Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf to convert the now-shuttered Burlington Coat Factory into a mosque.

Submitted by Carla (United States), May 17, 2010 at 17:39

"...Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, founder of the Cordoba Initiative, talks about his proposal to convert the now-shuttered Burlington Coat Factory on Park Place, two blocks from Ground Zero, into a mosque. "...

I understand that perhaps English may not be his 1^st language, but the word "Convert" sounded too suspicious to me.

Did he say it by "accident" or in his mind he really wants to CONVERT the building into a mosque, and CONVERT infidels' minds to Islam, and CONVERT our vision of Islam into something good. Among so many verbs that are commonly used and so many synonyms to this idea- he used the word CONVERT!!!

This, in addition to the name Cordova- former capital of the Islamic strong Caliphate of Cordova (which I addressed in a previous message) as if the expansion of the Caliphate is doing splendidly, make me really stop and think what is the real purpose of this Imam.

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