Today's Ground Zero mosque roundup with VIDEO

Miss USA Rima Fakih, a Muslim, says she's against the proposed Ground Zero mosque
Looks like Miss USA -- a practicing Muslim and the first Arab-American ever to snag the sparkly crown -- won't be unrolling her prayer mat in the Mosque near Ground Zero. Rima Fakih, a Queens-raised daughter of Lebanese immigrants, said she respects Freedom of Religion but believes the proposed $100 million Islamic cultural Center is too close to the site of the worst domestic terror Attack in US history. "I totally agree with President Obama with the statement on Constitutional Rights of...

Local Muslim leader says Quran a book of love; supports Ground Zero mosque
"The Quran is a book of logic, and love, and understanding...and it's rational," Imam Mohammed Elahi, head of the Islamic House of Wisdom in Dearborn Heights, said Friday night inside his center. "It's a shame that so many people in this wonderful land are ignorant about this faith, and are ignorant about the Quran." Elahi made his remarks at a Ramadan dinner, called iftar, that had Catholic and Protestant leaders, including Fr. Jeffrey Day, the ecumenical and interfaith advisor for the...

"Islamophobia" Or Empowering Pro-Western Muslims?
My column today addresses what I think is the real battle for religious liberty in the Ground Zero Mosque controversy. The question is whether, wittingly or unwittingly, we are going to keep supporting authoritarian Islam - the mainstream, Sharia-promoting Islam of the Middle East — or expose and marginalize Islamist ideology, in the hope that a real reformist, pro-Western Islam can emerge. Having worked for a very long time with moderate Muslims, I can tell you...

I'm Getting Tired of the Whole "Mosque at Ground Zero" Story. It's Just Republicans Looking for More People to Hate.
MARC PERKEL FOR BUZZFLASH I'm getting tired of the whole "Mosque at Ground Zero" story. It's not a Mosque and it's not at Ground Zero. And it's not political because the First Amendment gives Religious Freedom to all religions and no politician can do anything about it. Most American Muslims are very different than many stereotyped Middle East Muslims and the reason for that in large part is because of our Religious Freedoms. Freedom is a good thing and I find it strange that...

Mosque At Ground Zero, Not 'Near'.
Now, having established the fact that it is indeed a Mosque at Ground Zero of the attack on the United States by Islamic Extremists, the question is: why? The banner at the top of the Cordoba Initiative’s web site proclaims that they are “Improving Muslim-West relations”. Though born in Kuwait, Imam Feisel was educated in the west and must surely understand western culture. He holds a degree in physics and a master’s degree in plasma physics… he’s not stupid...

Rima Fakif, the First Muslim Woman to Win Miss USA Says "Move the Mosque"
  Even Miss USA has more common sense than President Barack Hussein Obama. Rima Fakif, the first Muslim woman to win Miss USA, opposes Barack Hussein Obama and is actually willing to speak up on the issue as to whether or not it is appropriate to build a Mosque near Ground Zero.In an interview with “Inside Edition”, Rima Fakif stated that of course they have a Right to build the Mosque there; however, she alsostated that the Mosque should be moved … ”I also...

Top Muslims Condemn Ground Zero Mosque as a 'Zionist Conspiracy'
In a recent article , I argued that the Ground Zero Mosque is counterproductive to Islam. The following day, on August 5, the Egyptian newspaper Al Masry Al Youm reported that none other than Al Azhar one of Sunni Islam's most authoritative institutions agrees. My translation of the relevant excerpt follows: A number of Al Azhar ulema expressed their opposition to building a Mosque near [where] the events of September 11 [occurred], convinced that it is "a Conspiracy to confirm a clear...

Who Supports The "Ground Zero Mosque"? Wouldja Believe Con Talker Laura Ingraham?
That's from a December 2009 segment with Laura Ingraham guest-hosting The O'Reilly Factor, talking about "the Cordoba House." She notes, "I can't find many people who really have a problem with it... I like what you're trying to do." More background on how the Mosque story became the shitstorm it has (hat tip: Julian Sanchez's Twitter feed ). Earlier this month, Ingraham appeared on Good Morning America and had something else to say about the matter : "There's a disconnect...between the...

