21 July 08 - 19:08Imama does Subway Ads

And its not the sandwich

WCBS TV

Ads Promoting Islam To Appear In Subways Soon
Imam Linked To Bomb Plots Behind Controversial Ad Campaign
Posters To Be Displayed During Month Of Ramadan
Reporting

Marcia Kramer NEW YORK (CBS) ― After being linked to a plot to blow up city landmarks, a Brooklyn imam has a new target - subway ads explaining the true meaning of Islam.

Siraj Wahhaj, once a character witness for Omar Abdel-Rahman, the blind sheikh now doing life for plotting to blow up the world trade center in 1993, was also linked by the feds to a plan to blow up city landmarks. Now he's behind a controversial subway ad campaign pushing Islam.

"Horrible, absolutely horrible," one New Yorker said of the campaign.

"I believe in freedom of religion, but anyone with terrorist ties – I'd be skeptical," said Court Williams, a Fairfield, Conn. resident who works in the city.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said the ads, which will begin in September on 1,000 subway cars, are just fine. A committee reviewed them for obscenity and gave the green light. No comments No trackbacks

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