Reader issues a warning about the San Martin mosque given a
global perspective
Mosque-friendly Writers Should Take a Much Harder Look at the Global Reality
Dear Editor,
There are more and more factual examples of the most radical sect of Islam, Wahhabi, forcing their way into every country in the world with the riches of the Saudis. Their goal is to spread their form of Islam around the world and they have been very successful.
If any one thinks that Islam was formed by reaching out with a hand filled with peace and tranquility they need to return to their history books and revisit the 7th and subsequent centuries to see just how Mr. Mohommad and his followers spread their form of totalitariansm aka religion.
Consider these items:
Sweden: April 27, 2007. Göthenborg: Mosque financed by Saudis Ref: http://islamineurope.blogspot.com
“The mosque at Hisingen will be the first in Sweden to be wholly financed by another state. Critics think that the Saudi government is buying influence over Gothenburg’s Muslims and that the association is now choosing to land itself in a dependence situation.”
Boston Globe: January 10, 2007. Saudi bank’s role in mosque is questioned
“The Islamic society acknowledged yesterday receiving a $1 million loan from the Islamic Development Bank in late 2005 — principal owners of which are Saudi Arabia, Libya, Iran, and Egypt – after opponents of the mosque project provided the Globe with documents showing that the bank paid about $500,000 in mosque construction bills late in 2005.”
London Telegraph: Sept. 25, 2006. The shadow cast by a mega-mosque
“… It will be the largest place of worship in Europe, a gigantic three-story Islamic centre, with schools and other facilities, able to hold at least 40,000 worshippers and up to 70,000 if necessary.
“Now consider the east London mosque. Its backers are the Tablighi Jamaat, a missionary organisation that says it is non-political and peaceful. Yet a senior FBI anti-terrorism official has called it a recruiting ground for al-Qa’eda, and the French secret services described it as “an antechamber for fundamentalism.” Its current European headquarters are in Dewsbury, home town of Mohammed Siddique Khan, leader of the July 7 suicide bombers, who attended the local mosque. Much of the funding for the Markaz … about £100 million, is expected to come from Saudi Arabia.”
United States: December 5, 2005. Saudi Radicalization of U.S. Mosques. Ref: Jerusalem Post
“Mainstream U.S. Muslim organizations are heavily influenced by Saudi-funded extremists, according to Yehudit Barsky, an expert on terrorism at the American Jewish Committee.
“Worse still, Barsky told The Jerusalem Post last week, these “extremist organizations continue to claim the mantle of leadership” over American Islam.
“The power of the extremist Wahhabi form of Islam in the United States was created with generous Saudi financing of American Muslim communities over the past few decades. Over 80 percent of the mosques in the United States “have been radicalized by Saudi money and influence,” Barsky said.
For those that have submitted their comments to this newspaper in defense and criticism for the building of a mosque in San Martin your comments have been read and recognized. However, I missed the part about who is financing this building and who will be in charge. Perhaps this paper or its columnists will search out the financing of this mosque, and investigate the cleric or maybe imam that will lead the followers. I look forward to clarification not just the commentary.
Mike Ternasky, Gilroy
