I want to write something tonight about the so-called “ground zero” mosque. I say so-called because it’s actually a few blocks from where the World Trade Center once stood, but that doesn’t seem to deter people, even on the left, from calling it the “ground zero” mosque, like it’s a giant mosque being built triumphantly […]
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Ground Zero bullshit
Posted in Other, Politics Also tagged 9/11, asshole Republicans, celebrity roasts, Constitution, David Hasselhoff, Feisal Abdul Rauf, freedom of religion, Gathering of the Juggalos, ground zero, ground zero mosque, Hindu, Islamization of America, Islamophobia, jihad, Juggalos, Laura Ingraham, mosques, Pearl Harbor, Pentagon, reality television, Republican lies, roasts, Rush Limbaugh, Shinto, tea party, Tila Tequila 40 Comments
Rallying football hooligans to the anti-Muslim cause in Europe
I’ve been meaning to pass along a link to this article on the so-called English Defense League for the past week or so. I find the intersection of football hooliganism and anti-Muslim violence to be both absolutely fascinating and completely terrifying. Here’s how the article begins. A middle-age, respectable looking man has emerged as a […]
Posted in Other, Politics Also tagged Alan Lake, anti-Islam, anti-Muslim violence, EDL, English Defense League, football, hate group gift shop, hate groups, Islamophobia, potential for violence, soccer, tea party 14 Comments
Not from the Onion
It seems as though Muzzammil Hassan, the founder of an Islamic television station in upstate New York, was just arrested for beheading his wife. According to CNN, he’d launched the site with the nobel goal of “countering Muslim stereotypes.” I’m interested to see how the Muslim press in the U.S. handles this. One would hope […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Religious Extremism Also tagged beheading, domestic violence, Muzzammil Hassan 24 Comments