Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf

An Intellectual Journey To Islam

Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: American Muslim Book, Religion, Islam, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Video, Spiritual Journey, Personal Journey, Moving the Mountain, Islam in America, Books News

Excerpt from Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf’s Moving the Mountain: Beyond Ground Zero To A New Vision Of Islam In America (Free Press, May 2012) I am a...

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The Future Of Christian-Muslim Relations In The West (VIDEO)

Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Religious-Tolerance, Islam, Video, Gabe Lyons, Q-Ideas, Christian-Muslim-Dialogue, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Christianity, American Islam, Cordoba Initiative, Interfaith Dialogue, Religious Tolerance, Christian-Muslim Relations, Islam in America, Religion News

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf of the Cordoba Initiative and Gabe Lyons, the founder of Q Ideas discuss the future of Christian-Muslim relations in the West. ...

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A Gay Mayor, An Evangelist And An Imam Discuss Culture

Cornelia Seigneur | Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: Religious Tolerance, Q Gathering, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Portland Gay Mayor, Christianity, Gay Mayor, Gabe Lyons, Q Conference, Religion News

As time marches on for the planning of the next Q, strategically scheduled for Washington D.C. in 2012, an election year, time will only tell which form of Christianity takes center stage.

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Muslims Celebrate The Changing Mediascape

Mike Ghouse | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Muslims Mediascape, Wael Ghonim, American Pluralism, Time 100, Moderate Muslims, Interfaith Engagement, Interfaith Dialogue, Arab Spring, Islam in America, Religion News

Since 9/11, a negative image of Muslims was successfully portrayed in the media. However, the year 2010 witnessed a dramatic shift in auto-correcting that error by un-stereotyping Muslims.

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Imam Rauf In Chapel Hill: What's Right With America

Michael Carmichael | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Islam, University of North Carolina, Weil Lecture, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Ground Zero Mosque, park51, Muslim Americans, Imam Rauf, Muslims, Religion News

During the evening, Imam Rauf assured the audience in Hill Hall, "The American Muslim community is to play an important role in mediating between America and the Muslim world."

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Recanting In The Face Of Religious Extremism

Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Creationism, Religious Extremism, Radical Christianity, William Dembski, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Evolution, Leyton Mosque, Evolution Weekend, The Clergy Letter Project, Radical Islam, Usama Hasan, Evoluton-Creation Controversy, Religious Fundamentalism, Religion and Science, Islam and Science, Religion News

Unfortunately, when it comes to the evolution/creation debate, Christian fundamentalists are not alone in issuing threats and demanding adherence to religious dogma from their academics.

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WATCH: Peter King's Constituents Defend Radical Islam Hearings

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peter King, Ground Zero Mosque, Feisal Abdul Rauf, park51, Extreme Islam Hearings, Ny News, Muslim Hearings, Peter King Hearings, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, New York News, New York News

Many have criticized Rep. Peter King's hearings on radical Islam, but, at least judging from a New York Times video, his constituents have his back. ...

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WATCH: Former Park51 Imam Condemns Islam Hearings

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ground Zero Mosque, park51, Feisal Abdul Rauf, Extreme Islam Hearings, Ny News, Muslim Hearings, Peter King Hearings, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Peter King, New York News

New York Rep. Peter King has caught plenty of flack from critics who disapprove of his hearings on Muslim radicalism in America. The former Imam of t...

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Muslims And Supporters Protest Congressional 'Radicalization' Hearings

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peter King Radicalization Hearings, Rep. Peter King, Radicalization Hearings Protest, American Muslims, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Muslims in America, House Radicalization Hearings, Islam in America, Religion News

By Simone Gorrindo Religion News Service NEW YORK (RNS) When Anam Chaudhry, 17, sang the national anthem to several hundred protesters in Times Squar...

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Park51: Election Season Is Over, and So Is the Media News Storm

Raina Wallens | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Charlie Sheen, Terry Jones, Ground Zero Mosque, park51, Stop Islamization of America, Pamela Geller, 9/11, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Southern Poverty Law Center, September 11th, New York News

If there was any doubt that the furor over the Park51 Islamic community center was largely fueled by politicians and pundits exploiting 9/11 in the midst of election season, now we know for sure.

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Ground Zero Imam Champions Church-State Separation

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ground Zero Mosque, Middle East Protests, Religious Tolerance, Middle East, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Asma Uddin, Democracy, Separation of Church and State, Religion News

By Richard Yeakley Religion News Service WASHINGTON -- The imam who has faced resistance for plans to build an Islamic community center near Ground Z...

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Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf Launches Multi-City Interfaith Tour (VIDEO)

Posted 05.26.2011

Read More: park51, American Muslims, Imam Rauf, Religious Freedom, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Interfaith Understanding, Muslims in America, Cordoba Initiative, Imam Rauf Interfaith Tour, Interfaith Dialogue, Religious Tolerance, American Religious Pluralism, Islam in America, Video, Religion News

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, chairman of the Cordoba Initiative, is launching a tour to raise awareness about Muslims in America. 2010 saw Muslims in this ...

