tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post1849522440244469551..comments2023-11-03T01:13:22.719-07:00Comments on The Rabbi Is IN with Rabbi Rami: Open House, Open HeartsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post-59108843648530584482010-06-29T05:46:52.527-07:002010-06-29T05:46:52.527-07:00Yashar Koach HaRav Ram. U telling it like it is......Yashar Koach HaRav Ram. U telling it like it is...Manohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09506899902475428331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post-62170258942208946342010-06-27T12:39:22.104-07:002010-06-27T12:39:22.104-07:00Rabbi Rami,
Wonderful post!
Re "If people a...Rabbi Rami,<br /><br />Wonderful post!<br /><br />Re <i>"If people are truly spreading lies and evil, oppose them. But if they aren't, leave them alone."</i><br /><br />Why are common sense and sanity in such short supply these days, especially when it comes to Islam? <br /><br />I was recently involved in a similar brouhaha on a discussion board I frequent. The resident Islamophobic wingnuts on that board were trying to peddle a disinformation campaign centered around Cordoba House, which they didn't name for a very good reason. The name of any Andalusian city (southern Spain) has long-standing connotations of religious tolerance to anyone with a basic knowledge of Jewish history. <br /><br />These folks were trying to make out that the "Islamists" wanted to build a "mosque at Ground Zero" in New York. Turns out it isn't a mosque at all but a cultural center, and it isn't "at Ground Zero" but two blocks away, with 15 other houses of worship in the vicinity, either the same distance or even closer to Ground Zero than Cordoba House. The proposed 13-story cultural center will include a mosque along with many other amenities and resources, which are intended for the community as a whole, not just the Muslim community.<br /><br />It took a bit of sleuthing by a few of the more intelligent members of that forum to separate fact from fiction (or malicious propaganda), but eventually we laid the terrorist/radical Islam fantasies to rest.<br /><br />An aside on the subject of hummus: I put way too much garlic in the last batch of mine, which isn't too terrible because I like garlic. Admittedly, though--there can be too much of a good thing, and this batch of hummus is a case in point. It means I have to finish it all by myself and can't share it with anyone. Normally that wouldn't be a problem considering how much I love hummus. Unfortunately, there is so much garlic in this stuff it's actually giving ME gas--and that takes a lot of garlic! <br /><br />There has to be some kind of nefarious Islamist plot behind the whole thing--even if I haven't figured out what it is yet.<br /><br />--LindaRakshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11280365011937595321noreply@blogger.com