Last year, Obama and Mayor Michael Bloomberg tamped down the hysteria over “Ground Zero mosque” but they could not persuade aFlorida pastor from commanding national attention for weeks before burning a copy of the Qur’an.
We want this report to help create a resilient and secure America by providing the public with fact-based knowledge, rather than shrill, fear-based attacks. Violent extremism exists in America.
Right-wing Islamophobes are now up in arms over the fact that Campbell’s Canada–the soup company–has a line of Halal-certified vegetarian soups.
For more than a decade our nation has been facing serious challenges regarding the increasingly deteriorating state of civil, constitutional, human, and political rights and freedoms.
Sharron Angle is just the latest politician to stir up anti-Muslim feelings. Reza Aslan on the wacky movement to ban Sharia law in the U.S.
“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.
If the Obama administration is truly serious about reaching out to the Muslim world he has to go beyond symbolic action and translate that symbolism and usage of pretty words into tangible and concrete results.
These folks are among those who have forgotten that they represent “we the people” and that includes American Muslims.
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
American Muslim leaders urged members to remain calm if the pastor doesn’t back down from a threat that already has inflamed passions around the globe.
In a recent statement, media spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood Dr. Essam al-Erian described the scheduled “Quran burning” as a “barbaric act, reminiscent of the Inquisition” .
A group called ‘Stop Islamization of America’ is promoting ads on major city public transportation that urge people to leave the Muslim faith. The anti-Islamic campaign is sparking thought about the religion’s place in American society.
Moderate Muslim bridge-builder or secret terrorist enabler? Here’s a guide to the Iman who instigated plans for the controversial Park51 Islamic center
It’s the turn for the moderate American to act against the bigotry and racism, And remember: ‘All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing’
In the days following 911 it was very popular to say that we couldn’t do anything differently in America or “the terrorists would win.” We can’t stop driving gas guzzling cars.
In A Special Comment, Countdown’s Keith Olbermann explains the misnomer and danger in calling it “The Ground Zero Mosque.” Olbermann clarifies the misconceptions around the community center
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.
Dean, speaking on New York’s WABC-AM radio, said he would like to see a compromise on the issue – one that includes moving the Islamic center to another site.
There are approximately 1900 mosques in the US already. Somebody please list the military victories against America that each of these mosques represent. Seriously, I’m all ears.
New York’s beleaguered Republicans, seeing an opening, have seized and driven the mosque issue, and Roth and other mainstream figures have worked to insulate it from more radical anti-Islamic voices..
I’m pleased that Fareed Zakariah recently returned a First Amendment award the ADL gave him in 2005 to protest your decision. I’d be more pleased if the ADL were to reconsider its position and admit that it was wrong in this case.
Emerson’s Paranoiac Approach Toward the Muslim Brotherhood
This who so called ‘expert’ is trying his best to fight the Muslim minority in the US, and this won’t lead to the good of the United States in the near future.