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Azia 10/05/2010 9:37:00 PM
Wow Luke, I hate to say it but this article was pure ignorance and inflamatory. There is no such thing as "the ground Zero Mosque" because 1. its not on ground zero and 2. its a community center with a mosque in it.
If this proposed site is "sacred" then perhaps you want to check into closing down the bars and other places of worship in the area.
I'm sorry, but this generalization and discrimination agains musilims is playing right into the hands of the radicals.
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Bryce 09/29/2010 10:18:00 AM
Wow, you've got a lot of hate. You know you aren't making sense when you start agreeing with Sarah Palin. If you believe in the constitution in freedom of religion then this mosque thing is not even an issue for the president and its certainly not an issue for the former governor of Alaska, who didn't lose an election but quit because she got bored. Anyhow its not next to it its a few blocks away its private property. So who is anyone to tell them not to. You know what else is right next to this mosque, in this "sacred" ground, a strip club. The building is actually a community center with a mosque in it. One thing that can hopefully be food for thought. The average Muslim American hates Osama Bin Laden more than you do, because they live every day with prejudice pointed at them because of something they had nothing to do with. Lets keep in mind who Osama Bin Laden was an employee of anyway, the CIA. This really isn't about religion, its basically just racism
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JL 09/21/2010 4:57:00 AM
Hey Luke, read a fucking book bro! Salaam.
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Not a hypocrite 09/16/2010 9:20:00 PM
That same first amendment that gave you the right to record and distribute arguably the worst album ever recorded is what gives them the right to build a mosque up the street from a strip club that happens to be near ground zero. This is nothing but a Republican wedge issue designed to inflame voters going to the polls on November 2nd. Don't buy in to that rhetoric.
I have nothing against rap, but I couldn't stand that album. However, I supported your right to make and sell it. I completely supported your fight with the state of Florida and was happy that you won. You sold 2 million copies of it because 1,000 people liked it and 1,999,000 people supported your first amendment right.
My copy has been used under the leg of a table to level it for years. I think I'm going to burn it now.
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SDC 09/16/2010 7:44:00 PM
'You'll never see the Ku Klux Klan try to put up a building in the heart of Liberty City.'
Yes you will - if I recall correctly, blowing up that building was a mission in Grand Theft Auto.
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Stevey Wonderbert 09/16/2010 10:11:00 AM
"Sure, there are many good Muslims, but we also know there are a bunch of messed-up radicals who want to strap bombs to themselves and kill babies."
This line is the line that clearly shows that you are a moron. There are many good Christians, but there are also Christians who rape children and are mass murderers. Does this mean that all Christians are rapists? By your brilliant argument, it does. Anyway, there is a logical emotional argument that can be made against the mosque. It is that the mosque reminds us of those who attacked us. But here is where we must, as a nation, let our principles lead us instead of raw emotions. If we go by our principles and core beliefs that this country is found on, then we must let the mosque be built
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Steve 09/16/2010 8:33:00 AM
So I guess we can pick and choose which part of the Bill of Rights to follow? Freedom of speech is ok for your album but freedom of religion isn't? You're such a hypocrite- the least you can do is acknowledge it
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Ross 09/16/2010 6:18:00 AM
This is one of the most ill-informed and idiotic articles I've read in a long time. You seem to think that the 9/11 terrorists are mainstream muslims? why should muslims feel obliged to donate to 9/11 victims and christians shouldn't? Do you think mainstream muslims in America somehow have to shoulder the guilt of 9/11? that's how it comes across, and that viewpoint is despicable. And comparing muslims to the KKK is laugh-out-loud stupid. Bigoted hypocritical nonsense.
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Anthony 09/16/2010 4:59:00 AM
I am outraged by such foolishness. You cannot compare the current "terror" situation to the Klu Klux Klan. First of all the Klu Klux Klan is operating on a register of hate that discriminates against anyone who does not fit into their sick and twisted Aryan identities and ways. Terrorists on the other hand are fighting US imperialism (even if it is in a twisted backwards way at times). Secondly to not allow the mosque to be built is a gross homogenization of the muslim community and otherizing them so that we treat all muslims as threats rather then then then those extremists you talk about. Finally how could you try and advocate for the country that raped your people and enslaved you with illusions of freedom for multiple centuries(it still goes on) and oppress another brown person that's just backwards. Luke disappointments me as a black man.
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Xavier 09/16/2010 2:53:00 AM
Luke, you idiot, the Ku Klux Klan is a Christian terrorist organization, but you don't shit on all Christians because of that. So, why shit on non-radical muslims? You really need to . . . please, just shut the fuck up.
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John 09/16/2010 1:47:00 AM
Luke needs to stop being a hypocrite: he enjoys his Constitutional rights, while denying it to others. Did you ever ask yourself where would it then stop? If you deny people the freedom of religion and property rights, then what's next? Ban synagogues, ban churches, what else? Why was it bad when Janet Reno wanted to ban your music becuase it was offensive to certain people, but not bad when you want to ban something- on completely unjustifiable grounds- when it's offensive to you?
And becuase the black community in Liberty City would deny the KKK their rights to free speech, through violence or whatever means, doesn't make it right. According to you, this is the very reason one should discriminate against a group of people and deny them their rights, becuase other people do it too?
And no one asked the US to invade the Middle East. This is a war-profeteering invasion and now you want to pin that on an entire religion as well? Why don't you pin it on Republicans and Democrats who make millions of dollars off of war? Why don't you pin it on Obama who's done nothing to bring those troops home, and has only extended and expanded the wars?
Maybe the Jews in Miami or New York should ban German restaurants from a certain distance from synagogues becuase of the Holocaust? Or Palestinians ban synogogues from a certain distance of mosques because of Israel.
And how far is is far enough anyway? Two blocks, two miles, two states over?
You should stick to making bad music and coaching football, bec thinking isn't for you.
