Monday, May 16, 2011

Wasn't it just a few months ago . . .

when that New York congressman was dismissed as a racist for raising the question of connections between terrorism and the American Muslim religious establishment?

The trilling chant of the adhan, the Muslim call to prayer, rang out Sunday afternoon at the humble little white house behind a green fence that is South Florida’s oldest mosque. Inside, a dozen men and one boy — shoes left outside as a cleansing gesture — quietly recited prayers and bowed to Mecca.
There was a single stark change in the ancient ritual this time — the longtime spiritual leader of Miami’s Flagler Mosque was not there to lead it.

Dozens of federal agents appeared at early Saturday morning prayer to arrest Hafiz Muhammad Sher Ali Khan, the frail 76-year-old imam, and two of his sons, one who led the Masjid Jamaat Al-Mumineen Mosque in Margate, on charges of funneling money to the Pakistani Taliban to buy weapons and support militant training.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/05/15/v-fullstory/2218373/feds-seek-trust-of.html

It turns out that the "racist" congressman was correct, and some of the alleged victims of discrimination were "funneling money to the Pakistani Taliban to buy weapons and support militant training", i.e., to kill American soldiers.

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