Alleged Anti-Muslim Attacker Works for Pro-Cordoba Initiative Company

Here are the facts of the attack from New York Police Commissioner Kelly:

Naturally, the temptation would be to think this psychopath was fervently opposed to the Ground Zero Mosque, but not so fast. From the Village Voice:

Michael Enright of Brewster, New York, who was booked on charges of attempted murder and assault with a weapon as a hate crime, is listed on Facebook as an employee of the New York City-based Intersections International, a “global initiative dedicated to promoting justice, reconciliation and peace across lines of faith, culture, ideology, race, class, national borders and other boundaries that divide humanity.” And a few weeks ago, they announced their support for — you guessed it — the Cordoba House, better known to many as the “Ground Zero Mosque.”

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And on August 3, 2010, Intersections International came out with this press release:

Intersections supports the efforts of its partner organizations, The Cordoba Initiative and the American Society for Muslim Advancement, to develop a Community Center and Muslim prayer space, called “The Cordoba House,” at 47-51 Park Place in Manhattan. The vision is to create a place where individuals-regardless of race, faith or ethnicity-will find a center for learning, art, cultural expression and athletics; and most importantly, a center guided by the universal values of all religions-compassion, generosity, peace and human dignity.

More info on Enright and this truly eerie story at the Village Voice. We’ll track any major developments at Big Peace.