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Vince 09/15/2010 10:29:00 PM
This should be sent as an open letter to every major publication in NY. You should include that Rauf doesn't recognize Hamas as a terrorist entity and he thinks the US is at least partially responsible for 911. How anyone can consider a ground zero mosque is ludicrous. No "group" intended.
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eric 09/15/2010 7:49:00 PM
i find it hilarious that luther campbell of 2 live crew totally ignores the same constitution that saved your ass in 1991.
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Brianna 09/15/2010 12:43:00 PM
Luke.
I love you, but I have to strongly disagree. I understand how everyone experienced a loss and it hurts to see someone who's same religion is that of the terrorists who attacked but-
that does not mean all muslims are terrorists or have the same intentions of the the people that crashed our twin towers. Keep in mind that pretty much half of the people in those buildings were probably muslim; and that there are/were several muslims in this country let alone new york even before the attack. When I heard about the pastor in Florida that threw a tantrum about the mosque (Oh, didn't they say it was a community center? Not entirely a mosque, but a place where several people who experienced a loss could go to mourn...? Just sayin.) being built across from the site, I thought it sounded straight up childish! Like saying, "Nuh-Uh! I wanted to build something there first!"
Seriously? Who cares where it's built?! Why should it matter? Let's allow muslims to practice their religion freely.
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Jay 09/15/2010 11:54:00 AM
i agree with u brother
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intermatrixnaut 09/14/2010 10:02:00 PM
..."The terrorists attacked us, and they got us into two wars where American men and women are still being killed."... I don't agree with you. False flag operation, maybe? @http://www.ae911truth.org/ Scientists have found micro-spheres of iron, thermate usage. You think we were dragged in against our will? The "they" are actually we, who were cajoled into a war under false pretense.
..."He took the middle-of-the-road approach when he said we have to tolerate other religious views in a free country. I am not with that. Hell, no." Would you be so adamant as to have only your viewpoit or religion observed? What is wrong with you being so narrow-minded? It is your opinion of course, but you sound like you wouldn't be open to diversity. Very scary American! I am afraid of the world! OMG
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Stephanie 09/14/2010 10:00:00 PM
The only thing that should be built at ground zero is a memorial for the people killed there. But mosque a few blocks away is not as big a deal as people are making it out to be. We have cathedrals and synagogues in New York City, where they have the room, they can build one. But not on the site itself.
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brucenamin 09/14/2010 8:56:00 PM
FINALY SOME GOOD AND TRUE AMERICAN TELL THESE TERRORISTS (ISLAMIC FANATICS) GO TO HELL , NOT HERE ,NOT KNOW, NEVER WILL A MOSUE IN GROUND ZERO. GOD BLESS AMERICA AND TRUE AMERICAN.
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T 09/14/2010 8:48:00 PM
FINALLY, a little COMMON SENSE prevails here!!
They can build their mosque across town or somewhere else and there would be no problem. The problem is that site is USA Sacred ground. This is still the USA and true Americans are UPSET over this slap in the face and they know it. Ask ANY war veteran their opinion on this and they will ALL say not only NO, but HELL NO!
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anon 09/14/2010 7:54:00 PM
I def. dont agree with this article.
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Micheal Bell 09/14/2010 7:49:00 PM
Really? We give a Joke of a man who pays off college football players, but cant even support his kids a chance to write a article. A man who hid behind the first amendment his whole career but yet doesnt belive muslim should be able to praise where ever they want. Luther Campbell dont ever speak up for us serving in the military.Cause while my brothers in arms are losing thier lives, so are the muslim forces that are serving with us, so are the muslim american soliders that serve too. You sit here and have the nerve to talk about the few muslim american that resort to terror. alright mr. Campbell while were at it lets hold african americans like you and myself accountable for every drug sold in the hood, every crack baby, every liqour store hold up,every home invasion,every murder that a select few of us have commited. We lost three thousand ppl, In what is a utter tradegy in every sense of the word. But I will not and cannot hold a whole religon acccountable for the actions of a few. You Sicken me Luther Campbell and this is undoubtly a cry for attention from a man who hasnt been relevant in the last 20 years. You proven is this article that you are not different then the glenn becks, sarah Palins, or the Bill O Reily.Wouldnt be surprise if you ended up on fox news soon. Maybe one day when you'll drop this Uncle Ruckus routine and realize how horrible of a person you are. Till Then you are bound to be affected by a level of stupidity that affects most of are african american leaders today.
P.S Muslim are not responiable for us having a war on 2 fronts.Because the way I remember it. Iraq before the 2003 lead invasion was a soverign nation that has never attempted or pose a threat to americans during peace time. We attacked because of a overzealous ex-president wwho lied to the UN in order to settle a personnal grudge.No sucide attacks, no scud missle , NO Nothing. So this rising death toll in the afgan desert is directly affected by a unjust war that preventing us from crushing the taliban and bin laden in northern Iraq. But i'm sure you know that right Uncle Luke
"You tryin to check my homey, you better check yo self
Cause when you diss Dre you diss yourself,"
-Dre DAY
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David 09/14/2010 4:26:00 PM
God Bless You Luther! For speaking the truth even when it's not a popular truth on the left. You have earned my respect.
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Charles 09/14/2010 1:59:00 PM
I absolutely agree with your editorial. They interpret our kindness as a weakness. They want us to believe that they are a kind and tolerant people, and for the most part for now they are. But given numerical superiority they would have our heads.
