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Ground Zero mosque?s eerie echo of ancient terror ? the rabat

By Alliance Alert

Amir Taheri writing in The New York Post: Islam is a religion, not a culture. Each of the 57 Muslim-majority nations has its own distinct culture -- and the Bengali culture has little in common with the Nigerian. Then, too, most of those countries have their own cultural offices in the US, especially in New York . . . In fact, the proposed structure is known in Islamic history as a rabat -- literally a connector. The first rabat appeared at the time of the Prophet . . . After each ghazva ["raid"], the Prophet ordered the creation of a rabat -- or a point of contact at the heart of the infidel territory raided. The rabat consisted of an area for prayer, a section for the raiders to eat and rest and facilities to train and prepare for future razzias."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on September 10, 2010 (boomark / email).