Thank you Dr Pipes

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Aug 20, 2010 at 19:01

Hi Dr. Pipes

>And my position on this controversy?

Dr. Pipes: I have been wiating to hear about your position and you did not disappoint me.

>While Muslims have every legal right to build a mosque near Ground Zero,

I 100% agree with you

> this initiative carries the unmistakable odor of Islamic triumphalism.

Very true

>More importantly, Abdul Rauf's dubious background and associations

the so called Sheikh is and you must pardon me a big fake who pretends to be a sufi when he is no more than another ikhwani (member of the Muslim brotherhood) and a sunni

What is most interesting and the real unanswered question about him is his father Mohamed's link to the assassination of the Prime Minster of Egypt al-Noqrashi (also el-Nokrashi) in 1948 as it seems very bizarre that he father left Egypt all of a sudden for Kuwait which was a dump in 1948

>give reason to worry that his center will spread Islamist ideology.

Sure and it is a concern and I really believe that we need people that really understand islam to expose his likes as no more than liars and the one that comes to mind and that would be Father Zakaria Botros

but what is most amazing is what Rudy Guliani said yesterday on NBC's Today's show that the ole Sheikh and his annoying wife have only $180000 and that is it. Oh this is just amazing

As for Sharif el-Gamal the big fake it seems that he is always one step away from financial ruin

>Therefore, it should be barred from opening.

I agree

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