Ground Zero Mosque Developer=Known Thug

Grokmaster · Feb 4, 2011

Sharif El-Gamal, revealed as the developer behind the highly controversial so-called Ground Zero Mosque, it runs out, has a LONG HISTORY of RUN-INS WITH THE LAW; VIOLENT RUN-INS.

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local...mal_has_a_history_of_runins_with_the_law.html

He "turned to islam AFTER 9/11". I wonder what some deeper digging might reveal...?

Well...let's see El-Gamal was basically BROKE (a waiter), when ,after 9/11, hisw fortunes suddenly changed after he "embraced islam".

HTF did he get a $39 million loan to start a real estate company? Oh yeah, it was CO-SIGNED by HASHIM ELZANATY, another dubious figure,found to have CONTRIBUTED TO A HAMAS-LINKED "CHARITY".

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=11556219

Now... the 2nd imam has quit the project; the guy who replaced the highly dubious imam rauf, has now, himself quit, just a few weeks after taking the job.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/02/04/2050718/2nd-imam-is-out-at-islamic-center.html

WHO IS PAYING THE BILLS? Just wonderin'....
NOt sure what's going on here, exactly, but I guarantee that anyone still pretending that this farce is on the "up and up" , is dreaming.

waltky · Sep 22, 2011

Nobody Protests 'Ground Zero Mosque' Opening...

Number Protesting 'Ground Zero Mosque' Opening: Zero
Sep 22, 2011 - Well, that was anticlimactic

The definition of anticlimactic: Following almost two years of clashes between those who planned the so-called Ground Zero mosque and those who protested it, the Park51 Islamic cultural center opened its first exhibition in New York yesterday without incident. Spectators, not protesters, viewed an exhibit featuring photos of New York City children representing 160 ethnicities taken by a Jewish photographer, the New York Daily News reports.

The developer, however, admitted to the AP that we made incredible mistakes. The biggest mistake we made was not to include 9/11 families from the very beginning. Instead, they were consulted only after the center became hugely controversial. Now, at least one 9/11 family member is on the advisory board, and the center will have a 9/11 memorial. Were very committed to having them involved in our project, he says. We're really listening."

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Islamic Center Opens Its Doors Near Ground Zero
September 22, 2011 An Islamic cultural center near the site of the terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center held its first exhibit Wednesday evening, the enthusiasm at the opening belying its troubled beginnings.

As a small orchestra played traditional Middle Eastern instruments, people crowded into the center, where a photo exhibit of New York children of different ethnicities lined the walls. Sharif El-Gamal, the center's developer, said the biggest error on the project was not involving the families of 9/11 victims from the start. "We made incredible mistakes," El-Gamal told The Associated Press in an earlier interview at his Manhattan office. The building at 51 Park Place, two blocks from the World Trade Center site, includes a Muslim prayer space that has been open for two years. El-Gamal said the overall center is modeled after the Jewish Community Center on Manhattan's Upper West Side, where he lives. "I wanted my daughter to learn how to swim, so I took her to the JCC," said the Brooklyn-born Muslim. "And when I walked in, I said, 'Wow. This is great.'"

The project has drawn criticism from opponents who say they don't want a mosque near the site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The center is open to all faiths and will include a 9/11 memorial, El-Gamal said. He called opposition to the center which prompted one of the most virulent national discussions about Islam and freedom of speech and religion since Sept. 11 part of a "campaign against Muslims." Last year, street clashes in view of the trade center site pitted supporters against opponents of the center. When the center was first envisioned several years ago, activist Daisy Khan and her husband, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, played a major, vocal role. But they soon left the project because of differences with the developer. El-Gamal, 38, confirmed Wednesday that they parted ways because "we had a different vision." He declined to elaborate.

The couple said they had discussed plans for Park51, as the center is known, with relatives of 9/11 victims, first responders and others, including the possibility that it could become a multifaith center focusing on religious conflict. But El-Gamal wishes victims' families had been involved earlier before the center became a point of contention. "The biggest mistake we made was not to include 9/11 families," El-Gamal said, noting that the center's advisory board now includes at least one 9/11 family member. At first, "we didn't understand that we had a responsibility to discuss our private project with family members that lost loved ones," he said, and they did not "really connect" with community leaders and activists. But today, "we're very committed to having them involved in our project. ... We're really listening," he said. Pointing to the inclusivity of a center that critics feared would be polarizing, El-Gamal noted that the featured photographer in the "NYChildren" exhibit is Danny Goldfield, who is Jewish.

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