GOODY TWO SHOES: Black Ministers Channel Ann Coulter
Local ministers are up in arms over a mosque slated to be built in what they describe as a “black Christian community” in
Islam is a "dangerous, evil" religion "that preaches hatred and killing," said the Rev. O'Neal Dozier, pastor of the 2,400-member Worldwide Christian Center, which is leading the opposition. "We live in a post-9/11 world, and the people who blew up our buildings that day were Muslims." …
Hassan Sabri, the mosque's imam, said the new site, which the religious organization bought two years ago, will have a prayer hall and a variety of other facilities to serve the needs of its 250 members. …
Although Mr. Dozier said he has received "hundreds of phone calls, e-mails and faxes" from people all over the country who share his concerns, he does not have the support of the NAACP, the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization.
William L. Lawson III, president of the North Broward NAACP, told city commissioners last week: "We cannot allow religious intolerance."
The five-acre site was originally zoned for two dozen single-family homes for low-income neighborhood residents. The ministers want the Pompano Beach City Commission to revoke the special zoning code exemption that allows the mosque’s construction, arguing that “the board failed to show a need for the mosque or to consider the possible impact on residents' safety,” according to The Washington Times.
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