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Fire at Proposed Tenn. Mosque Site Probed by Feds

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (Aug. 29) -- Supporters from across the country have called to give encouragement to a suburban Nashville mosque where a fire was the latest setback for a planned new building, officials said Sunday. Authorities told mosque officials that four pieces of heavy construction equipment on the site were...

Is It Too Late for the Pro-Mosque Movement?

(Aug 25) -- Groups supporting the Park51 Islamic Cultural Center, which most Americans say shouldn't be built as planned some 300 yards from ground zero, announced today an initiative to better make their case, but admitted they face an uphill battle to eclipse the mosque opponents who dominate the debate. "Maybe we're...

Opinion: Ground Zero Mosque Fight -- All Heat, No Light

(Aug. 18) -- One thing about the ground zero mosque debate is undebatable: it's a polarizing conversation that's been raging for weeks and is only serving to make a bad situation worse. And while the fight becomes ever uglier, we've got an enormous amount of work on our hands. Here in America, we need to address the...

9/11 Christian Center Creator Endorses Mosque Construction: 'It's in Their Right'

(Aug. 16) -- "There is tremendous religious intolerance around the world. One of the great things about this nation is that we have religious tolerance. Anyone is free to practice their religion, to worship any God or not, to build houses of worship where they see fit, in accordance with local laws." You'd be forgiven for...

Ground Zero Mosque Foes Vow to Continue Fight

(Aug. 3) -- Jimmy Riches can't protest the proposed Islamic mosque near ground zero, because he died in the Sept. 11 attacks nearly a decade ago. So Jim Riches Sr. says he'll stand against the controversial New York City project on his son's behalf. "Our sons can't speak for themselves, so we'll speak for them," Riches,...

Mosques News From the Web

05/31/12 Tennessee mosque's fate up in the air after court... Source: FOX - Q13 Fox News - Seattle WA The long-running battle between a Tennessee Muslim community and its critics over a new mosque took a dramatic turn with a county judge's ruling that could bring construction to a halt.
05/30/12 Pak court orders demolition of a minaret, dome of... Source: Zee News A Pakistani court has ordered the demolition of a minaret and dome of an Ahmadi mosque, where over 50 people were killed in an attack by terrorists two years ago.

Background on Mosques

A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. The word entered English from a French word which probably derived from Italian moschea, a variant of Italian moscheta, from either Armenian mzkiṭ or Greek μασγίδιον, from Arabic masjid, meaning "place of worship" or "prostration in prayer", from the Arabic sajada, meaning "to bow down in prayer" or "worship", probably ultimately of Aramaic origin.

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