All Blog Posts Tagged 'Zero' (5)

NY Observer

So far, the debate over the proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero has unfolded along predictable lines, with the man at the center of the project, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, drawing attacks from the right painting him as a terrorist sympathizer with ties to Hamas and the…

In The Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Over this last month of fasting during the Muslim Holy month of Ramadan, I've been doing a lot of praying and thinking on what an appropriate response would be to the Burn A Qur'an day campaign proposed by Pastor Terry Jones and his congregation for September the…

Greg Hunter

USAWatchdog.com

August 30, 2010

I think the problems we face as a nation are much more important than building a mosque in lower Manhattan. The only reason I am writing about this is because it is an issue that I feel is being used to distract the country from the PROFOUND financial problems we face. They have now got the attention of the military. Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned…

Stephen C. Webster

Raw Story

August 22, 2010

The debate over a planned Islamic community center several blocks from New York City’s World Trade Center site is a “distraction,” according to Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL).

Instead, the debate should shift in focus to an examination of the administration which “let it happen.”

‘It,’ of course, being the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

The remark was made during a Friday…

Ishaan Tharoor

Time

August 7, 2010

Opposition to a proposed mosque near Ground Zero swelled into a furor this week after its planners on Aug. 3 passed the last municipal hurdle barring them from building it. New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg spoke passionately in defense of the project. “Let us not…