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| SWAT team called to local mosque? |
| 2004-01-30 |
| This is bizarre, but apparently true ‘Leaders of the Islamic Center of Cleveland have struck a temporary legal compromise to keep peace during today’s prayer service and upcoming Feast of Sacrifice. The mosque’s board of trustees suspended Damra this month after he was indicted on charges that he had hidden past ties to terrorists when he sought U.S. citizenship. But the mosque elders voted to overrule the board of trustees’ decision, and Damra refused to leave. Said one of the center’s staffers: ‘We are a God-loving, God-fearing, peaceful community.’ Parma Mayor Dean DePiero said Thursday night that police will be at the mosque today and throughout the weekend but that their presence likely will be scaled back from the SWAT team that gathered at the mosque a week ago. I filed this under "terror networks" because the Cleveland.com site filed it under "terrorism" |
| Posted by:Tresho |
| #4 SWAT teams ought to be stationed at the local mosque. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-1-30 8:25:04 PM |
| #3 When you support a terrorist, don't be surprised our police are around. |
| Posted by: Anonymous2U 2004-1-30 1:12:30 PM |
| #2 "It is interesting that the mosque elders overruled the board of trustees and refused to suspend an imam indicted for ties to terrorism," good! It's time we all understood just what these madrassas and mosques really mean when they say they "are a God-loving, God-fearing, peaceful community." |
| Posted by: B 2004-1-30 11:17:21 AM |
| #1 Whoops, the Parma mayor spoke on 1/29, not 1/23. It is interesting that the mosque elders overruled the board of trustees and refused to suspend an imam indicted for ties to terrorism, talk about a Fifth Column. In an unrelated (?) story, a NE Ohio Catholic priest was put on a leave of absence from his ministry after he was arrested when local police raided his rectory & found marijuana plants being cultivated there. No one can overrule a Catholic bishop besides the Pope. |
| Posted by: Tresho 2004-1-30 8:51:06 AM |