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A controversial imam who was an "unindicted co-conspirator" in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing was among a group of Muslim leaders invited yesterday to a meeting with Mayor Bloomberg at City Hall.
Siraj Wahhaj has defended the convicted WTC bomb plotters, called the FBI and CIA the "real terrorists," and said he hopes all Americans eventually become Muslim.
He was among religious and civic leaders who met with Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly to discuss the deadly Fort Hood shooting spree.
Wahhaj was one of 170 people identified in 1995 as unindicted co-conspirators in the attack two years earlier.
That same year, however, Wahhaj, in a speech before the Islamic Association of North Texas, called Operation Desert Storm (the U.S.-led military campaign to drive Saddam Hussein's invading forces out of Kuwait) "one of the most diabolical plots ever in the annals of history." Moreover, he predicted that America would fall unless it "accepts the Islamic agenda."
In September 1991 Wahhaj stated the following:
"…And [Allah] declared 'Whoever is at war with my friends, I declare war on them.' ... Your true friend is Allah, the messenger, and those who believe.... Hear what I'm telling you well. The Americans are not your friends ... The Canadians are not your friends ... The Europeans are not your friends. Your friend is Allah, the Messenger and those who believe. These people will never be satisfied with you until you follow their religion ..."
n a 1992 address to an audience of Muslims in New Jersey, Wahhaj expressed his desire to see Muslims seize control of the United States and replace its constitutional government with an Islamic caliphate. “If we were united and strong,” Wahhaj said, “we'd elect our own emir [leader] and give allegiance to him.... [T]ake my word, if 6-8 million Muslims unite in America, the country will come to us.”
In 1995 Wahhaj was named by U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White as a possible co-conspirator to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. Wahhaj angrily objected to that designation, noting in his defense that he had eaten "dinner with Secretary of State [Madeline] Albright -- after the list" of co-conspirators had been released.
In the summer of 1999, Wahhaj testified as a character witness for convicted terror mastermind Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman. Wahhaj stated, on the record, that he considered it an honor to have had an opportunity to host Abdel-Rahman at his mosque, describing the latter as a “respected scholar ... bold ... [and] a strong preacher of Islam
In August and September of 2001, just prior to the 9/11 attacks, Wahhaj was a guest speaker a "Jihad Camp" in Pennsylvania. The camp was organized by Safet Abid Catovic, a leader of the Benevolence International Foundation, a "charity" that would be shut down in November 2002 on charges that it had provided funding for al Qaeda.
Originally posted by jibeho
The major concern is more related to the individuals tied to this event than the actual event itself. When the grand Imam of this event speaks to replace our constitution with a caliphate that should raise an eyebrow.
Hope you look good in a black hijab or burqa.
Originally posted by OutKast Searcher
reply to post by Phoenix
You seem to be confused...I asked for an official DNC source. Not an article that doesn't name sources.
It isn't on any DNC schedule, it isn't on any DNC list of featured events...so please show me how this event is hosted by the DNC as the OP claims in the title.
Originally posted by acmpnsfal
Reply to post by guohua
Or-better question, why the eff is anyone praying at all? Both conventions are about politics. Nobody should be praying at all.
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Originally posted by buster2010
It would be better if no prayers were performed at the conventions.
That's ridiculous! These are American Muslims. No different than American Christians or American Jews. What is your problem?
Originally posted by Yngvarr
Originally posted by guohua
I don't know, Does anyone here have any problem with what their doing.
I thought the huge majority of democrats & libs were atheist?
I'm confused.
Originally posted by beezzer
Originally posted by acmpnsfal
Reply to post by guohua
Or-better question, why the eff is anyone praying at all? Both conventions are about politics. Nobody should be praying at all.
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Good point. The left soils iself when an utterance is biblically stated in a government building, yet panders to religious folks and uses the religious pulpit as a bully pulpit.
THE BUREAU OF INDEGENOUS MUSLIM AFFAIRS (BIMA) IS A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION SEEKING STATUS WITH THE UNITED NATIONS AS A NON GOVERMENTAL ORGANIZATION (NGO). BIMA WAS FOUNDED IN 1992 BY THE LATE HAJJ HESHAAM JAABER. THE OBJECTIVE OF BIMA IS TO PROVIDE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO INDIGENOUS MUSLIMS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Originally posted by Monkeygod333
Its strange that a country that was supposedly founded on Christianity embraces the Islamic faith so wholesomely.
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Originally posted by jibeho
Originally posted by OutKast Searcher
reply to post by Phoenix
You seem to be confused...I asked for an official DNC source. Not an article that doesn't name sources.
It isn't on any DNC schedule, it isn't on any DNC list of featured events...so please show me how this event is hosted by the DNC as the OP claims in the title.
The event has been approved by the Host committee which is under contract with the DNC to fulfill all obligations in said contract. Its all there in black and white. Just take the punch and move on...
content.news14.com...
Keep asking for an "official DNC source" please. If the contract is not good enough nothing will ever appease. No surprise there!
Originally posted by Stormdancer777
Originally posted by Yngvarr
Originally posted by guohua
I don't know, Does anyone here have any problem with what their doing.
I thought the huge majority of democrats & libs were atheist?
I'm confused.
Strange isn't it, they are just using the democratic platform to push agendas, when they get what they want and get a strong foothold,
They will make Christians look desirable.