In nation after nation muslims have worked to use the law against the populations to gain a working majority - in the governments, society, and in the streets. Where they have become a majority, they have imposed sharia law. The conclusion of their efforts is the creation of hell-holes of tyranny and total dictatorship - one ruler, one religion, one law. Only fools believe this argument is about religious freedom. Only total fools would argue that "sensitivities" should decide whether this temple of doom gets built. If it does, consider America conquered.

. . . and perhaps most of the Fools are Progressives.

I'm stating the obvious (at least to those who still allow themselves an honest thought) here, but this has nothing in the least to do with religious freedom. Nor is racism involved, either literally or the type invented by the left. No one has interferred with the building or praying at any other mosques in New York City or anywhere else in tis country. Muslims could take a leasson from us, however, in religious tolerance. I would have thought the libs could have come up with a better argument for this mosque than to name-call those who disagree. But then, that's what libs do, and there really is no good argument for the buiding of this mosque in that particular location. As intelligent as left wingers and the media (sorry, repeating myself) hold themselves to be, I wonder that none among them ever ask themselves, "If our position is so right, so noble, why must we always resort to lying in order to defend it?"

Islam is not about sensitivities, and acceptance of foreign cultures. It is about conquest and world domination. They will invade, destroy all infrastructure, kill, subjugate and tax remnants. Think back to the celebrations you saw in Middle East countries after 9-11. The Mosque if built as currently planned will only be seen as Islam's conquest over America and its non-believers and it will strengthen 1.5 billion Muslim's belief in the greatness of Islam. Building this Mosque may very well incite and unleash the world's darkest period.

This is another question of the obvious, why is it no one seems to be talking about the Christian Church that was destroyed by the Twin Towers when they fell. If there is to be a true healing and moving forward the Buildings that existed before the Towers fell should be a priorty reconstruction effort.

How many Christian churches are built near Mecca or anywhere near city centers in any Muslim country?

Faith in the true God requires that we love our neighbor as ourself. Love of neighbor demands that we work with each other and not against each other. This is one of the "proofs" that many of these Muslims are not being led by the true God. Granted, not all Muslims are bad but some are and they have the power. Out of love and respect for America and her people, the individuals responsible for the mosque should stop. The fact that they don't begs the question, "Who is leading them?" A loving God? No. Probably their own pride and arrogance.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. This entire situation indicates that muslims obviously believe America is weak- willed and therefore will allow anything including this monumental show of absolute disrespect for our traditions, our accomplishments and most importantly our Liberty and Freedom. They are blindly misinformed.

Dear Mr. Sowell,

Thank you for your continued contribution to conservative thought. I fervently wish that you had been elected instead of Barack Obama; you would have left a legacy that would make all Americans proud. ( Except , perhaps, for the whining lib-brats, but that's okay. )

Please keep up the great work and know this: if I ever see your name on a ballot for POTUS you will get my vote!

Most sincerely,

Sandy

Bruce Pierce - the muslims building their mosque - as well as Bloomberg and Obama - have given you the only answer you're going to get.

Joan A., Forget 'near' city centers. There are ZERO Churches in the entire countries of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Syria and Iran, as well as others in the Middle East. Tolerence and understanding is a liberal one way street.

Mr. Sowell's description of the mosque as a "15-story middle finger to America" is the best I've heard on this subject. However, it's not surprising that those on the left, including Obozo and his minions, are demonizing the majority of Americans that oppose the construction. They've been giving America the middle finger since well before the 2008 election. When people like Katy Couric are on television "news" programs self-righteously castigating those with legitimate concerns, they might as well go ahead and hold up their middle fingers on national T.V., because that's what they are doing in essence anyway.

Will you airheads stop preaching religious freedom? There is none in this country. And if there was, it wouldn't mean moslems have a right to build anything they want anywhere they want anymore than anyone else. We have laws that other religions have to obey. I don't know, but I got the idea from something I read, that the area was zoned and the middle finger was against the law. Some of you know it alls need to look it up before you start preaching crap. Get real.

With the proposed gay bar, adjacent to the mosque entry, they might just name the bar "Mosqueer," and, bending over for hours at a time, praying, might be construed as seeking heaven... from the Sodom-mights...whatever it takes to make these dominators sorry they ever heard of the USA.... while they, themselves just might be conqueered....

well put Thomas and all the commenters. For a modern view of what Islam represents I encourage all to read Son Of Hamas, an account of Mosab, the eldest son of of one of the 7 founders of Hamas who converted to Christianity and as recent as 2-3 months ago was to be deported by Homeland security for his ties to Hamas (as a mole for Shin Bet he saved hundreds, Israelis and Palestinians alike), until FOX broketh story inan interview with him and his Shin Bet agent handler the day before and miracle of miracles the Dept of Homeland security granted him assylum the following day at his hearing based on recent developments (ie FOX story) and his certain death upon return to his home country was averted. Nive investigative work Homeland, err FOX news. Another example of the gang who could not shoot straight (FEds under current admin). Most recently, in addition to the funding of Imam Raufs trip to raise $$ for the mosque at ground zero the State Dept web site published the text of Bloomberg speeach in favor o fthe Mosque aas well as fun facts about Islam and Mosques inthe US (which city has the largest Mosque inthe US- Detroit of course). Seems like what is up is down and insside is outside. The left is killing us and the time to rise is now.

take a breath and clear your mind and re-present your thoughts intelligibly.

