8/11/2008
Bait Ul Ilm Mission and Mosque, Streamwood, Illinois - construction

As you will recall, we have been watching and observing as they’ve been constructing this monstrosity - smack dab in the middle of a community that has very few muslims in it.

Construction is going along at a rapid pace. Before long we won’t be able to see the innards of the building anymore, as the walls are going up.
To understand the magnificent scale this is being built upon, I will take some pictures of it from across the street.
Coincidentally or not, my son stopped at the neighborhood 7-11 the other day and brought home some interesting news.

Several of my neighbors have part time jobs there, and my son knows most everybody behind the counter.
But I just went over there for a gallon of milk, to find out for myself. Yes, they tell me, it’s true. They’re losing their jobs, effective September 9th. The store has been sold - to Pakistanis, who said they will be bringing their relatives in there to work.
So everyone else - who has been working there as long as I can remember - are going to have to figure something else out.
I just find the timing of this rather strange.
And one more thing. I’d started going to the Dunkin’ Donuts because Starbucks is so…LEFTIST. But inside the Dunkin’ Donuts, I noticed some women in there working - with hijabs over their hair; a telltale sign that we have more muslims in food service around here.
As I was riding by about two weeks ago, I noticed on the parkway - a policeman who was talking into his radio - and a statuesque-looking very tall black man with a turban on his head that was rainbow colored. What that meant I had no idea, although it appeared he was a very large muslim man. He was standing there staring off into space, with his hands on his hips as though he was a statue. And the cop was looking straight at him, talking into his radio - slightly behind.
I had my camera with me, but I was in traffic, so all I could do was take a mental note of it as I whizzed on by.
I’ve been wondering what that was all about, but didn’t see anything in the news or online about it.
All of these things together are giving me the creeps.










August 30th, 2008 at 8:39 am
Dear Sir,
Please allow me to share a few factual items of interest:
1. Muslims do not wear turbans with rainbow colors. The gentleman you saw, was probably a Sikh (great people by the way, very funny and music oriented).
2. Yes, some Afghans wear turbans, but thats their culture, not religion. You wouldnt find Muslims from Brazil or Malaysia wearing turbans.
3. The loss of job at the local store is indeed, unfortunate. The new tenants are probably new in the country, trying to find their “American Dream” and brought in a few family members as support.
I attended a Catholic school in a Muslim country for over 10 years
so I wanted to share my first hand experience. They are just like us, some silly, some intelligent, and then some that are just stray.
August 30th, 2008 at 9:14 am
What is your experience with Afghanistan? As far as I know, extremists are the ones who wear turbans; muslims from the north normally wear a pakol in the tradition of Massoud. (Although Karzai is giving Taliban and Al Q militants pakols in order to blur the line between them)
What catholic school - and what muslim country?