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The Ground Zero Imam is a Tax Cheat!
01-lauramac2 If this flies, coming soon to a North Atlanta suburb- "WMD's Church of the Holy Hot Tub" with an outreach mission to help wayward and needy Exotic Dancers.

The leader of the Ground Zero mosque got hugely valuable tax-exempt status for a Muslim organization he founded after claiming as many as 500 of its members prayed daily in a small, one-bedroom Upper West Side apartment also listed as his wife's residence, The Post has learned. 03-lmfao

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf sought "church status" -- an official IRS term for a house of worship of any religion -- for the American Sufi Muslim Association, or ASMA, in 1998. The feds granted the request.

"Church status" is more than just an exemption -- it means never having to pay taxes, file returns or reveal the sources of a congregation's money or how it's spent, according to the Washington-based Investigative Project on Terrorism, which discovered the group's startling claims on the IRS form it filed seeking the special status.

On that form, the organization said it held services at 201 W. 85th St.

That's a 17-story apartment building with no public space big enough to accommodate the 450 to 500 worshippers the group claimed regularly showed up five times a day to pray.


There's no indication ASMA or any of its officers rented space in the building other than the apartment, which the Investigative Project says is only 800 square feet.

A year earlier, the imam's wife, Daisy Kahn, had been named as an ASMA director in incorporation papers.

In those papers, she stated the 10th-floor apartment was her legal residence.

ASMA is still in existence -- with the same tax exemption and the same initials, but a brand new name, the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Since February 2008, it has given its address on federal forms as 475 Riverside Drive.

That's an interfaith center which is home to many religious groups.

When ASMA was formed in 1997, its address was on 78th Street in North Bergen, NJ.

That was also Rauf's official residence.

Forms show the organization switching its address several times among the Upper West Side and New Jersey buildings.

On its Web site, ASMA states that it has given money to the Cordoba Initiative, founded by Rauf, which supports the mosque near Ground Zero.

Kahn did not return telephone calls or e-mails seeking comment.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manha...z0yN7kmMwd
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Perfect candidate for a Democrat.
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03-lmfao You ***** and moan about this but you keep eerily silent when it came to the "C-Street" house. Give me a fricken break.
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(09-02-2010 07:42 AM)Rebel Wrote:  Perfect candidate for a Democrat.
You are a perfect candidate for Bellevue. Hey, look at the gright side, you can meet your here "slash a cabbie" or whatever his name is.
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(09-02-2010 12:18 PM)RobertN Wrote:  
(09-02-2010 07:42 AM)Rebel Wrote:  Perfect candidate for a Democrat.
You are a perfect candidate for Bellevue. Hey, look at the gright side, you can meet your here "slash a cabbie" or whatever his name is.

Why would I be institutionalized? I'm actually a contributor to society. I think you're a much better candidate. Afterall, you probably should have never left your mother's tit if you can't handle being out in the real world after, what, 38 years?
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(09-02-2010 12:28 PM)Rebel Wrote:  
(09-02-2010 12:18 PM)RobertN Wrote:  
(09-02-2010 07:42 AM)Rebel Wrote:  Perfect candidate for a Democrat.
You are a perfect candidate for Bellevue. Hey, look at the gright side, you can meet your here "slash a cabbie" or whatever his name is.

Why would I be institutionalized? I'm actually a contributor to society. I think you're a much better candidate. Afterall, you probably should have never left your mother's tit if you can't handle being out in the real world after, what, 38 years?
I am not the one who is mentally unstable and refuses to get treatment for PTSD. I am not the one who is pro killing human beings to solve all our problems. That would be you!
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(09-02-2010 12:42 PM)RobertN Wrote:  I am not the one who is mentally unstable and refuses to get treatment for PTSD. I am not the one who is pro killing human beings to solve all our problems. That would be you!

Really? You seem to be on board with killing millions and millions of unborn babies. I just prefer to limit it to the douchebags who want ME dead.

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Tax cheat? How has this guy not been appointed to be Czar of something by Obama yet?

-115 and counting Wrote:Hey, look at the gright side, you can meet your here "slash a cabbie"...

Uhhhh, what?
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(09-02-2010 01:12 PM)BlazerFan11 Wrote:  Tax cheat? How has this guy not been appointed to be Czar of something by Obama yet?

-115 and counting Wrote:Hey, look at the gright side, you can meet your here "slash a cabbie"...

Uhhhh, what?

He lacks what they call the grammar skills.
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(09-02-2010 06:51 AM)WMD Owl Wrote:  American Society for Muslim Advancement.
The above organization is perfectly acceptable.

