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FOR IMAM IN MUSLIM CENTER FUROR, A HARD BALANCING ACT, New York Times, August 22, 2010 (529 hits)
“NOW HE HAS SET UP, UNWITTINGLY, A SYMBOL OF THE GROWING TENSION BETWEEN AMERICA AND MUSLIMS. THIS MOSQUE THAT MUSLIMS SEE AS A SYMBOL OF ISLAM UNDER ATTACK, OPPONENTS SEE AS AN INSULT TO AMERICA.” “TO STEREOTYPE HIM AS AN EXTREMIST IS JUST NUTS, ...
Posted Sunday, August 22nd 2010 at 11:36AM
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THE NATIONAL SECURITY MOSQUE, by Ali Soufan, FORBES, August 18, 2010 (283 hits)
FROM A NATIONAL SECURITY PERSPECTIVE, OUR LEADERS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT NO ONE IS LIKELY TO BE HAPPIER WITH THE OPPOSITION TO BUIDLING A MOSQUE THAN OSAMA BIN LADEN. HIS NEXT VIDEO SCRIPT HAS JUST WRITTEN ITSELF. The furor over the propos ...
Posted Thursday, August 19th 2010 at 9:01PM
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THE MONSTER THAT ATE MANHATTAN: THE MUSLIMS ARE COMING! QUICK! HIDE THE CHILDREN! (361 hits)
Mosque at Ground Zero? The issue is radioactive. The debate has been explosive. Rhetorical excess is running wild. And the battle is just heating up. We hear: “If we build the mosque it is a victory for the terrorists.” And: “If we ...
Posted Thursday, August 19th 2010 at 1:41PM
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MANHATTAN MOSQUE REMAINS LONG SHOT TO BE BUILT, Politico, August 19, 2010 (401 hits)
When President Barack Obama turned the battle over a planned New York Islamic center into a national debate over religious freedom, he unwittingly allied himself and his party with an ill-planned, long-shot development project described by one of its ...
Posted Thursday, August 19th 2010 at 11:09AM
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FOX NEWS FUNDS REPUBLICANS: Keith Olbermann, August 17, 2010 (288 hits)
Q: Is it approprite for a news organization to be inolved in politics? Rupert Murdoch: No. I don't think we should be supporting the tea Party or any other party. Yet...News Corp gave the single largest donation to the RGA (Republican Govern ...
Posted Tuesday, August 17th 2010 at 9:36PM
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RACHEL MADDOW TO RECEIVE 2010 WALTER CRONKITE AWARD (261 hits)
The Interfaith Alliance announced Monday that it would award its 2010 Walter Cronkite Faith & Freedom award to the MSNBC anchor in honor of her work covering religion and politics. Maddow will receive the award alongside Chautaqua Institution Departm ...
Posted Tuesday, August 17th 2010 at 9:36AM
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MUSLIM-AMERICAN REPUBLICANS PUSH BACK ON THEIR PARTY’S ANTI-MOSQUE RHETORIC, Huffington Post, August 16, 2010 (807 hits)
“I HEAR NEWT GINGRICH CHATTER ABOURT SHARIA LAW,” SAID ONE FORMER BUSH ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL WHO IS MUSLIM. “I DON’T KNOW WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM. DID SOMEONE ACTUALLY SAY, ‘I WANT TO IMPOSE SHARIA LAW ON THE UNITED STATES?’ IF SOMEONE DID, ...
Posted Monday, August 16th 2010 at 5:03PM
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MOSQUE AT GROUND ZERO? MUSLIMS HAVE BEEN PRAYING INSIDE PENTAGON SINCE 2001, SALON, August 5, 2010 (468 hits)
Navy imam Chaplain Abuhena M. Saifulislam lifted his voice to God as he called to prayer more than 100 Department of Defense employees Monday at a celebration of Ramadan at the Pentagon. God is most great, sang the lieutenant commander and Islami ...
Posted Monday, August 16th 2010 at 8:49AM
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MOSQUES IN LOWER MANHATTAN? THERE ARE ALREADY TWO WITH LONGTERM ROOTS JUST BLOCKS FROM GROUND ZERO. (348 hits)
MASJID MANHATTAN, ON WARREN STREET, FOUR BLOCKS FROM GROUND ZERO, WAS FOUNDED IN 1970. MASJID AL-FARAH MOVED TO WEST BROADWAY IN 1985, ABOUT 12 BLOCKS FROM GROUND ZERO. BOTH HAVE EXISTED FOR DECADES, LARGELY UNNOTICED, BLOCKS FROM THE WORLD TRADE ...
Posted Monday, August 16th 2010 at 8:46AM
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TESTIMONY OF FAITH IN CHRIST: YOU KNOW THAT I KNOW, YOLANDA ADAMS (809 hits)
This is for anyone who feels he has the authority to comment on Christian theology, spirituality, faith, scripture or any other aspect of Christ's teaching even though he has not experienced it for himself and does not understand it and has no idea w ...
Posted Sunday, August 15th 2010 at 10:10PM
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ANDERSON COOPER GRILLS REP. GOHMERT ON “TERROR BABY PLOT”: SCARE STORIES WITH NO EVIDENCE, AUGUST 13, 2010 (786 hits)
Anderson Cooper got into a heated argument with Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert on the Thursday edition of "Anderson Cooper 360," as he repeatedly asked the Republican to provide him with proof of the actual existence of the supposed "terror baby" pl ...