Charles
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peter 09/14/2010 11:26:00 AM
Here is one idea: To show our tolerance, we should let them build. Then across the street, someone should put a topless bar, called "You Mecca Me Hot". Next to that should be a gay bar, "The Turban Cowboy", next door to the mosque should be a pork/rib restaurant, "Iraq o' Ribs," then the Muslims could be allowed to show their tolerance. Problem solved
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Fernando 09/14/2010 9:45:00 AM
Imagine if a Christian denominated, King James Bible, or Jesus Christ focused church would have a policy to stone homosexuals, restrict women rights to the point of denying basic rights, censure all types of media and religions on the basis of their beliefs and wanted their religion to be the offical religion bar none. That group if it currently existed in Christianity would be destroyed and persecuted by liberals and the ACLU. I am sure some feable minded individuals will say, well Evangelicals already oppose abortions and gay marriage. Well that does get blasted by the media and several groups but that is not even close to what Islam is around the world. Islamaphobia is simply political correctness trying to change the subject. I personally love Middle Eastern food, have traveled to Muslim countries (beautiful) and have known several Muslims. Well apart from the Kibbe and humus, you barely see women in public in countries like Morrocco, Egypt, or Tunisia - I only saw a few little girls. And how many homosexuals were publicly stoned last year in America? We need to stop kidding ourselves. Islam is conversley oppsed to the values of not only the West but Far Eastern countries as well. We would be up in arms if subjugated to Sharia Law. Lets stop appeasing and push back. The West did it once before against the Catholic Church and Nobility before that, we should move backwards to appease Islam. Countries like Iran AND Egypt have been held back by religion in a worse manner that religion once held certain places in the West. Islam is not friendly, is not a religion that can coexist with our values as it stands. Even in Turkey, fundamentalists are trying to change the most open Muslim sociey in the world.
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Marta 09/14/2010 9:29:00 AM
Oh my gosh, what you said it's so true, and finally somebody who is not so preoccupied in being politically correct, like Obummer is!
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Samantha 09/14/2010 7:54:00 AM
Did you know that Kawait (A Muslim Country) gave 1 billion dollars to help the victims of Katrina and 1 billion in oil?! They are good people not everyone who is Muslim is a terrorist!! Have your opinion on where the mosque should be but dont blame every Muslim thats just hurtful to the good people! Your blaming an entire religion on the wrong doing of a few bad people. Thats like saying we cant build churches next to an all boy school because the priest will get to the boys! Thats just insane and so is stopping a place of praying being built because of a couple morons!
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mEG 09/14/2010 6:22:00 AM
AMEN...COMMON SENSE AND PATRIOTISM,,,WHEW NICE TO READ
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Elizabeth 09/14/2010 2:58:00 AM
Well said, The Iman needs to do like the pastor that was going to burn korans. Just has abandon an idea that is legal but insensitive, the Iman must do the same, abandon an idea that is legal and just as offensive.
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Joe 09/14/2010 2:42:00 AM
I agree Luke. I am tired of Americans being afraid to speak their minds for feel of upsetting other peoples' feelings. This isn't about hate, but about respect.
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natt 09/14/2010 1:33:00 AM
SO tired of everyone saying that this mosque is "next to ground zero" like its next door or something. It is two and a half blocks away. You can't even SEE ground zero from it. This is overhyped nonsense that continues to have the flames fanned by clowns like this one in the media.
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dcash 09/14/2010 12:43:00 AM
These soap opera actors that critizices cristian values and defent muslim value and inocense before propouse to build a mosque next to ground zero why do not support to build cristian churhes close to Meca and Medina in South Arabia and to defend the righ of cristian to build churches in places as Iran, is hypocricy to have 2 faces and a Big Mouth, do not hide no more and show your real radical faces
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Anonymous 09/13/2010 11:20:00 PM
This is filth... I pray that other people around the world don't read this comment and see how ridiculous some Americans are. I pray this gets deleted before more people read it. Ignorant fool.
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kboy 09/13/2010 11:08:00 PM
All religions should check out obsessionthemovie.com THIS MOVIE WAS GIVEN TO COMMUNITIES VIA THE LOCAL NEWSPAPERS. You might CHANGE YOUR VIEW ON WETHER THE MOSQUE being built near the Towers sight is the right thing to do. Watch the traierl and then look at the bios of those interviewed. Good Luck!
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Jack 09/13/2010 9:32:00 PM
Well said. I think you echo the sentiment of most americans. I believe it was Lenin who said about Americans, "We spit in their face and they call it dew." To many ammericans are more worried about being politically correct than stading up for what is right.
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Miguel Angel Rodriguez 09/13/2010 9:27:00 PM
What I don't understand is why, if this muslims are so "good" and are full of good feelings: WHY THEY DON'T BUILD THE DAMN MOSQUE 10 BLOCKS AWAY FROM GROUN ZERO, SHOWING SOME KIND OF RESPECT TO THE VICTIMS OF THE 9/11 TERRORISTS ATTACKS, WHY??
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Gus Navarro 09/13/2010 9:14:00 PM
Everything you said in this article is exactly as I feel about this whole issue. Just wanted you to know I wholeheartedly agree.
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Maximus Rex 09/13/2010 7:34:00 PM
Hey "Queenie",
I hate to burst your bubble, but you are flat wrong. As Americans, we have the right to be as intolerant and prejudiced as we like. Citizenship requires no oath to defend the Constitution against anyone. For you to say "like it or go home" is not only a ridiculous statement, but a completely uneducated one as well.
In that light, I'll put it back to you: learn that this country is great because of it's contrasting viewpoints -- even those that disagree with yours, your lowness...
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The Big E 09/13/2010 7:03:00 PM
Great Commentary. While I disagree that religious views shouldn't be tolerated (I for one, am an atheist and have none!) I do believe that this is not a religious views issue. This is grandstanding and flag planting, pure and simple. Just as the boys staged the pic of planting the flag on Iwo Jima, the misguided group of fools is trying to stage planting this Muslim center at the site of one of their "greatest triumphs" against the infidels of the west.
Legally, I don't know how you can say no to it, but unless the builders are intentionally looking to foment a bruhaha they should be looking to build elsewhere.
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Anonymous 09/13/2010 6:56:00 PM
"What they really want to do is celebrate the martyrdom of terrorists who blew up the World Trade Center."
