Mosque to be Built Near Ground Zero

Yesterday, a friend sent a transcript of a speech by Geert Wilders, a Dutch politician. Being a curious sort, I started "Googling" and discovered Geert Wilders, a name that was heretofore unfamiliar to me.

I think that it is a nicety to give students in schools a selection of halal foods, but have other things available to non-Muslim students. (I can't ever remember N.Y. offering kosher foods, but then again, I don't ever remember Jewish folks threatening jihad if their dietary laws were not observed).

Anyhow, all of the hotdogs were halal. I am open minded, but I did find it rather odd that only halal was offered at a CANADIAN event. I certainly agree with having the option, but I couldn't understand the reason for only halal. There were people of many nationalities and faiths.

As least you got some replies.

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Anyhow, all of the hotdogs were halal. I am open minded, but I did find it rather odd that only halal was offered at a CANADIAN event. I certainly agree with having the option, but I couldn't understand the reason for only halal. There were people of many nationalities and faiths.

Intrepid- Better watch out. You are only strengthening my case. I would have had no problem with this event if there were one booth that served halal. But why is a Canadian event kowtowing to the desires of one particular group? And why THIS group? To reiterate my earlier post, there are plenty of Jews in Canada. Would the city fathers offer only Kosher foods at the event? Of course not.

They prefer peameal bacon....

MURFREESBORO, TENN — Federal agents have been called in after someone poured flammable liquid on four pieces of construction equipment early today at the site of a planned new Islamic center and mosque just outside Murfreesboro.

A CBS television affiliate is reporting that it is being investigated as arson.

Carmie Ayash, a spokeswoman for the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro, said the Rutherford County Sheriff's Department was contacted around 1:30 a.m. by someone who had seen the fire.

Ayash said the vandalism at the site "takes it to a whole new level." A sign on the property, off Bradyville Pike just southeast of Murfreesboro, has been damaged twice by vandals.

"Everyone in our community no longer feels safe," she said. "To set a fire that could have blown up equipment and, God forbid, spread and caused damage to the neighbors there ... we really feel like this is something that we and the neighbors don't deserve.

The center is planned offer a new place of prayer to replace the office suite that 250 local Muslim families have been using in a nearby office building.

Hundreds of opponents to the new center packed a Rutherford County Commission meeting in mid-June to protest the Murfreesboro mosque. And when supporters of the Murfreesboro mosque held a vigil June 24 at the Rutherford County Courthouse, mosque opponents showed up.

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They prefer peameal bacon....

What in blazes is peameal bacon????

Intrepid- Better watch out. You are only strengthening my case. I would have had no problem with this event if there were one booth that served halal. But why is a Canadian event kowtowing to the desires of one particular group? And why THIS group?

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They prefer peameal bacon....

What in blazes is peameal bacon????

I think you folks refer to it as Canadian Bacon or Back Bacon.

The Taliban vs. the Mosque

Taliban officials know it’s sacrilegious to hope a mosque will not be built, but that’s exactly what they’re wishing for: the success of the fiery campaign to block the proposed Islamic cultural center and prayer room near the site of the Twin Towers in lower Manhattan. “By preventing this mosque from being built, America is doing us a big favor,” Taliban operative Zabihullah tells NEWSWEEK. (Like many Afghans, he uses a single name.) “It’s providing us with more recruits, donations, and popular support.”

America’s enemies in Afghanistan are delighted by the vehement public opposition to the proposed “Ground Zero mosque.” The backlash against the project has drawn the heaviest e-mail response ever on jihadi Web sites, Zabihullah claims—far bigger even than France’s ban on burqas earlier this year. (That was big, he recalls: “We received many e-mails asking for advice on how Muslims should react to the hijab ban, and how they can punish France.”) This time the target is America itself. “We are getting even more messages of support and solidarity on the mosque issue and questions about how to fight back against this outrage.”

Anyhow, all of the hotdogs were halal. I am open minded, but I did find it rather odd that only halal was offered at a CANADIAN event. I certainly agree with having the option, but I couldn't understand the reason for only halal. There were people of many nationalities and faiths.

Why did you leap to the conclusion they were kowtowing to the group?
Would you think they were kowtowing to a group if they were serving Kosher hot dogs?