The NYPD has called up “an army of cops” to handle rival protests expected to draw thousands to the site of the planned Ground Zero mosque on the anniversary of 9/11, sources said yesterday.
A collection of the most intolerant signs at Ground Zero mosque protests. View List ›
A collection of the most tolerant Ground Zero mosque protest signs. View List ›
This is how it feels to be judged by the sins of others who destroy in the name of your faith. You’re no more responsible for 30 Christian extremists in Florida than Muslims are for the 19 hijackers of 9/11.
The idiocy of International Burn a Quran Day has outraged the community of fictional characters on twitter. Here’s what they have to say. View List ›
This is how it feels to be judged by the sins of others who destroy in the name of your faith. You’re no more responsible for 30 Christian extremists in Florida than Muslims are for the 19 hijackers of 9/11.
Why, despite the controversy, plans will proceed for building an Islamic community center in Lower Manhattan.
Oh good, someone is driving a decommissioned missile around Ground Zero in protest of the mosque. Don’t worry, the dummy sometimes does the Strangelove. View Image ›
The folks over at Wonkette discovered Facebook’s best and brightest this weekend after searching the term “mosk” on openbook. The search results are sure to make you swell with civic pride. View List ›
Lebanon, an Arab democracy, with a Muslim Prime Minister and a Christian President, allowed the building of a synagogue, squarely in the center of their “Ground Zero” in the heart and pride of downtown Beirut.
Congrats America, our bigotry precedes us. Watch Video ›
Jon Stewart continued his coverage of the “Ground Zero Mosque” debate last night, focusing on Fox News’ incongruities harder than he ever has. In a segment called “The Parent Company Trap,” Stewart shared with his viewers how Fox News’ plan to “follow the money” from mosque builder Imam Rauf to terrorists will be a tricky one because it leads right back to Fox News. View Media ›
Opposition to the proposed Islamic center near ground zero is one topic on which Sarah Palin and Osama bin Laden apparently agree.
The crowd at an anti-Muslim/anti-Ground Zero Mosque rally turned on a black man wandering through the crowd because he looked Muslim. Watch Video ›
For much of his life, Feisal Abdul Rauf, who led the proposal for a Muslim center downtown, has found distrust as he tried to reconcile Islam with America and modernism.
Can I make a last-minute nomination for song of the summer? No summer would be complete without a bigoted, upbeat anthem about the Ground Zero mosque. It’s as catchy as it is horribly intolerant. Watch Video ›
It’s a classic PR move. That sad part is, it is working in large part because they haven’t been called on it. I encourage you all to consider the situation and weigh the probability for yourselves. If you agree, I encourage you to hold them accountable.
Sufis, our allies within Islam, may be alienated by the mosque fight.
This is America dammit. And in America when someone come for your neighbor, for his Bible, or his Torah or his Atheist Manifesto, or his Quran you and I do what our fathers did and what our grandmothers did and what our founders did. You and I speak up. View Media ›
Touche. Twitter should shut down…because this tweet will never be topped. View Image ›
President Obama threw his support behind a controversial proposal to build an Islamic center and mosque near New York’s ground zero, saying Friday that “Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country.”
After weeks of avoiding the high-profile battle, President Obama stepped into the thorny debate, leaving little doubt about how he feels.
For reasons both civic and personal, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has defied public opinion on the project.
