Nihad Awad, the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), recently broke ground for the first mosque in Alaska and offered an address on "The Rise of Islamophobia and Its Impact on National Security" at an event hosted by the Alaska World Affairs Council in Anchorage. Awad also gave a lecture on "The Islam You Don't See on Cable TV" at Alaska Pacific University.
In his address to the Alaska World Affairs Council, Awad defined Islamophobia and outlined its recent rise in the United States, prompted by a vocal minority of Muslim-bashers.
Awad explained how growing anti-Islam sentiment in American society impacts the lives of ordinary Muslim citizens.
"Through the manipulation of legitimate fears and emotions, a cynical minority of Islamophobes is attempting to poison the minds of a generation of Americans and to pervert our nation's longstanding traditions of religious diversity and acceptance of differing beliefs," said Awad today.
He said the hate-filled agendas and misinformation promoted by Islamophobes who seek fame and fortune by creating mistrust and societal divisions must be exposed.
Here is a YouTube video of what the designers envision the mosque will look like when it is finished.
You can find more at the community center's website.
Well I for one am very pleased to see Alaska have its very own Islamic center. I am not a religious person but I always appreciate diversity.
What say you, Sarah?
Sarah?
What's wrong? Can't think if anything to have your Facebook writer post that does not make you sound like a religiously intolerant bat-shit crazy person? Bummer!
BTW Sarah, you do know that the executive director was talking about YOU in his address, don't you?
Have anything to say now?
That's okay. You take your time. We can wait.
It seems disrespectful to put a mosque so close to a Total Zero.
ReplyDeleteWow. I guess it never occurred to me (and that should speak volumes), but this is the FIRST mosque up there?
ReplyDeleteWell, I think this is fantastic news!
Loved the video presentation. I, for one, think that it will be a beautiful addition in an equally beautiful setting.
Grats guys!
I think this is great and the building is going to be beautiful. I do hope others will call, email or drop by and let them know Anchorage welcomes the new Mosque.
ReplyDeleteI do hope a smaller Mosque can one day be built on Lake Lucille as well. LOL
If Palin hasn't said anything yet it must be because she doesn't know. Gryphen let us know if you spot a tweet or FB post ok.
You know, since it will be 2 years before completion I think we should ask Prevo to share ABT with them and support interfaith solidarity. His head would split open at the thought and I for one would love to see that happen.
There's no proof that Sarah is intolerant
ReplyDeleteWhat a ridiculous facial expression! Is that supposed to be Sarah's "tough girl" look? It's like a cow chewing cud. Maybe she just needs a toothpick.
ReplyDeleteSME131 I'm wiping the food off the monitor and keyboard! LOL
ReplyDeleteSome are also still looking for the missing half-man half-monkey missing link too.
ReplyDeleteIt's all good as long as you stay away from the edge of the world.
Just like no proof for evolution- eh?
No proof Joe is messing with the computers, No proof Todd and Sarah had anything to do with Troopergate and that's the rill dill.
Anon 3:09~ Hilarious! Perfect! Totally stealing that from you & wish I could credit more than "anon 3:09" for it!
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There's no proof that Sarah is tolerant. "Party like it's 1773!"
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3:30 --- thanks for the laugh. "There's no proof that Sarah is intolerant." Whoa-boy, I may not be able to stop giggling and go to bed tonight.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea that they were making the Kool-aid that strong these days. My, my, my.
Please, please tell us how Sarah feels about non-Christians, atheists, agnostics, gays, the poor, non-whites, anyone who is not American? Gosh, gee, golly whiz. I can hardly wait to hear the love.
She won't say anything because she is a coward.
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ReplyDeleteThere's no proof that Sarah ISN'T intolerant!!
Anonymous @3:30 PM
ReplyDeleteThere's no proof that Sarah ISN'T intolerant!!
You know the property next door to the Palin compound is for rent again right, maybe she needs some new neighbors.... I can hear that pruney asshole puckering as I type.
ReplyDeleteThat's going to freak out the Islamaphobes down here on the Kenai Peninsula. They think Muslims are trying to take over the country. The Muslims have nothing on the Christians and Jehovah's witnesses with that regard. I have never had a Muslim wake me up on Saturday morning and try to give me pamphlets. I am glad they are building the Mosque, we need more diversity in Alaska. One reason for the fear of Muslims in Alaska is the lack of first hand information. All people here know is lies from haters.
ReplyDeleteGrypen, as $arah would write "What Say You" :) let's give it back to her in her own lingo.
ReplyDelete3:30, are you under a rock?
ReplyDeleteWow! Just read some tweets. Palin haters are maybe the most classless people ever. *edit out maybe to make them THE most classless ever
ReplyDelete@Celia... point them to the website for this mosque.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.alaskamasjid.com/
There is a lot of information there that will explain the faith and their stance on terror. Should the Islamophobes choose to read it they will either relax or prove that hate is the driving force that keeps them held in denial. Then remind them a mind is a terrible thing to waste.
