Ground Zero mosque imam claims America is worse than al-Qaeda

  We are slowly but surely beginning to learn more about  Feisal Abdul Rauf–the imam behind the Ground Zero mosque–and the more we learn about him the more we have to question his motives behind building a mosque on this location.

  We already know that  Feisal Abdul Rauf called America “an accessory to the crime,” in reference to the September 11th attacks, but now we have learned that this imam has also stated that the United States is worse than al-Qaeda.

We tend to forget, in the West, that the United States has more Muslim blood on its hands than al-Qaeda has on its hands of innocent non Muslims

What complicates the discussion, intra-Islamically, is the fact that the West has not been cognizant and has not addressed the issues of its own contribution to much injustice in the Arab and Muslim world

  And he now has the gall to state that the opposition to the Ground Zero mosque goes beyond Islamophobia?

We are deeply concerned, because this is like a metastasized antisemitism,” said Daisy Khan, who is spearheading the project with her husband, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf. “It’s beyond Islamophobia. It’s hate of Muslims

  In spite of his hateful comments about the United States his wife has the audacity to claim that we are hateful of Muslims because we oppose building a mosque on this site.

  Feisal Abdul Rauf expects us to be tolerant–even in light of his intolerant positions  towards the United States–and accept this mosque as a sign of extending an olive branch to those that would do us harm. By appeasing the radical Muslims we are supposed to show that we accept them and admit that we are at least partially to blame for the fact that they attacked us on September 11th.

  I honestly cannot get over the amount of bravado it takes for this man to make such statements in light of what he has said about the United States. If Feisal Abdul Rauf was intent on building bridges between the United States and the non-radicalized Muslim world he would be the one to show a little caring and understanding about this issue. He should take into account how the families of the people who died  on September 11th feel.

  But instead of extending an olive branch of his own he has decided to antagonize those that oppose the mosque on this site by claiming that we are the ones who are insensitive. He has gone on the attack by claiming that people who oppose this mosque are Islamophobes, yet he is the one that has shown that he views America with contempt. And he is deliberately planning this mosque on this site to settle a score that he has with America.