Revelation: New York Times Reporter Who Posted Positive Story On Ground Zero Mosque Trained By Imam Rauf's Organization

The conspiracy to erect a Victory Mosque at Ground Zero in New York City just keeps growing as it has been reported that the New York Times reporter who did an initial glowing report of the plans to build the mosque was actually trained by the organization run by the mosque's developer, Imam Rauf.

This whole damn story has taken more evil and insidious turns than one can even keep track of - and while Americans opposed to the construction of the Ground Zero mosque are labeled as "intolerant" and "islamophobes", every single individual involved in this mosque has been revealed to be a charlatain and yeah, I'm talking about you too, Mr. Mayor Bloomberg.

From the article at Family Security Matters:

A reporter who helped write the first and positive New York Times story on the Ground Zero Mosque was trained by the group run by mosque leader Feisal Abdul Rauf, according to that group’s website.

Rauf’s organization, the American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA), touted the journalist’s participation in a training program by ASMA’s “Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow” (MLT).

“Media trainings showed immediate results,” ASMA’s 2009 year-end report said.

Rauf’s group then cited Sharaf Mowjood, “a journalism student at Columbia University and trained at the MLT [Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow] conference, wrote a compelling story about the Muslim community’s plan to establish a center near Ground Zero. The story was published on the front page of the New York Times with Sharaf as co-author.” The article appeared in the Dec. 9, 2009, edition of the New York Times.

This article goes a long way in confirming what I have been pointing out about the more general propping up of islam in America - that this is a concerted effort on the part of Leftist politicians, the media and soft jihad muslim leaders in this country to move our Land towards islamic acceptance and eventual implementation of some for of Sharia Law.

The facts are there - we now see how complicit a major media outlet was in this effort to ram a mosque at hallowed 9/11 ground down the throats of New Yorkers and Americans...couple that with the almost incomprehensible support of it by the Mayor of New York City and then throw in the veiled support of the Federal government and one can see how we all are being set up.

Consider this - if a Victory mosque is built at Ground Zero, then explain to me how ANY mosque or any islamic initiative will not move forward in any part of this country.

New York Times Reporter Covering Mosque Story Was “Trained” By Imam Rauf


Who says so? Why, Imam Rauf, that’s who. From Steve Emerson’s Investigative Project on Terrorism:

A reporter who helped write the first and positive New York Times story on the Ground Zero Mosque was trained by the group run by mosque leader Feisal Abdul Rauf, according to that group’s website.

Rauf’s organization, the American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA), touted the journalist’s participation in a training program by ASMA’s “Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow” (MLT).

“Media trainings showed immediate results,” ASMA’s 2009 year-end report said.

Rauf’s group then cited Sharaf Mowjood, “a journalism student at Columbia University and trained at the MLT [Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow] conference, wrote a compelling story about the Muslim community’s plan to establish a center near Ground Zero. The story was published on the front page of the New York Times with Sharaf as co-author.” The article appeared in the Dec. 9, 2009, edition of the New York Times.

Mowjood could not be reached for comment. In an email, Times Metro Editor Joe Sexton, disputed ASMA’s representation about the program Mowjood attended.

“He participated in no training sessions sponsored by ASMA or the Cordoba Initiative,” Sexton wrote. He attended a lecture sponsored by ASMA in 2008. He was not a presenter or participant. He signed the sign-in sheet.”

Sexton added that “The experienced reporters here who have worked with him have had no questions about his professionalism.”

Yes, well, apparently Imam Rauf doesn’t have any questions about it either. See the IPT report for more.