CBN News reported today that Sharif El-Gamal, developer of the controversial Islamic center at Ground Zero, said that it may be years before the mosque at Ground Zero will be built.
The article reports:
"Over the past year, El-Gamal has focused on raising funds for the project and meeting with neighborhood groups, The New York Times reported. He said he only accepts funding from people with "American values," and he has invited a relative of a someone who perished in the attack to sit on his advisory board.
"He says the mosque would also include an Islamic community center, a health club and a theater."
During this time the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) has been representting Tim Brown, a 9-11 first responder and fire fighter, who is seeking landmark status for a building that suffered a direct hit from one of the hijacked planes used in the terror attack.
The article concludes:
"The New York Supreme Court ruled that Brown did not have "legal standing" to challenge the decision not to declare the building a landmark.
"If a 9-11 hero and first responder does not have standing in a case like this, where developers want to tear down a standing monument to 9-11 and replace it with the largest mosque in the country, then who does?" ACLJ Chief Counsel Jay Sekulow said in response to the court's decision.
"The ACLJ said they intended to file an appeal in the First Department Appellate Division.
""We intend to appeal this flawed decision and are confident that this project will never be built," Sekulow said.
"In an interview with FOX News anchor Martha MaCallum, Brown vowed to "keep up the public pressure" because "the families...aren't going away."
There are other places in New York City to build this mosque. If you investigate the history of this project, you find many questions as to the source of the money to build the mosque and the rulings from the zoning board regarding the issue,.
It is my hope that another place in lower Manhattan will be found to build this mosque.
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