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Building Babel: An Interview With Documentary Filmmaker David Osit

Court Stroud | Posted 03.27.2013 | New York

Read More: Interfaith, Park 51, Religion, World Trade Center, Mosque, Spirituality, Sharif El-Gamal, New York, New York News

Interfaith spiritual community Sanctuary NYC will screen Building Babel, which follows a year in the life of Sharif El-Gamal, the developer behind New York's Park51, sometimes referred to by opponents as the "Ground Zero Mosque."

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Preparing For The 10th Anniversary Of 9/11

Joshua Stanton | Posted 07.12.2011 | Religion

Read More: Park 51, Odyssey Networks, 9/11, 9/11/11, Eboo Patel, Commemoration, Prepare New York, September 11th, September 11th Anniversary, 9/11 Anniversary, September 11, Religion News

Plans for commemorative ceremonies, gatherings, and memorial services are underway. But how we understand 9/11 is still far from certain ten years later.

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GOP, Stirring a Lethal Brew

James Zogby | Posted 06.02.2011 | Politics

Read More: Islam, Senate Judiciary Committee, Religious Freedom, Murfreesboro Mosque, Park 51, Jon Kyl, Civil Rights, Islamophobia, Richard Durbin, John Hagee, Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, Herman Cain, Tim Pawlenty, Muslim, Newt Gingrich, Gop 2012, Gop 2012 Candidates, Politics News

GOP 2012 presidential aspirants, courting their party's religious fundamentalist base are making truly outrageous comments about Islam and Muslims.

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Myths About America and Americans

James Zogby | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Arab World, Arabs, United States, Park 51, America, Middle East, Lobbyists, World News

Because of globalization, many aspects of American culture are known world-wide. Despite this familiarity, there are myths believed by many Arabs that distort their understanding of America and the American people.

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Scary Scary Scary New York City

Patrick Sauer | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

I can't see them, but I know they're everywhere. A WPIX headline screamed bed bugs have reached an "epidemic scale!" And that was based on a survey of pest control companies.

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The "Ground Zero Mosque" and the War on Terror

Jesse Larner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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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Why The Mosque Melee Actually Signals A New Era Of Religious Tolerance

Jim Kenney | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

for those closest to the ongoing interreligious movement, tolerance just won't suffice. Real intercultural harmony demands exposure, as well as respect, mutuality, and, ultimately, engagement.

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Imam Ordered To PAY For Security Officer

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Read More: Ground Zero Mosque, park51, Feisal Abdul Rauf, Park 51, Ground Zero Islamic Center, New York News

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — A judge says an imam who plans to build a mosque near ground zero must reimburse a New Jersey city that stationed a police o...

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Mosque Hysteria: Brining Us Closer to Another 9/11?

Yitz Jordan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

Read More: Mosque Near Ground Zero, Ground Zero Mosque, Islam, park51, Park 51, Cordoba House, Mosque at Ground Zero, Religion News

Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich may have brought us closer to "another 9/11" than any Cordoba House ever could.

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Bill Clinton On Park51 Center: 'They Ought To Be Able To Do It' (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Clinton park51, Ground Zero Mosque, park51, Bill Clinton Park 51, Clinton, Bill Clinton, Bill Clinton Ground Zero Mosque, Park 51, Clinton Ground Zero Mosque, Video, Politics News

Former President Bill Clinton said recently that he believes an Islamic cultural center proposed to be built near Ground Zero in New York City is an a...

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Time to Move On

John L. Esposito | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

Read More: Islamophobia, Ground Zero Mosque, Park 51, 9/11 Anniversary, Religion News

It is time to address the gaps between our understanding of Muslims and Islam and leave behind the myths and stereotypes that frame the view that many Americans hold of Islam and Muslims.

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Fighting Islamophobia: Come, Let Us Reason Together

Religion News Service | John Esposito and Sheila B. Lalwani | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

Read More: Islamophobia, Islam, Ground Zero Mosque, Mosque Near Ground Zero, Park 51, Anti-Islam, Mosque at Ground Zero, Anti-Mulsim, Religion News

By John Esposito and Sheila B. Lalwani Religion News Service (RNS) Tolerance is one of the hallmarks of democracy, particularly American democracy. I...

