Friday - April 04, 2008

Happy Birthday Mr. Pedophile

God dammit, to think that I used to live in that city. Can you say “Lib er al” boys and girls? I knew that you could.

BINGHAMTON—The Muslims of the Americas group intends to celebrate the prophet Muhammad’s birthday in downtown Binghamton.

The community traditionally observed Milad-un-Nabi (celebration of the Holy Prophet) with a parade, singing and other activities at its privately owned property in Hancock, where 35 to 40 Muslim families live.

This year, though, the group wants to expand the celebration to include a parade and other activities from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday in downtown Binghamton.

“We’re trying to do an interfaith thing, we’re reaching out to the community to do a program based on unity,” said Maryam A. Rahim, event coordinator. “We haven’t been very well known ... We want everyone to come out and celebrate, maybe ask questions.”

The first-ever celebration of Muhammad’s birthday in Binghamton will include a parade starting at 11 a.m. on Court Street from Chenango to Front streets and then back to Chenango Street. One lane of downtown’s main street will be closed during the parade, said city spokesman Andrew Block, who also said the group secured the appropriate permits to hold the celebration.

After the parade, activities are scheduled in front of the old Broome County Court-house. The list of guest speakers includes the Rev. Douglas Taylor of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Binghamton and Diane O’Heron, a professor at Broome Community College.

Rahim said within the Muslim community, some adherents disagree with a formal celebration of Muhammad’s birthday, claiming it is excess and not in keeping with the prophet’s modest lifestyle.

Others consider the observance of Milad-un-Nabi to be just as important as Eid-ul-Fitr, which is the celebration after the fasting month of Ramadan, and Eid-ul-Adha, or the pilgrimage to Mecca, she said.

Muslims of the Americas was formed in the 1980s when several families migrated from ghetto properties in New York City to Hancock to make a new start on their own property in a clean, rural environment, Rahim said. The community includes a mosque and a private school.

Yes, I’ve posted on that place before. It goes by the name Islamaberg and is just a few miles outside of town. Right along the Delaware River. Google it up, or go here, read, and be afraid. The locals feel that it’s a training camp for Jamaat ul Fuqra, a Pakistani terrorist group. Nothing has been proven, so maybe it’s all just rumor.

Well, I hope they have a good time at the parade tomorrow morning. Too bad I can’t be there, because I’d be selling American flags and balloons like the one pictured here at a loss to all the folks in the crowd. But knowing Binghamton NY as well as I do, if it doesn’t rain it will probably snow. Or at least be cold and miserable.

I have no idea how the locals will react to this little parade in their midst. While Binghamton tries to think of itself as a sophisticated little city, it really is quite “upstate” at heart. Which means something like redneck, hillbilly, NASCAR & WWE fans, etc. You know, regular Americans. But then again it is NY, which has almost totally gone over to the Dems. So who knows what will happen. Oh, and while the parade route is only about 5 blocks long, it will cause the State Street extension of rt 434 to be closed, which will totally screw up traffic coming into the city from the South Side. Thanks Mo.

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