That's what this mosque is about? I could've sworn it was about Islam.
"Anybody who is involved with putting that mosque next to Ground Zero should be investigated — from the architects to the imam. "
I've never heard or seen a more racist or belligerant statement. And this is coming from an Eastern Orthodox Christian. This article is disgusting. I can't believe it's still up.
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benji 09/13/2010 6:03:00 PM
well mr luke, i am a teenager so you have every right to simply overlook everything i am about to say... your comments on investigating everyone involved in the mosque are simply an insult to many people for many reasons. first of all, the thugs who blew up the twin towers may have been radicals, but they were not dumb. if you think that imam and company are such a threat that they need to be investigated, you need to remember that those thugs who blew up the world trade started from miles and miles away. so there goes your idea that they are building the mosque there to plot some other terrosist scheme, they simply dont need to. and though i dont want to seem cruel, why should they have to compensate 9/11 victims, because they are muslim? come on, no one else in the area has to, so there is no reason for them to, although it would be a very smart and kind gesture. you and many americans are making the same dumb mistake over and over again, letting an understandable grudge against few turn into ignorant biased and bigoted feelings towards many. sure there are some who strap bombs to themselves and kill babies, the same way there are radicals who strap bombs to themselves and blow up abortion clinics here. and to add to that subject, if there was a nation like china who wanted to "help" us by coming in our country and trying to enforce their way of governing and most likely their religion, i bet there would be 10 times the violence here. the point is, on this earth, muslims outnumber christians, so if you or anyone else think that all or most or even half of all muslims are radicals, remember that at the end of the day, if that were anywhere near true, we would not be here. the constitution says that there is freedom to practice any religion you would like, anywhere you would like, and it does not say that you have to be approved by idiots practicing other religions. if the people who who blew up the world trade were christians and someone wanted to build a church there you would probably think "hmmm, they were probably just some bad eggs" and support the idea. so get over the fact that those terrorist were some of the few bad of the many good. and the people of iraq and afghanistan have dealt with more death and pain than those attacks to the hands of the same group of people and they are muslim.
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Tomas 09/13/2010 3:42:00 PM
Luke nailed it down cold. Too many in the media are afraid to speak the truth, so that's a damn good job on his part. The Islams are the intolerant haters out there. Do you think we could build a Baptist church or Catholic cathedral in their country? No, it would be bombed into rubble immediately. An American Christian would be lucky if he or she wasn't shot the minute they stepped off the plane. The Islams are using our own media against us, as Luke puts it, turning our kindness into weakness. Islam is a cult, not a religion. It is used only to gain power and wealth.
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mario garcia 09/13/2010 11:59:00 AM
asked the muslims, the american people try to make one mosque in the same ground of the islam city.answer they said you can no make becouse no admit that.
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ELIO 09/13/2010 9:54:00 AM
And, ladies and gents. there we have the perfect example of what the left do, the way they work and the idea they have about the African Americans. ANA ABRIL stars saying that "WHO IS LUKE TO SAY.....etc" That means that, in her mentallity Mr. luke should shot up becouse he is BLACK then she says "I CAN'T BELEAVE IT A BLACK PERSON THINKING THAT WAY" so, according to Ms. ANA ABRIL, blacks are stupid asses and they all should think alike,the way she expect them to do. Then she go further and have the COJONES of calling him RACIST, INTOLERANT, IDIOT.......you name it........ I guess, after her political orgasm she went to take a shower, went to bed and read her own latin version of the CORAN to learn about building more breaches of frienship with the stupid blacks.
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b robinson 09/13/2010 9:02:00 AM
AMEN! WHO do they think they're fooling? That is EXACTLY why they are doing it. To build a monument in honor of the highjackers and murderers. ONLY FOOLS buy the premise that they are doing this to "Heal the community"... and to "honor the victims"... 80% of the community and the victims' relatives are OPPOSSED to this mosque. And 71% of the country. The other 29% are IDIOTS.
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Shaheed 09/13/2010 8:42:00 AM
Ive read some real dumb shit over the years but this takes the cake.....The ignorance is HILARIOUS...Gus, Gerald , and Sam, I applaud you, you guys put it well...
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When Pigs Fly 09/13/2010 6:36:00 AM
ana abril;
"islam has nothing to do with 9/11, only an idiot can associate terrorism with islam."
Yeah, okay, there must be a lot of idiots in America then, huh? What kind of hash are you smoking? iSLAM HAD EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE TERRORIST MURDERS ON 9/11!
Luke knows what's what, and it's about time somebody said what a lot of us are thinkin'! Thanks, Luke and God Bless America...
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ana abril 09/13/2010 5:43:00 AM
and who is Luke to say not to ground zero mosque.I can not believe it a black person thinking that way. Luke is not thinking as an American . HE IS TALKING WITH HATE, RACIST AND INTOLERANCE.THE MOSQUE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN SEPTEMBER 11.Only an idiot can associate terrorism with Islam .The real terrorists are WINING WHEN YOU THINK THAT WAY..... PEACE.
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ELIO 09/13/2010 4:10:00 AM
THE FACT THAT MS. AMERICA IS A MUSLIM PROVES THAT WE ARE NOT AGAINST THEM.THE FACT THAT THEY INSIST IN BUILDING THE MOSQUE RIGHT IN GROUND ZERO AND NOT AWAY FROM IT ALSO PROVES THAT THE INTENTIONS ARE NOT "TOO FRIENDLY" I INSIST THAT THEY WILL BUST THE WHOLE COMPLEX AGAIN AND THIS TIME WITHOUT USING AIRPLANES. THEY WILL IMPLODE THE MOSQUE PLUS THE NEW TOWERS. THEN THEY WILL CELEBRATE. AGAIN.
