Pirate's Cove

There’s no doubt that many, many Muslims around the world were celebrating and dancing in the street when America was attacked on September 11, 2001. But, did they celebrate here in the US?

(NJ.com)  In the weeks since Donald Trump ignited a firestorm by claiming “thousands and thousands” of Muslims in Jersey City cheered the fall of the twin towers on 9/11, elected officials, religious leaders and a former state attorney general denied the existence of celebrations in the city that day.

Media outlets, after scouring archived news stories and video footage, could not find verified accounts of Jersey City Muslims rejoicing.

Please understand, I am not posting this to defend Donald Trump. While he has a few policy positions I support, I in no way want him to be president. I’d rather see ultra-squishy Jon Huntsman before Trump. But, he did have a point, despite it being overblown. Oh, and did the same media spend as much time “scouring” information on Hillary and Barack?

But in a new examination by NJ Advance Media, a police officer who worked on 9/11 and residents on the outskirts of Journal Square say they witnessed small pockets of people celebrating before the groups dispersed or were broken up by authorities.

The NJ Advance Media inquiry, encompassing more than two dozen interviews conducted since Nov. 25, found Trump’s broad assertion that thousands of people cheered to be baseless. At the same time, the inquiry provides the first credible indication of at least two modest celebrations, as described by on-the-record sources who say they witnessed the behavior.

It’s a long, long article, one that shows that there were pockets of cheering by certain members of the Muslim community in Jersey City alone. Does anyone think that this wasn’t happening elsewhere in America? This in no way should indict all members who practice Islam, or even a majority. But, it should make us consider who were are letting into the country. Remember, the hardcore Islamists who perpetrated 9/11 all had visas at one point or another. And it’s not just the violent ones, who are estimated to be just 1% of the people who practice Islam (which would equal 16 million). It’s the reported 10-25% who hold attitudes of hardcore, fundamentalist Islam. And these people, especially the teachers and clerics, teach more to be Islamists. Liberals can bury their heads in the sand, or just deflect away, but, the fundamentalist version of Islam is utterly incompatible with the Progressive agenda. I can’t figure out why Leftists defend hardcore Islam in such an extreme manner.