Because What The World Really Needs Is More Country Songs About The 'Ground Zero Mosque'
Seems that this is actually for real and not a SNL short: Sad to say, this one is also completely legit: So glad some D-list country singers have chimed in to advise us on land use issues here in big, bad NYC. Thanks so much. P.S. Does this mean we get to be part of "real America" now?

Secret Islam
The blow-up over the Burlington Coat Factory Islamic Center is quite possibly the most impressive display of American ignorance in my lifetime. From the inability to comprehend the actual purpose and location of the project to the completely inaccurate characterizations of the folks behind it, a majority of Americans are now opposing something that just about none of them seem to understand. After years of demanding that moderate Muslims speak out against Terrorism, we encounter a moderate...

Video: PJM's Bill Whittle On Tolerance vs. Appeasement, And the Ground Zero Mosque
Topics: Political News and commentaries , Understanding Islam From Phineas over at Sister Toldjah's , who points out that Bill Whittle, of Pajamas Media , has long been a sharp, uncompromising, and eloquent advocate for the defense of America and the West against the armed and the cultural Jihad. In this latest episode, Whittle places our reaction to the proposed Ground Zero Mosque in the context of earlier Western failures to resist Totalitarianism and the heavy price paid for that...

Ron Paul On "Ground Zero Mosque": Demagoguery Rules When Truth And Liberty Are Ignored.
This statement from Congressman Ron Paul pretty much says what I think about the “Ground Zero Mosque” kerfuffle: Is the controversy over building a Mosque near Ground Zero a grand distraction or a grand opportunity? Or is it, once again, grandiose demagoguery? It has been said, Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Are we not overly preoccupied with this controversy, now being used in various ways by grandstanding politicians? It looks to me like the politicians are fiddling...

MSNBC, Dr. Laura, the Ground Zero Mosque and 1Cor. 8 [Reader Post]
In 1Cor. 8, Paul talks about the idea of going to the local heathen temple and having a steak at their restaurant/market. The believer has a right to do this, to enjoy such a steak, even though the animal was sacrificed to some heathen god. However, that believer needed to self-regulateif such an action had an adverse affect on an immature believer, he was not to exercise this freedom. My pastor taught this passage a few years ago, spent too much time on it, and gave too few examples,...

Newt Gingrich and the "Ground Zero Mosque"
Obviously right-thinking people realize that the ginned-up "controversy" over the " Ground Zero Mosque " is among the dumbest things that we, as a nation, have ever spent this amount of time on. (That's one reason why President Obama shouldn't have said anything about it .) The proposed "Mosque" is not a Mosque, is not at Ground Zero, and is right near an actual, bona-fide Mosque that has been in the neighborhood for decades. And don't we have more important...

"A mosque at the edge of Ground Zero would be much more than a house of worship; it would be a symbol, interpreted differently by different audiences."
"For some it would be the ultimate expression of the Freedom of Religion we enjoy in America; for others, a searing reminder of terrible deaths at the hands of murderers calling themselves Muslims. I suspect that the Terrorists might celebrate its presence as a twisted victory over our society's Freedoms. Rauf and his congregation are certainly free to locate their Mosque near Ground Zero. But I hope and pray that they will show uncommon courtesy and decide not to." Karen Hughes weighs in on...

Obama: 'No regrets' about NY mosque defense
COLUMBUS, Ohio — US President Barack Obama said Wednesday he had "no regrets" about defending the Right of Muslims to build a Mosque near the New York site of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks. "The answer is: No regrets," the president told NBC television on the sidelines of a visit to a Middle-class family aimed at highlighting his efforts to revive the sputtering US Economy ahead of November congressional Elections. Obama upset some of his Democratic allies late last week by...