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Anmyous 09/13/2010 1:11:00 AM
OH BY THE WAY, Mr. Luke... perhaps you should also be reminded that Ms. America is an Arab Muslim American.... perhaps we should take away her title too....
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tuco 09/13/2010 1:06:00 AM
HEY TRUTHERS here's one for you from the "New Yorhttp://www.observer.com/2010/politics/untangling-new-intrigue-behind-ground-zero-mosquek Observer"
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Anymous 09/13/2010 1:05:00 AM
I think you opinion is absoutley one sided, and how about speaking with some facts.. you stated that about setting up a fund for 9/11 victims for your information, many muslims have donated thousands dollars to funds including myself and have set up funds. Furthermore, radicals exsist in all religions, if you have been watching the news Terry is one of them. Sorry but it sounds like you one of the ones that is causing issues by stating "us" vs. "them." By the way, I agree the mosque should be moved, but let us remember, that we too are Americans, and we hurt as much as you do... sorry but your comments are not based on facts and are ignornat.
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Terrie 09/13/2010 12:35:00 AM
I totally agree with Uncle Luke's article they destroy the Twin Towers and kill all those people then they want to keep throwing it in our faces by building a mosque right there
NO WAY!!!
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LionofJudah 09/13/2010 12:32:00 AM
Look, the hyenas can talk, the monkeys can talk, the tigers can talk, even the vultures can talk. The bottom line is that "the Lion (ISLAM) is and shall always be the undisputed king of the realm." The others "beasts" want to tear down #1 so they can be #1. Remember, Islam is #1 and if you are not #1...you are.....#2.
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queenie 09/13/2010 12:04:00 AM
No one here is an american who would deny others their constitutional righs. Period. Go back where you came from if you can't live by our national charter. We don't want you here and we don’t need you here. A word to the wise: here Muslism, Jew. Christian, agnostic, you name it, have only one saving grace: to pledge our lives and fortunes to uphold our constitutional liberties and rights. I don't care who you are or what you do anywhere else on earth, but if you come here you live and die as americans or leave. This is our only birthrith and only source of strength as a nation: upholding the Constitution of the United States against all foreign and domestic enemies. Don’t even think of doing otherwise. At least not here you won't and that's for sure.
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Felix 09/12/2010 9:53:00 PM
I agree, with the article. The mosque should be built someplace else. Islam is not only a religion, it is away of life. You cannot be a good American and a good Muslim. Islam has very little tolerance for other religions, political views, ways of life, etc. The ultimate goal of Islam is world domination. A muslim is not necessarily a bad person, the problem is that he/she must obey their spiritual leaders without questioning.
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tuco 09/12/2010 8:31:00 PM
hey truthers, over 1200 architects and egineers would beg to differ with you. there hever has been a fire in would history to cause the collapse of a building supported by steel girders. a "truther" im not. i dont belong nor am i affiliated with any organization or political party. but i have done some of my own research. if you think our govt is above doing something like this you are very wrong. Mcnamara did admit the "gulf of tonkin" never took place before he died. you may want to also check out "operation northwood" all the joint chiefs during the kennedy administration agreed to blow up a passenger airliner and commit acts of terrorism against united states citizens to blame it on communist cubans. kennedy would not allow it to take place. ever hear of Gary Webb and Ricky Ross. "operation ammadeus" cia bringing in cocaine to los angeles"... so truthers do a little research on your own before you "run off at the keyboard"
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Gus 09/12/2010 8:10:00 PM
I don't even know where to begin with this absurd article. Every single paragraph is filled with plain ignorance and intolerance. That's ironic coming from the source. Above all, the opening paragraph's comparison of the KKK with the Muslim religion is simply ignorant and mindless. Doesn't the writer know that all racist groups in America (KKK, neo-nazis, etc) claim to be Christians, yet does that mean that Christians are racist or evil or that no christian church should be allowed near non-white neighborhoods? I can't believe people continue to be so ignorant and intolerant. I think that's a real threat to America and where the real terror lies.
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Stacey 09/12/2010 7:41:00 PM
The Luke has spoken.....
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Robert 09/12/2010 7:27:00 PM
Few days ago I read about a very smart, and pacific,way to avoid the building of Ground Zero in N.Y. a mosque(and of every other mosque in USA for that matter).
In Sevilla, Spain, people avoided the building of an unwanted mosque burying a dead pig in the soil the muslims wanted to use for building the mosque.
Pigs are "impure" (for muslims)and the islam forbids to build any building, specially mosques, in that soil.
So here we have the solution. Let's bury dead pigs where ever they want to have a new mosque; let's stop the spread of a religion that asks for murdering every body not practicing it.
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Gerald's a muslim 09/12/2010 6:50:00 PM
Gerald, You must be a muslim, who else would say that the families of the 9/11 murder victims should move out of their own city? If you are an American, you better watch your back. That is despicable and you SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF!!
STFU and go back to your islamic hole in the ground, cretin!
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Stephen Toussaint 09/12/2010 6:29:00 PM
I am working in Homestead, but regardless of my residence, I am still an American. I feel that allowing a Muslim Mosque to be built NEAR ground zero would be similar to letting the Japanese build a sushi bar near the USS Arizona in 1955. The terrorists did not claim to be Pakistani, Iranian, Syrian, or any COUNTRY. They have always been claimed to be Muslim Extremists. Well, I know when folks of OTHER religions do something the first thing that happens is is the MAIN religious person says "This is not right! These things should be condemned! This is NOT the teachings of our religion!" I have not HEARD this from the Muslims! So please tell my WHY should we allow them to build a mosque there? If this is not condemned, then it appears to have Muslim approval. I feel the same about ALL the beheadings and suicide bombers! If they don't EMPHATICALLY condemn it , they condone it in my opinion!
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Parella 09/12/2010 6:21:00 PM
Thank you for a great opinion piece. I was in NYC when the terrorists brought down the buildings and heart-breakingly saw the posters loved ones posted on trees and lamp posts in the city asking if anyone looking at the posters had seen their loved ones. We must NEVER forget what happened at the hands of these terrorist thugs... And we must be ever-vigilant in looking out for further attacks which will surely come.
