The latest claim circulating about Imam Feisal Rauf, started at Pajamas Media by Madeline Brooks, is that he attended a “Hizb-ut Tahrir Conference” in 2007, with a “feeling of celebration.” It's just the latest in a long string of false allegations, and Jeffrey Imm of R.E.A.L. completely destroys it here: NYC ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Islam, Racism, White Nationalism
President Obama was asked by reporters today if he had an opinion on the "wisdom" of building the Cordoba House two blocks from the former site of the World Trade Center, and replied: “I was not commenting and I will not comment on the wisdom of making the decision to ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Islam, Barack Obama
Reacting to President Obama's statement on the Cordoba House project, Redstate.com CEO and CNN contributor Erick Erickson tweeted: "Paging the Church of Satan: Our founding principles demand Barack Obama support your rights to human sacrifice."
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Bigotry, Islam, Barack Obama, Erick Erickson
The LA Times has the complete text of President Obama's long-overdue statement on freedom of religion, the US Constitution, and the tide of prejudice that has risen up against the Cordoba House project and other mosques across the nation. The White House posted the full video: Celebrating Ramadan at the White ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Bigotry, Islam, Barack Obama, Freedom of Religion, Constitution
I'm beginning to feel like I've stumbled through an inter-dimensional portal into a Bizarro version of America, in which every single right wing politician, pundit, and blogger has been taken over by ranting, raving, illogical hyper-partisan doppelgangers, twisting and spinning themselves into weird pretzel shapes trying to find ways to ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Bigotry, Islam, Charles Krauthammer
Aieee! While everyone's been distracted by the evil terror mosque looming over Ground Zero, the Moorish Horde™ has already infiltrated an even more sacred and venerable institution: the logo of the 2012 Republican National Convention Host Committee. We're doomed. All aboard. Next stop sharia law.
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Bigotry, Islam, RNC, Republican Party, GOP
More than 40 prominent American religious leaders have released a joint statement strongly supporting the Cordoba House project and condemning the fear-mongers: Top Religious Leaders Denounce Growing Anti-Muslim Sentiment; Express Support for NY Mosque, Community Center: As Catholic, evangelical, mainline Protestant, Jewish and Muslim leaders and scholars committed to religious ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Bigotry, Islam
The State Department responds to the ridiculous complaints by Republican populists that Imam Feisal Rauf shouldn't be sent overseas to represent and promote America. The State Department says its choice of Mr. Rauf to represent the US in a forthcoming trip to Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, reflects ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Bigotry, Islam, George W. Bush
It's just unbelievable; the entire Republican Party is signing on to the "Ground Zero Mosque" freak show, even people who have been known in the past to speak out against bigotry -- like Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA): Cantor on the Ground Zero mosque. Cantor is clearly aware that his opposition to ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Bigotry, Islam, Eric Cantor
Ya gotta love Bryan Fischer. Actually, not. When he isn't calling for Muslims to be banned from the armed forces, or saying the reason Hitler was so evil was because he was gay, he's demanding a complete ban on mosques in America. [Video]
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Bigotry, Islam, Bryan Fischer, American Family Association, Religious Right
The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion has released a new poll of New York residents, showing that Mayor Michael Bloomberg's approval rating has dropped to 49%. The New York Post, busily inciting hatred against the Cordoba House project, links this drop to Bloomberg's stance against bigotry and for religious freedom ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Bigotry, Islam