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Jones: We'll Never Burn Koran
 Jones: We'll Never Burn Koran 
Sep 11, 2010 9:18 AM CDT

Jones: We'll Never Burn Koran

No, of course he wouldn't

(Newser) - First Terry Jones was definitely, definitely going to burn a bunch of Korans, then he was maybe going to not do it if Obama called, but now the pastor says his church will never burn the Islamic holy book, he tells the TODAY show this morning—even if a mosque...

Mosque Supporters Rally at Ground Zero

Quiet rally on eve of September 11

(Newser) - Candlelight, songs, and prayers drifted near Ground Zero last night, reports the Washington Post, as hundreds rallied not to remember those lost nine years ago today, but in support of the proposed mosque two blocks away. Organizers said they staged the event on September 10 so as not to detract...

9/11 Now America's 'Day of Hate'

 9/11 Now 
 America's 
 'Day of Hate' 

opinion
Sep 10, 2010 5:04 AM CDT

9/11 Now America's 'Day of Hate'

The post 9/11 push for solidarity is gone

(Newser) - September 11th was once a day of remembrance. No more. The anniversary of the worst terror attacks in American history is now a day of "fighting and political battles," writes Gregor Peter Schmitz in Der Spiegel . The battle over the so-called Ground Zero mosque , plans to publicly burn...

Pastor Says Koran Burning 'Suspended,' Not Canceled

Over much confusion on NYC mosque deal

(Newser) - The Florida pastor who canceled his burning of Korans now says he may be burning them after all. The 9/11 event isn't canceled, merely "suspended" for the time being. Terrry Jones announced his reversal of his reversal while angrily accusing a Florida imam of lying to him about reaching...

Trump Offers to Buy Out Mosque Investor
Trump Offers
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Sep 9, 2010 4:39 PM CDT

Trump Offers to Buy Out Mosque Investor

But lawyer quickly rejects $6M offer

(Newser) - Donald Trump wants to buy out the major stakeholder in the Manhattan building where a controversial Islamic center is planned, the New York Post reports. Trump offered Egyptian businessman Hisham Elzanaty a cool $6 million in cash—25% more than what he paid last year—for his stake in the...

Giuliani: Debate Over Mosque Is Great, Healthy
Giuliani: Debate Over Mosque Is Great, Healthy
OPINION
Sep 9, 2010 1:45 PM CDT

Giuliani: Debate Over Mosque Is Great, Healthy

Hizzoner opposes the Cordoba House, but likes the discussion

(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani weighs in on the Cordoba House controversy in the New York Daily News today, saying he opposes the building—which he repeatedly, erroneously states is "at Ground Zero"—but thinks the debate over it “is testimony to our values as a free society. There are...

Koran Burning Is Not the Same as Mosque Building

But conservatives disagree

(Newser) - Gail Collins isn't impressed with the new line of argument that equates the burning of Korans with the proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero. "This is under the theory that both are constitutionally protected bad ideas," she writes in the New York Times . "In fact, they’re...

Moving Mosque Could Lead to Retaliation, Warns Imam

He says switching sites now would be a bad idea

(Newser) - The imam behind the mosque at Ground Zero says he would have changed sites earlier if he had known how controversial the location would become, but moving it now would be a bad idea. Were it to be moved, "the headlines in the Muslim world will be that Islam...

Stewart Takes On Koran-Torching Preacher

Extremist pastor is as silly as his mustache, Stewart says

(Newser) - Jon Stewart—along with Sarah Palin and just about everybody else —has joined the outcry against a Florida pastor's plan to mark the anniversary of 9/11 by burning Korans. Stewart mocked Terry Jones, his plan, his mustache, and his statement that "even moderate Muslims" would agree with him,...

Two-Thirds of Americans Oppose Mosque

And nearly half have a negative view of Islam

(Newser) - The proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero—and the entire religion of Islam, for that matter—get little love in a new Washington Post-ABC poll :
  • Two-thirds oppose the construction of the center and mosque, with most of those (82%) saying it's because of the location.
  • 49% have an unfavorable view
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9/11 Widow: Why I Want the Mosque
 9/11 Widow: Why 
 I Want the Mosque 


OPINION
Sep 8, 2010 11:16 AM CDT

9/11 Widow: Why I Want the Mosque

Alissa Torres believes 'we've missed the patriotic message entirely'

(Newser) - Alissa Torres, who lost her husband on 9/11, learned about the Park51 Islamic center when a reporter emailed her looking for family members who thought the mosque was "a bad idea." "I always thought journalists were supposed to be objective, and yet, here we were, the 'victims...