@Anon 3:48 glad to make you smile.
welcome to the real America, Sarah
ReplyDeleteI have it from "Reliable Source" otherwise known as "THEY SAID", that THE 4 HORSESASSES OF THE APPOCALYPSE will be making periodical visits to the new mosque site.
ReplyDeleteGOP Prick Teaser Sarah will burn several copies of dictionaries that Piper found the words Muslin and Masque in, No-Diddle O'onnell will burn some vibrators and a broom, Blubbering Beckster will throw in a box of Bristol Palin "abstinance" condoms and a case of extra absorbant tissues and lastly, Jittery Joe Miller will toss into the flames every record and picture he has of any past event he was ever involved in! No media will be notified or allowed and the DropDeadZone commando thugs will be on hand to enforce the order!
Now all them thar ejucated teebaggers better hitail it up thar ta alaaaassska with there sines...
THE MUSLINS IS KUMMIN,
THE MUSLINS IS KUMMIN!
Somethings are better left a secret, just ask Sarah. Now what, with Juan Williams firing and a Mosque in the largest state in our nation?
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It is no wonder that Jeremy Morlock will soon be free from the charges they tried to pin on him. Sarah is humble and would never admit how she could help him.
Can they build one across the lake from the Paylin Compound? I want to see Toad build a fence along the lake front.
ReplyDeleteThere's no proof that Scarah has a fully functional brain.
ReplyDelete$P will not say anything -- she can't, that way she won't be blamed when her fans and friends commit vandalism, arson, and a variety of other crimes, including harassing anyone that works on the site and building.
ReplyDeleteAll we will hear are crickets
put a fork in her ... she's done
ReplyDeleteBy Nov. 3rd she will have been deleted from thousands of Blackberries
- kellygrrrl
"It seems disrespectful to put a mosque so close to a Total Zero."
ReplyDeleteBwahahahahahahaha! Brilliant!
- kellygrrrl
wow this is the first mosque in alaska? I guess I just take my environment for granted. I see a few on a regular basis here, I've got one in the neighborhood that I see every day - I just figured they were everywhere.
ReplyDeleteLMAO at 3:09! good one!!!
Well, Wasilla is "church central" so it seems rational for all of the sky fairy worshippers to be able to craft their meetin' places here in the capital of sky fairy meetin' places. What's one more going to matter.
ReplyDeleteAs long as all of them keep their beliefs to themselves who really cares.
Anon 3:09 PM — You made me laugh too hard and the dog ran from the room!
ReplyDeleteWhat will we Alaskans do in the end times when Queen Esther has to share our Alaska kingdom with Muslims??? !!!!!
OMG.
Diversity is the glue that makes us whole.
Paleeeeaaaaazzzzzeee tell me the mosque is going to be built on the shores of Lake Lucille!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIt would be great if everytime Palin looks out her window she sees the mosque and she has to holler out to Toad to build a 50 ft wall.
A girl can wish.
I can hear the Alaska militia and Sarah reloadin' as I type.
ReplyDeleteBunch of retards!
There is a storefront Baptist church on our block. Recently we attended a little rummage sale they were holding. We got into a discussion with their pastor and discovered we both had Alaska history. The pastor's wife then invited us to attend their services. Told we already have a church, they asked us which one. We belong to an open and affirming, peace and justice liberal church. When we said what one, the atmosphere turned to ice.
ReplyDeleteThen the pastor launched on a diatribe about how Alaska is not what it used to be. His old OK Alaska has been invaded by "longhairs", according to him. He told us about a friend whose cabin had been occupied by a bunch of "longhairs" who were causing trouble. The friend evicted said longhairs by shooting them and leaving their bodies in the woods so as to appear they were killed by bears.
He continued on that he had a jewelry store up there that abutted a prison. He made sure the prisoners knew that if they displeased him he would shoot them, fence or no.
In addition, he told me about a young fellow who offended him by playing loud music on his truck radio while driving down the street. He accosted the young man and demanded the radio be turned down. The kid refused. At that point the minister reached into the truck and turned the radio down himself. Kid turned the radio back up. At that point the "minister" drew his AR-15 and shot up the truck, windshield, radio and dash. Kid called the cops who sided with the minister.
My family has been in Alaska for over 100 years. This is not the Alaska I know. This guy has cars in the church lot every Sunday.
No posts by RAM? OK, I do not know her background, so this is just an observation from the lower 48. I know two people named Mansour. Both are Muslims and their parents came from the Middle East. Both are my good friends. Maybe RAM has a family of origin dilemma.
ReplyDeleteI like the design of the building. That Middle Eastern architecture style always appealed to me. One of the things I love the most about Anchorage is its diversity.
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She will fine with this one since it is not on "hallowed ground."
ReplyDeleteRight?
she said they have a right of course, her only objection being the location, right???
Watch Palin the hypocrite's reaction to this mosque being built in AK. She will pretend to ignore it when she's in public, but I wouldn't put it past her to have Geller, Newt, and Fox PAC cook up some controversy behind the scene about the mosque and create some faux outrage among the Alaskan populace.
ReplyDeleteAdditional info--Geert Wilders, who came to speak against the Park 51 construction project will be tried for hate speech in the Netherlands.
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