Christian sues to halt mosque construction

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Christian sues to halt mosque construction*

Presents 'substantial harm to the well-being, safety and health' of
community

May 3, 2007
Florida News Wires


A Florida man filed a lawsuit to prevent construction of a mosque in his
neighborhood, claiming it "presents a substantial harm to the
well-being, safety and health" of his community.

Rodney Wright named in his complaint the Islamic Center of South
Florida, the South Florida office of the Council on American Islamic
Relations, or CAIR, and its national office.

He is represented by Larry Klayman, known for this numerous lawsuits
against the Clinton administration in the 1990s as head of the
government watchdog Judicial Watch.

Klayman, now an attorney in south Florida, is acting in response to the
Pompano Beach City Council's "dangerous decision" to grant permission
for the building of a 29,000- square-foot "radical suspect mosque" in an
area "almost entirely Christian and African-American," according to an
outspoken critic of the move, Rev. O'Neal Dozier, pastor of a church in
the neighborhood, World Wide Christian Center.

The lawsuit, according to Dozier, "provides a roadmap for other
concerned citizens around the nation to legally prevent radical Islam
from posing a security threat in their local communities."

The Islamic center's imam, Hassan Sabri, "has a history of ties to
terrorism, and anti-Semitic statements," said the pastor's statement.

"The plaintiff and many others in the community believe that the mosque
will be a nuisance and will pose a threat to the neighborhood and its
surrounding areas," the statement said. "As well, the plaintiff believes
that this is part of a greater scheme to radicalize America."

The lawsuit says associates of Sabri are tied to terrorist groups such
as al-Qaida, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

The mosque also is near the church Wright attends, Antioch Missionary
Baptist.

CAIR has "acted in concert" with the Islamic center, "working hard to
oppose anyone that gets in the way of the mosque's creation," Dozier's
statement said.

Altaf Ali, executive director of the South Florida chapter of CAIR, said
he views the lawsuit as "an act of religious intimidation," the
Associated Press reported.

"I'm very much disturbed that in this day and age you'd find people
going to such extreme measures to prevent a house of worship from being
built in any American city," he said.

CAIR brands itself as a mainstream advocacy group, but it is a spinoff
of the now-defunct Islamic Association for Palestine, launched by Hamas
leader Mousa Abu Marzook and a former university professor in Florida,
Sami al-Arian, who pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy to provide
services to Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

Several CAIR staffers have been convicted on terrorism-related charges,
and CAIR founder Omar Ahmad allegedly told a group of Muslims they are
in America not to assimilate but to help assert Islam's rule over the
country.

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