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American Muslims Wage Grassroots Campaigns Against Islamophobia Network

Daniel Tutt | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Tea Party, Frank Gaffney, Robert Spencer, Islamophobia, Turning the Tides Conference, Saqib Ali, Pamela Geller, Khuram Zaman, American Islamophobia, Islam, Religion and Politics, Combatting Islamophobia, Fear Incorporated, Religious Tolerance, Muslim Americans, Islamophobia Network, Islam in America, Religion News

Through protesting their conferences and forming coalitions with Muslim and non-Muslim organizations, American Muslims are beginning to take the small industry of Islamophobic speakers head on.

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Late Returns: One More Reason For Chris Christie To Stay Home In 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Candidate Pledges, 2012 Speculation, 2012 Speculatron, Fearmongering, Chris Christie, Michele Bachmann 2012, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Mitch Daniels, Wall Street Donors, Bernie Madoff, Barack Obama, Rick Perry, 2012, Video, Ed Koch, Michele Bachmann, Pledges, Wall Street, 2012 Election, Frank Gaffney, Roger Cohen, Mitt Romney 2012, Rick Perry 2012, Sharia Panic, Media Criticism, Barack Obama 2012, Politics News

There's been a lot of discussion about the many reasons why Chris Christie and the GOP primary electorate wouldn't exactly see eye-to-eye, and that's ...

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Is Congress Really Serious About Domestic Radicalism?

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 09.30.2011

Read More: Michelle Bachmann, James Woolsey, Discrimination, Anti-Defamation League, Muslim, Frank Gaffney, Norway, Anders Breivik, Laura Ingraham, Terrorism, Fox News, Sharia, Newt Gingrich, Jennifer Rubin, Yerushalmi, Home-Grown Terrorism, Politics News

As Rep. Peter King led his latest hearing about the radicalization of Muslims in the United States last week, it turns out a radical of a different sort, based in Brooklyn, was plotting to spread his anti-Muslim message across the United States.

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Sharia Law Threat: Right-Wing Boogeyman

Andrew Reinbach | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: Islamophobia, Islam, National Rifle Association, US Constitution, Right Wing Politics, Frank Gaffney, Right Wing, Sharia Law, Center for American Progress, Nra, Politics News

Frank Gaffney and his friends can relax: Sneaky Muslims aren't going to impose Sharia Law on the US and take away their bacon cheeseburgers. It's impossible.

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Extremists on Extremism: Peter King and the Sharia Scam

John Feffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islamophobia, Peter King, Muslims, Sharia Law, Frank Gaffney, Extremism, Sharia, Politics News

Muslims are rising up against tyranny throughout the Arab world. They have ousted autocrats, consistently called for democracy, and inspired the international community. And yet, for some here in the homeland, Muslims are still the problem.

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Tennessee Considers Bill That Makes Following Shariah A Felony

AP | LUCAS L. JOHNSON II | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: First Amendment Center, Islam, Islamic Society of North America, Mecca, Center for Security Policy, Governor Bill Haslam, House Speaker Pro Tempore Judd Matheny, Stop Islamization of America, Shariah, Tennessee, Bill Haslam, Eagle Forum, Oklahoma, Bobbie Patray, Islamic Center of Murfreesboro, Stop the Madrassa, Ground Zero Mosque, Pamela Geller, National Conference of State Legislatures, David Yerushalmi, Senator Bill Ketron, Judd Matheny, Society of Americans for National Existence, Shariah Law, Frank Gaffney, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, Bill Ketron, Muslim, Politics News

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee is considering making it a felony to follow some versions of the Islamic code known as Shariah, the most severe measure...

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The Right Wing's Sharia Shenanigans

Zaki Hasan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islamophobia, Islam, Frank Gaffney, Robert Spencer, Newt Gingrich, Daniel Pipes, Sharia, Values Voters Summit, Politics News

A scary number of the Republican rank-and-file seem to be functioning under the impression that every Muslim in America is a "stealth jihadist" waiting to flip the switch from "good" to "evil" like the Clone Troopers in Star Wars.

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Is Netanyahu a "Bomber Boy"?

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Both Obama and Netanyahu would be wise to think through ways to halt the dysfunctional, paranoiac escalation between Iran and Israel.

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Afghanistan: The Re-"Right" of History ... or ... Let's Not Forget Who Got Us Here

Rob Diamond | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq, Frank Gaffney, Bill Kristol, Liz Cheney, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Pakistan, Politics News

We've seen the rush to war before -- in Iraq in 2003. That cost me 4,351 (and counting) of my fellow brothers and sisters-in-arms, all for a false threat the Bush Administration sold.