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Muslim 'Radicalization' Hearings Are Wrong And Misguided

Joshua Stanton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Political News, Islamophobia, Fox News, Islam, Radicalization, Rep. Peter King, Red Scares, Judaism, Islam Hearings, American Muslims, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Congressional Hearings, Religion News

An effort is currently underway to hold a public hearing in Congress on the "radicalization" of Muslim Americans. This is both troubling and dumbfounding.

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Religious Leaders Who Know How to Tweet

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religious Leaders on Twitter, Important People on Twitter, Twitter, Dalai Lama, Slidepollajax, Deepak Chopra, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Twitter Handles, Rick Warren, Religious Leaders Twitter Handles, Religion News

Need some new blood in your twitter feed? Want to add a dose of wisdom or a bit of zen to your daily reading habits? HuffPost Religion has put toget...

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HuffPost Celebrates Its 2010 Game Changers With Geoffrey Canada, Sean Penn, Mayor Bloomberg & More (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cory Booker, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Nora Ephron, Biz Stone, Jann Wenner, Bethenny Frankel, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Mika Brzezinski, Sean Penn, Paulina Porizkova, Geoffrey Canada, Prabal Gurung, Slidepollajax, Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post Game Changers 2010, Anderson Cooper, Michael Hastings, Home News

The Huffington Post celebrated its 2010 Game Changers Thursday evening at Skylight Studios in SoHo. Sean Penn, who was named a 2010 Game Changer, was ...

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The "Ground Zero Mosque" and the War on Terror

Jesse Larner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ground Zero Mosque, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Radical Islam, Park 51 Founder, World Trade Center, Park 51, Ground Zero Islamic Center, Ground Zero, Islamophobia, Islam, Keith Olbermann, Politics News

How many protestors have made the slightest effort to find out that Feisal Abdul Rauf, the driving force behind Park 51, was a first-responder on 9/11, running to the site so that he could pull victims from the rubble?

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To Bill O'Reilly and Those of a Similar Mind

Andy Schupak | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Ground Zero Mosque, Muslim, New York, Cordoba House, New York City, Imam Rauf, 9/11, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Cordoba Initiative, Ground Zero Islamic Center, Mosque, Bill O'Reilly, Media News

It seems wrong that, in a society that supposedly prides itself on being open, democratic and accepting of many different cultural groups, so many people are blatantly associating Muslims with terrorism.

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Ignoring YouTube: Imam Feisal's Flawed Approach to 21st Century "Media"

Andrew Rosen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Youtube, Ground Zero Mosque, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Council on Foreign Relations, Ground Zero Islamic Center, Youtube Diplomacy, Media News

Interestingly, the Imam and YouTube Diplomacy have something in common: they have both been valuable inroads for the Obama Administration's engagement with the Muslim World.

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Muslim Summit Planned Over NYC Islamic Center

AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: September 11, Ground Zero Mosque, park51, Cordoba House, 9/11, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Cordoba Initiative, New York News

NEW YORK — A proposed Islamic center near ground zero is slowly being embraced by some Muslims who initially were indifferent about the plan, pa...

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Feisal Abdul Rauf's New York Times Op-Ed [With Annotations From an Agnostic]

Rob Kirkpatrick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Religion, Cordoba House, Satire, David Patterson, Michael Bloomberg, 9/11, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, New York, Barack Obama, Politics News

"As my flight approached America last weekend, my mind circled back to the furor that has broken out over plans to build Cordoba House, a community ce...

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Stop Hijacking 9/11: Ground Zero Is Not a "Platform" for Anybody

Linda R. Monk, J.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 9/11, Breaking Politics News, Ground Zero Mosque, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Politics News

As the wife of a 9/11 survivor, I found Monday's speech by Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf at the Council on Foreign Relations to be deeply disturbing. Not be...

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Stewart Exposes Fox News' Irrational Fear Of 'Ground Zero Mosque' Imam (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Last night on "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart mocked the media's obsession with would-be Quran-burning pastor Terry Jones, and showed how Fox News consi...

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"I Love The Mosque" Shirts Printed by Activists to Challenge Islamophobia

Andy Stepanian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islamophobia, Islam, Ground Zero Mosque, Hate Crimes, park51, Xenophobia, 9/11, Cab Driver Stabbing, Media, Tolerance, New York City, Mosque Shirt, I Love New York, Gzm, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Religion News

People say you worry more as you get older. I am wondering if it is that exact sentiment that is resonating in me now. It's 10pm on Friday night, Se...

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TNR's Marty Peretz Attempts 'Apology' For Column Bashing American Muslims

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islamophobia, Eat the Press, park51, Media Criticism, Marty Peretz Racism, Marty Peretz, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Nicholas Kristof, Jack Shafer, park51-Ground-Zero, Marty Peretz Apologizes, Media News

New Republic editor Marty Peretz added to his compendium of racist bilge in a column. Today, he offers up what purports to be an "apology."

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Con Games: Moderate Muslim Double-Talk

Michael Conniff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Holy War, Jihad, Moderate Muslims, Tariq Ramadan, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, War on Terror, Denver News

Something possessed me to Tivo Charlie Rose and the fruit of my labors as Ramadan was ending was an interview with the Muslim writer, thinker, and int...

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