Quote:American Society for White Advancement
The above organization is racist and intolerant.
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...and an investor has ties to terrorists:

Quote:A key financial backer of the proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero once contributed to a U.S.-designated terror group, MyFox New York reports.

Egyptian-born businessman Hisham Elzanaty, who made what is described as a "significant investment" in the Ground Zero mosque project,contributed more than $6,000 in 1999 to the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, also known as HLF, tax records show.

The donations came two years before the federal government shut down HLF and designated it a terror group. Elzanaty's attorney told MyFox New York that his client believed at the time that he was donating to an orphanage. Elzanaty did not respond to questions.

Federal investigators say the group was set up as a Texas-based charity, but in fact supported Hamas.

Ray Locker, managing director of The Investigative Project on Terrorism, told MyFox New York that even in 1999, news outlets reported on possible ties between HLF and terror organizations.

Five HLF leaders were convicted in 2008 of providing support to Hamas.

Shocking, I tell you!
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(09-03-2010 01:10 PM)Rebel Wrote:  ...and an investor has ties to terrorists:

Quote:A key financial backer of the proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero once contributed to a U.S.-designated terror group, MyFox New York reports.

Egyptian-born businessman Hisham Elzanaty, who made what is described as a "significant investment" in the Ground Zero mosque project,contributed more than $6,000 in 1999 to the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, also known as HLF, tax records show.

The donations came two years before the federal government shut down HLF and designated it a terror group. Elzanaty's attorney told MyFox New York that his client believed at the time that he was donating to an orphanage. Elzanaty did not respond to questions.

Federal investigators say the group was set up as a Texas-based charity, but in fact supported Hamas.

Ray Locker, managing director of The Investigative Project on Terrorism, told MyFox New York that even in 1999, news outlets reported on possible ties between HLF and terror organizations.

Five HLF leaders were convicted in 2008 of providing support to Hamas.

Shocking, I tell you!

FWIW, HLF used to have large ads on the local bus system. HLF's funding of Hamas was notorious - going back to 1994 when I first moved to the area, Israel was trying to shut down funding sources of Hamas and had identified HLF as a major source of funding. HLF's defense in court was that Hamas was not designated as a terror organization by the US government, and therefore it didn't bother HLF in the least that they regularly sent suicide bombers into cafes and bus stops and the like.
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(09-02-2010 12:57 PM)Rebel Wrote:  
(09-02-2010 12:42 PM)RobertN Wrote:  I am not the one who is mentally unstable and refuses to get treatment for PTSD. I am not the one who is pro killing human beings to solve all our problems. That would be you!

Really? You seem to be on board with killing millions and millions of unborn babies. I just prefer to limit it to the douchebags who want ME dead.

Fool.
Nice try Rebs. Sorry to burst your bubble but I am not on board with killing millions and millions of unborn babies. I am on board with letting the woman make her decision. It is not my place to make the decision for her(unless it is my girlfriend/wife then I should have some say into the situation). I would prefer that protection(condoms, birth control pill or abstinance) was used to help prevent unwanted pregnancy in the first place so a choice doesn't need to happen in the first place.
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(09-02-2010 01:12 PM)BlazerFan11 Wrote:  Tax cheat? How has this guy not been appointed to be Czar of something by Obama yet?

-115 and counting Wrote:Hey, look at the gright side, you can meet your here "slash a cabbie"...

Uhhhh, what?
That should be "bright side" and "hero". I am talking about the guy that is in Bellevue for slicing up a cabbie in NYC because he hates Muslims. How did you get computer access in Bellevue anyway?
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(09-02-2010 01:48 PM)Rebel Wrote:  
(09-02-2010 01:12 PM)BlazerFan11 Wrote:  Tax cheat? How has this guy not been appointed to be Czar of something by Obama yet?

-115 and counting Wrote:Hey, look at the gright side, you can meet your here "slash a cabbie"...

Uhhhh, what?

He lacks what they call the grammar skills.
No, what I lack are typing skills. What you lack are brain cells.
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(09-02-2010 04:50 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  
(09-02-2010 06:51 AM)WMD Owl Wrote:  American Society for Muslim Advancement.
The above organization is perfectly acceptable.

Quote:American Society for White Advancement
The above organization is racist and intolerant.
Not surprised you don't see the difference.
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(09-05-2010 02:36 AM)RobertN Wrote:  
(09-02-2010 12:57 PM)Rebel Wrote:  
(09-02-2010 12:42 PM)RobertN Wrote:  I am not the one who is mentally unstable and refuses to get treatment for PTSD. I am not the one who is pro killing human beings to solve all our problems. That would be you!

