Posts Tagged ‘mosque’

The ‘Mosqueteria’ and Canada’s Fuzzy Church-State Line

October 4, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
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The following article is cross posted from Islamist Watch with permission. I blogged on this issue in July; read my earlier comments here. by Ann Snyder Over the past few months, a “mosque” in Toronto has inspired quite a hubbub in the blogosphere and Canadian press, even promptingdemonstrations, including some in September. As in many mosques, the genders are segregated, [...]

Shari’a and Violence in American Mosques

July 19, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
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by Mordechai Kedar and David Yerushalmi Middle East Quarterly Summer 2011, pp. 59-72 http://www.meforum.org/2931/american-mosques How great is the danger of extremist violence in the name of Islam in the United States? Recent congressional hearings into this question by Rep. Peter King (Republican of New York), chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, have generated a [...]

Opinion and analysis: Obama’s Ramadan Speech

August 17, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
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Four days ago, on August 13, 2010, President Obama hosted an iftar dinner at the White House as other past Presidents have done. After some time of digesting his speech, I have just a few simple comments that I feel the need to share. For the full text of his speech, see this article at [...]

A Muslim speaks out against Ground Zero mosque

August 9, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
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The following article appeared on the opinion page of the Washington Post, Sunday August 8, 2010. I will let the author’s words speak for her. The author is a Muslim woman from Iran, now living in the U.S. A Muslim victim of 9/11: ‘Build your mosque somewhere else’ By Neda Bolourchi I have no grave [...]

CAIR Becomes a Political Hot Potato

August 6, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
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From Islamist Watch by David J. Rusin In a saner world, the terrorist ties and Islamist agenda of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) would render it politically untouchable, with candidates for office shunning the organization and chastising those rare opponents who back it. Controversies from two ongoing election campaigns offer provocative hints that such a [...]

John Esposito, Islamophobia, and the Ground Zero Mosque

August 3, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
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From American Thinker and Campus Watch by Stephen Schwartz American Thinker August 3, 2010 John L. Esposito, professor of religion and international affairs and director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University, is America’s best-known apologist for Saudi Wahhabism, the Turkish fundamentalist Justice and Development Party (AKP), and Islamist ideologies [...]

Pat Condell: No ground zero mosque

July 22, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
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I like this man. Even though he does not live in the United States, but instead is a British citizen, he seems to have a greater sense of patriotism to the US than many Americans. Those who think we ought to be tolerant and allow the mosque to be built should see how far they [...]