News and Views: August 27, 2010

by Editors on August 27, 2010

* ‘Investigate America

* ‘Blaming America

* ‘Who Is Michael Enright?

* ‘Suicide bombers in heaven? Imam Rauf won’t say no‘ — “There have been precious few Baruch Goldsteins and all too many Islamic suicide bombers. And if high-profile moderate Islamic leaders like Imam Rauf fail to condemn them in the harshest terms then Islam risks becoming an accessory to murder.” — by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Guest Voices, On Faith, Washington Post

* ‘Do Not Tolerate the Intolerant‘ — “Under Shariah, freedom of conscience and freedom of speech are outlawed with extreme sanction (those who leave Islam fear death to this day), while non-Muslims and women exist as legal inferiors to the Muslim man. Meanwhile, jihad — holy war to extend Islamic rule — is a sacred command. And I have the books that prove it. In other words, this isn’t Islam because I say so, but because its sacred, authoritative, mainstream, non-hijacked, untwisted texts say so. It is the religious and political and legal ideology that inspired the al-Qaida killers on 9/11, and it is the religious and political and legal ideology that inspires the mosque complex at Ground Zero. And I didn’t come up with that, folks; I just happened to notice, and thought you should know.” — by Diana West, Townhall.com

* “Take a controversial figure like Pastor Fred Phelps and his Westboro Church as an example. Would members of the Professional Left and this President be calling for tolerance and Freedom of Religion protections if Phelps and his followers wanted to build a community center/church near the site of Matthew Sheppard’s Murder?” — Kevin Martin, Project 21

* Ground Zero Mosque Leader’s Speech Evades Main Cause of Suicide Bombing — “Does downtown Manhattan, scene of the worst suicide terrorist attack in U.S. history, really need a mosque whose leader is unwilling to unequivocally condemn the deliberate murder of innocents via suicide terror?” — Heather Robinson, Huffington Post

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‘News and views’ is a daily digest on the plan to build at Ground Zero a 15-story Cordoba House, aka mosque, Islamic center, 51 Park Place, and Park51 (and related reports). For the archive of ‘News and Views’ click here

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martin j smith August 31, 2010 at 2:41 pm

I wonder even more who this Enright person really is. This kid has been kept under wraps since his arrest. No a peep from him,his family or a lawyer represnting him. Who is is this guy. And this scared looking kid represents The Anti-muslim reaction. Sorry I am not bying. This kid has already been tried and convicted and while I am not a lawyer–if our legal system worked as it should–this case is on very weak ground because of the jump to conclusions well before any trial. What crosses my mind are two theories: One is he isan actor and this entire episode is total BS. Second theory is that he has severe drug and or alcohol issues with pyschotic symtoms and is being used or misused, But,even if he actually is a guy who works for an organization that supports the Mosque and a guy in Afganistan embetted with the troops actually hates Muslims–sorry– it seems shaky to me.

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