Manhattan, NY – One of the leaders of the effort to build an Islamic community center near the World Trade Center says someone threatened to kill him during the furor over the project.
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Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf (rah-OOF’) made the comment Wednesday at an annual pre-Ramadan conference held by the New York Police Department.
Rauf said he had to change homes, and praised the department’s help.
He said that despite criticism over NYPD surveillance of Muslims, he believes the department is doing a good job.
Rauf helped come up with the idea for the center. He served as its public face, promoting it amid fierce controversy over its location.
He now has a reduced role in the project. He says it is still moving forward but nothing has yet been built.
Why don’t we ask any of the nearly 3,000 people killed on 9/11 what they think about him receiving death threats. Oh wait there dead killed by his people. What’s good for the goose is good for the rauf. He is a radical and that’s the reason why he is not there face man anymore
Cry me a river.
Trying to get sympathy from soft hearted Americans…so typical…
Good
Well now that you know how it feels, please go tell the other Imams to cancel their jihad calls to murder Jews anywhere in the world.
Mr. Avreich1, if you quote someone, why don’t you quote his whole comment?
SEAL-TEAM-6 said: “Why don’t we ask any of the nearly 3,000 people killed on 9/11 what they think about him receiving death threats. Oh wait there dead killed by his people…”
I don’t see anything wrong with that. Stop being such a nitpicker.
That’s right, let’s blame every single Muslim in the world for 9/11. After all, there is absolutely nothing wrong about stereotyping more than a billion people whom you have never met. Thank goodness for all of you kind, thoughtful and unbiased posters for pointing that out to us. By the way, since by your own logic you are all therefore guilty of every crime ever committed by a Jew, I hope you are planning on some extra davening on Yom Kippur.