(CBS) Max Blumenthal is a writing fellow for the Nation Institute and author of the bestselling book Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement That Shattered the Party (Nation Books). This piece originally appeared on TomDispatch.
Religious and racial prejudices, political opportunism, and a deliberate campaign of Islamophobia have all contributed to a publicly accepted negative perception of Islam and Muslims.
“Kill the Ground Zero Mosque,” a spot released over the summer by the National Republican Trust PAC, features pictures of mosques and Muslim militants alongside lurid imagery from Sept. 11, including a person falling from the World Trade Center.
Freedom of religion and speech is the anchor of any free society. But it goes both ways. While it allows American Muslims to enjoy the freedom to worship and propagate their minority faith within society,…
Enormous pressure has been put on the Imam to stop his project. We have to turn this thing around. Are we going to let the bullies and thugs win another one?
In a news conference this afternoon, Jones, leader of the Gainesville, Florida-based Dove World Outreach Center, said they were canceling the Quran burning.
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Rauf spoke with the newspaper Bahraini Al Wasat before he was scheduled to appear at the U.S. ambassador’s residence in Bahrain, the newspaper’s editor said.
In a recent Fox News segment, panelist Eric Bolling held up a card claiming to show links between Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf, the man behind the mosque near Ground Zero, and Hamas and Iran.
Another Ikhwanophobic article! .. This one is alleging that Muslim Brotherhood founded the whole Islamic activism in the United States!!!
Commentary: Building Mosque Vs Burning Quran!!
By burning the Quran Jones is advocating hatred and racism with his insinuations comparing Islam to Nazism as opposed to Imam Faisal’s call which is promoting Peace and international tolerance