The alarming spread of Monster Mosques in America
Apparently the protests against the mega mosque in Murfreesboro, TN isn’t the only one planned for Tennessee. Even worse, giant mosques are popping up in small towns and cities all around the U.S., often where the Muslim population doesn’t warrant these giant structures.
CBN The proposed mega-mosque at Ground Zero has sparked outrage among many Americans. But far from the bright lights of Manhattan, there is another mosque firestorm brewing. Murfreesboro is not alone. two more mega-mosques are now being planned for Tennessee–one in Memphis and another the town of Antioch, near Nashville.
CBN News recently visited one Tennessee townwhere locals are voicing concerns about their new “neighbor” – a multi-million dollar Islamic center. It’s just one of several such projects planned nationwide.
“Within 17 days they had approval to build this mosque, when there are other large congregations here in the community who, some took as much as a year and a half to get the approval to build onto their facilities,” said local activist Laurie Cardoza-Moore, who is president of the pro-Israel group, Proclaiming Justice to the Nations.
Cardoza-Moore told CBN News that Rutherford County commissioners pushed through the mega-mosque with no public debate or input. She said residents were shocked when they learned about the project:
“We were asking our country commissioners, ‘Please, before we start and give the approval for a mega mosque, a 52,000-square foot facility for 200 people, can we please look into some of the people affiliated – the donors, who is going to fund this mosque?’”
Many asked why a small Islamic community of only about 250 families needs what would be one of the largest mosque complexes in America.
Serious concerns have been raised about imam Osama Bahloul and at least one board member of the Murfreesboro Islamic Center. Bahloul is a “distinguished graduate” of al-Azhar University in Egypt, where anti-Semitic and anti-American rhetoric is commonplace.
Then there is Islamic Center board member Mosaad Rawash. Rawash was suspended from the board after pro-jihad slogans were found on his MySpace page. They’ve since been removed. A mosque spokesman said that Rawash is back on the board after being cleared of any wrongdoing.
Locals also have other concerns–like where the millions of dollars are coming from to pay for the proposed complex Mosque officials say the money was raised in the community. But local journalist Rebecca Bynum said she isn’t convinced.
“In other mosques, like in Boston and other areas where there’s been huge mosques built, the funding did come from overseas, principally from Saudi Arabia, rich individuals from countries like Saudi Arabia and the UAE,” she said.
“It does seem to be part of a larger strategy to build mosques in rural areas and create Islamic communities–large Islamic communities–in rural areas for some larger purpose,” said Bynum, a columnist for the New English Review.
Mega-mosques are now in the works from coast to coast, in addition to the three massive Islamic centers in Tennessee.
One mosque plan was recently shot down in nearby Staten Island, New York. But a large mosque is currently in the works in neighboring Brooklyn.
In Sheboygan, WI. and Portland, OR., 2 multi-million mosque projects have been given the green light. Another opened last year outside Boston and a $10 million complex opened in Atlanta in 2008.
Meanwhile, neighbors are protesting planned mosques in Southern California and the Chicago suburbs. And there are now plans to build the first ever Islamic center in northern Kentucky.
“When a large mosque is built, it draws more Muslims to the area,” said Bynum.
It’s been estimated that as many as 80% of American mosques have received funds from Saudi Arabia, where the official state religion is radical Wahhabi Islam.
Intelligence sources tell CBN News that many American mosques have been infiltrated by the Muslim Brotherhood–an Islamist movement that seeks to establish Islamic sharia law worldwide.
We asked Mayor Burgess if he and the Murfreesboro county commission were aware of these points. ”I’m not informed about that, I don’t have any evidence,” he answered. ”Don’t you think you should be informed, though?” CBN News asked.
“As a basic citizen, I should be informed about every issue that I can be,” Burgess said. “But I can only enforce this rules and regulations that the state of Tennessee and the United States and Rutherford County have authorized me to enforce.”
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