~ "There is NO 'Ground Zero Mosque' "

[Mayana]

Salamalaikum,

drop everything you're dong, pause everything. Watch this.

YouTube - Keith Olbermann Special Comment: There Is No 'Ground Zero Mosque' - 08/16/10

Amazingly refreshing.

[Mayana]

"They came first for the communists and I didn't speak up because I wasn't communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for me and by that time there was no one left to speak up."
-Pastor Martin Niemoller.

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"Because this is America, damn it! And in America, when somebody comes for your neighbor, or his Bible or his Torah or his Atheist manifesto or his Qur'an, you and I do what our fathers did, and what our grandmothers did and what our founders did: You and I speak up!"

[Mayana]

I am very happy that the Mayor of New York approved and Obama pretty much endorsed it.

All Muslims should be happy about the new Mosque that will be built and that was already APPROVED.


That guy needs to have shame.

You should watch the video. He is actually arguing in favor of the Islamic community center.

[Admin Khan]

He reminds me of one of my professors. I just finished watching it. Thanks Mayano!

[Iqra]

WalaikumAsalaaam

Glad I listened for once... wow

[Mayana]

He reminds me of one of my professors. I just finished watching it. Thanks Mayano!

Aww! I like that nickname =D

Yes, it's refreshing to see such bright reasoning and coherence.

[Saifullah]

First they complain that muslims are not integrating into western society, then when they are and say let us build this mosque on ground zero then they wanna reject it, people like Palin and others.

[abubaker]

thanks for post sis

i enjoyed it

[afghan]

i wish we had some like him supporting the minorities openly. enjoyed watching it, thanx for sharing.

[Gulalai]

Salamalaikum,

drop everything you're dong, pause everything. Watch this.



Amazingly refreshing.

wow Mayana thanks for sharing!

[Gulalai]

lol they talk about it on "the daily show" too

August 16, 2010 - Emma Thompson - The Daily Show With Jon Stewart - Full Episode Video | Comedy Central

[Millatpal Noorzai]

An American sticking to the genuine values of America and the founding fathers.

[BLS_1919v2.0]

First they complain that muslims are not integrating into western society, then when they are and say let us build this mosque on ground zero then they wanna reject it, people like Palin and others.

In America, muslim integration is not really that bad..compared to France it is leagues ahead. The issue is that Palin represents a very ugly part of the republican party...basically they are going to take that party into the ground. Essentially a party that was known as the big business party and small government one has turned into the redneck, sideline issues and contradiction party. If these people were proper republicans then they can't argue against this, since it is simply a private property issue...and in America if you buy the land, it is your right to build whatever you want. There is no ifs or buts in it. However, the republican party is slipping and they are trying to cling onto any issue that buy them cheap votes and rally whatever bit of base they have left.

[Admin Khan]

i wish we had some like him supporting the minorities openly. enjoyed watching it, thanx for sharing.

Believe me or not but the public opinion in most parts of New York is favorable to his. Many New Yorkers really don't mind. You can witness women wearing hijabs all across the USA and people just go along their respective routes. Many politicians love blowing things out of proportion with an intention of gaining votes. Many New Yorkers would say, "As long as Muslims aren't enforcing Islam on us, who cares if they build a Skyscraper Mosque".

[Mayana]

i wish we had some like him supporting the minorities openly. enjoyed watching it, thanx for sharing.

You know.. we all somehow wish for that, yet few of us really do speak up.

This is not even about speaking up against Islamophobic tendencies - this is about any sort of racism, any sort of xenophobia, any sort of discrimination, racial profiling, and all the little steps that lead to all of the above.


What should lead us to speaking up is not only our intuition to protect ourselves against attacks against US but rather an urge to seek justice for all of mankind - it is our duty as citizens to speak up against injustice, not only against us but anyone.


In light thereof, yes I do wish for someone who defends minorities more often.. but I sincerely do try my best to do my own part. I do seek a dialog with people from different groups that might be misunderstanding my views and seek to educate them about what media chooses to deliberately keep from us. And I believe that all of us should do the same. Most of us here live in a free country and hey, it's not only our right but our duty as citizens of that free country to speak up.