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Gaffney Tells Reagan "Your Father Would Be Ashamed Of You" (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, Gaffney Reagan, Gaffney, Ron Reagan, Frank Gaffney, Politics News

Right-wing neoconservative Frank Gaffney went on "Hardball" Thursday night to defend Dick Cheney but ended up just insulting his fellow guest. After...

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Commander in Chief: Yes He Is

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, National-Security-Network, Marines, Karl Rove, Bill Kristol, Frank Gaffney, National Security, Cheney, Neoconservatives, US Army, Cold War, Commander-in-Chief, Afghanistan War, World News

Obama and his team (and an increasing number of voices on Capitol Hill) know that, in today's world, security problems are beyond the purview of the military acting alone.

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Dick Cheney Keeps the Flame Aloft

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Dithering, Afghanistan, Frank Gaffney, Ronald Reagan, Neocons, Neoconservatives, Cold War, Center-for-Security-Policy, Dick Cheney, Politics News

It might be tempting to dismiss Cheney's remarks -- about Obama allegedly dithering when it comes to Afghanistan -- as so much conservative boilerplate. But that would be a mistake.

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Confronting Ahmadinejad and Other Liars

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Michele Bachmann, Rush Limbaugh, Frank Gaffney, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Bishop Richard Williamson, Holocaust Denial, Truth, Blood Libel, World News

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is not the only one intent on twisting, distorting and ignoring the truth. In America, there are those on the far right who impugn the truth as well.

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Institutional Islamophobia and the Politics of a Minor's Choice

Abukar Arman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islamophobia, Frank Gaffney, Blake Lorenz, Global Revolution Church, Neocons, Robert Spencer, Right Wing, Rifqa Bary, John Stemberger, Florida Courts, Home News

The case of Rifqa Bary has set the stage for the ideological bankrupt neocons and right wing evangelicals to pursue another desperate attempt to resuscitate their all but defunct "clash of civilization" scare.

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More Orly Taitz!

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bernie Goldberg, Anne Coulter, Far Right, Orly Taitz, Rush Limbaugh, Geithner ABC This Week, Dick Morris, President Barack Obama, Tea Baggers, Obama's Health Care Reform, Michelle Malkin, Glen Beck, Alan Keyes, Sarah Palin, George Stephanopoulos, Frank Gaffney, Birthers, Health Care Reform, Timothy Geithner, Alan Greenspan, Abc, Republican Party, Pundits, William Kristol, Birther Movement, Bill O'Reilly, Ms. Orly Taitz, Michael Savage, Taitz, Andrea Mitchell, Jerome Corsi, Media News

Finally, we have an extreme right-wing personality making the rounds in the corporate media who tears down the facade of "legitimacy" the Far Right bestows upon its craziest enthusiasts.

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Pro-Nuclear Pundits Debunked

Frida Berrigan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Richard Perle, Daily Show, Nuclear Weapons, Jon Stewart, Frank Gaffney, John Bolton, Dr. Strangelove, Politics News

Obama's efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons have also drawn harsh criticism from a chorus of nuclear war theorists intent on scaring the public into opposing the president's disarmament agenda.

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Frank Gaffney: Krugman Censorsing Me For Obama Muslim Column

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Frank Gaffney, Paul Krugman, Media Criticism, Free Speech, Eat the Press, Media News

I'm a bit dumbstruck by Gaffney, today, who straight up has the vapors over the fact that Krugman dared to namecheck him.

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Is Obama America's First Muslim President? I Wish!

Dean Obeidallah | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islamophobia, Islam, Obama, Obama Muslim, Frank Gaffney, President Obama, Politics News

Why do I truly wish that President Obama was really a Muslim? Because he is cool. In fact, he may be the coolest guy out there right now. Hence Muslim would equal cool.

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Arlen Specter To Talk At "Anti-Islamist" Event

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Specter, Islam, Arlen Specter, Radical Islam, Frank Gaffney, Free Speech, Anti-Islamist, Senator Arlen Specter, Politics News

Next week, a coalition of conservative legal groups will host a "Libel Lawfare: Silencing Criticism of Radical Islam," a conference on how "Islamist l...

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Nice Not to Hear Norm Coleman at Hillary Clinton Hearing

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

My first reaction listening to the just one-notch-short-of-a-love-fest hearing was that Norm Coleman's absence has made a huge difference.

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Chris Matthews Eviscerates Neocon Frank Gaffney: "4,000 People Are Dead Because Of The Way You Feel" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Corn, Video, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Frank Gaffney, Hardball, Chris Matthews, Dick Cheney, Media News

Chris Matthews revisited the decision to go to war with Iraq Tuesday night on "Hardball," hosting neocon hawk Frank Gaffney and Mother Jones' David Co...

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