Investigation Finds Obama Financing Mosques Worldwide With U.S. Taxpayer Dollars
WASHINGTON,
D.C. — A Channel 2 Action News investigation found that the State
Department is sending millions of dollars to save mosques overseas. This
investment has received criticism as the United States makes an effort
to slash nearly $4 trillion in government spending.Plenty of outrage
following the announcement made Thursday
afternoon by a government commission that suggested huge cuts to the
budget, including eliminating the interest education for home mortgage.
This juxtaposed with the United States investing millions to refurbish
mosques as a good-will effort in Muslim countries has upset many
taxpayer groups.
“We are spending money we don’t have. This is all on a gigantic credit card right now,” said Jared Thomas, a taxpayer advocate.
Millions more dollars have been sent
to places like Cyprus. The State Department displays before and after
pictures of mosques refurbished with U.S. tax dollars.
“I
think it is very hard to explain to the American taxpayer right now
whose having an extraordinary time paying bills and making ends meet
that this is why we took this out of your paycheck, so we can fund
this,” said Thomas.
The
State Department declined a Channel 2 Action News request for an
interview. We wanted to ask why are we using tax dollars to refurbish
religious buildings overseas. The State Department did send Channel Two
Action News an e-mail saying that they are fighting Islamic extremism by
building relationships with Islamic leaders.
Egyptian-American human rights activist Nonie Darwish told Channel 2 Action News anchor Justin Farmer that trying to buy respect in the Middle East only shows our weakness.
“This
part of the world has a lot of respect for power and America is not
showing its power, it’s showing its appeasement. They are laughing all
the way to the bank,” said Darwish.
Darwish
was born in Egypt and is now a former Muslim. Darwish told Farmer that
she moved to America and has written several books critical of radical
Islam. Darwish said that most of the mosques in Egypt are run by
extremists who have ordered former Muslims like herself to be killed.
“We
are rebuilding mosques to support the radicals, not to support the
moderates. We are building mosques to issue fatwas of death against
people like me,” said Darwish.
Your tax dollars also fund computers and mosques in places like Tajikistan and Mali.
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