Muslims shocked by hate directed agaisnt them

SEEKING A NEW MOSQUE, THEY FIND A CULTURAL TURF WAR - TOP MEG LAUGHLIN, St. Petersburg Times, 7/14/06
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/07/14/State/Seeking_a_new_mosque_.shtml POMPANO BEACH - Two years ago, the congregation of a small but growing mosque in Pompano Beach raised money to expand because it needed more parking.Mosque leaders, filled with hope, chose a patch of land in a predominantly black area."They picked that spot because they were sympathetic to the black struggle and believed the feelings were mutual, especially since the persecution after 9/11," said Altaf Ali of CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations. . .What began as civil debate quickly plunged into an anti-Islamic diatribe with Dozier and his security force shouting at Ali that "Islam is evil" and "the Koran says to cut off heads."Besides the three dozen, mostly black, protesters from his church -- which his deacon says has "over 300 parishioners" - Dozier is supported by two other black ministers from the area and about four local Jewish supporters, led by Joe Kaufman, founder of "Citizens Against Hate" and the "Republican Jewish Coalition of South Florida." . . ."This mosque should not exist on American shores," said Kaufman, who got a standing ovation from the predominantly black audience. (MORE