ANOTHER MAN OF PEACE, IN THE PROCESS OF BITING THE DUST – AT 8:31 A.M. ET:  Troubles are building up for the imam behind the Ground Zero mosque.  It was revealed yesterday that one of his former, and major, associates, is a 9-11 truther who makes speeches denouncing the idea that Al Qaeda was behind the 9-11 attacks.   Today the troubles are more basic: 

An imam at the centre of a dispute over plans to build a mosque near ground zero is being sued by a northern New Jersey community where he owns two apartment buildings.

Newark's The Star-Ledger newspaper reports the lawsuit was filed on Monday in state Superior Court by Union City, which is just across the Hudson River from New York and has about 70,000 residents. It says the lawsuit charges that Feisal Abdul Rauf hasn't addressed complaints by tenants and orders from the city to correct code violations.

Well of course not.  He's too busy promoting harmony among the world's religions.  Yeah, right.

The lawsuit identifies Rauf as sole officer of building owner Sage Development LLC. One building has been vacant since a 2008 fire. The other contains 16 apartments.

COMMENT:  So, if the complaint is correct, Mr. Ground Zero Mosque is a deadbeat landlord, as well as a man who partnered with a 9-11 truther, as well as a man who has an associate in the mosque project with a long criminal record, as well as a man who believes America had a role in the attacks, as well as...

Oh but wait.  Christiane Amanpour introduced him on TV as a moderate.  What more do we need?  The man is clearly a prince.

Yuch.

September 14, 2010