Really? You seem to be on board with killing millions and millions of unborn babies. I just prefer to limit it to the douchebags who want ME dead.

Fool.
Nice try Rebs. Sorry to burst your bubble but I am not on board with killing millions and millions of unborn babies. I am on board with letting the woman make her decision.

Maybe that helps you sleep at night, but what f'n difference does that make? You think wordsmithing means millions of babies don't die? Man, you're an idiot. I mean, a complete and total f'n fool.
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(09-07-2010 07:26 AM)Rebel Wrote:  
(09-05-2010 02:36 AM)RobertN Wrote:  
(09-02-2010 12:57 PM)Rebel Wrote:  
(09-02-2010 12:42 PM)RobertN Wrote:  I am not the one who is mentally unstable and refuses to get treatment for PTSD. I am not the one who is pro killing human beings to solve all our problems. That would be you!

Really? You seem to be on board with killing millions and millions of unborn babies. I just prefer to limit it to the douchebags who want ME dead.

Fool.
Nice try Rebs. Sorry to burst your bubble but I am not on board with killing millions and millions of unborn babies. I am on board with letting the woman make her decision.

Maybe that helps you sleep at night, but what f'n difference does that make? You think wordsmithing means millions of babies don't die? Man, you're an idiot. I mean, a complete and total f'n fool.
03-banghead Yeah Rebs, I like to see millions of fetuses aborted. I get off thinking about it. Rebs, you are the idiot. I would prefer them not to have an abortion(would be best to avoid the situation in the first place so that thhere is no need to make the choice). But it is not up to me or up to you to decide for her.
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(09-07-2010 09:33 AM)RobertN Wrote:  
(09-07-2010 07:26 AM)Rebel Wrote:  
(09-05-2010 02:36 AM)RobertN Wrote:  
(09-02-2010 12:57 PM)Rebel Wrote:  
(09-02-2010 12:42 PM)RobertN Wrote:  I am not the one who is mentally unstable and refuses to get treatment for PTSD. I am not the one who is pro killing human beings to solve all our problems. That would be you!

Really? You seem to be on board with killing millions and millions of unborn babies. I just prefer to limit it to the douchebags who want ME dead.

Fool.
Nice try Rebs. Sorry to burst your bubble but I am not on board with killing millions and millions of unborn babies. I am on board with letting the woman make her decision.

Maybe that helps you sleep at night, but what f'n difference does that make? You think wordsmithing means millions of babies don't die? Man, you're an idiot. I mean, a complete and total f'n fool.
03-banghead Yeah Rebs, I like to see millions of fetuses aborted. I get off thinking about it. Rebs, you are the idiot. I would prefer them not to have an abortion(would be best to avoid the situation in the first place so that thhere is no need to make the choice). But it is not up to me or up to you to decide for her.

You do realize that an aborted baby is an aborted grand-baby. There are other people involved. And you do understand that total # of abortions since 1973 stands at ~40 million. that's 40,000,000. Maybe you want there to be more abortions, Liberals want it gov't funded.
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(09-05-2010 02:36 AM)RobertN Wrote:  
(09-02-2010 12:57 PM)Rebel Wrote:  
(09-02-2010 12:42 PM)RobertN Wrote:  I am not the one who is mentally unstable and refuses to get treatment for PTSD. I am not the one who is pro killing human beings to solve all our problems. That would be you!

Really? You seem to be on board with killing millions and millions of unborn babies. I just prefer to limit it to the douchebags who want ME dead.

Fool.
Nice try Rebs. Sorry to burst your bubble but I am not on board with killing millions and millions of unborn babies. I am on board with letting the woman make her decision. It is not my place to make the decision for her(unless it is my girlfriend/wife then I should have some say into the situation). I would prefer that protection(condoms, birth control pill or abstinance) was used to help prevent unwanted pregnancy in the first place so a choice doesn't need to happen in the first place.

Oh what a suprise RN brings out the standard horse 5#17 cowards answer..

Either its an unborn baby or its a glob of tissue..

If its a glob of tissue you should view it no differently than getting a cyst lanced and should really not give two craps if 'birth' control is used to prevent abortions...

If it a baby then the moral cowardice involved in saying 'it's not my decision' is akin to the 'good Germans' who stood by and watched their neighbors carted away to ghettos because "it's not their problem"

5#17 or get off the pot already...
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