What is happening in some American mosques...is deeply disturbing. In
certain Islamic schools, textbooks spit vitriol against Jews, Christians and
other non-Muslims: 'Be disassociated from the infidels, hate them for their
religion.' In mosque publications, America is the 'Abode of the Infidel.'
The idea of human and civil rights is heresy. Working women are immoral.
These views are extreme, they promote violence and they are being espoused
right under our noses. We knew this was happening in France, Germany and
England but we didn't know the extent of the problem here. It is not
happening in all mosques or Islamic schools, by any means, but in those
select ones funded by the Saudi government to disseminate the fanatic
Wahhabi-style Islam that has its demagogic roots in Saudi Arabia. The Center
for Religious Freedom just issued a discomfiting report looking at the
spread of hate propaganda in America by Saudi Arabia. The center collected
200 books and other publications from mosques across the country and spent
the past two years analyzing them. 'The Saudi textbooks and documents spread
throughout American mosques preach a Nazi-like hatred for Jews, treat the
forged Protocols of the Elders of Zion as historical fact, and avow that the
Muslim's duty is to eliminate the state of Israel,' writes Nina Shea, the
Center's director. In addition, they 'instill contempt for America because
the United States is ruled by legislated civil law rather than by
totalitarian Wahhabi-style Islamic law.' ... In his State of the Union
speech, President Bush exhorted the Saudis to encourage democracy in the
Middle East. He should also put intense pressure on them to stop fomenting
hate within our borders. It jeopardizes our security and is an insult to our
tradition of freedom of religious expression. It flies in the face of
everything we hold true." --Chicago Sun-Times
