Far from Ground Zero, other plans for mosques run into vehement opposition

[teko]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/22/AR2010082202895.html?wpisrc=nl_headline


MURFREESBORO, TENN. -- For more than 30 years, the Muslim community in this Nashville suburb has worshipped quietly in a variety of makeshift spaces -- a one-bedroom apartment, an office behind a Lube Express -- attracting little notice even after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

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Nowhere near Ground Zero, but no more welcome
But when the community's leaders proposed a 52,900-square-foot Islamic center with a school and a swimming pool this year, the vehement backlash from their neighbors caught them by surprise. Opponents crowded county meetings and held a noisy protest in the town square that drew hundreds, some carrying signs such as "Keep Tennessee Terror Free."


Here we go! And notbody? nobody saw this coming? Somebody better start some damage control NOW!

[Sarajmt]

    This is a list of his holdings.  Although not enough to be an influential stockholder, it is enough to raise some eyebrows.  Using the above analogy, I suppose that Disneyland is terrorist funded.

      Azizia Commercial Investment Company, 20%
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      Amazon.com, less than 1%
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      AOL Time/Warner, approximately 1%
    *

      Arab Palestinian Investment Company Ltd. (APIC), 4%
    *

      Arab Radio and Television (ART), 5%
    *

      Apple Computers Inc., 5%
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      Ballast Nedam Group, 3%
    *

      Cal Merchant Bank, Ghana, 14%
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      Canary Wharf, London, approximately 2%
    *

      Citigroup, 4%
    *

      Disneyland Resort and Theme Park, Paris, 17.3%
    *

      eBay.com, less than 1%
    *

      EcoBank, 10%
    *

      The Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, 4.9%
    *

      Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, 22%
    *

      Four Seasons, London, 100%
    *

      Ford Motor Company, less than 1%
    *

      George V Hotel, Paris, 100%
    *

      Hewlett-Packard (HP), approximately 1%
    *

      Jerusalem Dev. & Investment Co. (JEDICO), 5%
    *

      Kingdom Agriculture & Development Co. (KADCO), 50%
    *

      The Kingdom Centre, 32.5%
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      Kingdom City, 38.9%
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      Kingdom Holding Company, 100%
    *

      Kingdom Hospital, 65%
    *

      Kingdom Hotel Investment Group, 46.9%
    *

      Kingdom Schools, 47%
    *

      Kodak Corporation, 1%
    *

      Lebanese Broadcasting Center (LBC), 49%
    *

      Motorola, approximately 1%
    *

      Mövenpick Hotels and Resorts, 33.3%
    *

      National Industrialization Company, 15%
    *

      News Corporation, 3.75%
    *

      Nigeria United Bank, 13.7%
    *

      Nile Plaza Complex, Cairo, Egypt, 50%
    *

      Palestine Development & Investment Company (PADICO), 5%
    *

      Pepsi Co., less than 1%
    *

      Plaza Hotel, 50%
    *

      priceline.com, 5.4%
    *

      Procter & Gamble, less than 1%
    *

      Rotana Video & Audio Visual Co., 100%
    *

      Saks Fifth Avenue, more than 2.3%
    *

      Saudi American Bank, 5%
    *

      Savola Group Company, 17.9%
    *

      Senegalese Telecom. Co. (SONATEL), 10%
    *

      The Walt Disney Company, less than 1%

[teko]

Did you check out my link showing who is funding the terror mosque? Oh ya gotta check it out guys! I swear I am rolling on the floor here!

[Sarajmt]

Saudi Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal.  Information on his investments canned be found here.
http://www.libanmall.com/hrhnews.htm

His corporation does own a 7% stake of the parent company of Fox.  My guess is he invests his money in businesses that make money.  The other news stations are bleeding.

[teko]

To move it would be admitting I did something wrong and somehow my religion is less than yours. You lost loved ones in ground zero and so did I. What makes you any more special than me? Multitudes of people died that day, not just your relatives but mine too. And besides the law is on my side, not yours.....

[teko]

Good Analagy! Pretty much sums it all up I think! Sometimes it takes the more simple analagy to put things in perspective.

[Sarajmt]

The question I have is what would be so horrible about moving it? Even the governor has offered land nearby for them to build this.  Why must it be a building hit by debris from one of the planes?  They could go a long way towards goodwill if they would acknowledge the victims of this atrocity.