Sunday, August 15, 2010
Looks like the Boston Globe didn't quite get the message about President Obama's climb-down from his initial "backing" of the construction of the Ground Zero Mosque: Obama's sage decision to back Manhattan mosque. "Sage"? Wow. As usual for the opponents of the mosque's critics, the Globe editors fail to truly engage the issues that go beyond the simple free-exercise of religion.
Fortunately, there is at least one American Muslim group that gets it, Zuhdi Jasser's AIFD: American Muslim organization says President Obama is wrong
Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, a devout Muslim and the president and founder of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy issued the following statement regarding remarks from President Obama on the proposed mosque and Islamic Center at Ground Zero:
"As an American Muslim whose family fled persecution in Syria and as someone who has stood in the face of some resistance to the building of many of our houses of worship in the U.S., I fully understand the value of standing for religious freedom in America. But President Obama's statement about the Ground Zero mosque at last night's White House Iftar dinner is the latest example of political correctness gone awry...
Related: Claudia Rosett: Seriously, Where Is Imam Feisal ... and What's with His Web Site?
