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U.S. Taxpayers Subsidize More Overseas Mosques (video) « Creeping Sharia
The story of the U.S. State Department funding mosques overseas was uncovered in July 2010 when reporter Justin Farmer from ABC affiliate WSBTV Channel 2 in Atlanta Georgia did an investigative report. Farmers story focused on how the U.S. was spending its tax payer dollars while supposedly trying to cut the budget.
The U.S. budget is so bad that we need to cut $487 billion in defense spending, but Hillary Clinton signed a check for $770 million from the U.S. State Departments USAID program to rebuild Egypts sewer system. Funny I thought our own infrastructure here in the U.S. is in dire need of repair.
But what was supposed to be a sewer rebuild is much more. The USAID website shows both before and after pictures of one such mosque in Cairo, Egypt.
It states,
The Saleh Talai Mosque in historic Islamic Cairo, dating back to the 10th century, is now active, and open for prayers and tourists. This mosque suffered for decades from rising groundwater contaminated with sewage. USAID, as part of its $770 million Cairo Sewerage Program, allocated $2.3 million for lowering the groundwater at the mosque area, replacing the old sewage collector, and providing a healthier environment for people living in the area.
..But Section 205.1(d) of title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations prohibits USAID funds from being used for the rehabilitation of structures to the extent that those structures are used for inherently religious activities. It is impossible to separate religion from a mosque; any such projects will necessarily support Islam.
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Americans also may be surprised to learn that the United States has been an active participant in mosque construction projects overseas. In April, U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania Alfonso E. Lenhardt helped cut the ribbon at the 12th-century Kizimkazi Mosque, which was refurbished with assistance from the United States under a program to preserve culturally significant buildings. The U.S. government also helped save the Amr Ebn El Aas Mosque in Cairo, which dates back to 642.
The mosques namesake was the Muslim conqueror of Christian Egypt, who built the structure on the site where he had pitched his tent before doing battle with the countrys Byzantine rulers. For those who think the Ground Zero Mosque is an example of Muslim triumphalism glorifying conquest, the Amr Ebn El Aas Mosque is an example of such a monument and one paid for with U.S. taxpayer funds.
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One does not have to be an Iranian nuclear scientist to understand the above law. It is illegal, period. But it doesnt end there; Dr. Laurie Roth wrote in the Canadian Free Press in August 2010,
What I have uncovered is unacceptable, obscene and should be fought at all levels by the American people. Our State Department is using undisclosed amounts of US tax dollars to build and renovate Islamic Mosques in 27 different countries. They do this under an outreach program with the purpose of fostering good will in Muslim countries. The state department will not reveal just how much they spend on overseas, foreign programs but a very reliable source told me most likely it is in the hundreds of billions.
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My own research found more than just 27 countries. According to the Associated Press also August 2010,
This year, the Obama administration will spend nearly $6 million to restore 63 historic and cultural sites, including mosques and minarets, in 55 nations, according to State Department documents.
So now its 55 countries not 27, but really, what are a few more minarets anyway.