Muslims are a people without the benefit of the one and only God that has forgiven the human race for being imperfect. They are stuck in their ritualistic practices of denial with the inability to escape their own hypocritical torment. When they participate in the stoning of their own women for fornication or bomb their neighbors for being infidels they must do it with an awareness of their own imperfection and or sins. This is the reason it is so easy for them to martyr themselves for deep inside they realize they deserve the same death they sentence anyone who is faulty with. To be Muslim truly is to be without God they are stuck with the human condition and all its defects being the ultimate authority and final judge. May God have mercy on their souls.

Mr. Sowell, thank you for all of your years of clear, brilliant thinking. Looking at Dearborn, Michigan, one can see a large muslim population. Why MI? A northern, cold state? In the grips of recession and a loss of auto jobs, they are using that area as a rallying point to begin a larger presence. To get back to the mosque in NY, why such a huge building? So many floors for what purpose? Why come to the US? Religious freedom/tolerance is certainly not an observation/consideration of Islam. Wake up America!!

I am a 88 year old veteran of WWII and I am in 48 year old condition. I was a combat infantryman in five campaigns in the ETO and I think that there is

going to be one hell of a big war coming our way if

things don't change pretty damn soon. I intend to do

whatever is required to keep our country free and I am not afraid of dying for it. There is much more greed in our Congress than brains and leadership.

The White House is zero in everything and will all end up as ragheads if push comes to shove. Praise the Lord and pass the ammo.

Caseace:

share the sentiment, but factually incorrect. there are many churches in syria. actually quite a large christian population.

This mosque/command center, not only celebrates the successful 9-11 attack, it celebrates the chosen, groomed ,and instructed for years,--the first Islamic president in the United States of America. This will cause such changes--as far as the east is from the west. Did God say this to ring a bell for us at this very occasion? I don't think God approves of this change. His will will be done.

Well, Mr. Sowell, I wasn't available to give your article a fairer read today because after seeing C-SPAN's coverage of a segment they called "Image Of Muslims In U.S." I realized based on their panel of experts that you, and I, are merely prosaic, xenophobic extremists. And, one more thing: these very erudite sounding, if glazed over, pundits from Islam's upper echelons assured viewers that you and I, and our wild eyed ilk, are ALSO mad as hell at Islams hubris because there is a black POTUS!

Talk about a "Conflict Of Visions!"

Oh, almost forgot, a well dressed panelist named James Zogby asserted on the same program that were economic times not so rough right now in the U.S. folks like you and I would have even less cause for roiling that callow and baseless "hatred" which is our Islamophobia.

I wayched a little CSPAN today & found out that there is - get this - a Congressional Muslim Staff Association. Yep! You know as they say "we have to pass the law to know what's in it" "we hire professionals for that" "you don't expect me to read an entire bill of [enter number her] pages" . Can YOU say S-H-A-R-I-A?

Hopefully we have the same argument everytime a Catholic church is built near a school. It would not be the "right" thing to do even though it would technically be legal. This is CLEARLY a religious freedom issue.

Go ahead. Just (bug) the hell out of the place. I'm just saying!!! The best way to get to know your enemy is to sleep with them. Draw them in and snuff them out. You Know! Like turkey hunting with a bow.

As we read our bible we take what applys for our beleifs here a little, there a little so we all have faith in the almighty, but in the muslem book the first writting has been superseeded by the latter and only the latter applies. if you read it you will know it is all muslems sacred duty to kill all non muslems so their god can purge the world of all infidels and leave the muslems standing all alone in their shiera law that alows them to beat or kill their wives at will and turn against and kill their own kids if they don't practice the shiera law to the tee. There is nothing in that book that promotes peace in any way other than the complete anilation of all infidels. (thats any one who does not practice the shiera law). If you want an eyefull read it. it will scare the hell right out of you. Middle finger to the world, not just to you yanks is what that building will be.

Mr. Sowell,

You're simply one of my favorite reads all the time!

I wish that you would be elected or appointed to some official position of leadership.

God bless you.

Thank you Mr. Sowell, for calling this mosque what it really is;

"A calculated insult" and "a fifteen story middle finger".

It is a middle finger, with a club in the other hand poised to hit us over the head. The ONLY question left: what are we the people going to do about this?

In agreement with prior post from WW2 vet. I also believe that the current idiots and fools will not be able to protect us at all. Our military is currently stretched beyond what is safe and mandatory for our safety. If we are not able to turn this around in Nov,we may have to take up our guns to finish the job. "DEATH TO TYRANTS"

Lets match good ol american unionism & bureaucracy against their claim for religous freedom. My impression of nyc is union workers will be required. These will be the friends, relatives & neighbors of the victims of 9/11. The work will need to be permitted, planned, approved,,yatayata by the bureaucracies of nyc, county, state, etc. I dont think $100m will turn a spade of dirt, & whatever product they do wind up with some more hundreds of millions down the road should & probably will be a dead chicken around their neck.

