Category: Islam
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George W. Bush speaks in favor of WTC mosque
(via Andrew Sullivan, excerpted from a speech delivered on Sept. 17, 2001) America counts millions of Muslims amongst our citizens, and Muslims make an incredibly valuable contribution to our country. Muslims are doctors, lawyers, law professors, members of the military, entrepreneurs, shopkeepers, moms and dads. And they need to be treated with respect. In our […]
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Refudiate?
The so-called Grand Zero mosque is two blocks away from the former Twin Towers. Even if it was next door, I fail to see the problem. Is this mosque linked to radical Islam? Not that I’ve read. So that would qualify its members as “peaceful Muslims,” right? Either Palin knows something the rest of us […]
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Friday leftovers
1. The perfect game that wasn’t. You can’t say enough about the class displayed by Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga and ump Jim Joyce. I’ll repeat what I heard someone on TV opine earlier: It’s refreshing to see adults acting like adults. I’m reminded of the night then-Blazers coach Mo Cheeks bailed out a frightened young […]
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Comedy Central’s got to be kidding
Among the more unusual ideas are a live sex-chat talk show, a program based on a Funny or Die Web short, an update of “The Odd Couple” and an animated series about Jesus Christ. That last item could raise eyebrows coming on the heels of the network’s censorship of “South Park” for its depiction of […]
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Amateurish, but worth noting
Re: The attempted car bombing of Times Square: The location is also adjacent to the Viacom building, fueling speculation that it might be linked to the company’s controversial South Park cartoon which recently depicted Prophet Muhammad in a bear suit. Speaking of radical Islam, Bill Maher makes my point:
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Not all fundamentalists are the same
HuffPoster Diana Butler Bass, writing about the “South Park” imbroglio, ably disproves her point. I can’t and won’t defend the Revolutionmuslim website. But violence against those who depict the Divine is not just an Islamic problem. It is worth pointing out that Christianity has a long history of violence against visual depictions of Jesus, the […]
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