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susan 09/12/2010 4:48:00 PM
I agree 1 million% with you! I couldn't have said it better myself! My son went into the the Army after 9-11, because "this was something he had to do, and wanted to try to help", when in fact he could have gone to West Point, which he turned it down. My 23 year old son, just got back to US soil from Iraq, Thank God, but so many of our other respected, honored, & beloved troops did not come home as 'survivors'. 100 years from now, I always said, "they will strap a baby on the wife's back and go into a crowded place and blow everybody up!" (hey, if you want to kill yourselves, by all means--have at it, don't drag our fine young men & women into it!) Yes, our troops took orders, have done & doing a very good job, trying hard to make a difference over there, and building a mosque right ther near Ground Zero, would SLAP every American's face, man, woman & child alike. My vote, as a Sgt. for the US Army's mom: Absoulutely, positivly NOT! Great article, I will post on my fridge & send around to family & friends.
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Truthers are full of crap 09/12/2010 9:51:00 AM
turco: "its been proven "thermite" was used on the steel beams." Turco, you're a liar. A delusional liar.
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tuco benidito pacifico guttier 09/12/2010 8:17:00 AM
Islamic thugs did not destroy the twin towers. the CIA did. its been proven "thermite" was used on the steel beams.
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ELIO 09/12/2010 7:58:00 AM
DO NOT MOVE THE EYE OFF THE OBJECT.
They did use two airplanes to turn down the Twin Towers then celebrated all over the Middle East.
Building the Mosque right there, steps from Ground Zero, is going to make it really easy to do it again. This time it only would take enough charge to blow up the new Mosque plus the new buildings in the area. Then they will celebrate again.
In the main time we will keep listening (If we are still alive)to those naive stupid human-right-freaks fools claiming that we are supoused to respect the rights of this insane fanatics.
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Check yourself 09/12/2010 7:21:00 AM
So Gerald, Basically what you are saying is, "anyone who voices opposition to the Ground Zero mosque, should be "gotten rid of?"
That sounds final to me... Interesting that you bring up the Holocaust, I'm sure you are aware of the Mufti of Jerusalem living in Germany during WWII, helping forment ideas with the Nazis on how to exterminate the Jews. According to you, there are no 1st Ammendment Rights in our country, "don't speak out, you may be arrested by the thoght police!" Are you an American?
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jorge cortes 09/12/2010 5:23:00 AM
Well said, and thank you for not minding political correctness. Tolerance, courtesy and sensitivity is a two way street.
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Gerald, check yourself! 09/12/2010 5:11:00 AM
Gerald, You obviously don't know the true history of islam in Bethlehem, I suggest you do some reading before making such statements like the one you made. To say that the families of loved one's who were murdered on 9/11 should move out of their own city is unconscionable! The mosque is only being built there to rub the salt in our collective wound. It's not a cultural center, you are falling under the spell of "taqqiya," an islamic form of lying to further propagate islam. Political correctness has ruined our country, some people have taken it way too far. There are "3 things you need to know about islam," look it up on youtube.
God bless America...
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1st Ammendment Rights 09/12/2010 4:53:00 AM
queenie; Are you with the thought police? You sound like Big Sister, controlling the masses, keeping objectivity to a minimum. Even though some may say things that are considered "racist," we must argue with facts, not with name calling. There are many folks in our country, who have grown up with a "revised history" education, that is slanted towards the left. These people drink the Obama kool-aid and sing "Kumbayah" around the campfire with their complacent, politically correct attitude. Come out of your deep sleep, your country needs you, it's coming soon...
The 2nd American Revolution!
Luke's right BTW, build it somewhere else!
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Akram Khan 09/12/2010 4:36:00 AM
Surely, I am not a supporter of Mosque close to ground zero.Just because of hate some GOP leaders and redicals feels for all Muslims.Does not matter you are a good muslim.You just a inhuman because you are a muslim.But do not forgot GOD is not for only you.GOD is for every body.One day you have to answer of your actions.I appeal respected Imam Rauf to move the Mosque some where else not because scare of anybody but to shut up Cristian-Taliban.
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Steve Atlas 09/12/2010 3:21:00 AM
Luther, swap "colored" for "Muslim", and you sound just like a hooded Klan guy. The only thing missing from your hateful screed is the use of the term "sand nigger".
This reminds me of when blacks were moving into my grandparents' white neighborhood in Brooklyn in the late 60's. There was the same kind of uproar among white people there is there is now about the Islamic center project, with the addition of ignorant bigots of other races.
You are a minor celebrity. You are not in any way a thinker. The only reason the newspaper gave you a column was to stir the pot and gain readers. It had nothing to do with conveying useful information. I hope you don't make the mistake of taking yourself too seriously, but then you know how minor celebrities can sometimes be.
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Arthur 09/12/2010 12:39:00 AM
First off, it is NOT a mosque, but a Muslim Community Center. Second, it is not "next to the Ground Zero Memorial site". And third, equating the KKK with ALL Muslims implies that all Muslims are terrorists. As a native New Yorker, a Jew and a supporter of Israel, I still believe the principals that this country stands for must be upheld, not despite 9/11, but because of 9/11, or the terrorists HAVE won.
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js 09/11/2010 11:09:00 PM
Why everyone think that being Muslim means agreeing with what happened on Sept 11? Why everyone think that every muslim is wrong or a potential terrorist. Freedom of religion is FREEDOM of religion, there is no "but", or "if"... It is called Freedom of religion for a reason. And Obama is right to stand by our constitution.. so what happened now if people would have said the hijackers were dark skin, so every dark skin people are banned from building or being anywhere the site?
Seriously.... we live in America where people started the first colonies while fleeing religious persecution in Europe...
