Lazio calls on Cuomo to investigate funds for NYC ground-zero mosque

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Candidate calls on Cuomo to investigate funds for NYC ground-zero mosque
Posted on July 8, 2010
by creeping sharia

This is kind of like asking Eric Holder to investigate Black Panther voter intimidation, and will likely have a similar result unless the people speak up. But it’s a start. Where are the other elected officials of NYC and surrounding areas who represent the majority of the 3,000 killed on 9/11?

(AP) — Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio on Tuesday called on his Democratic rival, Andrew Cuomo, to investigate the development of a $100 million mosque being planned near ground zero.

The mosque, just a block away from the Sept. 11 terror attack site, has been a source of controversy in the community even though Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other city officials support its construction and have said that it poses no security concerns. Some survivors and family members of the 9/11 victims say building a mosque there disrespects the memory of those who died at the hands of Islamic terrorists.

At a news conference, Lazio said he was concerned that not enough is known about the project’s funding sources and raised questions about its director, Imam Faisel Abdul Rauf. He noted that Rauf had recently refused to call the radical Palestinian group Hamas a terrorist organization, and had said in a “60 Minutes” interview televised shortly after 9/11 that “United States policies were an accessory to the crime that happened.”

Lazio said that Cuomo, as attorney general, has the authority to investigate the project because Cuomo’s office has jurisdiction over nonprofit organizations in New York.

“We’re asking the attorney general to exert his authority to investigate the sources of these donations … to determine whether it is compliant, and whether the Cordoba Initiative … is in fact a legitimate charity. And in fact, whether the sources of income are legitimate or if they pose a security risk to the people of New York and the people of America,” Lazio said.

Cuomo has said he supports the mosque’s construction.

“Anyone who has evidence of wrongdoing should send it to us and we will review it,” Richard Bamberger, Cuomo’s spokesman in the attorney general’s office, said in a statement.

Lazio refused to say whether he opposes the construction of any mosque so close to the Sept. 11 terror attack site.

“This is not a matter of religion, let’s make that really clear,” he said. “This is a question of motivation, of transparency, of an imam who has clearly made some comments that are inflammatory.”

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