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Opinion: Is Antipathy Toward Muslims Misguided, or Worse?
By not in system - AOL News(Sept. 15) -- When I was in the eighth grade, the year I came to the United States, my teacher showed us a documentary film about school integration. In that film, a white woman was interviewed about her passionate opposition to black students attending her child's then all-white school. She asked why they couldn't just stay in their own schools. Why did they have to come to white schools? She said something to the effect that this was the first step in trying to take over America and punish white people for slavery; that integration was "just the beginning." I recall that she was somewhat ...
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 ...
Opinion: Ground Zero Mosque Foes -- Time To Put Up
By not in system - AOL News(Sept. 10) -- Exactly how crazy have things gotten in the "ground zero mosque" protests? One foe, an ad agency, has mounted two decommissioned missiles on trailers, hitched the trailers to vehicles and started circling the block -- two blocks from ground zero, remember -- where the building containing a mosque may eventually be constructed. Apparently, it is legal in New York to menacingly display bombs in public as long as they don't go boom. Truth be told, the missiles may be the least explosive of this week's protests, as crowds mount in anticipation of the anniversary of the Sept. 11 ...
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 ...
NY Imam Breaks Silence on 'Ground Zero Mosque' Plans
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News(Sept. 8) -- After staying quiet while controversy swirled, the imam who wants to build a Muslim community center near the spot where the Twin Towers fell is finally speaking out -- saying he's moving forward with the project, is "awed" by the "furor" over it and is promising to "clearly identify" its financial backers. Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf wrote an op-ed posted on The New York Times website late Tuesday saying that the "ground zero mosque" -- a $100 million planned YMCA-like community center with a swimming pool, classrooms and separate prayer spaces for Christians, Muslims and Jews -- ...
Opinion: Imam Rauf's a 'Moderate' ... Compared to What?
By J.D. Gordon - AOL News(Sept. 2) -- Imam Feisal Rauf, the man behind the Park51 project, formerly the Cordoba House (aka ground zero mosque), has been commonly referred to as a "moderate" -- though the question should be "compared to what?" His "moderate" reputation has garnered the respect of President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who's backed the $100 million mega-mosque and community center on a site that was damaged on 9/11. It has also lent credibility to Rauf's stated quest of bridging "the great divide" between Islam and other faiths. But where does Rauf, author of three books on ...
Islamophobia Imported From Europe: An Ugly Trend Gets Uglier
By Sarah Wildman - Politics DailyAmong the many strange things this ugly August has wrought, perhaps the most peculiar -- and distasteful -- is a new kinship of intolerance many Americans now seem to share with Europeans. As born out by the "Ground Zero mosque" controversy, it is a fellowship of hate and of fear, a fellowship we once would have spurned because Americans, by self-definition, believe in religious freedom, in religious pluralism, in multicultural identities, in a nation up built by the immigrant experience. For many years, anti-Muslim sentiment in Europe, embodied by protests against mosque minarets and ...
Opinion: It's About Religious Freedom. Period.
By Alan Colmes - AOL News(Aug. 27) -- Let's take a quick look at the misinformation surrounding the so-called ground zero mosque. First, it is neither at ground zero, nor is it a mosque. It's kind of like Joe the Plumber. His name isn't really Joe and he isn't a licensed plumber. For me, this calls into doubt even the "the." All the grave concern about a mosque in that building two blocks away from ground zero ignores that there is already a mosque in that building. I'm not aware of any damage that the prayer space there, already being used by Muslims, is causing. Now, in addition to that prayer space, they want ...
Opinion: Who's Being Insensitive About the 'Ground Zero Mosque'?
By Michael Cohen - AOL News(Aug. 26) -- Over the past few weeks as the furor over the Cordoba House project near ground zero has grown, opponents of the plan have seized on a novel argument to avoid the charge that they're seeking to constrain the religious freedom of American Muslims. They argue that while religious groups have the right to build a place of worship anywhere they please -- and the government can't lawfully block such an effort -- the project shouldn't go forward because it rubs raw the sensitivities of the families of 9/11 victims. Case in point is a recent op-ed by, of all people, Karen Hughes, who ...
Michael Enright: 4 Most Surprising Facts About the Alleged Anti-Muslim Stabber
By David Knowles - AOL News(Aug. 25) -- Who would do such a thing? On Tuesday night, after asking his cab driver whether he was a Muslim, a 21-year-old New York man allegedly brandished a pocket knife and began stabbing the driver in the face, neck and arms. A sketchy portrait of Michael Enright, who was arrested and charged with attempted second-degree murder as a hate crime, began to emerge today. Surge Desk has pulled together the most surprising aspects about him and the case so far, culled from various news sources, blogs and interviews with his known associates. 1. Enright recently did an internship with ...
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