James D. Davis The Sun-Sentinel

August 27, 2010

James D. Davis
The Sun-Sentinel
200 E. Las Olas Blvd.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301

RE: Mecca delenda est? - Some questions and comments on your Page 1 article on the travails of Muslims in America.

Mr. Davis,

For 6 years I have been writing to Muslims in South Florida looking for some answers., My letters were neither threatening nor were they obscene. They were also never answered.

Perhaps you could forward this.

In your article you quote Imam Shaikh Shafayat Mohammed as saying “Muslims wait to be interviewed after hate crimes happen”. Since he mentioned “hate crimes” would the good Imam stipulate that the murders of 9/11 were “hate crimes”? A yes or no answer is preferred.

The Imam may not be familiar with “Piss Christ”. It is a work of art partly subsidized by American taxpayers. It is a crucifix suspended in a see through plastic cylinder. The cylinder is filled, as the name implies, with piss. An astonishingly large number of people believes that Christ is divine.

There is a play, “Corpus Cristi”, partly subsidized by American taxpayers, that says Christ was crucified because of a lovers’ quarrel. It says the Christ and Judas were homosexual lovers. Judas, in a fit of pique, dropped a dime on Christ. He was crucified. An astonishingly large number of people believes that Christ is divine.

There is a painting, partly subsidized by American taxpayers, that shows Mary, AKA “The Mother of God”, covered with animal dung. There is an astonishingly large number of people, people who think that Christ is divine, who think that Mary is the Mother of God.

While bible burning is not as popular as flag burning rest assured that it will take but a one page opinion from a Federal Judge saying that it too is protected speech. A bible, a torah, a Koran. If there is difference perhaps the good Imam could explain it to me. Perhaps the good Imam can tell me if he favors fatwas.

Let’s include the cartoons about Mohammed. Those are the ones that people were murdered over.

Can you see where I am going here?

Why should American Muslims in general, and the Pembroke Pines Imam in particular, be insulated from the excesses that occur in a democratic Republic? The saying “Free men speak with free tongues” is still valid after 25 centuries.

This is the country they have chosen to live in.

If I chose to live in Saudi Arabia I would be barred from publicly professing my faith. I don’t know if that is a stoning offense but why risk it?

I’ll stay home.






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