The genius of you Americans is that

you never make clear-cut stupid moves,

only complicated stupid moves which

make the rest of us wonder at the

possibility that we might be.

----Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-1970)

In his article, Mr. Sowell refers to the State Dept's paying for the Inmam's trip to the Middle East for funding. Does anyone know where to find back up articles or facts on this. An aquaintence of mine who is Muslim is in serious disbelief (the article rocked him to the core) and I'd like to show him where this nugget was found.

Thanks.

In his article, Mr. Sowell refers to the State Dept's paying for the Inmam's trip to the Middle East for funding. Does anyone know where to find back up articles or facts on this. An aquaintence of mine who is Muslim is in serious disbelief (the article rocked him to the core) and I'd like to show him where this nugget was found.

Thanks.

The First Amendment states: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." So, a US president orders Dept of State to pay for a trip abroad for a muslim to promote the building of a mosque in America. Obviously obozo paying for this trip isn't respecting islam as a religion. That would be anti-constitutional. Obozo is blatantly telling us islam is not a religion. Until, that is, it comes to the actual constructing of the building. Then it is time for religious freedom to ring. When are we getting rid of this lying sack of s---?

Eric::

Aug 10, 2010 State Dept. Sending Ground Zero Mosque Imam on Middle East ---

"Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the man spearheading the Ground Zero Mosque initiative, is about to take a month-long trip through the Middle East sponsored..." [and organized] "... by the U.S. government...."

this from The Weekly Standard website.

Also State Department Spokesman P.J. Crowley had said “We've done this many, many times, with many leading figures… over the past few years.”

This shows more than blind complicity, no less than the nearly one billion dollars of taxpayers' money the State Dept has sent to Hamas with the 'idea' that it will be used for humanitarian purposes -- perhaps we should re-instate crucifixion as a proper response to Shariah Law.

Have a nice day.

Thank God for Dr. Sowell; I really admire him but the RNC and the NBRC seem to ignore him, Why? Now my case against the Mosque:

A QUESTION AND AN ANSWER

The question is straightforward and painfully simple. Does Islam honestly qualify as a ‘religion’? Other than Islam, which touts Allah as their supreme deity, no other ‘religion’ boasts a deity commanding his subjects to murder in his name, to enslave their women, to practice pedophilia and polygamy, to face in so-called prayers, the birthplace of their one false suspect prophet, to offer alms giving as their only charitable work, to practice deception (taqiyya) and outright lying as a defense of their beliefs. To murder their own children for any perceived slur the child may have brought upon the family honor.

The list goes on ad nauseam. The answer too is straightforward and painfully simple; No! Islam does not qualify as a religion! It is more a cult similar to but far larger than those of James Jones and of David Koresh who was mercilessly ‘crushed’ by Janet Reno and the Clinton Administration. Therefore, I would differ with those, including Sarah Palin who noted that the ‘Muslims have the right to build the ‘Ground Zero’ Mosque but should they do so?’

The practice of Islam is too far outside the pale of a beneficent, humanitarian and loving religion. It is quite obvious that there is an ulterior motive couched in the phrase, “The Cordoba Initiative” that drives Islam in this instance. Quoting Tony Vega,NY Political Buzz Examiner

“From the rubble of the WTC, Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf, president of the Cordoba Initiative, called for Islamic dawa and sharia law on American soil, usurping the American Constitution.

Some that pride themselves as Patriots believe it is their constitutional duty to protect that Imam’s “right” to build his Initiative in the shadows of Ground Zero.

The framers did not intend the Constitution to be a suicide pact, nor did the framers desire that the Constitution be used by our enemies or supporters of the same to tear us asunder, or as a tool to promote useful idiots.

Supporters of dawa, jihad and sharia law and the furtherance of the same wrap themselves in a cloak of religious freedom and we say, “Welcome to America.” How easy are we?” Read Tony’s entire piece at”http://www.examiner.com/political-buzz-in-new-york/the-cordoba-initiative-mosque-near-ground-zero. Therefore, it is my unequivocal, Hell No! in answer to: Should Muslims be allowed to desecrate Ground Zero?

One final note, Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf has made use of several useful idiots to foster his nefarious scheme, including Mayor Michael Bloomberg who is doing a major disservice not only to New York City and the families of the 9/11 victims but to the Worldwide Jewish community as well.

Dr. Thomas E. Davis, Colonel, USA (ret)

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Icannot help but wonder if Obamamamma or PoseyPelosi even knew anyone killed in the 9/11 attack ? I wonder if they actually saw, with their own eyes, the aftermath of that attack? America was founded on religious freedom. AMERICANS have religious freedom. If some foreigner or American born foreigner, wants religion that don't set well with this great country, do like OUR anscestors did: Go find your own country.

There is an old fable of Arabia concerning the camel; once it gets its nose into the tent...

"Our betters," preach tolerance and sensitivity, but demand preference and submission to their will. In this, they exactly mirror the goals of Sharia.