Georgia mosque plan: Commissioner asks will it
bring refugees here? by Ann Corcoran on August 24, 2016
Yes, it most
likely could, mosques are part of the hijra (the migration), however a
resettlement contractor spokeswoman quickly said, NO. She doesn’t believe
refugees can be successful in this county.
Hmmm! Wonder
where all the new Muslims (enough for a big new mosque and cemetery) are coming
from then? Here is the
news from AP at Fox
News (is Fox
calling CAIR a civil rights group in its headline?):
ATLANTA – A proposal to build a mosque and Muslim
cemetery has so angered some residents of Newton County outside Atlanta that
their commissioners have temporarily banned all building permit approvals for
religious institutions
The moratorium
prompted the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the NAACP to request a
federal civil rights investigation in Newton County. A spokesman for U.S.
Attorney John Horn confirmed receipt of this complaint Tuesday, but declined
comment.
Mohammad Islam,
the religious leader behind the proposal, said he doesn’t intend to take any
legal action; instead, he met Tuesday with local leaders of other faiths in
Newton County, seeking their support for a fresh start.
One commissioner questioned whether the
project would make Newton County “a prime area for the federal government to
resettle refugees from the Middle East” in an interview with The Rockdale
Citizen, a local newspaper. Two public meetings were held, both crowded with
angry opponents who clapped and cheered when people expressed fears about
global terrorism.
But places like
Newton County need not fear becoming magnets for refugees, said Amy Crownover,
spokeswoman for New
American Pathways. The organization is one of five refugee resettlement organizations in Georgia
that are contracted with the federal government to assist refugees arriving in
the United States.
“We work in
partnership with communities, looking for communities where refugees can be
successful,” which requires easy access to public transportation, jobs, English
classes and other services. Newton County “isn’t an ideal setting,” Crownover
said.
I’m wondering
if she is implying the folks there are unwelcoming? But, of course, we know
that hasn’t stopped the contractors in other locales.
Georgia has
been a real hot bed of controversy and is one of the original pockets of
resistance to the Refugee Admissions Program, click
here for our
Georgia archive.
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