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Sharia: A Fabricated Threat

Posted on July 1, 2011 by jdenari

In recent weeks, “sharia” has become the favorite buzzword of many a politician, blogger, and pundit. We heard the word at Peter King’s second round of Muslim radicalization hearings, in remarks made by presidential hopefuls at the recent GOP debate, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Arabic, Islam, Islamophobia, Religion | Tagged ablutions, Act! for America, Allen West, amendment, asalaamu alaikum, Atlas Shrugs, ballot measure, bismillah, Brigitte Gabriel, Constitution, Cordoba, creeping, creeping sharia, debate, debates, fear, fear mongering, Florida, foreign law, FOX, Fox News, GOP, greeting, Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, international law, Islam, Islamic, Islamic law, Islamophobia, Islamophobic, jihad, John Esposito, Muslim, Newt Gingrich, Oklahoma, Pamela Geller, Park 51, path, path to the watering hole, penal code, Peter King, radicalization, Republican, sharia, sharia finance, Shariah, Stop the Islamization of America, taqiyya, threat, violence, vote, watering hole, wudu | 7 Comments

Thoughts on King’s “radicalization” hearings

Posted on March 10, 2011 by jdenari

“I remember doing a number of radio interviews [right after 9/11] saying we can’t do to the Muslims what we did to the Japanese after Pearl Harbor.” (New York magazine) These are the words of Peter King, a long-time House … Continue reading →

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Posted in Islam, Islamophobia, News, Politics, Religion, Washington, D.C. | Tagged "the Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and that Community's Response", 2001, 9/11, American Islamic Forum for Democracy, American Society for Muslim Advancement, Andre Carson, Attorney General, Bennie Thompson, Columbine, Communism, community, Congress, Cordoba Initiative, Dearborn, Eric Holder, Gabby Giffords, hate groups, hearing, Holocaust Museum, Homeland Security Committee, House of Representatives, hypocrisy, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Imam Mohamed Magid, Indiana, Indianapolis, IRA, Islam, Islamic Center of Long Island, Islamic Society of North America, Japanese, Japanese Americans, John Dingell, Justice Department, Keith Ellison, Kly Klux Klan, Long Island, McCarthyism, media, Michigan, Minnesota, mosque, Muslim, Muslim American, Muslim Americans, Muslim community, Muslims, neo-Nazis, New York Magazine, news, Northern Ireland, Oklahoma City, On Faith, Park 51, Pearl Harbor, Peter King, radical, radicalization, radicalized, representative, September 11, September 11th, South Poverty Law Center, terrorism, Triangle Center on Terror and Homeland Security, Virginia Tech, Washington Post, white nationalists, witness, witnesses, Zuhdi Jasser | 3 Comments

A bit disappointed; Jon’s brilliance; and our Sufi allies

Posted on August 17, 2010 by jdenari

A bit disappointed with Brian, Harry, and Barack A segment on tonight’s NBC Nightly News urked me a little bit. The segment was about Obama’s statements regarding the construction of the Cordoba House in Lower Manhattan, and how Muslims have … Continue reading →

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Posted in Islam, Islamophobia, Journalism, News, Religion | Tagged 2008 election, allies, Barack, Brian Williams, construction, Cordoba House, extremism, Harry Reid, Iftaar, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Islam, Islamic center, JCC, Jon Stewart, love, Manhattan, misunderstanding, mosque, Muslim, mysticism, NBC Nightly News, neighbor, New York Times, Obama, opportunity, Ramadan, Religion, religious rights, rights, Rumi, Sufi, Sufism, support, The Daily Show, understanding, White House, YMCA | 4 Comments

“Mayor Bloomberg stands up for mosque”

Posted on August 3, 2010 by jdenari

Today, the New York Landmark Preservation Committee voted unanimously to not grant landmark status to a Manhattan building, the site at which an Islamic and interfaith community center is to be built. If landmark status had been given to the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Islam, Islamophobia, Religion | Tagged Bloomberg, Burlington Coat Factory, Cordoba House, freedom of worship, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, landmark status, Manhattan, mosque, New York, Religion, Stop the Islamization of America | 5 Comments

Islamic Center near Ground Zero

Posted on June 13, 2010 by jdenari

I recently became aware of building plans for a new Islamic center near Ground Zero in downtown Manhattan. The project is being headed up by Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, a prominant Islam leader in New York who authored the book, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Islam, Islamophobia | Tagged Cordoba House, Ground Zero, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Islamophobia, Stop the Islamization of America, What's Right with Islam is What's Right with America | 1 Comment

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Sharia: A Fabricated Threat

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Thoughts on King’s “radicalization” hearings

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A bit disappointed; Jon’s brilliance; and our Sufi allies

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“Mayor Bloomberg stands up for mosque”

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Islamic Center near Ground Zero

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