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Terry Jones, the Would-Be Koran-Burning Preacher: Where Is He Now?
By Jeanette Friedman - AOL NewsTerry Jones was just one of a host of people who momentarily grabbed the spotlight in 2010 and dominated a news cycle or two while getting their 15 minutes of fame. In this series, AOL News is checking in on 25 of these newsmakers and giving them a 16th minute. Mario Tama, Getty Images Terry Jones is pictured at the site of the proposed Park51 mosque and community center in New York City. Terry Jones Made News in 2010 When He: Used Facebook to call on Americans to turn Sept. 11 into "International Burn a Koran Day." Jones attracted 8,400-plus fans on Facebook, and his message ...
At 9/11 Commemoration in New York, the Names of the Dead Echo Again
By Tom Kavanagh - Politics DailyFor the ninth straight year, the names of those killed in the 9/11 terrorist attack on New York City were read aloud Saturday morning in a somber ceremony near ground zero. Thousands of people, many of them relatives of those who died, gathered in a park near the site that has been the center of a new controversy involving a planned mosque and Islamic center nearby. Alyson Low, a librarian in Fayetteville, Ark., and the sister of a flight attendant who died in the attack, expressed her grief in light of the recent uproar: "I'm tired of talking about everything else, tired of the politics," ...
Colin Powell Says Ground Zero Mosque Should Go Forward
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyGen. Colin Powell, the retired chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and secretary of state under President George W. Bush, said Thursday that the Islamic community center and mosque planned near Ground Zero in New York City should go forward. Powell made his comments during an appearance on ABC's "The View." "The terrorists win if we become terrified and . . . change who we are and what we are," Powell said, as he argued that it is crucial for Americans to remain true to the values that set the country apart from the rest of the world. The retired general said that while he understands ...
Orrin Hatch Backs 'Ground Zero Mosque,' Breaks With GOP Colleagues
By David Gibson - Politics DailyRepublican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah has come out strongly in support of the controversial Islamic center proposed for construction in New York, even as his party appears to be using opposition to the so-called "Ground Zero mosque" as a campaign issue. In an interview over the weekend with Fox 13 News in Salt Lake City, Hatch noted that "there's a huge . . . lack of support throughout the country for Islam to build that mosque there, but that should not make a difference if they decide to do it." "I'd be the first to stand up for their rights," said Hatch, a Mormon and longtime supporter of ...
'Ground Zero Mosque' Imam in 2005: U.S. Has 'Muslim Blood on Its Hands'
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyThe imam of the proposed mosque and Islamic center that supporters want to build two blocks from Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan has been mostly silent as controversy engulfs the issue. But words he spoke in 2005 are beginning to bounce around the Internet and will likely provide fodder for opponents of the project: Feisal Abdul Rauf once claimed that the United States "has more Muslim blood on its hands" than the terrorist group al-Qaeda has on its hands from attacks on innocent non-believers. An audio of Rauf, speaking in Australia in five years ago, was posted by the libertarian website ...
Fox News Contributor Bill Kristol: 'I Agree With Harry Reid'
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyOn Monday's edition of Fox News' "Special Report," Weekly Standard editor and Fox News contributor Bill Kristol said he agreed with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's comments regarding a controversial mosque planned near Ground Zero. "I agree with Harry Reid. I've wanted to say that for three and a half years," Kristol joked. Watch the video here: A partial transcript is here: I agree with Harry Reid. I've wanted to say that for three and a half years -- the three and a half years he's been Senate majority leader. I don't think I've ever said that on this set, or anywhere else. But ...
Ground Zero Mosque: Developers Decline Alternate Site Offer
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyDevelopers of a mosque and Muslim community center in New York have declined the state's offer of an alternative site farther from the scene of the 9/11 attacks, CNN reports. Gov. David Paterson on Tuesday offered a state-owned property for the project, which has stirred protests among families of 9/11 victims, who say the current location is disrespectful to those who died and insensitive to New Yorkers' lingering pain. Nearly 3,000 people were killed at the hands of fundamentalist Islamic terrorists in the 2001 attacks. The developers, however, say the planned location for the facility was ...
NYC Mayor Defends Aide's Jab at Palin Mosque Tweet
By Mara Gay - AOL News(July 20) -- New York City Michael Bloomberg says his aide had a right to use Twitter to hit back against Sarah Palin's criticism of a proposed mosque near ground zero. "I will defend her right to speak her mind," the mayor said Monday. The war of tweets began Sunday when Palin called the mosque an "unnecessary provocation" on her Twitter feed. "Peace-seeking Muslims, pls understand, Ground Zero mosque is UNNECESSARY provocation; it stabs hearts," she wrote. "Pls reject it in interest of healing." Ben Hider, Getty Images New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended his aide on Monday ...
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