The New York Times has finally caught up with the fact that the Imam behind the so-called "Ground Zero Mosque", Feisal Abdul Rauf, is a fraud.
In its article of February 5, Donor, Citing Fraud, Sues Imam Tied to Mosque Near Ground Zero, the NYT notes that a Mr Deak had donated money "to a project to combat anti-Muslim sentiment". Instead, says the suit, Rauf used the money for personal real estate, lavish trips and a luxury sports car.
But if you'd followed the bloggosphere, you would have known about this over two years ago....
And... to combat such alleged "anti-Muslim sentiment", wouldn't the Imam have done better -- instead of hammering the messengers (the likes of Robert Spencer, Raymond Ibrahim, Daniel Pipes, et.al.) -- to have directed his energies to denouncing his violent co-religionists: those who endlessly, if often fruitlessly, seek to bomb innocent civilians in the US, or who have carried out over 20,000 terror attacks since 9/11?
How much would alleged "Islamophobia" reduce if instead of propaganda (and fraud), Imam Rauf concentrated on the "Five points to Moderate Islam"...
Spencer has comment here.
In its article of February 5, Donor, Citing Fraud, Sues Imam Tied to Mosque Near Ground Zero, the NYT notes that a Mr Deak had donated money "to a project to combat anti-Muslim sentiment". Instead, says the suit, Rauf used the money for personal real estate, lavish trips and a luxury sports car.
But if you'd followed the bloggosphere, you would have known about this over two years ago....
And... to combat such alleged "anti-Muslim sentiment", wouldn't the Imam have done better -- instead of hammering the messengers (the likes of Robert Spencer, Raymond Ibrahim, Daniel Pipes, et.al.) -- to have directed his energies to denouncing his violent co-religionists: those who endlessly, if often fruitlessly, seek to bomb innocent civilians in the US, or who have carried out over 20,000 terror attacks since 9/11?
How much would alleged "Islamophobia" reduce if instead of propaganda (and fraud), Imam Rauf concentrated on the "Five points to Moderate Islam"...
Spencer has comment here.
