This is, of course, a tactic employed by the left to narrow the debate, a tactic used to deny the very existence of Jihad. It's also a way of smearing those who want to know more about the ideology of Imam Rauf and to find out if this mosque is terror-financed.
Questions: If Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf is revealed as an Islamist supremacist and thefinancing as dirty money, would it make a difference to those who support the building of the mosque?
If it makes no difference that Rauf is an Islamist who wants America to become Sharia compliant, then you are enabling Salafist Islam, an ideology that is, at the core, dedicated to the eradication of Western civilization.
If it does make a difference then we should exercise due diligence and investigate Rauf and the already murky financing behind the mosque?
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When the left—self-righteous and preening moralists—lecture about tolerance and American values, they are, these days, almost always defending Islamists.
There is a wonderful Latin proverb:
Mundus volt decipi, ergo decepiatur.
The world wants to be deceived, therefore let it be deceived.
This was Hitler's favorite epigram.
