Many New Yorkers were suspicious of the newcomers’ plans to build a house of worship in Manhattan. Some feared the project was being underwritten by foreigners. Others said the strangers’ beliefs were incompatible with democratic principles.
Conce ...
Posted Saturday, October 9th 2010 at 3:15PM
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TALK OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT IS APPEALING—UNTIL YOU SEE WHAT IT ACTUALLY MEANS IN PRACTICE: A SOCIETY IN WHICH IT IS EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF. THIS NIGHTMARE MAY BE IN OUR NOT-TO--DISTANT FUTURE.
Thanks to 30 years of right-wing demagoguery about th ...
Posted Friday, October 8th 2010 at 11:19AM
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“FOR SOMEONE TO SAY WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BUILD A CHURCH IN A MUSLIM COUNTRY, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NOT RIGHT,” SAID IMAM OSAMA BAHLOUL, LEADER OF THE ISLAMIC CENTER IN TENNESSEEE. “YOU CAN GOOGLE THIS.”
On ABC's This Week on Oct. 3, 2010, ho ...
Posted Thursday, October 7th 2010 at 11:03AM
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Visitors to the upper floors of the Muslim community center planned for near ground zero would walk through lofty spaces — for art exhibitions, for contemplation and prayer, for programs on interreligious dialogue, for a 9/11 memorial — as sunlight s ...
Posted Sunday, October 3rd 2010 at 1:23PM
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She was standing naked on the wharf in Boston harbor, covered only by an old carpet. The frail little girl, just seven, kidnapped from home and family in Africa and forced into the dark hold of a slaveship for the horrific Middle Passage across the ...
Posted Saturday, October 2nd 2010 at 5:00PM
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COOPERATION FROM AMERICAN MUSLIMS IS NO SECRET TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS WHO HAVE ESTABLISHED DOWN TO THE LOCAL LEVEL FORMAL AND INFORMAL CONNECTIONS TO AMERICAN MUSLIM COMMUNITIES TO CULTIVATE THE FLOW OF INTELLIGENCE.
With the volume ...
Posted Friday, October 1st 2010 at 11:18AM
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“I HOPE THEY COME,” SAID DEVELOPER SHARIF EL-GAMAL. “WE DON’T SEE THIS BEING A SUCCESS UNTIL THERE HAS BEEN A BAR MITZVAH.”
OPPONENTS CALLS TO INVESTIGATE FINANCING WAS MOOT—THERE WAS NO FINANCING. NOW THE PLAN IS TO ATTRACT MUSLIM AND NON-MUSLI ...
Posted Thursday, September 30th 2010 at 9:37AM
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THE U. S. IS ONE OF THE MOST RELIGIOUS COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. BUT FAITH LEADERS AND EDUCATORS HAVE LONG LAMENTED THAT AMERICANS KNOW LITTLE ABOUT RELIGION. ON AVERAGE, PARTICIPANTS IN THE SURVEY CORRECTLY ANSWERED ONLY HALF OF THE SURVEY QUESTIONS. ...
Posted Tuesday, September 28th 2010 at 10:13PM
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On Friday night, Anderson Cooper took on Renee Ellmers, a Republican House candidate in North Carolina who has now based her campaign on opposing the so-called "Ground Zero Mosque," the Muslim community center project all the way up north in New York ...
Posted Monday, September 27th 2010 at 11:09PM
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BEIJING PROVIDES $15 BILLION IN SEED MONEY FOR THE COUNTRY’S AUTO AND BATTERY COMPANIES TO START AN ELECTRIC CAR INDUSTRY. SOON WE WILL BE IMPORTING ELECTRIC CARS FROM CHINA JUST LIKE WE ARE NOW IMPORTING OIL FROM SAUDI ARABIA.
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Posted Sunday, September 26th 2010 at 8:59PM
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GOV. PATERSON: “BEING GOVERNOR IS A LOT LIKE SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. THERE ARE A LOT OF CHARACTERS. IT’S FUNNY FOR 10 MINUTES. THEN YOU JUST WANT IT TO BE OVER…AND I SEE YOU STILL HAVE A BEARD. I SHAVED MINE A YEAR AGO. ARE YOU BLIND?
Pater ...
Posted Sunday, September 26th 2010 at 1:01PM
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“I’LL ADMIT I STARTED MY WORK DAY WITH PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS OF MIGRANT LABORT,” COLBERT SAID. “BUT AFTER WORKING WITH THESE MEN AND WOMEN, SIDE BY SIDE IN THE UNFORGIVING SUN, I HAVE TO SAY—PLEASE DON’T MAKE ME DO THIS AGAIN. IT IS REALLY REALLY HA ...
