Category Archives: Mosque

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Park51- Mistrust and the Mosque

The furor over the proposed Islamic cultural center and mosque near ground zero keeps giving us new reasons for dismay. As politicians and commentators work themselves and viewers into a rage, others who should be standing up for freedom and tolerance tiptoe away. Continue reading

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Prayer hall or provocation?

Barack Obama, the US president, spoke forcefully on Friday night in support of the proposed mosque and Islamic community centre near the site of the former World Trade Centre in New York that was destroyed in the September 11 attacks. Continue reading

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Palin, Shakespeare and the Ground Zero Mosque

Sarah Palin isn’t just weighing in on competitive Republican races. Ground Zero, in heavily Democratic New York City, was her target for Sunday afternoon. Continue reading

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Mosque to go up near New York’s ground zero

Plans to build a mosque two blocks away from ground zero have set off an emotional debate among area residents and relatives of victims of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. Continue reading

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NYC Approves Ground Zero Mosque

Despite an outpouring of protest by 9/11 survivors, first responders, and their families, the New York City Community Board 1 has voted 29-1 in favor of building a mosque at Ground Zero, the site where Islamic terrorists committed the largest act of terrorism on American soil on September 11, 2001. Continue reading

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