Charles:

1. I think the builders of this mosque have a right to put it wherever they want. I never said they didn’t.

2. I already told you, on another thread, that I’m not a fan of Faisal’s writings at the Washington Post, where he excoriated the creators of South Park, when they were threatened with violence, rather than admonish the person who threatened them (he said American’s have to learn to show restraint.) I also am not a fan of his writings on that blog which claim Sharia law is really one in the same as the U.S. constitution (yes, he really does say that).

3. And in an era where the NYTimes is writing articles about “right wing Jewish Americans” funding settlements in the West bank, or building in Jerusalem, I find it odd that people who support this project unconditionally care not one iota where the funding is coming from. This is especially odd to see on this blog, which still has posts from 2005 related to Wahabbi penetration of American mosques.

4. Faisal’s imploring the U.S. government to come to an “understanding” with the government of Sudan strikes me as morally repugnant.

So, like Christopher Hitchens said in Slate, I believe Faisel has the right to build this and should not be stopped by anyone. But I’m not wholly comfortable with his views, and can’t help but wonder, given some of his writings, if he’s playing it straight.