What's the Big Deal About Mosques?

PEOPLE SEEM to be protesting the construction of mosques all over the non-Muslim world, from London to New York, from Switzerland to Australia. Why?

"The way to gain influence among the Muslim community is to control the mosques," Steven Emerson says, speaking of the building and purchasing of mosques around America by the Muslim American society (which has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood). "The way to control what people think in the Muslim community is to have the right imam preach the right message. So by acquiring these mosques the Muslim American Society gets the right to appoint the imam and distribute the message they believe is necessary to spread Islam around the world."

Emerson is an expert on these matters. He is the author of six books, and co-author of two more. His television documentary, "Jihad in America," won the 1994 George Polk Award for best Television Documentary, and top prize for best investigative reporting from Investigative Reporters and Editors. He is also the Executive Director of the Investigative Project on Terrorism, a data-gathering center on Islamist groups. Emerson frequently testifies before Congressional committees on al-Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, and other terrorist organizations.

The majority of mosques in the U.S. are urging Muslims to undermine the government and eventually overthrow it. Read more about that here: Mapping Sharia.

Read more about the surprising role mosques traditionally serve in Islam: A Concession That Should Not Be Granted.

Read more about who funds mosques: The Wahhabi Invasion of America.