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by Soeren Kern
• October 13, 2016 at 5:30 am
- The original
deal called for a "mutual exchange" in which Romania would
build a new Orthodox Church in Istanbul, while Turkey would build
the mosque in Bucharest. In July 2015, however, Prime Minister
Victor Ponta revealed that the Romanian government had abandoned the
Istanbul church project because it is "not allowed under
Turkish law." Ponta approved the Bucharest mosque project
anyway, saying it was a multicultural symbol of Romania's acceptance
of the Muslim community.
- Ponta's
decision to approve the mosque, which will mimic Ottoman-era
architecture, was greeted with outrage in a country that was under
Ottoman Turkish domination for nearly five centuries until 1877.
- "This plan
is not about worship, it is about marking the territory of their
authority through a monument." – Ozgur Kazim Kivanc, a Turkish
activist opposed to Erdoğan's destruction of public commons to build
mosques.
- "Once
Islam enters a land, that land becomes Islamic and Muslims have the
duty to liberate it someday. Spain, for example, is Islamic land,
and so is Eastern Europe: Romania, Albania, Macedonia, Serbia,
Kosovo and Bosnia..." – Omar Bakri Muhammad, a prominent Sunni
Islamist cleric.
- "We
consider the disposal of free land which, ironically, belonged to
the family of Prince Constantin Brâncoveanu, who was beheaded by the
Turks on August 15, 1714, to be a betrayal of the Romanian
people." – Pending lawsuit calling on the court to annul the
government's grant of free city land for the mosque project.
Romanians protest against a proposed Turkish
mega-mosque in Bucharest, April 10, 2016. (Image source: RT video
screenshot)
Opponents of a proposed Turkish mega-mosque in Romania's capital,
Bucharest, have filed a lawsuit against the government in an effort to
halt the project. The court is set to begin hearing the case on October
14.
The lawsuit seeks to reverse a June 2015 decision by the Romanian
prime minister at the time, Victor Ponta, to approve construction of what
could become the largest mosque in Eastern Europe — second only to the
Blue Mosque in Istanbul — on a large tract of city-owned land in northern
Bucharest.
The property, valued at more than four million euros ($4.4 million),
is being provided for free by the Romanian government, while the
construction costs, estimated at three million euros ($3.3 million), are
being paid for by Turkey.
by Susan Warner
• October 13, 2016 at 4:00 am
- There are an
estimated six million Muslims living in Latin American cities, who
provide a fertile terrorist recruiting environment.
- "Iran has
opened up more than 80 cultural centers in Latin America in order to
export its toxic brand of political influence and serve its interest,
focusing on partnering with nations well known for their
anti-American rhetoric including Venezuela, Argentina, Bolivia,
Ecuador, and Nicaragua." — US Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, in
testimony for the House Sub-Committee on the Middle East and North Africa.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (right) meets with
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran, January 10, 2015. (Image
Source: TeleSUR video screenshot)
Amidst the unspeakable economic distress facing residents of
Venezuela today, security experts have identified yet another major cause
for concern emanating from this once prosperous, oil-rich nation: Iran is
moving in, partnering with Venezuela's prosperous drug traders and
creating a foothold there, as well as in other "friendly" Latin
American countries. Iran is laundering money in Latin America and presumably
secretly plotting to accomplish a strategic long-term goal to penetrate
the Western hemisphere.
Iran's terrorist activities, its partnership with Venezuelan drug
traffickers and the general criminal atmosphere affects the citizens of
Caracas so much that people reportedly are fearful of even going to the
store to wait in the endless lines for food.
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