BOSTON ISLAMIC CENTER WITH TIES TO MULTIPLE JIHAD TERRORISTS HOSTS INTERFAITH CALL FOR PEACE

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The cynicism of this is breathtaking, but the easy marks among Jewish and Christian leaders are lining up to participate.

“It’s ironic that they would hold a rally against hate in one of the
most hateful houses of worship in New England where imam after imam has
been found to preach anti-Semitism, homophobia, and hate for the United
States, its people and its government.”

Yes, but there is never any shortage of useful idiots among Jewish
and Christian leaders. And this article goes easy: not only was the
Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center frequented by the Tsarnaev
brothers, Siddiqui, and Mehanna, but also Ahmad Abousamra, the Islamic State’s “social media guru.”
And Alamoudi wasn’t just “sentenced in 2004 to 23 years in prison for
taking part in a plot to kill Saudi royal officials”; that operation was
an al-Qaeda plot.

“Controversial Islamic center hosts interfaith call for peace, despite terror ties,” by Brooke Singman, Fox News, December 9, 2016:

A Boston Islamic center that has been linked to convicted
terrorists is hosting an interfaith event on Sunday to promote peace,
but some critics say such “hateful houses of worship” are a dubious
venue for a message of solidarity and hope.

The event, at Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center, is entitled
“Out of Many, One,” and has Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and Sen. Elizabeth
Warren, D-Mass., slated to speak. It is sponsored by the Greater Boston
Interfaith Organization, and aimed at bringing religious communities
together under common beliefs.

This Cambridge mosque has been at the center of controversy for years.

“My hope is that we can provide a place for members of the community,
who are so fearful and concerned about our values being challenged, to
speak up,” Interfaith Organization Board Member Nahma Nadich told
FoxNews.com. “We need to affirm our values and be in solidarity with
each other to protect all members of our community against hateful,
divisive rhetoric.”

But the location of the event has raised concerns, as the Islamic
Society of Boston Cultural Center operates two mosques –one in Boston,
where the event will be held, and one in Cambridge where several
convicted terrorists reportedly worshiped. They include Boston
Marathon bombers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev; Aafia Siddiqui, who
plotted a chemical attack on New York City and Tarek Mehanna, who was
sentenced in 2012 to 17 years in prison for conspiring to aid Al Qaeda.

In addition, a founder of ISBCC, Abduraham Alamoudi, was sentenced in
2004 to 23 years in prison for taking part in a plot to kill Saudi
royal officials, has allegedly worshiped at the mosque.

Neither the mosque nor top officials have been implicated in criminal
activity. But critics say several speakers at the mosque have delivered
fiery and hateful sermons, and that its connections to terror make it
an unlikely host of an event calling for peace.

“It’s ironic that they would hold a rally against hate in one of the
most hateful houses of worship in New England where imam after imam has
been found to preach anti-Semitism, homophobia, and hate for the United
States, its people and its government,” Director of Research at
Americans for Peace and Tolerance Ilya Feoktistov told FoxNews.com.

U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Carmen Ortiz has
dismissed Americans for Peace and Tolerance’s claims as “incredibly
racist and unfair.”

But Feoktistov referred to a 2010 video of Abdullah Faaruuq, a guest
preacher, exhorting worshipers to “grab onto the rope, grab onto the
typewriter, grab onto the shovel, grab onto the gun and the sword.”
Faaruuq told FoxNews.com last year that ISIS was not created by Islamic
teachings, but rather by America.

“It was created by the United States’ encouragement into other
people’s countries seeking weapons of mass destruction that don’t
exist,” Faaruuq said. “Destroying their societies and leaving the bitter
taste in young people’s mouths.”

In August, ISBCC appointed an associate imam, Abdul-Malik Merchant,
who, according to APT shared anti-Semitic posts on social media.
Merchant issued an apology to the Jewish community.

Local Jewish leaders said neither the ISBCC nor the mosques it operates should be judged by the actions of a few….

Feoktistov said faith leaders and elected officials are turning a blind eye to what has taken place in the mosque.

“I think lawmakers discount the hatred for political reasons because
the hatred is being spouted by what they consider to be a valuable
minority,” Feoktistov told Fox News. “They are holding this event at an
extremely hateful place, and that doesn’t bother them at all.”…

The “Interfaith call for Dignity & Diligence” event will take place at ISBCC in Roxbury, on Sunday, Dec. 11 at 6 p.m.

ISBCC Executive Director Yusuf Vali said in a statement that the work
at the ISBCC embodies a community that “builds bridges” and “brings
people together.”…