Statement on the Proposed "Cordoba House" Mosque Near Ground Zero
Statement on the Proposed "Cordoba House" Mosque near Ground Zero
By: Newt Gingrich
July 21, 2010 6pm
There should be no mosque near Ground Zero in New York so long as there are no churches or synagogues in Saudi Arabia. The time for double standards that allow Islamists to behave aggressively toward us while they demand our weakness and submission is over.
The proposed "Cordoba House" overlooking the World Trade Center site - where a group of Jihadists killed over 3000 Americans and destroyed one of our most famous landmarks - is a test of the timidity, passivity and historic ignorance of American elites. For example, most of them don't understand that "Cordoba House" is a deliberately insulting term. It refers to Cordoba, Spain - the capital of Muslim conquerors who symbolized their victory over the Christian Spaniards by transforming a church there into the world's third-largest mosque complex.
Today, some of the Mosque's backers insist this term is being used to "symbolize interfaith cooperation" when, in fact, every Islamist in the world recognizes Cordoba as a symbol of Islamic conquest. It is a sign of their contempt for Americans and their confidence in our historic ignorance that they would deliberately insult us this way. Those Islamists and their apologists who argue for "religious toleration" are arrogantly dishonest. They ignore the fact that more than 100 mosques already exist in New York City. Meanwhile, there are no churches or synagogues in all of Saudi Arabia. In fact no Christian or Jew can even enter Mecca. And they lecture us about tolerance.
If the people behind the Cordoba House were serious about religious toleration, they would be imploring the Saudis, as fellow Muslims, to immediately open up Mecca to all and immediately announce their intention to allow non-Muslim houses of worship in the Kingdom. They should be asked by the news media if they would be willing to lead such a campaign.
We have not been able to rebuild the World Trade Center in nine years. Now we are being told a 13 story, $100 million mega-mosque will be built within a year overlooking the site of the most devastating surprise attack in American history.
Finally where is the money coming from? The people behind the Cordoba House refuse to reveal all their funding sources. America is experiencing an Islamist cultural-political offensive designed to undermine and destroy our civilization. Sadly, too many of our elites are the willing apologists for those who would destroy them if they could.
No mosque.
No self-deception.
No surrender.
The time to take a stand is now - at this site on this issue.
Published by Pat Burroughs
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9 Comments
Post a CommentThanks for sharing this excellent write ♥ - the controversy will go on for quite a while, I think.
Exactly as I said in an article! Why no memorial has been built yet, and why, if the Imam is concerned about interfaith relations, must he call the worship portion of his center a mosque instead of a "general prayer chapel", and why the center will have a room where people can study Islamic history only.
support freedom of religion and reject Sharia law
it astounds me when folks such as Jkale espouse 'religious freedom' as the basis of supporting such an insult & particularly the Cordoba Initiative, which by its name tells us it desires Islamic supremacy & tyranny. The proposed initiative also established the Sharia Project ran by the same imam...if anyone is only half paying attention they will know that Sharia law will suppress freedom of religion as well as basic human rights, woman bearing the harshest of consequences.
It is a rude and in your face decision. If they built their mosque anywhere else it would hardly be noticed.
I would have to disagree with you on this. I'm not Muslim or christian. Some of my family members are catholic, most of them are jews. We've had a few protestants and one Buddhist in the family as well.
I have ancestors who fought in the War of Independence, the Civil War, the Spanish American war, WWI, WWII, and the Korean War.
I am an American, and I believe strongly in the ideals this country was based on. One of those ideals is freedom of religion.
Saudi Arabia does not have freedom of religion. Saudi Arabia is a theocratic monarchy, something I hope our country never becomes.
I would not want to live in a country where the government takes sides on religion. That is not American, and always leads to oppression.
You may not have known it but....
Most muslims are not Saudi. They are South East Asian...Indoesian and Thai. Their countries are nothing like the oppressive regimes of the middle east. Their culture is entirely different.
You might not have known it, but non-Saudi
I agree, Pat. Let's take a stand now.
Well done, Pat. cheers :)
Good job on this, Pat!