I could be wrong, but I believe Tocqueville was the first to observe how Americans have a bottomless appetite for zoning, siting, and related administrative arcana. We see it still today : Nearly 70 percent of people feel an Islamic center near ground zero is disrespectful, even deliberately provocative, according to a CNN/Opinion Research poll. Fantastic! We just can’t get enough — it’s in our blood, or our distinctive national character, something.
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The Compass of Hatred
A group of Canadian imams on Friday denounced radical Islam in a joint statement that promotes peace and calls for equality between men and women. The seven point declaration, signed by 38 influential clerics belonging to the Canadian Council of Imams, is designed to be read in hundreds of mosques across Canada at the start of the holy month of Ramadan.
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Canadian imams condemn radical Islam
People often ask me what Islam says about this or what Islam says about that.
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William C. Chittick, Ph.D.: Which ‘Islam’? Exploring the Word’s Many Meanings
President Obama’s attempt to reframe comments about a community center in New York City had him plunging into a debate about Islam and American identity.
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Obama Says Mosque Remarks Were Not Endorsement
President Obama says Islam has always been part of America, which raises the question, does the president know something about American history that we dont?
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Islam doesn’t really translate
GetReligion reader Duane Shank, a Mennonite who grew up in Lancaster County, Pa., passed along a link to a front-page Philadelphia Inquirer story on the Mennonite tradition of service. Tied to the massacre of 10 medical aid workers — including Glen Lapp, a Mennonite — in Afghanistan last week, the piece drew praise from Shank. He nominated writers Amy Worden and David O’Reilly as journalists who “get religion”: This piece is one of the first I’ve seen in a mainstream paper that understands the nuances of Mennonites
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Hands and feet of Jesus?
In trying to make Islam relevant to youth, 4Shbab is part of a recent trend that, has inspired restaurants with Islamic themes, Islamic entertainment centers and even Islamic water parks and beaches.
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Islam’s answer to MTV
President Obama yesterday issued a statement ( full text ) extending best wishes to Muslims in the United States and around the world on the occasion of the start of Ramadan. He said that Ramadan rituals “remind us of the principles that we hold in common, and Islam’s role in advancing justice, progress, tolerance, and the dignity of all human beings. Ramadan is a celebration of a faith known for great diversity and racial equality.
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White House Issues Greetings On Start of Ramadan
A Muslim Frenchman cited by officials as a reason behind a crackdown on polygamy has been charged with aggravated rape, the state prosecutor said Sunday. Xavier Ronsin said Lies Hebbadj , who lives in the Nantes region of western France, was charged with aggravated rape based on a complaint from a former companion
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Muslim man at centre of French firestorm over polygamy charged with aggravated rape
Indonesian police have arrested the controversial Muslim preacher Abu Bakir Bashir on terror charges. Officials said they had proof he was linked a training camp recently discovered in Aceh, West Sumatra.
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Indonesian Muslim hate preacher Abu Bakir Bashir in terror arrest