taken a stand he s not making a stand on it. making a comment coming from his campaign, he has not been seen saying these things. that was actually a comment that came from one of his campaign staffers. all right. you also talk about a victory mosque that muslims built hundreds of years ago on the site of military conquests. yes, sir. don t all religions do that? you re catholic. rome was conquered from the pagans. conquistadors and pilgrims built their own houses of worship. is the vatican a victory church? no, that is it s not? you are incorrect in your statement, sir. wait, so, wait, just about every religion, when a religion in the past used to conquer in a war, they wouldn t build a house of worship, the catholic church didn t build houses of worship on the sites of other religions? we all know about religion. i m a christian, i am a catholic, yes, i am. you are wrong in your assumptions and i guess what i
didn t build houses of worship on the sites of other religions? we all know about religion. i m a christian, i am a catholic, yes, i am. you are wrong in your assumptions and i guess what i could ask you is, are you anti-religion? are you anti-christian in your thinking? that is like that s like the lowest response i ve ever heard from a candidate. i ve got to tell you. really? really? i really don t think that is. so the history of rome, rome was not conquered from another group? well, rome was a pagan nation before it was a christian nation. right. it was conquered by the pagans i am losing your point and the fact of the matter is we re getting way off the subject matter. the fact of the matter is i m asking about the accuracy of your commercial. you re saying these are victory mosques. couldn t the same thing be said about every religious body? i have history to back me up. we are talking about the possibility of a mosque being built on ground zero.
payingens. conkeys that dores and pilgrims built their own houses of worship. is the vatican a victory church? no, that is it s not? you are incorrect in your statement, sir. wait, so, wait, just about every religion, when a religion in the past used to conquer in a war, they wouldn t build a house of worship, the catholic church didn t build houses of worship on the sites of other religions? he with all know about religion. yes or no, i know. i m a catholic, yes, i am. you are wrong in your assumptions and, you know, i guess what i could ask you is are you anti-religion, are you anti-christian? that is like that s like the lowest response i ve ever heard from a candidate. i ve got to tell. really? really? i really don t think that is. so the history of rome, rome was not conquered from another group? well, rome was a pagan nation before it was a christian nation. right. it was conquered by the
ads. are they victory mosques? as someone who has written four books about religion, this is the first time i ve seen the history of religion has been brought into a campaign to begin with. with a lot of the hate mongering, there say kernel of truth to it. when muslims got to jerusalem and constantinople they did build mosques. i ve never in 15 years writing about this heard them called victory mosques. there s nothing in them to indicate any of that. but as you ve said this is completely consistent with the history of religion. when king david conquered jerusalem, king solomon built the temple. as you said, when rome became christian, they built st. peters, one of the great churches ever built. so this is consistent in history and more to the point and kind of lost in this whole conversation i think, is there s 600,000 muslims who live in and around new york city. there have been there are mosques in this area, there was a muslim prayer room in the world trade centers, to her refe
but as you ve said this is completely consistent with religion. when king david conquered jerusalem, king solomon built the temple. as you said, when rome became christian, they built st. peters, one of the great churches ever built. so this is consistent in history and kind of lost in this conversation i think is there s 600,000 muslims who live in and around new york city. there have been there are mosques in this area, there was a muslim prayer room in the world trade centers, to her reference about the trade centers. so the point is, it just is unusual and frankly a little frightening that a political candidate in north carolina or my hometown of savannah is going to comment on where muslims in new york city can worship or not. so if you call a mosque a victory mosque, by that logic, could you call the vatican a victory church or st. peter s a victory church, if you re going down that road? if you want to use that language, i don t think it s