Islamic group to build mosque adjacent to ground zero

[Lemur]

And from an interview he gave Ed Bradley, on September 20th, 2001:

So the Imam believes (or believed, that interview is nine years old, and I'm not going to assume he's still all about that) that the atrocities of 9/11 were at least partially the result of "blowback." This was not a completely unheard-of opinion. Such violent lefties as Ron Paul voiced such perspectives publicly.

Look, I think the "blowback" theory is oversimplified, and I think that the folks who believe OBL was "made in the USA" are as wrong as a wrong person can be. But I do not think having that opinion is a game-ending disqualifier from all public discourse. Many of the factual elements of the "blowback" theory are correct. We have backed horrible dictators in the middle-east. We have encouraged political and social stasis. None of that is incorrect. Nevertheless, those who think that America brought 9/11 on ourselves are wrong.

So. Your quotes don't move me, or convince me that this Imam is a bad man. There are lots of people with whom I disagree whom I don't believe should be excluded from public life.

Islam and the west aren't compatible how much proof do you need, they are hostiles.

You do your argument no favors with this sort of sweeping generalization. Guys like OBL want a war of civilizations; useful idiots want to give it to him. I'd say the Imam is a much greater threat to OBL's philosophy than you, friend. You fit right into the Wahabbist narrative.