Year: 2010

Victory Mosque declines generous offer to move it farther from GZ

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In case anyone on planet earth does not think this is a provocation, its worth noting that this area is pretty much strictly a business area, and very few people actually live there. So there is not a lot of bars or churches and so on in the area. There has already been an admission that it has to draw its people from outside the area so this facility, should it be built, is not serving any actual need by any community at all.

Just thought I would point that out. Thanks Sherri for sending me this link from FOX

Offer Rejected to Move Mosque Away From Ground Zero to ‘State Property’

Gov. David Paterson has offered state help if the developers of a proposed mosque near ground zero agree to move the project farther away from the site of the Sept. 11 attack (AP).

The developers of the so-called Ground Zero mosque rejected New York Gov. David Paterson’s offer to provide state property if the project is moved farther away from where the twin towers once stood.

In an effort to appease disputing parties, Paterson had said Tuesday that he would provide state help to the group sponsoring the Cordoba House if the developers opt to move it elsewhere.

“Frankly, if the sponsors were looking for property anywhere at a distance that would be such that it would accommodate a better feeling among the people who are frustrated, I would look into trying to provide them with the state property they would need,” Paterson said.

While Paterson has “no objection” to the mosque being built a few blocks away from Ground Zero, he said he’s “very sensitive to the desire of those who are adamant against it to see something else worked out.”

But Paterson said Wednesday that the developers told his office they weren’t interested in moving. Continue Reading →

Turkey uses chem weapons against Kurds?

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Another reason, as if one was needed, not to let them into the EU.

From Der Spiegel with a H/T to Fjordman

Shocking Images of Dead Kurdish Fighters

Turkey Accused of Using Chemical Weapons against PKK

By Daniel Steinvorth and Yassin Musharbash

Turkish soldiers on patrol in a Kurdish area of southeastern Turkey: Did the Turkish military use chemical weapons against the PKK?

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Turkish soldiers on patrol in a Kurdish area of southeastern Turkey: Did the Turkish military use chemical weapons against the PKK?

German experts have confirmed the authenticity of photographs that purport to show PKK fighters killed by chemical weapons. The evidence puts increasing pressure on the Turkish government, which has long been suspected of using such weapons against Kurdish rebels. German politicians are demanding an investigation.

It would be difficult to exceed the horror shown in the photos, which feature burned, maimed and scorched body parts. The victims are scarcely even recognizable as human beings. Turkish-Kurdish human rights activists believe the people in the photos are eight members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) underground movement, who are thought to have been killed in September 2009.

In March, the activists gave the photos to a German human rights delegation comprised of Turkey experts, journalists and politicians from the far-left Left Party, as SPIEGEL reported at the end of July. Now Hans Baumann, a German expert on photo forgeries has confirmed the authenticity of the photos, and a forensics report released by the Hamburg University Hospital has backed the initial suspicion, saying that it is highly probable that the eight Kurds died “due to the use of chemical substances.”

Did the Turkish army in fact use chemical weapons and, by doing so, violate the Chemical Weapons Convention it had ratified?

Repeated ‘Mysterious Incidents’ Continue Reading →

Turkey and Iran supplying Hisb’allah with weapons

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From the Jpost with a HT to Tundra Tabloids.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hizbullah leader Nasrallah, Turkish President Erdogan
Photo by: AP

‘Iran to give Hizbullah weapons’

By JPOST.COM STAFF
08/12/2010 13:05

Report: Turkey will also “send weapons, rockets, guns” to Lebanon.

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Turkey and Iran are rumored to be helping Hizbullah obtain new weapons, Italian daily Corriere Della Sera reported on Wednesday evening.

Turkish intelligence chief Hakan Fidan reportedly met with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Taeb to discuss relations between the two countries.

Sources told Corriere Della Sera that Turkey will “send sophisticated weapons, rockets and guns to Syria, that will end up in Lebanon,” where the Iranian Army will ensure the weapons are transferred to Hizbullah.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards “will facilitate the transition, ensure safety, watch loads on the routes, and provide support to the border,” the report said.

