Another "Moderate" Imam And Supporter Of Ground Zero Mosque Won't Condemn Hamas

From Jihad Watch:

Big surprise. "Another 'Moderate' GZ Mosque Supporter Can't Bring Himself to Call Hamas a Terrorist Organization," by the peerless Andrew C. McCarthy at National Review, August 25:

Last night, I was on David Asman's Fox Business Channel show, Scoreboard, debating Imam Dawoud Kringle of the New York State prison system, a GZ mosque supporter. Imam Kringle, who seems like a nice enough fellow, reeled off the usual talking points about how Islam forbids terrorism and, therefore, if someone commits an act of terrorism that act is, by definition, un-Islamic.

Then came the moment of truth: the very simple question, "Is Hamas a terrorist organization?" Have a look at the YouTube clip below. Like his friend Imam Feisal Rauf, Imam Kringle won't answer the question. I pressed him, pointing out that it is a very simple question. And it is: Quite apart from the fact that Hamas is formally designated as a terrorist organization under U.S. law, Hamas's own charter makes abundantly clear -- indeed, wears like a badge of honor -- that Hamas exists solely for the purpose of driving Israel out of Palestine by violent jihad. Yet the imam cannot bring himself to say Hamas is a terrorist organization....

Read it all.