The imam planning to have a mosque near ground zero in New York has denied that he made a deal with Rev. Terry Jones to have the mosque built elsewhere.
Imam Muhammad Musri said there was only an agreement between himself and Rev. Jones to travel to New York City and meet with Muslim officials planning to build the mosque near ground zero.
Rev. Jones said he “was lied to” by the imam, who clearly said the mosque would not be built on ground zero.
Rev. Jones said he is reconsidering his decision of canceling the burning of the Korans on 9/11, and now calls his decision a “postponement” decision instead.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates personally appealed to Rev. Jones in a phone call today, asking Rev. Jones not to burn Korans, since doing so would almost certainly instigate Muslim terrorist activities and endanger the lives of America’s troops.
]]>“We felt that would be a sign that God would want us to do it,” said the Rev. Terry Jones. “The American people do not want the mosque there. And of course Muslims do not want us to burn the Koran.”
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Seriously though, you don’t poke an angry dog. You don’t even poke a friendly dog. He might turn around and bite you. Burning a Koran is an act of provocation, pure and simple. It’s senseless.
Look, the West’s impotence against the Islamic onslaught is of our own making. Today the Imam of the Cordoba Mosque (they switched back to that name — they sense weakness apparently) said if the mosque is not built near Ground Zero it “would strengthen the ability of radicals to attract recruits” Talk about intimidation. Will it work? It just might, especially with the secular left who, because of their own spiritual impoverishment (secularism is spiritual impoverishment, spiritual impoverishment is secularism) will always defer to the strong man. Nietzsche was right, without God there is only a will to power. The secularist fancies himself the Uberman when in fact he will become the slave.
Along those lines (in light of Nietzsche’s prophesy which functions as an inverse of Orthodox anthropology), I’m debating an atheist in November and my side got to choose the title: Can man be fully human without God?
]]>That said, I find the uproar interesting. Would there be any uproar if an iman decided to burn bibles? Of course not – free speech. I think the whole controversy proves the point about islam. It is a violent, mean, religion where killing those who don’t agree with them is the norm.
Think about this: we Christians believe that the angel Gabrial announced the birth of the Son of God to Mary. The Quran says that Gabrial is the one who gave the visions to Mohammed. Both cannot be right. IF we are right, than who gave the visions to Mohammed?
Steve
]]>On a purely principled note, I wonder where are the liberals who have been screaming about “freedom of religion” on the Ground Zero Mosque are? Why so silent? I’ve only heard Mayor Bloomberg enunciate the principled position.
]]>As a Christian pastor, he should be adhering to Christ’s teaching of love and forgiveness — even for our enemies.
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