Mr. Mohammad Rahman
Please don't try to pretend that Islam is your personal monopoly.
How about your own conscience if you truely believe in it or not ?
(1) The Ground_Zero Mosque (Cardoba House) is a Model of
Peaceful Coexistencel of between Muslims, Christians
and Jews in America. The opening of this center
is also a slap on the faces of those who try to brand
all muslims as terrorists and portray the center as a "symbol
of domination and centers of radicalization."
The opening of this Mosque and center fully ensures
America's commitment to "freedom of religion & worship".
This spirit of freedom of religion and warship must be aplauded..
BTW, do you oppose the opening of the Mosque at Park51
(so-called Ground Zero Mosque)? If so, why don't say that
clearly and join those reactionary right-wingers in USA, who
are trying to raise a controversy for political use of this issue
and generate anti-muslim xenophobia in America.
(2) The Mumbai-Imam's (Bangladeshi origin) life style
(visting prostitutes) and actions (infecting his wife and child)
is totally unacceptable from the Islamic and social points
of view.
These can not be condoned or put under the rugs.
These kinds of crimes and unIslamic activities behind
the Imam's lebash must be exposed. The news was not
something that can be dubbed as a " try to demean Islam"
Rather, it was an expose of a criminal who used his
religious cover and perpetrated unIslamic life style
and debauchary behind his camoflague.
The publiction of the news generates awareness about
the hidden enemies of of Islam ...... the enemies within.
Ideally, Imams should be the role models for all muslims
in particular and human society in general.
Now, I wonder, how come Madrassa education didn't prevent
this Mumbai Imam from immoral and unIslamic acts ???
We should bear in mind practicing Islam in our day-to-day life
is one thing that all Muslims should follow. However, using
Islam as a cover, which is in essense, religion-trading should
never be condoned.
FYI, if anyone has demeaned Islam, it was that Mumbai-Imam
through his immoral acts (although being a Imam, he had the
personal resposibilities to uphold high Islamic values) and
his supporters who want to condone it by putting the story
under the rugs.
Syed Aslam
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Mohammad Rahman <mrahman246@yahoo.com> wrote:
Before sending any mail concern to Muslims and Islamic events you better ask your conscience if you truely believe in it or not. We have seen from your mails you enjoy spreading any personal wrong doings of any Muslim and try to demean Islam, as you forwarded a news 2 days ago that a Bangladrshi Imam injectrd Hiv virus to his wife and baby.
On Thu Sep 22nd, 2011 5:46 AM EDT Syed_Aslam3 wrote:
>Ground zero Islamic center opens doors
>.
>>Photographer Danny Goldfield poses among his photographs celebrating New>later<http://www.cbsnews.com/2718-201_162-1241.html>
>York children from over 160 different countries, Sept. 21, 2011, at the
>Park51 cultural center gallery space in Manhattan. (AP)
>(AP)
>
>NEW YORK - The developer of an Islamic cultural center that opened Wednesday
>evening near the site of the terrorist attacks that leveled the World Trade
>Center says the biggest error on the project was not involving the families
>of 9/11 victims from the start.
>
>People crowded into the center, where a small orchestra played traditional
>Middle Eastern instruments and a photo exhibit of New York children of
>different ethnicities lined the walls. The enthusiasm at the opening belied
>its troubled beginnings.
>
>"We made incredible mistakes," Sharif El-Gamal told The Associated Press in
>an earlier interview at his Manhattan office.
>
>The building at 51 Park Place, two blocks from the World Trade Center site,
>includes a Muslim prayer space that has been open for two years. El-Gamal
>said the overall center is modeled after the Jewish Community Center on
>Manhattan's Upper West Side, where he lives.
>
>"I wanted my daughter to learn how to swim, so I took her to the JCC," said
>the Brooklyn-born Muslim. "And when I walked in, I said, `Wow. This is
>great."'
