the moderate muslims who want this center.
"Moderate muslims?" You're calling Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf a "moderate Muslim?"

Well, now you're going to be wearing the Kook of the Year crown.
Rauf—who has called America a "Sharia-compliant state" and said that the "American political structure is Sharia-compliant"—is the son of a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, who was a good friend of the Muslim Brotherhood founder, Hassan al-Banna. Should we just fit you for that crown now, or do you want the whole ugly thing spilled out here for you in front of Gawd and everybody?
Oh, why not. I think people ought to find out just how kooky a bloviating blowhard you really are.
You see, the Muslim Brotherhood's goal, and that of its U.S. arm,
the Muslim American Society (MAS), is the "introduction of the Islamic Shari'ah as the basis controlling the affairs of state and society." Does that ring a bell with the statements of your "moderate muslim" buddy, that sweet-talking fun-loving Imam Rauf? Pay attention and try not to drool, because we're not done yet.
An internal document uncovered in the Holy Land Foundation trial describes their strategy for introducing Sharia (Shari'ah): "The Ikhwan
[Muslim Brotherhood] must understand that their work in America is a kind of grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and 'sabotaging' its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated and God's religion
[Islam] is made victorious over all other religions."
Membership in MAS requires reading the works of Syed Qutb, whose writings include, among other things:
"All Westerners are the same: a rotten conscience, a false civilization. How I hate these Westerners, how I despise all of them without exception."
"A Muslim has no nationality except his belief."
"There is only one law which ought to be followed, and that is the Shari'ah."
Are you feeling all warm and fuzzy toward your "moderate muslim" buddies now, Zona the Zero? Want to go give Rauf a big wet kiss? Well hold your hug-a-Muslim ardor just a bit longer, because we're still not done.
Another of their authorities, Syed Abul A'ala Maududi, expanded on the goals:
"Islam wishes to destroy all states and governments anywhere on the face of the earth which are opposed to the ideology and program of Islam regardless of the country or the nation which rules it. The purpose of Islam is to set up a State on the basis of its own ideology and program."
I think that crown is going to bring out all the best features of your pinhead, Zona. Because now we're going to get back specifically to Feisal Rauf and his Daddy-O. Daddy-O Rauf founded something in the 1960s called the
Islamic Center of New York (a.k.a. Islamic Cultural Center of New York), and Little Raufie—you know, your "moderate muslim" huggie-buddy—is a trustee.
An article called
Ground Zero Mosque: The Strongest Horse says this about Little Raufie's connections through his daddy:
"Rauf's professional and political connections are all to the Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas support network in the United States: the Council on American Islamic Relations; the Muslim American Society; the Islamic Society of North America; the International Institute of Islamic Thought. Three of these organizations were unindicted co-conspirators in the Holy Land Foundation terrorist financing trial... ."
Hmmm. You think that has anything at all to do with Raufie refusing to condemn Hamas as a terrorist organization, Kook? Never mind: you've already made it clear that you don't think at all.
I know you want to rush off and hug Raufie, KoTY, but we're still not done yet. Remember I said that Raufie is a trustee of his daddy's Islamic Center of New York? Well, who do you think the other "trustees" are, King Kook? Want to guess?
I don't want you just standing there any longer with your mouth open looking dumb, so let me help you out: here's a quote from their web site: "From its inception, The Islamic Center was privileged to be established, maintained, and supervised by the Muslim Ambassadors representing their countries at the United Nations who form the Board of its trustees."
So Rauf is a co-trustee with U.N. ambassadors from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Iran, among others. Those are your "moderate muslims" you love and revere so much. 'Kay?
All hail Zona, undisputed Kook of the Year!