I recently posted an article by filmmaker Eric Allen Bell on the Murfreesboro, Tennessee mosque project, which is linked below in case the reader needs some background on this topic.
http://garyfouse.blogspot.com/2012/06/murfreesboro-mosque-example-of-eric.html
Now Bell has a new article which is appearing in Frontpage Magazine. It alleges some troubling details about those behind the mosque project-most specifically, an affinity for the terror group Hamas.
http://frontpagemag.com/2012/06/11/is-hamas-building-a-53000-square-foot-facility-in-america/
Pictures of assault weapons? 9-11 conspiracies?
For a long time, I didn't follow this story because I do believe that followers of any religion including Muslims have a right to build their place of worship. However, the more I learn about the mosque project in Murfreesboro, the the more troubling it appears. I am beginning to understand why the residents of Murfreesboro might be uncomfortable with a mega-mosque in their community-especially one that is much too large for the number of believers in the area. If, indeed, there are figures involved in the mosque who are admirers of Hamas, then I think these people have some explaining to do to the community.
Oh Foust, you clearly have the ability to look and learn. You see that thee really is reason to be concenred. Now watch it get YOU called a bigot!
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ReplyDeleteDon't worry about me. I have already been called all those names. You can't let it deter you. It's not about hating Muslims, but it is about fighting hate itself.
Gary isn't a bigot, he benevolently patronizes those he bestows with the title of "Good Muslims." Someday he'll build them a town and call it Theresienstadt.
ReplyDeleteIf this building really is much bigger than the local Muslim population requires, viewpoint-neutral use of zoning codes would suffice... what kind of traffic will a building of x size generate on local roads, how many people are likely to attend... My church went through all of that.
It is entirely credible that some Muslim organizations want big imposing monuments just to say "we dominate the skylines of America." But the same rules that apply to Muslims should apply to Mormons and Roman Catholics and Pentecostal Mega-Churches.
Many state constitutions used to limit the amount of land any house of worship could own, and the value of its buildings. In the early 19th century, this was considered a healthy way to keep religion from becoming a political power in the state. But, cases like "Falwell v. Jefferson" broke these provisions, in the name of freeing churches from "discriminatory" laws. You could say this is a case of the chickens coming home to roost.