Ground Zero Imam: Why the Mosque Is Important

Rauf says Cordoba House will have Christian, Jewish prayer spaces

(Newser) - The proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero will include prayer spaces for Muslims, Christians, Jews, and a multifaith memorial dedicated to the victims of 9/11, the imam behind the project says. "I am very sensitive to the feelings of the families of victims of 9/11," Feisal Abdul Rauf...

Ground Zero Evangelist: Glenn Beck a 'False Prophet'

Bill Kellar rages against Islam, says Ghandi's in hell

(Newser) - Internet Evangelist Bill Keller held the first meeting for his “9/11 Christian Center at Ground Zero” yesterday, slamming Glenn Beck, Imam Feisal Rauf, and … Ghandi? Keller wants to build a church near Ground Zero as a counterpoint to the proposed Islamic Community Center, which he has called "...

Fear Drives Anti-Muslim Sentiment
 We Once Feared 
 Catholics, Jews, Too 
Nick Kristof
Sep 5, 2010 6:22 AM CDT

We Once Feared Catholics, Jews, Too

It also fed campaigns against Catholics, Germans, and Jews

(Newser) - The Islamophobic sentiment shaking America is rooted in fear, not bigotry, writes Nick Kristof for the New York Times . The "well-meaning worriers" of the " Not-at-Ground-Zero Mosque " movement genuinely believe Muslims "don’t share their values, don’t believe in democracy, and may harm innocent Americans."...

Sen. Orrin Hatch Backs 'Ground Zero Mosque'

'I'd be the first to stand up for their rights,' Utah Republican says

(Newser) - Sen. Orrin Hatch says that the Cordoba Initiative has every right to build a Muslim community center near Ground Zero, regardless of the public outcry against it. “If the Muslims own that property, that private property, and they want to build a mosque there, they should have the right...

52% of GOP Thinks Obama Supports Spread of Islamic Law

And 24% of Americans still think he's a Muslim

(Newser) - More than half of Republicans surveyed in a new Newsweek poll believe that President Obama supports the proliferation of Islamic law worldwide: 14% of Republicans said Obama definitely "sympathizes with the goals of Islamic fundamentalists who want to impose Islamic law around the world," while an additional 38%...

Election Season to Blame for Mosque Uproar: Imam

Feisal Abdul Rauf wants peace

(Newser) - Why all this controversy over the so-called Ground Zero mosque? The imam behind it thinks he knows. "There is no doubt that the election season has had a major impact upon the nature of the discourse," he tells an Abu Dhabi-based newspaper. Numerous conservative candidates are indeed opposing...

Ground Zero Mosque in Tax Trouble
Ground Zero Mosque in Tax Trouble
Aug 29, 2010 4:37 PM CDT

Ground Zero Mosque in Tax Trouble

Developer Sharif El-Gamal owes $224K in property taxes

(Newser) - Opponents of the “Ground Zero mosque” will likely have a field day with this one: Developer Sharif El-Gamal owes $224,270 in back taxes on the mosque site. El-Gamal’s company didn’t pay its tax bills in January or July, the New York Post reports. Though Con Edison...

76% of Americans A-OK With Mosques in Their Own Town

But most aren't budging on Park51

(Newser) - Maybe we aren't a country of Muslim haters after all: A new poll shows that Americans are actually pretty OK with the idea of mosques being built in their hometowns. Some 76% said they would support Muslims building such a center in their own community, so long as it followed...

Is 'Sharia' Evil?
 Is 'Sharia' Evil? 
Aug 26, 2010 11:07 AM CDT

Is 'Sharia' Evil?

Muslims say word being unfairly vilified

(Newser) - The word “sharia” has become almost a slur in conservative discourse recently. Protesters at Ground Zero wave signs showing the word in blood. A pamphlet at a recent tea party event asked, “Why do Muslims want to take over the world and place us under Shariah law?” And...

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