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Prince Alwaleed has urged backers of the proposed Islamic center not to “agitate the wound” of 9/11 A Saudi prince who has aided the imām spearheading a proposed Islamic center near New York's ground zero is appealing for another site not associated with the “wound” of the Sept. 11 attacks, ... Read More »

As I watch other victims argue over Park51, I feel like reporters turned us into the experts we never were Alissa Torres The first time I heard about the Park51 Islamic community center was on May 6, 2010, when I received the following e-mail from a New York TV reporter: ... Read More »

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Leave it to right-wing pundits to lie about Auschwitz to fuel the anti-Muslim hysteria taking over the Republican Party. When Republican media elites like Charles Krauthammer compare the Park51 cultural center to the 1988 Carmelite controversy at Auschwitz, they not only spread a lie, but also lend false moral justification ... Read More »

Q: What are the facts about the proposed cultural center and mosque near New York's former World Trade Center? A: We answer questions we've been asked most often by readers about the controversial project. FULL QUESTION A clearly divisive issue has been brewing in America as well as the headlines, ... Read More »

For months, conservatives have led a hateful campaign against the proposed Park 51 Islamic community center that is going to be built two blocks away from Ground Zero in New York City. High-ranking Republicans have spearheaded this campaign, with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich even going as far as to claim that ... Read More »

Okay, so I made the last name up myself seeing as everyone else is doing it, but it’s certainly no worse than the other two! Abu Eesa Niamatullah on why he supports the project, despite who's in charge. Read More »

As part of a US State Department sponsored visit, the Imam visited Fanar Islamic Cultural Center and gave the Friday khutbah (sermon). Afterward, I was able to sneak in a couple of questions, as well as having a chat with the attaché of the US Embassy in Qatar. Read More »

CHARLIE BROOKER | GUARDIAN NEWS SERVICE THINGS seem awfully heated in America right now; so heated you could probably toast a marshmallow by jabbing it on a stick and holding it toward the USA. Millions are hopping mad over the news that a bunch of triumphalist Muslim extremists are about ... Read More »

The outrage about the “ground zero mosque” has turned very ugly, as this video of this recent protest shows. People are calling Muḥammad a pig. A New York City cab driverwas stabbed today after his passenger asked him if he was Muslim. But I find the righteous outrage of those contending ... Read More »