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Survey Rebuts Rep. Peter King's Claims on Radicals and Mosques
By David Gibson - Politics DailyAs Rep. Peter King opened his controversial hearing into "radicalization in the American Muslim community" on Thursday morning, researchers were noting that King's claims about mosques in the United States being controlled by "radical imams" who are producing extremists are apparently untrue. King, a Long Island Republican under fire for once supporting Irish Republican Army terrorism but now pursuing Islamic extremism, has claimed that over 80 percent of American mosques are controlled by "radical imams" and that Muslims are "an enemy living amongst us" who are not helping authorities combat ...
Fire at Proposed Tenn. Mosque Site Probed by Feds
By not in system - AOL NewsMURFREESBORO, Tenn. (Aug. 29) -- Supporters from across the country have called to give encouragement to a suburban Nashville mosque where a fire was the latest setback for a planned new building, officials said Sunday. Authorities told mosque officials that four pieces of heavy construction equipment on the site were doused with an accelerant and one set ablaze, said Camie Ayash, spokeswoman for the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro. Federal investigators have not ruled it arson, saying only that the fire was being probed and asked the public to call in tips. Earlier, Ayash said that gasoline ...
Is It Too Late for the Pro-Mosque Movement?
By Betwa Sharma - AOL News(Aug 25) -- Groups supporting the Park51 Islamic Cultural Center, which most Americans say shouldn't be built as planned some 300 yards from ground zero, announced today an initiative to better make their case, but admitted they face an uphill battle to eclipse the mosque opponents who dominate the debate. "Maybe we're too late, maybe we're slow and democratic, but we're definitely changing things around," said the Rev. Donna Schaper, senior minister at Judson Memorial Church in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. "People who are creating this mass hysteria and manipulating the American people ...
Opinion: Ground Zero Mosque Fight -- All Heat, No Light
By not in system - AOL News(Aug. 18) -- One thing about the ground zero mosque debate is undebatable: it's a polarizing conversation that's been raging for weeks and is only serving to make a bad situation worse. And while the fight becomes ever uglier, we've got an enormous amount of work on our hands. Here in America, we need to address the fraught relationship between non-Muslim Americans and our Muslim minority. And there's the enormously complex issue of our relationship with the world's 1.5 billion Muslims. We're moving further apart when we can least afford to aggravate the rupture. Seth Wenig, AP Linda ...
9/11 Christian Center Creator Endorses Mosque Construction: 'It's in Their Right'
By Carl Franzen - AOL News(Aug. 16) -- "There is tremendous religious intolerance around the world. One of the great things about this nation is that we have religious tolerance. Anyone is free to practice their religion, to worship any God or not, to build houses of worship where they see fit, in accordance with local laws." You'd be forgiven for thinking that those lines were an excerpt from the Aug. 13 speech by President Barack Obama declaring his belief that a Muslim group has the right to build a mosque two blocks away from ground zero, where the World Trade Center fell on Sept. 11, 2001. But they're not. As ...
Ground Zero Mosque Foes Vow to Continue Fight
By Mara Gay - AOL News(Aug. 3) -- Jimmy Riches can't protest the proposed Islamic mosque near ground zero, because he died in the Sept. 11 attacks nearly a decade ago. So Jim Riches Sr. says he'll stand against the controversial New York City project on his son's behalf. "Our sons can't speak for themselves, so we'll speak for them," Riches, 59, told AOL News today in a phone interview. Riches, who is also a retired deputy chief of the New York City Fire Department, said the mosque should be stopped. "We're not going to give up," he said. The plan by a Muslim group to build an Islamic community center just ...
Ground Zero Mosque Rebuttal: The 9/11 Christian Center
By Carl Franzen - AOL News(July 15) -- Plans to build a mosque and Muslim community center two blocks from ground zero, former site of the World Trade Center, have not been well received by many non-Muslims around the country -- to say nothing of some New Yorkers. For proof, check out the thousands of protesters who gathered to express their outrage at the project last month, or the proposed anti-mosque TV ad that was recently rejected by the major networks. Now, one man appears to be ready to fight religious fire with religious fire. Televangelist Bill Keller announced this week he will build a $1 million "9/11 ...
Opinion: Pointless Protest Against New Mosques
By Michael Cohen - AOL News(June 21) -- Recently in my hometown of New York City, two very ugly public discussions about the role of Muslims in American society emerged. Each, in its own way, suggests that dangerous misconceptions about Islam continue even nearly nine years after Sept. 11, 2001. First in Staten Island, where efforts to open a mosque for the borough's growing Muslim community have been met with outrage by residents. As chronicled in a recent New York Times story, Muslim representatives of the proposed mosque were peppered with angry questions about Shariah law and terrorism. One woman, apparently not ...
Pro-Islam Ads Appear in London as Muslims Push Progressive Image
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyPeople have long wondered: What would Jesus do? Now some seem to be asking: What would Muhammad do? On Monday, an advertising campaign aimed at combating negative perceptions of Islam was launched across London. The "Inspired by Muhammad" campaign consists of posters featuring a variety of British Muslim professionals. One shows a female lawyer -- wearing a veil -- next to the text, "I believe in women's rights. So did Muhammad." Another shows a charity worker beside the headline: "I believe in social justice. So did Muhammad." The idea is to emphasize the ways Muslims balance religious ...
Islam Takes Another Hit in Europe: Swiss Vote to Ban New Minarets
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyFirst, it was head scarves. Then it was burqas. The latest target in Europe's growing anti-Muslim sentiment: minarets. ...
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