Why are we so ignorant when fears of the unknown take over our mind?
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andrew 09/11/2010 10:05:00 PM
Why is everyone trying to act so much smarter then everyone else on here? What Uncle Luke said was the truth. I have no clue how this mosque is allowed and should be stopped cause to Americans and especially us New Yorkers this topic still is painful. Look how much publicity already this story has, protests and radical demonstrations will just get more and more. Americans are so soft now a days. What would happen if I moved to Iran and started building churchs.. I wonder if maybe they would be happy about that or suicide bomb my entire family and I. wheres americas balls gone?
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Daniel Ankh 09/11/2010 8:43:00 PM
I firmly disagree with Uncle Luke. As a member of a minority, I would expect him to empathize with a group that is scrutinized amidst public misconceptions. Mosques are not synonymous with Al-Qaeda camps just as I understand Christian churches do not promote blowing up abortion clinics. As a person who rapped about hoes and the hood, he has no credibility. His comments were based on impulse, not intellect. For that, he can be forgiven. Insha'Allah!
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Geoff Paugam 09/11/2010 8:37:00 PM
I find this article amusing and a desperate attempt to appear to know WTF you're writing about. First off I blame the New Times for even publishing this POC, written by someone who has lived most of his life on the questionable side of society and rule of law, lest we forget The U back in 89-90...anyway, this shit is way off base!
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dwayne 09/11/2010 8:12:00 PM
who is this luke he looks gay have he forgot how they use the bible to destroy the indians and justify slavery. well this aunt tammy - uncle tom- should get his facts straight.you guys are anbelievable.if you burn there book they should retailate.5 for every karon burnt and that will be on the head of aunt tammy
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JULIAN 09/11/2010 7:14:00 PM
I AGREE WITH UNCLE LUKE. I LIVED IN NEW YORK FOR 23 YEARS AND ANYONE WHO HELPED THE TERRORISTS SHOULD BE SENT FAR AWAY FROM US.
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gerri 09/11/2010 6:54:00 PM
I agree 200% with Luke.
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mario garcia 09/11/2010 5:45:00 PM
note; Is very simple .why the musslin people no permit to make some catolic mosquet in sagred ground of the islam or next to the sagred city of islam. why many people of this religion is radicalo.why the muslims people try to tax they religion
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Niurka 09/11/2010 8:50:00 AM
I just wanted to let everyone of Muslim origin know that not everyone who has made a negative comment regarding the mosque does so because they hate Muslims. I am a Naturalized American Citizen, I know what its like to be discrimiated against, but since I'm not Muslim, I can things from both sides of the fence.The Mosque can be built at a different location, you know that. The area around Ground Zero is like "hallowed ground" the final resting place for so many innocent lives. For many of the people in NY that lost a loved one on 9-11, this is a topic that hurts, and there are many that live in NY that lost someone they loved in those buildings. Putting a mosque there is a reminder of what a "small" "select" group of Muslims did to their loved ones. Do I think every Muslim in the US needs to pay for what a small group of radical people did, "no", but I think the Muslin people need to analyze the peoples request and understand the fundamental reasons to their objection of that mosque being built there. If they go on to build this Mosque there its only gonna make things worse for Muslim people because it will create resentment against Muslims. Me and my husband are very close to a Muslim family , and we worry about them with all that has gone on. We know they are just normal people like the rest of us that had nothing to do with what happened on 9-11, but yet they are all paying for it. Its not right, I know, its hard not to feel defensive, but for this case put yourselves in the place of the people who were hurt in NY. The Mosque can be built anywhere else, its not worth stirring the pot just to prove a point.
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Neda 09/11/2010 8:05:00 AM
You are just like every close-minded person out there. Its a mosque being used to preach not for making any threatening plans. How about you go back to your crotch pictures and stop corrupting the minds of people. Americans are alreadymake life for Middle Easterns and Muslims hard. Go look at the actions of our so called good government! It is no better that the actions taken place in the troubled world. The world is messed up to begin with. Now to go and persecute and harass one religon or minority is just sick and wrong.
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Esther 09/11/2010 7:35:00 AM
You got this one right!!!!
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Andariel Halo 09/11/2010 6:39:00 AM
Meant to add but it didn't appear:
phenomynouss@hotmail.com
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Andariel Halo 09/11/2010 6:38:00 AM
"You'll never see the Ku Klux Klan try to put up a building in the heart of Liberty City."
Worst possible analogy to use; The very basis of the Ku Klux Klan is hatred (and the elimination) of non-whites. The core of Islam is NOT one of terrorism/mass-murder/warfare. It's like opposing the construction of a Church next to a private school, because some (SOME) priests molested children.
The rest of your arguement appears to hinge on this sentiment alone.
"If the Muslims involved with the Ground Zero mosque really wanted to show Americans that not all people of the Islamic faith are bad, why don't they help support the families of 9/11 victims?"
Because giving away loads of money to a small group of people right now is far less effective than constructing a community center that will last and influence far more people for far longer than money alone.
Not to mention some facts you conveniently leave out:
- They technically don't even have the money yet to build the place
- If Ground Zero is so sacrosanct that it's offensive to build a Muslim community center, explain this:
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/08/16/2010-08-16_a_sea_of_filth_near_ground_zer0_mosque_gets_all_the_press_but_porns_around_corne.html
Porn shops, liquor stores, and bars are okay, but religious community centers preaching and teaching tolerance? HAYELL NAW!
If anyone responds to my comment, please e-mail it to me because I don't frequent this website much.
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Niurka Garzon 09/11/2010 5:04:00 AM
That is by far the best piece I've seen you write.
It was P/C and to the point, and how "Normal" Americans feel about this whole thing up in NY.
The crazy religious freaks in Gainsville are going about things all wrong, you can't get civilized people to support you by play "Tit for Tat". Besides we all know burning any religious book is wrong, its hurtful, and its not going to solve anything.