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Support For Park51 Project Near Ground Zero Grows (POLL)

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Ground Zero Mosque, Ground Zero Mosque Support, Ground Zero Mosque Poll, Ground Zero Mosque Support Poll, Park 51, park51, park51 Poll, Park 51 Poll, Politics News

NEW YORK — A new poll shows support for an Islamic center near the World Trade Center site has grown slightly among New York City voters in the ...

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The Grinch Who Stole Eid

Jamal Dajani | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Islamophobia, Islam, Ground Zero Mosque, Middle East, Eid, Burn a Koran Day, Pastor Terry Jones, Quran, Jamal Dajani, Park 51, Quran Burning, World News

Television viewers in the Arab world had to endure endless coverage of the pastor from Florida, coupled with the controversy over the proposed building of a Muslim community center near Ground Zero, during the month of Ramadan.

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Imam: Moving Mosque Would Inflame Tension

Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Read More: Park 51, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Cordoba House, Ground Zero Mosque, Video, New York News

By the Associated Press; Video from CNN NEW YORK — The imam behind a proposed Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero cautioned We...

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The Math And Aftermath Of Ground Zero

Yoav Sivan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

Read More: Ground Zero Mosque, Anti-Defamation League, Abe Foxman, Islam, Cordoba House, Mosque Near Ground Zero, Park 51, Mosque at Ground Zero, Religion News

This is where the ADL and I differ. They recommend a distance, while I'm so naive to believe that the healing process rather requires bringing two points together.

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A Grand Gesture of Reconciliation for the Ground Zero Mosque

Arthur Goldwag | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy

Read More: Park 51, Glenn Beck Restoring Honor Rally, Ground Zero Mosque, Glenn Beck Rally, Comedy News

When I was in elementary school, a bully used to spit on me and my Jewish friends and call us Kikes and Christ killers. I wrote to the ADL and Abe Foxman himself answered my letter to tell me what to do.

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Muslim-Bashing Televangelist Coming To Ground Zero

nydailynews.com | By Samuel Goldsmith | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Read More: Ground Zero Mosque, park51, Bill Keller Ground Zero Mosque, Bill Keller, Wtc Mosque, Park 51, Wtc Site, World Trade Center, New York News

A Muslim-bashing evangelical preacher is bringing his inflammatory brand of worship to Ground Zero - and even the anti-mosque crowd doesn't want him. ...

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Feisal Abdul Rauf: Islamic Center Fight Could Shape Muslim Relations In America

AP | BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Read More: Wtc Mosque, Ground Zero Mosque, park51, Feisal Abdul Rauf, Park 51, Islamic Center Ground Zero, New York News

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The imam leading plans for an Islamic center near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks in New York said the fight is o...

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Orrin Hatch Supports Building Of Park51: 'I'd Be The First To Stand Up For Their Rights'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Eat the Press, Ground Zero Mosque, Orrin Hatch, Park 51, Orrin Hatch park51, ?Fbwall, Politics News

Good on Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah). ThinkProgress's Alex Seitz-Wald has video of Hatch giving an interview to Salt Lake City's Fox 13 News, in wh...

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Poll: Most New Yorkers Want Islamic Center Moved, Investigated

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Read More: Park 51, Wtc Mosque, Ground Zero Mosque, park51, Islamic Center Ground Zero, New York News

ALBANY, N.Y. — A new poll finds 71 percent of New Yorkers want the developers of an Islamic center and mosque near ground zero to voluntarily mo...

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Community Board Head Wants Interfaith Component For Islamic Center

AP | DEEPTI HAJELA | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Read More: Julie Menin, Park 51, Ground Zero Mosque, Feisal Abdul Rauf, park51, Community Board 1 Manhattan, New York News

NEW YORK — The chairwoman of the community board that voted for an Islamic center and mosque near ground zero said she believes adding an interf...

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Dr Jack Shaheen: "More leadership needed on Park 51 conversation."

Christian Avard | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

The national conversation on the Park 51 Islamic Community Center has taken a turn for the worst. Opponents claim it's too close to the Ground Zero a...

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A Crescendo of Innuendo: Obama and the Muslim Myth

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy

Mitch McConnell says he's never done anything wrong with mutton. I take him at his word, for Mitch McConnell is an honorable man.

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Bloomberg Bashes Park51 Critics On 'The Daily Show' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Read More: Park 51, Ground Zero Mosque, Video, Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg Daily Show, park51, The Daily Show, New York News

Mayor Bloomberg stopped by the Daily Show last night to speak with host Jon Stewart about the proposed Islamic Center near Ground Zero. Bloomberg has...

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