Excerpt:
Two Boston-based critics of the new Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center (ISB), watched last week's opening ceremonies at the mosque and describe some disturbing, if not unsurprising incidents. The mosque's development was riddled with troubling facts, from the sweetheart land deal it received from the city to the troubling people influential inside the mosque. They include Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader Yusuf Qaradawi and Jamal Badawi, an unindicted co-conspirator in the Hamas-support prosecution of the Holy Land Foundation.
In a column Sunday, Boston College political scientist Dennis Hale and Charles Jacobs of Americans for Peace and Tolerance say they saw little to assuage their concerns about extremist leadership at the new mosque:
Some milestone! The city has helped the Wahhabi clerical establishment - purveyors of the most intolerant religious teachings on the planet - and the Muslim Brotherhood - genesis of all Sunni terrorist organizations - set up shop in the Cradle of Liberty, flying a false flag of moderation. And to make matters worse, this sad milestone is praised as a great victory for diversity and a boon to local Muslims.