Dear Lord, did you create they holy men (never women, of course) solely for the enjoyment of those of us who don’t believe in you? Because that just keeps happening. The most recent example, though, is sillier than all we’ve seen for quite some time.
A prominent Muslim cleric is ripping the 9/11 Memorial Museum for planning to show visitors a short film on terrorists that will “greatly offend” members of his faith.
Sheik Mostafa Elazabawy, the imam of Masjid Manhattan, blasted the seven-minute documentary — narrated by NBC news anchor Brian Williams — in a letter to the museum’s director.
After attending a screening of the film — “The Rise of Al Qaeda” — the religious leader objected to how it called the terrorists “Islamists” and described their killer mission as “jihad.”
“The screening of this film in its present state would greatly offend our local Muslim believers as well as any foreign Muslim visitor to the museum,” Elazabawy wrote in his letter.
Lol! Stop calling a spade a spade! Of course, Muslims getting “offended” and demanding the silencing of dissenting speech is not something we’re not used to. And by the way, dear Sheik, you’ve got some nerve!
“Unsophisticated visitors who do not understand the difference between Al Qaeda and Muslims may come away with a prejudiced view of Islam, leading to antagonism and even confrontation toward Muslim believers near the site,” Elazabawy wrote in his letter obtained by The New York Times.
He shouldn’t be offended, but if he insults the intelligence of others and calls them unsophisticated, that is perfectly fine!
See. This is why I do not believe in going out of our way to appease “moderates” like this Sheik. What that entails is giving up freedom of expression, and that is something I oppose as a matter of principle. If we did, we would end up like this:
Elazabawy immediately resigned from the Lower Manhattan Clergy Council, a group advising the museum, when officials rejected the group’s suggestions to change the film.
The Lower Manhattan Clergy Council as a whole raised concerns that the film did not go far enough to distinguish the Muslim faith from the radical violence advocated by Osama Bin Laden in the name of Islam.
Even the sugar coaters are not appeasing enough for him.
