Religious Groups Call On Justice Department to Protect Muslims
Use public condemnation and law enforcement powers, groups urge.
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Evangelicals, Oppose Park51 At Your Own Eschatological Risk
Alright evangelical and/or fundamentalist pundits* opposed to the Ground Zero mosque, whom art thou?
Are thee the faithful praying/hoping/waiting for the imminent return of Christ or are thee like the believers in Ephesus who forsook their first love in the name of zealotry (Revelation…
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Glenn Beck Attracts 300,000; Pakistan Floods Impact
17 million
Reporting the LDS humanitarian response.
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Liberal Defenders of “Mosque” Get it Wrong
That the kindergarten logic of “hear no evil, see no evil” is being used in order to sway public opinion in favor of the Center, but while the success of these maneuvers remains to be seen, its damage is immediately apparent: if Park51 ‘sounds’ nothing like mosque, claims to ‘be’ nothing like a mosque, and, ‘looks’ nothing like a mosque, then, and only then, does it emerge a defensible endeavor within the United States.
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The Ground Zero-Sum Game
Lurking behind suspicion about the new Islamic Center planned to be built near Ground Zero is something much more ominous than would appear.
Read MoreIt’s Not Just About Ground Zero
The consequences of fusing the sacred and the secular.
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The Anti-Defamation League Jumps the Shark
There was a fair amount of surprise when ADL went on record opposing the construction of a progressive, moderate, multifaith dialogue-oriented Islamic center two blocks from Ground Zero in Manhattan. Wait a minute, my (non-Jewish) boyfriend asked me, did they drop a letter from their name? Are they the Defamation League now?
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Is Religious Freedom a Casualty at Ground Zero?
New York City’s Landmark Preservation Commission’s unanimous decision on August 3, 2010, to allow plans for the construction of a mosque and community center near Ground Zero to move forward has been hailed by some as a victory for religious freedom, but it has also provided more fodder for latent anti-Muslim sentiments that have surfaced nationally.
Read MorePAC Behind Anti-Park51 Ad Produced “One of the Sleaziest False TV Ads” of ’08 Campaign
National Republican Trust PAC ran anti-Obama campaign ads in 2008.
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Eid on 9/11 Anniversary?
If Eid ul-Fitr falls on the anniversary of 9/11, it will be an especially difficult task for a Muslim in New York. How do I, as an American and a Muslim, deal with what people claiming my religion did to us—New Yorkers, Americans, human beings?
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