Media shocked (shocked!) Ground Zero mosqueteers are liars: No community programs, just prayer

Ground Zero mosque protest on September 11 (and this)

The NY Post sounds surprised that the Ground Zero mosqueteers were liars. We're not. It's the modus operandi of mega-mosque builders. Sell it as one thing, but build a beachhead for Islamic supremacism.

And while the developers behind
Park51 insisted for two years that the project was more than a mosque,
it now appears to be just that. Dozens of worshipers gather at the site
on Park Place Friday for prayer services — but that’s the only activity
in the building.

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Aren't you glad we defeated that mega-monster? It looks like the chair of Community Board and the number one Ground Zero mosque shill Julie Menin was unavailable for comment.

And don't fall for the "they opened the mosque" lie. They were always praying in that building that was partially destroyed in the September 11 attacks. Look at my story back in December 2009, when I first took up the fight. They were praying then. It was never about that. They pray everywhere. Here's a photo of Muslims praying at Ground Zero pointing to Mecca. So what else is new?

We fought the 15-story mega mosque and we won. The rest is all propaganda.

Look at how the NY Times kept pimping for that hustler — long after we exposed El-Gamal (photo below) for the fraud and two-bit gangster he is. Sharif El-Gamal thinks that beating people up is a great "stress reliever." He threatened Muslims who think that the triumphal mosque is offensive. He is a deadbeat who didn't pay his taxes — to the tune of a quarter of a million dollars. He defaulted on not one bank loan, but evicted from his Soho properties offices. And he lost in a series of lawsuits that ConEd filed for back payment of rent. They are trying to evict him.

"No community programs at 'Ground Zero' mosque a year after the controversy" NY Post, December 9, 2012

It’s all pray and no play.

The Islamic cultural center near
Ground Zero that opened with great fanfare a year ago is now an empty
space with no community programs.

And while the developers behind
Park51 insisted for two years that the project was more than a mosque,
it now appears to be just that. Dozens of worshipers gather at the site
on Park Place Friday for prayer services — but that’s the only activity
in the building.

Gone are the Arabic classes, workshops in
calligraphy, talks on the genealogy of Muslims in America, film
screenings and art exhibits. The sole community event is a class in capoeira — an Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines dance and music. The teacher of the twice-weekly class said she has five students.

Helayne Seidman

PRAYER BOOKED: Although popular as a place of worship, the controversial Park51’s vaunted role as a cultural center has all but evaporated.

“We are the only cultural program that is still there,” said Luz Emma Canas Jesus, of Capoeira Mucurumim.

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The
Park51 Twitter feed was last updated in June, and its Web site lists no
events. The Web site for the mosque, formally called Prayer Space,
lists four services a day, and a handwritten note on the building’s
window also advertises a 4 a.m. service.

Park51 organizers
repeatedly refused to answer questions about what happened to the
programs offered last fall and spring. Sharif El-Gamal, the lead
developer behind the project, ducked out the women’s entrance for the
prayer space and would not speak to a reporter.

Just two years
ago, El-Gamal’s grand plans for the site — a $100 million, 15-story
community center and prayer space — generated worldwide controversy
because of its proximity to the Ground Zero site.

At the
photography exhibit that kicked off the opening of a scaled-down center
in September 2011, El-Gamal admitted he erred in not including families
who lost loved ones on Sept. 11 in the planning process.

Development
plans are now in limbo over fund-raising for the project and a dispute
with Con Ed, which owns half the site. In 2009, El-Gamal’s company
bought half the property, which once housed a Burlington Coat Factory
store, for $4.8 million, and leased the other half from the utility. It
is seeking to buy that part of the property.

Con Ed threatened to evict Park51 a year ago over $1.7 million in unpaid back rent.

El-Gamal’s
company then sued Con Ed, claiming its appraisal for the property was
wrong and the formula to figure the rent was inaccurate. A judge ruled
in Con Ed’s favor on the appraisal, and the rent lawsuit is continuing
with the next court date set for Tuesday.

In an interview last
year, El-Gamal said he was exploring other uses of the property,
including an office tower or condominiums. He said a prayer space would
remain part of the project.

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