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Al-Arabiya director: Most Muslims don't want or need a mosque near Ground Zero

This is as interesting for who said it as it is for what was said.

In an August 16, 2010 column in the London daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, 'Abd Al-Rahman Al-Rashed, Al-Arabiya TV director-general and the paper's former editor, criticized President Obama for supporting the construction of the Cordoba House mosque at Ground Zero in New York. He stated that it would be unwise to construct a mosque at that location, saying that no practicing Muslims live in the area, and that the mosque would become a focal point for both the supporters of terrorism and the champions of Islamophobia. Therefore, he argued, it would be preferable for Obama to throw his support behind issues that are of real concern for the Muslims, such as promoting Middle East peace.

In other words, according to this Muslim, the whole point of constructing a mosque at Ground Zero is to spit on the graves of the dead. Just as we all thought it was.

You can read excerpts of an English translation of this Arabic article here.

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 7:56 AM