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Friday, August 27, 2010

Ground Zero victory mosque connected to former Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamed

In the course of a lengthy post trying to untangle the money web of the Ground Zero victory mosque, the Investigative Project on Terrorism uncovers a connection between mosque imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, his wife, Daisy Khan, and former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed, who has a rich history of anti-Semitism.
At various times this year, Rauf has said he plans to solicit donations for the $100 million mosque and community center project from overseas sources, although he has not named any donors. One possible source could be Malaysia, where Cordoba has an office, according to a 2009 New York corporate filing.

In an interview earlier this year, however, Khan said there is no connection between the two offices that share the same name. "I don't know what the status of that organization is," Khan told investigative reporter Claudia Rosett of Forbes magazine on Aug. 11. Yet Khan is named as a Cordoba official in the 2004 tax form that includes the reference to the Malaysian official. Khan is also listed as a Cordoba director in its 2008 tax filing, which is the latest on record.

Imam Rauf was also listed as a participant in several meetings of the Malaysia-based Perdana Global Peace Organisation, according to the group's web site. Perdana is led by former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

Mohamad was prime minister from 1981 to 2003. Shortly before he left office, he told a gathering at the Organization of the Islamic Conference that Jews rule the world by proxy. Mohamad said he was not anti-Semitic but opposed "Jews who kill Muslims" and "the Jews who support the killers of Muslims."

The more we look under the rocks, the more we find that Rauf is just a model of moderation and tolerance. Heh.

Read the whole thing.

3 Comments:

At 8:17 PM, Blogger ManT said...

Come and read my opinions on the Ground Zero mosque. I really like to hear others' views on this and correct me if I am wrong
Visit my blog at
http://mantlife.blogspot.com/

 
At 12:50 AM, Blogger trencherbone said...

There'll be no virgins waiting for Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and his fellow mosqueteers when they depart this world and go down to meet Allah and Mohammed.

They've really screwed things up for the Religion of Peace™. Even if they build their Victory Mosque, it'll be a Pyrrhic Victory. All they've done is woken the proverbial American Sleeping Giant to the true nature of Islam.

 
At 6:27 AM, Blogger Muddy Politics said...

Before you read ManT's post – or after, if you have time to spare – check out this column on Published and Forgotten. It gives some perspective to this and every other right-wing issue we're bombarded with almost daily: The Little Ground Zero Mosque that Wasn't

 

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