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Opinion: Muslim Criticism Does Not Equal Bigotry

(Sept. 15) -- Does a negative opinion of Islam amount to conclusive evidence of bigotry? Those who warn of a raging frenzy of American "Islamophobia" base their case on the assumption that anything less than enthusiastic approval of The Religion of Peace automatically qualifies as hatemongering and ignorance. On ABC News,...

NY Mosque Developer Getting Boot in Rent Dispute

(Sept. 15) -- The developer behind plans to build a Muslim community center near New York's ground zero is being evicted from his Manhattan office after failing to pay back rent. That's according to housing court papers obtained by the New York Daily News, which show that Sharif El-Gamal owes $39,000 in rent for his...

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...

Imam Rauf Accused of Being a Slumlord by NJ Town

(Sept. 14) -- Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf is in some hot water today that's shockingly unrelated to Park51, aka the ground zero mosque, formerly known as Cordoba House. The town of Union City, N.J., filed a lawsuit today against the imam, charging he is a terrible, law-breaking slumlord, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. Rauf...

Imam 'Exploring All Options' on Islamic Center Near Ground Zero

NEW YORK (Sept. 13) -- The imam leading the effort to build an Islamic community center near the site of the World Trade Center said today he has not ruled out moving the project. "We are exploring all options as we speak right now and we are working to what will be a solution, God willing, that will resolve this crisis,...

Background on imam feisal abdul rauf

Feisal Abdul Rauf (, born 1948) is an American Sufi imam, author, and activist whose stated goal is to improve relations between the Muslim world and the West.

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