Posted Saturday, August 14th 2010 at 8:42PM
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OLBERMANN BLASTS DR. LAURA FOR “GENUINE BLIND IGNORANT RACISM”—BUT NOT FOR USING THE N-WORD, August 13, 2010 (291 hits)
Keith Olbermann blasted Dr. Laura Schlessinger Friday night — but not for her N-word rant. Instead, Olbermann focused on "what followed the fireworks," what he described as "the genuine blind ignorant racism." Naming Dr. Laura his "Worst Person i ...
Posted Saturday, August 14th 2010 at 8:23PM
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“GROUND ZERO MOSQUE” IMAM SERVED AS BUSH ADMINISTRATION ENVOY FOR PEACE IN MIDEAST, August 12, 2010 (1027 hits)
IMAM RAUF AND BUSH ADVISOR KAREN HUGHES WERE PART OF THE FEBRUARY 2006 U.S.—ISLAMIC WORLD FORUM IN DOHA, QATAR AND A SIMILAR DELEGATION IN MARCH 2006. “HIS WORK ON TOLERANCE AND RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY IS WELL-KNOWN AND HE BRINGS A MODERATE PERSPECTIVE ...
Posted Friday, August 13th 2010 at 11:05PM
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ARIZONA "SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS" AND PRISON PROFITEERING: The Hidden Connection, Rachel Maddow, Aug. 12, 2010 (696 hits)
For those who can't get enough RM (I'm looking at YOU, Irma!!!) here is another fine example of excellence in journalism. First, she does her homework. She makes sure she has her facts straight. Second, her astute analysis makes unexpected connec ...
Posted Friday, August 13th 2010 at 1:18PM
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HOW THE IDEA FOR NYC MOSQUE STARTED: NY Times, August 11, 2010 (548 hits)
“STROLLERS,” SAID RABBI JOY LEVITT. THE DIRECTOR OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN RECALLS THE MAIN TOPIC OF HER CONVERSATION WITH DAISY KHAN, WIFE OF IMMAM FEISAL ABDUL RAUF ABOUT AN IDEA FOR A MUSLIM COMMUNITY CENTER. Joy ...
Posted Friday, August 13th 2010 at 11:13AM
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GROUND ZERO MOSQUE CONTROVERSY? Jon Stewart on the Daily Show, August 10, 2010 (248 hits)
Why should we as Americans have higher standards of religious liberty than SAUDI ARABIA? IT MAKES NO SENSE!!! Jon Stewart ...
Posted Wednesday, August 11th 2010 at 10:17PM
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AMERICAN MUSLIMS MAKE VIDEO TO REBUT MILITANTS, NY Times, August 1, 2010 (229 hits)
WE NEED TO SHEPHERD OUR OWN FLOCK AND SAY THEOLOGICALLY THESE THINGS ARE UNACCEPTABLE. THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD, ON THE BATTLEFIELD, SAW INNOCENT WOMEN AND CHILDREN KILLED AND WAS OPENLY ANGRY. HE IS PROHIBITING US FROM KILLING THE INNOCENT.” A rece ...
Posted Wednesday, August 11th 2010 at 6:17PM
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G.O.P CONGRESSMAN OUSTED IN PRIMARY: REFUSED TO CALL OBAMA A SOCIALIST AND LOST, HuffingtonPost, Aug 9, 2010 (723 hits)
Rep. Bob Inglis (R-S.C.) says he knows firsthand the risky business of refusing to call President Obama a "socialist" from his primary election defeat earlier this summer. Inglis was quoted reflecting back on his loss by the New York Daily News o ...
Posted Monday, August 9th 2010 at 2:43PM
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OBAMA AND DREAM TEAM OF BASKETBALL STARS PAST AND PRESENT PLAY HOOPS FOR THE TROOPS. August 9, 2010 (310 hits)
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND A DREAM TEAM OF CURRENT AND FORMER BASEKTBALL STARS GOT TOGETHER TO PLAY BALL FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT OF OUR BRAVE WOUNDED WARRIORS. LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony and other NBA all-stars joined Obama in W ...
Posted Monday, August 9th 2010 at 9:59AM
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COLBERT HAMMERS FOX FOR LACK OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN VIEWERS THEN FINDS OUT HE DOESN’T HAVE MANY EITHER (368 hits)
ONLY 1.38% OF THE FOX NEWS AUDIENCE IS AFRICAN-AMERICAN. WHO ARE THEY? "45% ARE TRAPPED IN A JIFFY LUBE WAITING ROOM. 7% ARE WHITE PEOPLE WHO WATCH FOX IN BLACKFACE. 25% SAID GLENN BECK’S NAME THREE TIMES AND HIS SHOW APPEARED AND THE REMAINING 23% ...
Posted Thursday, August 5th 2010 at 9:18PM
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RACHEL MADDOW TALKS SMACK ON LETTERMAN: Watch Her Eviscerate Fox ,August 3, 2010 (357 hits)
It's a pattern with Fox. They keep running these stories about -- for lack of a better phrase -- scary black people. About scary black people at the USDA discriminating against white farmers. And scary black people stopping white people from voting. ...
Posted Thursday, August 5th 2010 at 8:35AM
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WATCH COLBERT UNDRESS FOX'S LAURA INGRAHAM: Right Wing Fantasy World Exposed for All to See (742 hits)
Stephen Colbert puts the pressure on Laura Ingraham during a stint on his show, showing that his comedic ability is better than hers. But when they discuss her book Obama Diaries, a fictional creation of her own imagination, she responds to her ...
Posted Wednesday, August 4th 2010 at 11:56AM
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