>
>The project has drawn criticism from opponents who say they don't want a
>mosque near the site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
>
>Complete coverage: 9/11, ten years
>Does America hate
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>The center is open to all faiths and will include a 9/11 memorial, El-Gamal
>said. He called opposition to the center — which prompted one of the most
>virulent national discussions about Islam and freedom of speech and religion
>since Sept. 11 — part of a "campaign against Muslims."
>
>Last year, street clashes in view of the trade center site pitted supporters
>against opponents of the center.
>
>When the center was first envisioned several years ago, activist Daisy Khan
>and her husband, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, played a major, vocal role. But
>they soon left the project because of differences with the developer.
>
>El-Gamal, 38, confirmed Wednesday that they parted ways because "we had a
>different vision." He declined to elaborate.
>
>The couple said they had discussed plans for Park51, as the center is known,
>with relatives of 9/11 victims, first responders and others, including the
>possibility that it could become a multifaith center focusing on religious
>conflict. But El-Gamal wishes victims' families had been involved earlier —
>before the center became a point of contention.
>
>"The biggest mistake we made was not to include 9/11 families," El-Gamal
>said, noting that the center's advisory board now includes at least one 9/11
>family member.
>
>At first, "we didn't understand that we had a responsibility to discuss our
>private project with family members that lost loved ones," he said, and they
>did not "really connect" with community leaders and activists.
>
>But today, "we're very committed to having them involved in our project. ...
>We're really listening," he said.
>
>Pointing to the inclusivity of a center that critics feared would be
>polarizing, El-Gamal noted that the featured photographer in the
>"NYChildren" exhibit is Danny Goldfield, who is Jewish.
>
>The Brooklyn photographer was inspired to create the exhibit by the story of
>Rana Sodhi, a Sikh who emigrated from India and settled in Arizona. His
>brother Balbir was killed in a retaliatory hate crime four days after Sept.
>11.
>
>Sodhi made the trip to New York for the opening and wore a tie decorated
>with heart-shaped American flags. He still runs the gas station where his
>brother was killed.
>
>"My heart is so warm when I hear Danny is doing this exhibition in Park51,"
>Sodhi said.
>
>Goldfield said he has photographed children with roots in 169 countries
>since 2004. He hopes to find subjects representing 24 other countries to
>complete the project. Some of the photographs had been exhibited elsewhere,
>but the opening marked the first time all were shown together.
>
>He said there was a synergy between the themes and spirit of his project and
>those of the center, particularly with regard to community participation and
>openness.
>
>"They want to build a center for everyone that's represented on the walls
>here," he said.
>
>Recalling the controversy over the center, he said he didn't want to pass
>judgment on its opponents. But he said he'd like them to see the show "more
>than anyone."
>
>Afsana Khundkar, a native of Afghanistan whose 12-year-old son, Waseem, was
>one of the children photographed for the exhibit, said her family was
>honored to participate in the project.
>
>"It's promoting good things in the world," she said. "The most important
>thing is to involve the children in the good things."
>
>The space had been cleared out and the walls painted a stark white for the
>exhibit. The renovations were funded with $70,000 raised on the website
>Kickstarter. The modest first-floor space is intended to function as a
>temporary center until groundbreaking on an entirely new building.
>
>El-Gamal told the AP that fundraising is under way to complete a 15-story
>building that will also include an auditorium, educational programs, a pool,
>a restaurant and culinary school, child care services, a sports facility, a
>wellness center and artist studios.
>
>The mosque is especially needed in lower Manhattan, he said, because
>thousands of Muslims either work or live in the neighborhood, "and in our
>religion, we must pray five times a day."
>
>At the opening, an ebullient El-Gamal told reporters the project had been
>framed by others throughout the debate over its existence.
>
>"Today, for the first time, everyone gets a little bit of a glimpse into the
>future of what Park51 is going to offer New York," he said.
>
> http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/22/national/main20109949.shtml
>
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