O'Reilly: "Do the math, imam."

Thursday, September 09, 2010

USA Once Again Under Threat From the Muslim World | O'Reilly Factor

BY BILL O'REILLY

Speaking on CNN, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf is warning America that the violence may break out if the Ground Zero mosque is not built.

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IMAM FEISAL ABDUL RAUF: If we don't do this right, anger will explode in the Muslim world. If this is not handled correctly, this crisis could become much bigger than the Danish cartoon crisis, which resulted in attacks on Danish embassies in various parts of the Muslim world. And we have a much larger footprint in the Muslim world. If we don't handle this crisis correctly, it could become something which could really become very, very, very, very dangerous.

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Well, that sounds ominous, does it not? Now I don't think the imam meant to threaten us, but the warning he is broadcasting could be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Already anti-American Muslim agitators have whipped up some folks in Afghanistan, people who have no idea what the mosque is all about. How do I know that? Well, many Afghans can't read. Many don't have electricity. So the delivery of news in that nation is in the hands of the propagandists. Back home, I remain willing to give Imam Rauf the benefit of the doubt, even though he is misguided in the mosque venture. The imam himself may now understand that.

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RAUF: If I knew that this would happen, this would cause this kind of pain, I wouldn't have done it. My life has been devoted to peace- making.

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But the imam should have known. Come on, building Islamic community center just yards away from where Muslims attacked us? Do the math, imam.

Now, if you would state, if you would state, imam, that the center is being built to condemn jihad, to announce that Muslim extremism is evil, then I'd pick up a hammer and help you build and so would everybody else.

But that's not the stated intent. All we hear about is tolerance. And as "Talking Points" said last night, that should swing both ways. When a Muslim cleric announces to the world that members of his own religion might kill people, kill people because of opposition to a mosque, there's a problem. When a published cartoon leads to violence, there's a problem. That's what Americans are objecting to, the continuing threat from Muslim fanatics who will use any excuse to murder innocent human beings. If Imam Rauf and all other good Muslim leaders would unite against that threat, there would be no mosque controversy or need for tolerance, because we'd all be in it together.

And that's "The Memo."

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