The Iranians reportedly want to build a weapons network similar to that in the Sudan, and hope to help Hamas, as well.

The Italian newspaper reported that Western intelligence sources “view the Turkish-Iranian plot with concern, as they are obvious risks to safety.”

“The [intelligence] services in Ankara are among the best in the region,” sources told Corriere Della Sera. “They have great knowledge of the Middle East, and know how to move on the routes of illegal trafficking.”

My idea for the Victory Mosque at Ground zero

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I am pretty sure of two things.

1. The mosque is going to be built if Obama has to pay for it himself with your money.

2. The gay bar and all you can eat pork ribs hut will not be allowed to be next to it for exactly the opposite reasons that the mosque is going to be built.

So I have an idea.

We, that is all of us, can take up a collection, and have a billboard put up in front, on top, above or near enough to this 13 story monstrosity that its obviously conected, and have our own messages placed there. Even if we can’t get the proper permits, perhaps some kind of, ‘street art’ that seems perfectly acceptable when it is done by illegal gangs in cities today.

Below, are a few of my ideas for initial billboards. Please feel free to add your own ideas in the comments and Ill add them in to the list.

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Meanwhile, back in the Balkans…

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Kosovo: Serb monasteries ‘at risk’ as NATO exits

Belgrade, 6 Aug. (AKI) – Serbian government and police officials on Friday voiced concern over Kosovo police taking over the protection of medieval monasteries from NATO soldiers in Kosovo, which declared independence from Serbia two years ago.

Serbian monasteries in Kosovo, some of which are listed by UNESCO as world cultural heritage, have been under the protection NATO contingent (KFOR) since 2004, when many were burned or damaged by ethnic Albanian demonstrators. Continue Reading →

Muslims invent unified field theory

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Albert Einstein spent most of his life in the fruitless persuit of attempting to come up with a theory that links magnetism with gravity. Now we see the Muslims have done it with a mere turn of a phrase! Please check the following site for the story. Mecca, a no magnetism zone

Greg Gutfeld: I’m raising money to build a Muslim gay bar next to the Ground Zero mosque

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Here is an article about a fellow who, if he wasn’t so naive about the whole thing, would actually have a great idea. I mean the logic is identical. If they have a ‘right’ to open a victory mosque right next to the attack they did, and frankly they do have that right that has never been the issue, then someone else has an equal right to open a gay bar next to it and perhaps even an all you can eat pork rib BBQ on the other side of it.

Here is the problem:

The mosque gets built. They, the owner-operator of the V mosque, employ two strategies:

1. They use political pressure, the same kind they used to deny heritage status to the building that is there now, to make sure no gay bar or pork emporium (my choice for the land use) gets built on the grounds that it is offensive to Muslims, and guess what, the politicians will cave to it despite ignoring the rest of the American public that the mosque is offensive to them.

2. They will send out thugs AKA sharia police, to harass, threaten, beat and maybe even kill the people or their families or other loved ones who are involved with the other projects. This is already happening and in New York. People who have pre-existing businesses near Mosques that are built will get visited and warned not to serve alcohol or engage in otherwise, ‘un-islamic activities’. (Isn’t alcohol an Arab word anyway?)

Ultimately I think this has to be tried. I think very publicly, several people who have the means and the energy and skill to open a business in New York should attempt to open a Porkery or Gay bar or even a Gay porkery (forgive me if that sounds redundant) and when the permits are not granted, by very very public about the process and expose the hypocrisy that it will indeed have to mean. Same goes for the intimidation and thuggery that will follow from CAIR or other agents on behalf of the proposed operation. They should, at the very least, carry a camera at all times.