Building that mosque so close to were so many people lost their lives is just too close for comfort, and in my opinion disrespectful to the living and the dead.
Bravo, this article was well written, and captures the sentiment of most of how most people feel.
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Navid 09/11/2010 3:39:00 AM
I respectfully disagree with you. Here are my thoughts http://www.navidzolfaghari.com/2010/09/one-nation-under-god-indivisible.html
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James Simmons 09/11/2010 2:32:00 AM
If Luther Campbell’s anti-endorsement of the Ground Zero Mosque does not push you in the direction of advocating for its construction, I don’t know what will. The man made a song titled “Pop that P---y”. Are you going to take your policy cues from a man that made a song called “Pop that P---y”?
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Jacob Abdulla 09/11/2010 1:37:00 AM
And that's why we only need you around for booty parties and nostalgia.
I don't know how much of your exited utterance I feel like getting into, but, if I may: Muslims did not send American women and men to the front lines.
Speaking of which, how many children did you lose during the 911 attacks? Or on a battlefield in the middle east?
The world is already messed up enough with out former celebrities giving us all of their stupid opinions on such significant subjects. Just because you made crotch shots popular in music videos 30 years ago doesn't mean anyone has to give even the most minute fraction of a shit about anything you think.
Why don't you just stick to laffy taffy, peewee football, and girls with daddy issues?
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andy grana 09/10/2010 11:18:00 PM
Excellent writing , uncle Luke.
This situation , like unfortunately many similar ones , arises from the fact that too many people - in and out of the country - misinterpret the rights under the US Constitution to bend it to their own personal or group benefits , and the thing ends up at the US Supreme Court where it not always is straightened out properly at the end or as the authors intended.
The founders along with the authors of the constitution and its amendments never, ever intended for anyone or any group to extrapolate from it - like a compass swinging and extrapolating from a map and into a separate map at another table - to the abuse of the rights declared in it .
Best wishes, uncle Luke.
Andy
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Melanie 09/10/2010 10:36:00 PM
"If the Muslims involved with the Ground Zero mosque really wanted to show Americans that not all people of the Islamic faith are bad, why don't they help support the families of 9/11 victims?"
We are
9/11 Happened to Us All @ Yahoo! Video
There are only a samll handfull of Radical Muslims who give us all a bad name but
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Derfel Cadaren 09/10/2010 10:20:00 PM
I agree is intended to celebrate martyrdom. But our laws allow for such things.We must realize that if another group of people were reasonable would we be willing to punish them? How is this not racism? When thinking on ones own and not agreeing with the potus seems to be.Seems in the new Amerika the law of political correctness is only for certain groups.Political correctness is ashame to steal your 1st amendment rights.The problem is not which religion,but any religion.Asto soldiers dying in battle, bring them home ,they will not be killed. If we wish to impose beliefs where they are not wanted by force then there will be death. Appears we want wars where people do not die then whats the point in holding a war.
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Joe 09/10/2010 9:21:00 PM
Luther Campbell is an idiot.
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Christian 09/10/2010 8:50:00 PM
Damn Luke, you are wrong this time. I usually agree with you, but this time I have to disagree big time. BIG TIME. I also think a lot of your arguments don't have much merrit. The crux of your arguments basically is that "Islam=Terrorism" and "Muslims=Terrorists" as in all muslims are terrorists. That's like saying all Catholics are pedophiles, or to use your KKK analogy, that all white folks are KKK members, or all black people are in gangs. Basically that's what you just stated.
I don't want to silence you or your column, after all you're supposedly an icon of free speech, but in this instance you are advocating the restriction of other's first amendment rights, not only because freedom of religion is in the 1st amendment, but because the act of professing faith is an act of speech itself. And in this case you are advocating the restriction of those rights because it makes you uncomfortable, which is exactly the same thing the people who campaigned against 2 Live Crew's music did all those years ago.
I really hope you examine your viewpoints more carefully next time.
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Leonard 09/10/2010 8:37:00 PM
You are ridiculous. Not all Muslim people represent the evil terrorists who cause 9/11. They are NOT to blame for what happened. Besides, you should get your facts straight: the mosque is not at Ground Zero. It's "near" it, but not "at" it.
Should we despise all Cubans because Fidel Castro is a horrible communist? Should we judge all african-americans because OJ is murderer? Next lets hate all little white kids because of the Columbine shooters.
You're a bigot. Get it together before you start righting ignorant crap on the internet, especially on a News site.
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vincent mesa 09/10/2010 8:30:00 PM
LUKE! LUKE! LUKE!
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R. Ashton 09/10/2010 8:03:00 PM
Luke is correct. We are supposed to believe that it is just a coincidence that the site is 500 feet from where the World Trade Center stood 9 years ago? And why a $100 million mosque? Why not a humble little classy mosque? Obviously, this is intended as a STATEMENT, an "in your face" move to establish a territorial presnce right at the WTC. ~~~ The mosque planners have something in common with George W.Bush. Both they and Bush are stubborn, short sighted, deceitful, and ultimately self defeating. Bush, by lying aout a fake threat from Iraq and then killing hundreds of thousands of innocent people there, made Muslims and others around the World hate us. Now the World is MORE DANGEROUS, not less, due to Bush's crimes. The mosque planners, if they follow thru with their plans, will simply cause more Americans to think Muslims just want to do whatever they can get away with to antagonize New Yorkers and Americans. This will harm Muslims and Americans also. Nobody will win.
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marty 09/10/2010 7:56:00 PM
The mosque is to be built not in ground zero, that would be absurd, not even next to it, but 3 blocks away.
and to queenie: the one that deserves a racial epithet is you. Nice display of that charming combination of hatred, ignorance, and arrogance that white americans like you display. who are you to threatened with a racial epithet? here is one: are you fat, ugly and white? you must be an american woman!
