A Victory for Political Islam
Dorothy Rabinowitz has a really marvelous column in today's Wall Street Journal: "Liberal Piety and the Memory of 9/11: The enlightened class can't understand why the public is uneasy about the Ground Zero mosque." A particularly striking excerpt:
Dr. Zuhdi Jasser—devout Muslim, physician, former U.S. Navy lieutenant commander and founder of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy—says there is every reason to investigate the center's funding under the circumstances. Of the mosque so near the site of the 9/11 attacks, he notes "It will certainly be seen as a victory for political Islam."
It certainly will.
I confess, by the way, that I was unfamiliar with the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, but it looks hugely impressive. The site leaves no doubt that it embraces both the Islamic religion and American democracy. May the Islamic world heed them. May we all heed them.
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Jun '10
Re: A Victory for Political Islam
"When people see a strong horse and a weak horse, by nature, they will like the strong horse." --Osama bin Laden
What do strong horses do? They do what they want, because the weaker horses back away.
May '10
Re: A Victory for Political Islam
Dr. Jasser is a Phoenix-area physician and he is very impressive. I suggested to Rob that he is definitely podcast material. He is a frequent guest on the Dennis Miller Show. You can catch those interviews on i-tunes.
May '10
Re: A Victory for Political Islam
If I understand Dr. Jasser's point correctly, then he has drawn an important distinction between Islam as a religion and Islam as a political movement. This distinction seems lost on Mayor Bloomberg and others as Dorthy Rabinowitz points out. These are political acts made by political people masking themselves within a religion.
Christianity has fallen into the same trap many times in history; this is a very old tactic.
And why is NYC suddenly so shy about regulating religious activities? Municipalities block the plans of religious groups because of nothing more than the feared impact on traffic and parking. There are other places for a new mosque.
Jul '10
Re: A Victory for Political Islam
I agree with EJHILL, Dr. Jasser is quite impressive and his appearance(s) on Dennis Miller's radio show (I've only heard one of them) are definitely worth the effort of acquiring.
Jul '10
Re: A Victory for Political Islam
Rabinowitz remains a great champion for truth. Enough of the unending lectures from the enlightened class. Fair play and common sense are not given seed in the mulch of hubris. Let the remedial classes begin in November.
May '10
Re: A Victory for Political Islam
I'll bet they loved Mr. Bloomberg at Dartmouth: "The same cannot be said for Mr. Bloomberg, who has gone on to deliver regular meditations on the need to support the mosque, and on the iniquity of its opponents. In the course of a speech at Dartmouth on July 16 he raised the matter unasked, and held forth on his contempt for those who opposed the project and even wanted to investigate the funding: "I just think it's the most outrageous thing anybody could suggest." Ground Zero is a "very appropriate place'' for a mosque, the mayor announced, because it "tells the world" that in America, we have freedom of religion for everybody."