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Opinion: Muslim Criticism Does Not Equal Bigotry
By Michael Medved - AOL News(Sept. 15) -- Does a negative opinion of Islam amount to conclusive evidence of bigotry? Those who warn of a raging frenzy of American "Islamophobia" base their case on the assumption that anything less than enthusiastic approval of The Religion of Peace automatically qualifies as hatemongering and ignorance. On ABC News, Christiane Amanpour pointed to recent survey figures on public uneasiness with Islam to prove that Muslim Americans faced an unprecedented tsunami of hostility and discrimination. OTHER VIEWS Frustration and mistrust are present on both sides of the debate says Jeffrey K. ...
NY Mosque Developer Getting Boot in Rent Dispute
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News(Sept. 15) -- The developer behind plans to build a Muslim community center near New York's ground zero is being evicted from his Manhattan office after failing to pay back rent. That's according to housing court papers obtained by the New York Daily News, which show that Sharif El-Gamal owes $39,000 in rent for his offices in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood. The landlord began eviction proceedings against El-Gamal last month after he was given a month to pay the overdue rent but failed to do so. Frank Franklin II, Getty Images Sharif El-Gamal, developer of the planned Cordoba House and ...
Opinion: Islamophobia -- Or Something Else?
By not in system - AOL News(Sept. 15) -- With the mosque near ground zero in the news every day, the word "Islamophobia" appears with increasing regularity. But are we really seeing an irrational fear of Islam, or is there something else at work? Whatever is motivating the criticisms of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf's plan, we would be well served by figuring out what it is. From there we can make progress toward a dialogue, rather than more of the nastiness found on both sides of the debate. OTHER VIEWS Muslim criticism does not equal bigotry, says Michael Medved. Is antipathy toward Muslims just misguided, or something ...
Imam Rauf Accused of Being a Slumlord by NJ Town
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Sept. 14) -- Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf is in some hot water today that's shockingly unrelated to Park51, aka the ground zero mosque, formerly known as Cordoba House. The town of Union City, N.J., filed a lawsuit today against the imam, charging he is a terrible, law-breaking slumlord, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. Rauf owns two apartment buildings and has not addressed a range of tenant complaints, from moldy bathrooms to lack of heat to bedbugs to fire hazards, according to the lawsuit. A fire broke out in one of the buildings in February 2008, one year after the city issued 12 fire code ...
Imam 'Exploring All Options' on Islamic Center Near Ground Zero
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsNEW YORK (Sept. 13) -- The imam leading the effort to build an Islamic community center near the site of the World Trade Center said today he has not ruled out moving the project. "We are exploring all options as we speak right now and we are working to what will be a solution, God willing, that will resolve this crisis, defuse it and not create any unforeseen or untoward circumstances that we do not want to see happen," Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf said at the Council on Foreign Relations. In a speech addressing the controversy, Rauf called the notion that the project site is hallowed ground ...
Imam Says Resolution on Mosque Site in the Works
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK (Sept. 13) -- The imam leading the effort to build an Islamic center and mosque near the World Trade Center site said Monday that a resolution to the raging debate over its location is being examined. "We are exploring all options as we speak right now, and we are working to what will be a solution, God willing, that will resolve this crisis, diffuse it and not create any unforeseen or untoward circumstances that we do not want to see happen," Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf said during a question-and-answer session following a speech before the Council on Foreign Relations. He did not ...
On 9/11 Anniversary, Enduring Grief and Sharp Division
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK – On a clear and cool Saturday, with bells ringing, bagpipes playing and a chorus singing, thousands gathered near ground zero to observe the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks as a storm of controversy swirled over the proposed construction nearby of a mosque and Islamic center and the aftermath of a Florida preacher's threat to burn the Koran. ...
On 9/11 Anniversary, Enduring Grief and Sharp Division
By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa - Politics DailyNEW YORK – On a clear and cool Saturday, with bells ringing, bagpipes playing and a chorus singing, thousands gathered near ground zero to observe the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks as a storm of controversy swirled over the proposed construction nearby of a mosque and Islamic center and the aftermath of a Florida preacher's threat to burn the Koran. Solemnity and visible sorrow prevailed at the morning ceremonies at Zuccotti Park, near the site where 2,752 people were killed when two planes flew into the World Trade Center. As expected, around 1,000 or so activists ...
Rush Limbaugh, Pastor Terry Jones Were High School Classmates
By Tom Kavanagh - Politics DailyTerry 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 (Missouri) website has the perhaps unsurprising coincidence front and center, noting: "Rush Limbaugh USED to be Cape Girardeau's most prominent export. One of his classmates from the Central High School Class of 1969 is dominating the news right now: Terry Jones, the Gainesville, FL, preacher who is threatening to hold an 'International Burn a Koran Day' on September 11." Gregg Hopkins, a Cape Central ...
Donald Trump Tries, Fails to Buy 'Ground Zero Mosque'
By David Knowles - AOL News(Sept. 9) -- He can't fire the so-called ground zero mosque, after all. Donald Trump's publicist announced today that the real estate magnate and television reality-show host was prepared to buy out the controlling investor in the controversial Islamic cultural center in lower Manhattan that has become commonly known as the ground zero mosque, but is officially called Park51. According to The Wall Street Journal, Trump informed Hisham Elzanaty of his decision to offer him cash for his stake in the project so that it could be relocated to a part of the city that is farther from the site of ...
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