MORE "TOLERANCE" AND "HEALING" AND "OUTREACH": GROUND ZERO MOSQUE DEVELOPER LASHES OUT
Once a thug, always a thug. More peace and love coming from the developer of the triumphal Cordoba mosque at Ground Zero. Thug Gamal (Park 51 nee Cordoba) is whining about the one news outlet that is not shilling for his grotesque mega mosque. Unbelievable. This little girl should have one day of Pamela Geller media treatment. He'd be curled up in a ball in his basement. Coward.
Here's something I will never understand: if the developers of the Ground Zero Mosque (GZM) truly want to co-exist with those around them, why do they keep hurling incendiary insults?
Under the username Park51, on Twitter the developers of the GZM lashed out at Fox News recently. Writing about a report on Bill O'Reilly, Park51 wrote:
That link at the end leads to a Media Matters report that alleges, "Fox News has much closer ties to Truthers than [Imam] Rauf allegedly does." Smooth. Seriously, did the GZM developers actually think that it was smart to link to an article that claims that Fox Newsmight have connections with people who think 9/11 was an inside job?
The "cc: @cordobainit" is the Cordoba Initiative, another group in favor of building the GZM. Cordobainit writes such things as asking its supporters to sign petitions from the ACLU:
And also hilariously claiming that "77%" of Americans support the building of the Mosque:
Once again, I don't understand why the developers keep doing things like this. Maybe you all can make sense of it.
I can. He is an islamic supremacist.
Thursday, October 07, 2010
SPEECHIFYING
Photo courtesy Pamela Hall
Posting is a bit spotty today, as I am speaking in Philly today and tonight. The David Horowitz Freedom Center hosted a lunch and book signing for Robert and me. Although it was a book event, the Ground Zero mega mosque took center stage. The intrepid and wonderful Pamela Hall came down and filmed it -- I will post the video as soon as she has it up.
Tonight we enter the snake pit -- join us, won't you?
Thursday, October 7 · 7 pm -9:30pm
Location Howard Gittis Student Center, Temple University Main Campus
1755 North 13th Street
PAMELA GELLER, BIG JOURNALISM: WILDERS TRIAL, FREE SPEECH IS ALSO ON TRIAL
Check out my latest oped in Big Journalism:
In Wilders Trial, Free Speech Is Also On Trial Pamela Geller, Big Journalism
In what can only to be described as a throwback to the seventh century, Dutch Parliamentarian and anti-jihad warrior Geert Wilders was back in court Monday on specious “hate speech” charges filed by a corrupt, criminal dhimmi court in the Netherlands.
How dare they subjugate their Western values to Islamic supremacism in this dangerous farce?
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
STATISTICAL ISLAM PART I
Islamic scholar William Warner, whose work I have long admired, has devoted recent study to statistical Islam. I was fortunate to spend the day with Mr. Warner when he came to see me speak in Tennessee. His work is seminal.
For the statistics, go to: http://cspipublishing.com/statistical/index.html
It is a must-read series; here is part I.
Statistical Islam, Part 1 of 9
One of the great questions of the 21st century is: What is the true nature of Islam? There are two distinct answers to this question from themedia and leaders. The popular message is that Islam is one of the great world religions, a peaceful religion, a foundation of world civilization, its Golden Age was the highpoint of history, and it preserved Western thought while we were in the Dark Ages. The alternative message is that Islam is a brutal, backward, woman abusing, violent, intellectually narrow ideology that is out to annihilate civilization.
Which side is right? How do we resolve this issue? Can it even be resolved? If we turn to the “experts” of any of the opinions, they will tell you that their view is correct. What then is the ultimate authority that will give us a firm foundation for reasoning and judgment about Islam? Is it possible to use critical thought or must we just accept the authority of experts?
There is way to achieve consensus about ideas that goes beyond expert opinion. The use of facts along with logic is the basis of critical thought. The ultimate form of critical thought uses measurements and numbers to resolve questions. This paper will use the foundational texts of Islam and measure the importance of ideas by how many words are given to concepts. The assumption is that the more content that is devoted to a subject, the greater the importance of the subject is. As an example: the Koran devotes 64% of its text to the subject of the unbeliever. This is assumed to imply that the unbeliever is important in Islamic doctrine.
The use of critical thought may seem counter-intuitive since many people view Islam as a religion that does not have a rational basis. Actually, Islam is not only rational; it is hyper-rational, but it uses another form of logic than the one we take for granted.
If we are to use critical thought, we must have a firm foundation. All Muslims agree that:
“There is no god, but Allah and Mohammed is His messenger.”
When this is repeated as a public testimony, you become a Muslim. However, this statement is not only the beginning of Islam, it is also the foundation and totality of Islam. It is not enough to worship Allah; you must worship as Mohammed worshipped.
Who is Allah and where do we learn about Him? This question points directly to the Koran.
Then the Koran, in turn, points directly to Mohammed. It says 91 times that Mohammed is the perfect Muslim. He is the divine human prototype, the only pattern acceptable to Allah. The actions and words of Mohammed are so important that they have a special name—Sunna. We find the Sunna in two texts. The Sira is the biography of Mohammed and the Hadith is the collection of hadiths (small stories, traditions) about Mohammed.
Islam is based on Koran and Sunna. Since the Sunna is found in the Sira and the Hadith, this means that three books contain all the doctrine of Islam—the Trilogy. If it is in the Trilogy (Koran, Sira, Hadith), then it is Islam. If something is not in the Trilogy, then it is not Islam. All of the Islamic doctrine is found in the Trilogy. Now, we have the complete information with no missing pieces.
We have established our first criteria of knowledge. All authoritative statements about Islam must include a reference to the Trilogy to be authenticated. It does not matter what a scholar, imam, media guru, or anyone else says, if what they say cannot be supported by the doctrine in the Trilogy, then it is not Islam. If it is supported by the Trilogy, then it is Islam.
We have been taught that the Koran is the source of Islamic doctrine. However, the Koran is only 14% of the total sacred texts . Actually, the Sira and the Hadith are 86% of the total textual doctrine . Islam is 14% Allah and 86% Mohammed. This is very good news. The Koran is obscure, but anyone can understand the life and sayings of Mohammed. These statistics point to the easy way to know Islam—know Mohammed. Anyone, absolutely anyone, can understand Mohammed and hence, Islam.
Islam is a text-based doctrine, so the nature of these texts must be made clear. A Muslim believes that the Koran is perfect, complete, universal and eternal. It does not contain the slightest error and it is the exact words of the only god of the universe. Mohammed is the perfect example of how to live the sacred life. This idea of complete, final, universal, and perfect textual truth is very hard for non-Muslims to comprehend. Most people read the Koran with the attitude of: “Oh, they don’t really believe this.” When Muslims read the Koran, their attitude is: “These are the perfect words of Allah.” Muslims call themselves the “believers” and by that they mean that they believe the Koran is perfect and Mohammed is the perfect pattern of life.Remember, we started with the question: Can we evaluate what the media commentators, politicians, imams and other “experts” say about the true nature of Islam? Yes, we can know the true nature of Islam—it is found in the Trilogy. If what the expert has to say can be supported by the doctrine found in the Trilogy, then it is valid, since the Trilogy is the final arbiter of all opinions and statements about Islam.
Critical thought provides a powerful first step. Now, let us measure the doctrine of Islam. The following cases show how the technique of counting the number of words that are devoted to a topic can be used to discover the dominant themes of Islamic texts and, hence, Islamic doctrine.
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