump from a month ago...

Opposition to the Mosque is also increasing as voters learn more.

Now 62% oppose the building of a mosque near where the World Trade Center stood in Lower Manhattan, compared to 54% in the previous survey.

Thanks, President Obama!

Dick Durbin Accuses Harry Reid of Betraying Constitution?

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin has taken a position of support for the Ground Zero Mosque. Durbin called out Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin for dividing America with fear and betraying the Constitution. I guess he forgot his Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is also opposed to the GZM. Of course, it is a little late to accuse Reid of betraying the Constitution. He already did that when he helped ram Obamacare down American's throats.

The Hill reported:

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (Ill.) said Sunday that those who are opposed to the mosque are trying to divide the country with fear and hate.

“The mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, has given his assent to this center and I support his decision,” Durbin said Sunday. “The politicians like Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin who try to divide America with fear and hate over this issue betray the diversity which makes our nation great and the Constitution which they profess to honor.” Read more here.

Ground Zero Mosque Imam: ..."United States has more Muslim blood on its hands than al-Qaeda"... (video)

Ground Zero Mosque Imam, Feisal Abdul Rauf, claimed in 2005 the West and the United States had more blood on their hands than al-Qaeda. Oh, and he drops the N-Word bomb too. So much for promoting tolerance.

From the video:

“We tend to forget, in the West, that the United States has more Muslim blood on its hands than al-Qaeda has on its hands of innocent non-Muslims. You may remember that the US lead sanction against Iraq lead to the death of over half a million Iraqi children. The West needs to begin to see themselves through the eyes of the Arab and Muslim world, and when you do you will see the predicament that exists within the Muslim community.”

Warning: Feisal Abdul Rauf uses the N-Word at the about the 4:10 mark of the video.