Republicans dissent over criticism of proposed mosque
W ASHINGTON — As top Republicans including House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich attack plans for an Islamic Community Center and Mosque near the destroyed World Trade Center site, a larger schism is opening up in the GOP over the inflammatory issue. Some Republicans fear that pressing the issue carries risks, diverting attention from bread-and-butter issues and undercutting the party’s efforts to broaden its Base — just as it is...

Friday on a Special Edition of Hannity
Ed Gillespie, FORMER RNC CHAIRMAN ON ABC'S "THIS WEEK": He basically said that the 70 percent of Americans who are opposed to this Controversial imam building this Controversial Mosque at Ground Zero are seeking to deny the Religious Freedom of Muslims in this country. That's how he cast it. REP. Peter King, R.N.Y. ON CNN'S "SOTU": And I think the president, by the way, is trying to have it both ways. Because I don't know of anyone who is saying that Muslims do not have the right to practice...

Enough is Enough with this Mosque Foolishness
Alright - everybody has made their points… SEVERAL DOZEN FREAKING TIMES! How many ways can you call the right intolerant and bigoted? Or refer to the left as Islamofascist sympathizers? Or moan about the degeneration of religious liberty in America? Or warn about creeping Sharia law? Build it. Don’t build it. Move it. Bah! Everyone has an opinion. That opinion has been expressed ad infinitum. No nuance has been neglected. No angle uncovered. No stupid, silly insult or smear...

Enough is Enough with this Mosque Foolishness
Alright - everybody has made their points… SEVERAL DOZEN FREAKING TIMES! How many ways can you call the right intolerant and bigoted? Or refer to the left as Islamofascist sympathizers? Or moan about the degeneration of religious liberty in America? Or warn about creeping Sharia law? Build it. Don’t build it. Move it. Bah! Everyone has an opinion. That opinion has been expressed ad infinitum. No nuance has been neglected. No angle uncovered. No stupid, silly insult or smear...

Miss Muslim USA Opposes 'Ground Zero Mosque'
Miss Muslim USA tells Inside Edition that she opposes the location of the so-called ‘Ground Zero Mosque’: Rima Fakih, the first Muslim Miss USA, has come out against the location of the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque.” Fakih, whose faith caused a bit of an uproar when she was first crowned, told Inside Edition on Monday that while she concurs with President Obama on the need for the protection of Religious Freedom, she also feels that the placement of the Park51...

U.S. anti-Islam protest seen as lift for extremists
Source: New York Times WASHINGTON Some Counterterrorism experts say the anti-Muslim sentiment that has saturated the airwaves and blogs in the debate over plans for an Islamic center near Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan is playing into the hands of Extremists by bolstering their claims that the United States is hostile to Islam. Opposition to the center by prominent politicians and other public figures in the United States has been covered extensively by the News media in Muslim countries....

U.S. anti-Islam protest seen as lift for extremists
Source: New York Times WASHINGTON Some Counterterrorism experts say the anti-Muslim sentiment that has saturated the airwaves and blogs in the debate over plans for an Islamic center near Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan is playing into the hands of Extremists by bolstering their claims that the United States is hostile to Islam. Opposition to the center by prominent politicians and other public figures in the United States has been covered extensively by the News media in Muslim countries....

An open letter to Michael Calderone regarding the definition of 'Ground Zero'
Open Letter by Jim Treacher of The Daily Caller Hello, Mr. Calderone. I dont think weve ever met, but we know some of the same people. I hope youll give me a few minutes of your time, because Ive noticed a trend in your writing about the Ground Zero Mosque . I dont mean to single you out, but youre one of the people making a claim that I really dont think is in your best interests to make. And I dont know anyone at the Associated Press . Whether you think this...

Cordoba mosque protest rally Sunday near Ground Zero
Related Articles A Grassroots coalition of groups opposing the Cordoba House Islamic Center and Mosque’s placement at Ground Zero will Protest its Construction Sunday at 11:00 a.m. in front of the Park 51 site, on the northeast corner of West Broadway. Beth Gilinsky, an organizer for The Coalition to Honor Ground Zero and founder of the Jewish Action Alliance, is coordinating the rally. Gilinsky told The Daily Caller that the movement has come together so quickly, organically, and with...