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Opinion: Is Antipathy Toward Muslims Misguided, or Worse?

(Sept. 15) -- When I was in the eighth grade, the year I came to the United States, my teacher showed us a documentary film about school integration. In that film, a white woman was interviewed about her passionate opposition to black students attending her child's then all-white school. She asked why they couldn't just...

Opinion: Islamophobia -- Or Something Else?

(Sept. 15) -- With the mosque near ground zero in the news every day, the word "Islamophobia" appears with increasing regularity. But are we really seeing an irrational fear of Islam, or is there something else at work? Whatever is motivating the criticisms of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf's plan, we would be well served by...

Opinion: Ground Zero Mosque Foes -- Time To Put Up

(Sept. 10) -- Exactly how crazy have things gotten in the "ground zero mosque" protests? One foe, an ad agency, has mounted two decommissioned missiles on trailers, hitched the trailers to vehicles and started circling the block -- two blocks from ground zero, remember -- where the building containing a mosque may...

Donald Trump Tries, Fails to Buy 'Ground Zero Mosque'

(Sept. 9) -- He can't fire the so-called ground zero mosque, after all. Donald Trump's publicist announced today that the real estate magnate and television reality-show host was prepared to buy out the controlling investor in the controversial Islamic cultural center in lower Manhattan that has become commonly known as...

NY Imam Breaks Silence on 'Ground Zero Mosque' Plans

(Sept. 8) -- After staying quiet while controversy swirled, the imam who wants to build a Muslim community center near the spot where the Twin Towers fell is finally speaking out -- saying he's moving forward with the project, is "awed" by the "furor" over it and is promising to "clearly identify" its financial...