New York pastor axes conversion of convent to Mosque in Staten Island
Midland Beach Community, in Staten Island, NYC, pressured pastor Keith Fennessy from selling an abandoned convent to be converted into a mosque. When the proposed sale was brought up at a community meeting hundreds denounced the deal, linking the Muslim American Society to terrorists groups.
Muslim American Society board member Ayman Hammous said “It is a sort of racism. The community in Midland Beach has been hijacked by Islamaphobes.”
Robert Spencer, writer of JihadWatch.org, asked “Will you here and now denounce Hamas and Hezbollah as jihad terrorist organizations?” He also accused the MAS national director Wright Mahdi Bray of having ties with those organizations.
MAS representatives stated “There is no relationship, as we stand today, between MAS, the Muslim American Society, and any foreign entity.” The MAS is not on the state department’s current list of foreign terrorist organizations.
Reverend Fennessey had previously signed a contract to sell the convent and legal actions may be taken.
Read more:
WCBS: Pastor Axes Conversion Of Convent To Mosque (Jun 19)
WCBS: Controversial Mosque Decision May See Reversal (Jun 18)
NY Times: Heated Opposition to a Proposed Mosque (Jun 11)
Filed under: Islam Muslim American Society New York Robert Spencer Staten Island Muslims
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