Posted Friday, September 24th 2010 at 12:31PM
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Let me be clear: the idea of an inevitable Republican landslide in November is not a foregone conclusion. It’s a self-perpetuating bit of wishful thinking that’s gaining currency through the force of being recycled ad nauseam by overzealous pundits.
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Posted Saturday, September 18th 2010 at 4:19PM
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NOTICING FELLOW MUSLIMS ON THE JOB, MR. ABDUS-SALAAM ASKED: “SO WHERE DO YOU PRAY?” THAT IS HOW HE LEARNED ABOUT THE MUSLIM PRAYER ROOM ON THE 17TH FLOOR OF THE SOUTH TOWER. HIS COMPANIONS IN THE PRAYER ROOM MIGHT INCLUDE FINANCIAL ANALYSTS, CARPE ...
Posted Sunday, September 12th 2010 at 11:48AM
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“WHAT HAS THE 11TH OF SEPTEMBER BROUGHT TO THE WORLD EXCEPT MASS KILLINGS, OCCUPATIONS, DESTRUCTION, HATRED OF MUSLIMS AND HUMILATION OF ISLAM? YOUR ACTIONS HAVE HARMED MILLIONS OF INNOCENT MUSLIMS AND NON-MUSLIMS ALIKE. HOW IS THIS ISLAM OR JIHAD? ...
Posted Saturday, September 11th 2010 at 9:36AM
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“WHEN I GO THERE I FEEL CLOSER TO HIM AND HIM TO ME,” SAID MRS. TRAORE OF HER HUSBAND, KILLED ON 9/11. WHEN SHE PRAYS, SHE CALLS GOD ALLAH. PRAYING IN THE PIT FEELS NATURAL, EVEN IF SOME OF THOSE STANDING WITH HER—WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS, PARENTS AND C ...
Posted Saturday, September 11th 2010 at 9:05AM
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Sept. 10—POLITICS DAILY--Terry Jones, the Florida pastor threatening to burn a Koran tomorrow on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, was a high school classmate of Rush Limbaugh.
The Cape Central High School in Missouri noted on their website:
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Posted Friday, September 10th 2010 at 9:52AM
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“THE WONDERFUL OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FOR THIS COMMUNITY CENTER UNDERMINES THE ABILITY OF ANTI-AMERICAN RADICALS TO RECRUIT YOUNG, IMPRESSIONABLE MUSLIMS BY FALSELY CLAIMING THAT AMERICA PERSECUTES MUSLIMS FOR THEIR FAITH.”
By FEISAL ABDUL RAUF ...
Posted Thursday, September 9th 2010 at 3:39PM
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Last night on "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart had a field day mocking Florida pastor Terry Jones for organizing an "International Burn the Koran Day" on the upcoming ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
Stewart mocked everything about Jones's planne ...
Posted Thursday, September 9th 2010 at 2:50PM
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KABUL—The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said the planned burning of Qurans on Sept. 11 by a Florida church could put the lives of American troops in danger and damage the war effort.
Gen. David Petraeus said the Taliban would exploit the demon ...
Posted Monday, September 6th 2010 at 11:38AM
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As anti-Muslim sentiment appears to be on the rise throughout the country, with high-profile protests against mosque construction and a handful of violent episodes against Muslims, Muslim groups are pushing back.
Last Monday, a group of young Musl ...
Posted Monday, September 6th 2010 at 11:19AM
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“WE WORRY: WILL WE EVER BE REALLY COMPLETELY ACCEPTED IN AMERICAN SOCIETY?” SAID DR. ASGHAR, AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON IN CINCINNATI. “IN NO OTHER COUNTRY COULD WE HAVE SUCH FREEDOMS. THAT IS WHY SO MANY MUSLIMS CHOOSE TO MAKE THIS COUNTRY THEIR OWN? ...
Posted Monday, September 6th 2010 at 9:35AM
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Here they are, ordinary, peaceful folks trying to get away from the troubles and turmoils of the world by going to a tennis match here in Queens at the U. S. Open.
Watch that sneaky grandpa at about the one minute mark.
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Posted Friday, September 3rd 2010 at 4:59PM
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Mississippi governor and Presidential hopeful Haley Barbour develops a revisionist history of the Civil Rights movement. Here he goes into great detail about race relations, the Republican Party's "monumental" contributions to Civil Rights and his o ...
Posted Friday, September 3rd 2010 at 9:15AM
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