The
'Cordoba Institute' Desires to Symbolize Jihad in America
A
Lesson for All Americans
By
Shelomo Alfassa
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Shelomo
Alfassa is a scholar of Judaic life in Islamic Spain and
is the
former U.S. Director of 'Justice for Jews from Arab Countries.'
He was also a rescue worker at Ground
Zero
(June
17, 2010) Forget the political correctness and all the
people who will not come out and directly say it: the
New York based Arab-Islamic organization known as "The
Cordoba Institute" wants to build a mosque at
the site of the 9/11 attacks in order to establish a symbolic
victory marker in the battle of jihad (holy war)
against the United States. The name of their organization
reveals their intention.
The
historic city of Cordoba, Spain was originally Christian,
but was overtaken by Islamic marauders and turned into
an Islamic stronghold in the 8th century CE. The Islamic
seizure of Cordoba began in the year 711 CE by Berber
tribesmen who had recently converted to Islam. They crossed
the 14 mile stretch of ocean between North Africa and
Europe into what was then called Al-Andalus, which
is now modern day Spain.
Grand
Cordoba became home to what was known as the "Caliphate,"
an Islamic political paradigm wherein the leader is regarded
as a direct successor of the founder of Islam, Muhammad
(570 - 632 CE). Emir Abd ar-Rahman I--who arrived
from Damascus, Syria--took control of Al-Andalus. It was
under the rule of he and his descendants that the Caliphate
reached its peak based at Cordoba. Under various successors,
there was always a part of Spain which remained under
Islamic control until the year 1492.
To
radical Muslims of today, few symbols are as resonant
as the downfall of the Caliphate at Cordoba, Al-Andalus.
In the same way that Americans remember their defeat at
the Alamo and use its name as a rallying cry in battle;
Cordoba, Al-Andalus is a rallying cry for Islam.
Upon
the coalition bombing of Afghanistan in October of 2001,
Osama Bin-Laden released a video stating: "Let the
whole world know that we shall never accept that the tragedy
of Andalusia would be repeated in Palestine...."
Bin-Laden's chief deputy, al-Zawahiri, later swore that
"the tragedy of Al-Andalus" must not be repeated.
References to the once-Muslim empire of Al-Andalus are
common among Islamic terrorists because one of the goals
of radical Islam is the stated desire to control the entire
world; specifically and firstly, the lands they lost on
the battlefield, including cities such as Cordoba.
If
you follow Al-Qaeda, you learn that what they desire is
a "Great Islamic Caliphate" that would stretch
across the world. According to Islamic religious belief,
there are only two conditions in which society exists:
Dar Al-Islam and Dar Al-Harb:
For
Muslims that seek Dar Al-Islam, the only way to get there
is through the use of jihad-war.
The
New York based 'Cordoba Initiative' that is demanding
to build an Islamic center and mosque at the site of the
attacks on New York City has the word 'Cordoba' in its
name not because it is striving to revive some romantic
mythological tolerance which allegedly existed in Spain
among Muslims, Christians and Jews, but because they want
to demonstrate victory over the United States. The 'Cordoba
Initiative' recalls an 'Islamic Alamo' and an ideological
victory over the United States. The location of their
desired mosque is the same location where 19 faithful
Muslim hijackers fulfilled their jihad mission by murdering
3,000 innocent civilians.
No
matter how the construction of a mosque at 'Ground Zero'
may be perceived by the Mayor of New York City, the City
Council or any other well-meaning Americans, the construction
of a mosque on the spot where Islam brought jihad to the
United States will incontestably symbolize an initial
conquest of the USA to the worldwide forces of Radical
Islam.
This
is not a time for political correctness, on the contrary,
we should speak up and do everything we can to stop it.