Best of luck in any case and meanwhile, here is the article with a hat tip to Sherri and a link to Hot Air

Eeyore for Vlad Tepes

Quick Adendum: I see over at The Gothamist, that one proposed name for the gay bar is, ‘Ram-A-Dan’. I can see that going over well with CAIR real well.

posted at 7:07 pm on August 9, 2010 by Allahpundit

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Andy Levy assures me that he’s quite serious. Media narrative on the GZ mosque: Shining beacon of liberal values bursting through the overcast skies of American intolerance. Media narrative on the GG gay bar: Dangerous provocation that needlessly inflames cultural tensions in the ostensible service of liberal values.

How very insensitive.

I’m announcing tonight, that I am planning to build and open the first gay bar that caters not only to the west, but also Islamic gay men. To best express my sincere desire for dialogue, the bar will be situated next to the mosque Park51, in an available commercial space.

This is not a joke. I’ve already spoken to a number of investors, who have pledged their support in this bipartisan bid for understanding and tolerance.

As you know, the Muslim faith doesn’t look kindly upon homosexuality, which is why I’m building this bar. It is an effort to break down barriers and reduce deadly homophobia in the Islamic world.

The goal, however, is not simply to open a typical gay bar, but one friendly to men of Islamic faith. An entire floor, for example, will feature non-alcoholic drinks, since booze is forbidden by the faith. The bar will be open all day and night, to accommodate men who would rather keep their sexuality under wraps – but still want to dance.

Not an idea that would play well with Christians or Jews vis-a-vis property adjacent to a church or temple, but oh well: If we’re going to celebrate tolerance regardless of the sensitivities of the surrounding area, let’s celebrate! And the best part? Because, as we’ve been assured many times, the “Park51? cultural center will be a model of moderation, gay Muslim men don’t have to worry about being seen entering Gut’s establishment. Flaunt it all you want, fellas; you’re in Moderate Town, U.S.A., on that block. I look forward to the congratulatory Mike Bloomberg press conference.

Security officials are afraid to look out for our safety

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By David Harris, Citizen Special August 11, 2010 7:54 AM

Undue deference to Islamic face coverings poses a threat to airport security, writes David Harris.

Photograph by: Christopher Furlong, Getty Images, Citizen Special

When government ministers decide to sound ministerial, the result can be a strange mixture of decisive sounds and ambiguous noises. You could hear it during John Baird’s shambolic finale as transport minister, when he struggled with security checks of face-veiled air passengers.

“One hundred per cent of people must be verified at the gate,” Baird declared. “There is one law for all.”

It seems like straightforward government policy. But is it?

Sadly, there is a troubling ambiguity hidden in the government’s approach. To understand why it matters, remember the background — including the hidden background — of this episode.

Despite a burgeoning bureaucracy and millions spent monitoring aviation screening, it took a smudgy YouTube video to awaken the government to the fact that face-veiled passengers appeared to be bounding onto planes without necessary security checks. The tentative verdict: Some airport security staff, confronted by unco-operative masked travellers or their male handlers, simply give up and allow boarding without face identification.

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EDITORIAL: Tax dollars to build mosques

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Washington Times:

7:46 p.m., Tuesday, August 10, 2010

MugshotImam Feisal Abdul Rauf, executive director of the Cordoba Initiative, addresses a gathering as groups planning a proposed mosque and cultural center near Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan to be named Cordoba House showed and spoke about their plans for the center at a community board meeting in New York Tuesday, May 25, 2010. Community members both for and against the plan spoke during the meeting. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle

The State Department is sending Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf – the mastermind of the Ground Zero Mosque – on a trip through the Middle East to foster “greater understanding” about Islam and Muslim communities in the United States. However, important questions are being raised about whether this is simply a taxpayer-funded fundraising jaunt to underwrite his reviled project, which is moving ahead in Lower Manhattan.

Mr. Rauf is scheduled to go to Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and Qatar, the usual stops for Gulf-based fundraising. The State Department defends the five-country tour saying that Mr. Rauf is “a distinguished Muslim cleric,” but surely the government could find another such figure in the United States who is not seeking millions of dollars to fund a construction project that has so strongly divided America. Continue Reading →