From the monthly archives:

August 2010

David Beamer Condemns Ground Zero Mosque

by Editors on August 27, 2010

David Beamer, a 9/11 family member whose son Todd was among those who fought back aboard Flight 93, recently spoke out against the mosque planned for Ground Zero: “I sure believe that this mosque, if it happens, will be a memorial to the grand martyrs that accomplished their mission beyond their wildest dreams … That [...]

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News and Views: August 26, 2010

by Editors on August 26, 2010

* Judea Pearl Wants the Ground Zero Mosque Moved * ‘Moderate’ Egypt – Homeland of the Raufs * Two Meetings In Mali Feature Global Muslim Brotherhood Leaders; CAIR And Tariq Ramadan In Attendance * “Her ‘crime’ was attending a candlelight vigil in Tehran that commemorated the victims of 9/11.” —— ‘News and views’ is a [...]

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The cabby attack

by Editors on August 26, 2010

Our thoughts and prayers are with New York City cab driver Ahmed Sharif; we wish him a speedy and full recovery. We hope his attacker grows very old in a New York prison cell or a padded cell for the criminally insane. Unfortunately, some in the media and those in favor of a mosque and [...]

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NY Post: Pro-mosque Mike KOs compromise

by Editors on August 25, 2010

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave remarks last night at an Iftar dinner he hosted at Gracie Mansion, with Daisy Khan, wife of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, and Ground Zero mosque developer Sharif el-Gamal in attendance. In part, Bloomberg said this: “If we say that a mosque and community center should not be built near [...]

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News and Views: August 25, 2010

by Editors on August 25, 2010

* ‘Mosque Khan job: there’s no comparison – ltrs to the editor of the NY Post in response to – comments made by Daisy Khan, the wife of Ground Zero mosque Imam Rauf * 9/11 Mosque Imam boasts, “Obama’s historic speech in Egypt came from me!” * ‘Islamophobia? Not Really; And when will the media [...]

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Update August 27, 2010: BigPeace.com reports that ABC News has admitted wrongdoing in the aggressive coverage by “a freelance audio technician” at this past Sunday’s rally protest. Yet it appears the admission is an attempt to make the story go away, to provide cover for ABC employees. Here is the video tape: Mayor Bloomberg must [...]

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DNAinfo reports: Mayor Michael Bloomberg will break bread Tuesday with “Ground Zero Mosque” developer Sharif el-Gamal. El-Gamal and Daisy Khan, another figurehead of the controversial community center, are to attend the mayor’s Iftar dinner, the evening meal that breaks the Ramadan fast, Tuesday at 8 p.m., a spokesman for the mayor confirmed. … “I think, [...]

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Andy McCarthy: Inventing Moderate Islam

by Editors on August 24, 2010

Writing in the National Review Online this morning, Andrew C. McCarthy offers that moderate Islam can’t be invented “without confronting mainstream Islam and its sharia agenda.” In other words, moderate Islam is a fiction created by Islamists and echoed by elitists, drones, and those hoping beyond reason that such a thing exists: The sad fact, [...]

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The Investigative Project on Terrorism reported today: The United States has more Muslim blood on its hands than al-Qaida has of non-Muslims, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the leader of the effort to build a mosque near the site of the 9/11 terror attacks in New York, told an Australian audience in July 2005. In a [...]

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Katrina Trinko has both these photos from yesterday’s protests over the mosque planned for Ground Zero and a report well worth reading: Halloran ripped into Bloomberg, saying, “I apologize on behalf of those [politicians] who don’t have the intestinal fortitude to call it like it is. Every New Yorker who was there that day but [...]

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