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Offline Chris_

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Muslim Leaders Decide Against Ground Zero Mosque?
« on: August 16, 2010, 03:26:21 PM »
After weeks of heated debate over plans for an Islamic community center near Ground Zero – the site of the 9/11 attacks on New York - it seems Muslim leaders will soon back down, agreeing to move to a new site.

The decision follows a high-profile campaign against the project that included advertisements on New York buses showing images of the burning Twin Towers, an iconic landmark razed when al-Qaida terrorists flew packed passenger planes into them in 2001. The New York Republican party is also said to be planning a hostile television campaign.

Sources in New York said on Monday that Muslim religious and business leaders will announce plans to abandon the project in the next few days.

Haaretz


I guess we'll find out if this is true or not.  I'm a little skeptical.
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Re: Muslim Leaders Decide Against Ground Zero Mosque?
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2010, 03:27:54 PM »
No offense, Chris, but I put Haaretz on the same level and accuracy as WND.

I'll believe it when the people actually INVOLVED with it make it known publicly.
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Re: Muslim Leaders Decide Against Ground Zero Mosque?
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2010, 03:28:01 PM »
Hmmm....

We will see I guess.
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Re: Muslim Leaders Decide Against Ground Zero Mosque?
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2010, 03:33:08 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on August 16, 2010, 03:27:54 PM
No offense, Chris, but I put Haaretz on the same level and accuracy as WND.

I'll believe it when the people actually INVOLVED with it make it known publicly.

I'm not very familiar with Haaretz.  I assumed it was more of a USA Today-type paper.
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Re: Muslim Leaders Decide Against Ground Zero Mosque?
« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2010, 03:38:24 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on August 16, 2010, 03:27:54 PM
I'll believe it when the people actually INVOLVED with it make it known publicly.

I agree.
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Re: Muslim Leaders Decide Against Ground Zero Mosque?
« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2010, 03:40:47 PM »
Quote from: chris_ on August 16, 2010, 03:33:08 PM
I'm not very familiar with Haaretz.  I assumed it was more of a USA Today-type paper.

If by USA Today-type you mean left-leaning, you would be correct.  I've seen a lot of stories reported by Haaretz that simply never panned out.  I'm afraid this might well be one of those.
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Re: Muslim Leaders Decide Against Ground Zero Mosque?
« Reply #6 on: August 16, 2010, 03:52:25 PM »
Think "Godfather"

You know what would be funny....if the Imams pushing this would wake up in bed with a bloody pigs head.
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Re: Muslim Leaders Decide Against Ground Zero Mosque?
« Reply #7 on: August 16, 2010, 03:56:51 PM »
I'm with Sparky and true_blood.  I'll believe it when I see it.
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Re: Muslim Leaders Decide Against Ground Zero Mosque?
« Reply #8 on: August 16, 2010, 04:12:39 PM »
Quote from: chris_ on August 16, 2010, 03:33:08 PM
I'm not very familiar with Haaretz.  I assumed it was more of a USA Today-type paper.

It's the NYT of Israel. Pretty hard left.

I usually read Yedioth Aronoth and Jerusalem Post as they tend to be more balanced.
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Re: Muslim Leaders Decide Against Ground Zero Mosque?
« Reply #9 on: August 16, 2010, 06:15:47 PM »
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Backers of a Muslim cultural center and mosque near the site of the World Trade Center vowed  to press ahead with plans despite a report they will scrap the $US100 million ($NZ146 million) project, which has drawn fierce debate.

Sharif El-Gamal, the owner of the building where the Cordoba House would be located, said a report that the center would be relocated further from Ground Zero, reported in Israeli newspaper Haaretz on Monday, was false.

"Everything is on track and we are moving forward with the location," said El-Gamal, chief executive of Soho Properties, which owns the building.
Reuters

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Re: Muslim Leaders Decide Against Ground Zero Mosque?
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