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WHAT'S IN A NAME? If you don't Believe the Ground Zero Mosque is a Symbol of Conquest, its Namesake might Convince You.
The scheduled construction of the 'Cordoba House', more widely known as the 'Ground Zero Mosque', is meeting some stiff resistence from a growing number of Americans for not only its location but what its name alludes to. In fact, developers even tried to rename the mosque because of what people were learning about it.
Cordoba, a city in Spain, was conquered by Muslims in the early 8th century. Upon capturing the city, Muslims began construction on the first 'Cordoba House'. Prior to that, Spain, at the time a Christian nation, was a symbol of western civilization. Once it had fallen to Islam, the first 'Cordoba House' became an Islamic symbol of conquest.
Former Muslim terrorist Walid Shoebat, has made it his life's work to warn westerners about the true intentions of Islam and insists the Islamic mindset has not changed, even after twelve centuries. Shoebat insists that the name chosen for the ground zero mosque is not an accident; it is intentionally provacative for a reason. It is a statement to Muslims that could embolden many of them.
Symbolism is very powerful and can change cultures. Fast forward from 711 A.D. To 2001. New York City was home to the World Trade Center, a symbol of American economic might. Two previous attempts to take down the twin towers had already failed. On September 11th, the third attempt did not.
When Islamic jihadists attacked the World Trade Center on 9/11/01, it was an act of symbolism as much as it was an act of Islamic terror. It was a message to the Islamic world that America could be weakened. In the years that followed, groups like the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) have portrayed themselves as civil rights groups and have exploited political correctness to push their agenda.
Americans were united in the days after 9/11 but nearly ten years later, have become as divided as ever. There is still an empty hole where the World Trade Center stood for a multitude of reasons but among them is that divisiveness.
Meanwhile, a mosque, named after a Christian city once conquered by Islam is closer to being built than another World Trade Center. Shoebat maintains that if ever there was a time for Americans to be outraged, it is now.
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ABOUT WALID SHOEBAT:
Born in Bethlehem, Walid’s grandfather was the Muslim Mukhtar (chieftain) of Beit Sahour-Bethlehem (The Shepherd's Fields) and a friend of Haj-Ameen Al-Husseni, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and notorious friend of Adolf Hitler.
As a young man, he became a member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, and participated in acts of terror and violence against Israel, and was later imprisoned in the Russian Compound, Jerusalem's central prison for incitement and violence against Israel.
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After his release, he continued his life of violence and rioting in Bethlehem and the Temple Mount. After entering the U.S, he worked as a counselor for the Arab Student Organization at Loop College in Chicago and continued his anti-Israel activities.
In 1993, Walid studied the Bible to challenge to convert his wife to Islam. Six months later, after intense study, he realized that everything he had been taught about Jews was a lie. Convinced he was on the side of evil, he became an advocate for his former enemy.
Driven by a deep passion to heal his own soul, and to bring the truth about the Jews, Israel and the threat of fundamentalist Islam to the world, Walid shed his former life and his work as a software engineer and set out to tirelessly bring the cause against the evil of Islamic Fundamentalist to tens of millions of people throughout the world: churches, synagogues, civic groups, government leaders and media.
Walid is the author of several bestselling books including “Why I Left Jihad,” “Why We Want To Kill You” and “God’s War on Terror.” Walid is an American citizen and lives in the USA with his wife and children, under this assumed name. Walid has spoken all over America and the world including Chile, Mexico, Canada, UK, and South Africa. He has appeared on national television also all over the world including CNN, CNN International, FOX News, ITN, RTE, NBC, CBS, The 700, ABC and ABC Australia. He has also been featured on BBC radio 4, 5 and the largest radio audience on the BBC World Service reaching 180 million people.
Walid has the unique insight so as people can now fully understand the issue of terrorism from the perspective of someone who was once a terrorist. Walid Shoebat has given lectures at Harvard Law School and Columbia University, and has also spoken at Oxford University UK, National Constitution Center, Capitol Hill, UCLA, USC, University of Georgia, Washington University, Penn State, and San Diego State University.
ABOUT KEITH DAVIES / ALTERNATE SPEAKER FOR SHOEBAT:
Keith Davies is the Director of the Forum for Middle Eastern Understanding (FFMU) and the Walid Shoebat Foundation. He is a public speaker on the topic of terrorism, its roots and how to stop it. During his lectures he uncovers much of the sectarian teaching used to recruit an ongoing stream of terrorists. Keith has worked for six years promoting Mr. Shoebat and, through his efforts promoting Walid, Kamal and other FFMU speakers, these vital messages have reached tens of millions of people based on standardized media audience ranking.
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