{"id":3337,"date":"2014-04-27T20:21:27","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T00:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/?p=3337"},"modified":"2014-04-27T20:21:27","modified_gmt":"2014-04-28T00:21:27","slug":"hilarious-new-york-imam-furious-al-qaeda-called-islamists-their-mission-jihad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/nocrossnocrescent\/2014\/04\/27\/hilarious-new-york-imam-furious-al-qaeda-called-islamists-their-mission-jihad\/","title":{"rendered":"Hilarious! New York Imam Furious Al Qaeda Called “Islamists”, Their Mission “Jihad”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thank you sir, for being a “false moderate” poster boy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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<\/a> that just<\/a> keeps happening<\/a>. The most recent<\/a> example, though, is sillier than all we’ve seen for quite some time.<\/p>\n

A prominent Muslim cleric is ripping the 9\/11 Memorial Museum for planning to show visitors a short film on terrorists that will \u201cgreatly offend\u201d members of his faith.<\/p>\n

Sheik Mostafa Elazabawy, the imam of Masjid Manhattan, blasted the seven-minute documentary \u2014 narrated by NBC news anchor Brian Williams \u2014 in a letter to the museum\u2019s director.<\/p>\n

After attending a screening of the film \u2014 \u201cThe Rise of Al Qaeda\u201d \u2014 the religious leader objected to how it called the terrorists \u201cIslamists\u201d and described their killer mission as \u201cjihad.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 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,\u201d Elazabawy wrote in his letter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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!<\/p>\n

\u201cUnsophisticated 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,\u201d Elazabawy wrote in his letter obtained by The New York Times.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He shouldn’t be offended, but if he insults the intelligence of others and calls them unsophisticated, that is perfectly fine!<\/p>\n

See. This is why I do not believe<\/a> 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:<\/p>\n

Elazabawy immediately resigned from the Lower Manhattan Clergy Council, a group advising the museum, when officials rejected the group\u2019s suggestions to change the film.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Even the sugar coaters are not appeasing enough for him.<\/p>\n

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