Sunday, September 12, 2010

King: Imam behind Ground Zero-area mosque 'blackmailing' U.S. on project

From the Hill:
The ranking member on the House Homeland Security Committee accused the imam behind the mosque project near Ground Zero of arm-twisting and "blackmailing" to push Park51 through.

"To me, it's almost as if he's blackmailing and threatening the United States that somehow if the mosque is not approved or people speak out against his mosque, you have to worry about being attacked by Islamic

terrorists," Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) said of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf on Fox Business Network on Friday.
King said that the Islamic center was being "put their to make a statement, not to build bridges, but to make a statement."

"We don't have to prove ourselves to anyone and certainly don't have to measure up to some standard set by an imam who said that the U.S. was a co-conspirator of 9/11," King said.

2 comments:

Christine said...

Wow! I'm glad someone went public with these thoughts.

Anonymous said...

OT . . .related to Gainsville Church issue -

The Sept. 6th Bonfire of hatred - Miami Herald
A bank, meanwhile, is demanding repayment of the $140,000 balance on the church mortgage and the property insurance was canceled after plans for the book-burning became known.

Federal coersion involved?