Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Ground Zero imam, Feisal Abdul Rauf, sued in New Jersey

From Crain's:
Union City has filed charges against Feisal Abdul Rauf, the imam behind the community center/mosque near Ground Zero, for failing to address complaints by tenants and orders by the city on issues like moldy bathrooms and fire hazards. The suit was filed Monday in state Superior Court in Jersey City and identifies Mr. Rauf as the sole officer of Sage Development LLC.
See full article at The Star Ledger.

From Fox News:
The Mayor of Union City, New Jersey blasted the Imam who wants to build a mosque and community center two blocks from ground zero for being a “slumlord.”

At hastily called news conference Union City Mayor Brian Stack accused Imam Faisal Rauf of neglecting two apartment houses and ignoring numerous citations from the Union City’s Fire and Health Departments. Mayor Stack described the Imam as “unscrupulous” and questioned his statements about wanting to help people and build bridges while his own tenants were living in “shoddy conditions.”...

The mayor said the Imam was among the worst landlords in Union City and that the lawsuit had nothing to do with the controversy associated with the project the Imam wants to build in lower Manhattan. When asked to give advice to New York the Mayor warned, “any town where he (Imam Rauf) buys property, be alert, because he is not a good landlord.”

Both the Imam and his wife were not available to comment.

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