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Earlier this week, I noted that Newt Gingrich and John Bolton, both of whom had been scheduled to appear at Pamela Geller’s Sept. 11 rally in Lower Manhattan against the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque,” now appear to be getting cold feet — Gingrich has pulled out entirely, while Bolton will deliver a videotaped message rather [...]
Tags: English Defense League, Geert Wilders, Ground Zero Mosque, Islamophobia, John Bolton, Newt Gingrich, Pamela Geller, Park 51, Robert Spencer
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One interesting nugget from Josh Nathan-Kazis’s Forward article on the various Sept. 11 events going on at Ground Zero:
In addition to Wilders, the rally [led by Pamela Geller] will feature a videotaped address by John Bolton, ambassador to the United Nations during the second Bush administration, and speeches by Republican political candidates and by a [...]
Tags: Geert Wilders, Ground Zero Mosque, Islamophobia, John Bolton, Newt Gingrich, Pamela Geller
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Neoconservative activist Michael Ledeen has for years been among the most aggressive Iran hawks on the right. He has steadily pushed for U.S.-backed regime change in Tehran, and during the 2009 post-election crisis was one of the leading voices attacking the Obama administration for not taking a more aggressive stance against the Islamic Republic. He [...]
Tags: Ground Zero Mosque, iran, Islamophobia, Michael Ledeen
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In my recent Tablet piece, I noted the ways that the conspiracy theories about Muslim-Americans propagated by self-proclaimed “anti-jihadis” like Andy McCarthy, Robert Spencer, and Pamela Geller — which have subsequently been taken up by mainstream politicians like Newt Gingrich — have created an ugly political atmosphere that makes violence against Muslims far more likely. [...]
Tags: Andy McCarthy, Ground Zero Mosque, Islamophobia, Newt Gingrich, Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer
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The Hudson Institute’s Anne Bayefsky in an article on Pajamas Media, attempts to link the Cordoba Initiative’s fund-raising for the planned community center at 45-51 Park Place in New York (rebranded the Park 51 Community Center) to the secretary-general of the High Council for Human Rights in Iran. Her argument represents a noticeable pivot for [...]
Tags: Alex Kane, Alliance of Civilizations, Anne Bayefsky, Cordoba Initiative, Ground Zero Mosque, High Council for Human Rights in Iran, Hudson Institute, iran, Israel/Palestine, Justin Elliot, Khatami, Larijani, Mondoweiss, Pajamas Media, Park 51 Community Center, Rauf, Salon, Weekly Standard
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My latest piece for Tablet is now up. In it I look at the recent surge in anti-Muslim conspiracy theories and propaganda, particularly during the recent controversy over the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque,” and how they relate to traditional anti-Semitism. An excerpt:
The problem for the ADL is that there simply isn’t much anti-Semitism of [...]
Tags: ADL, Andy McCarthy, anti-semitism, Ground Zero Mosque, Islamophobia, Tablet
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News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for August 19th, 2010:
Washington Post: Columnist David Ignatius takes a broad view of the Obama administration’s diplomatic trouble spots and prescribes “patience plus” because time is actually on the side of U.S. counterparts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel-Palestine, and Iran. Ignatius admires the current “diplomatic ambiguity,” but thinks Obama [...]
Tags: Ahmadinejad, Anne Bayefsky, Cordoba Initiative, David Ignatius, Gabriel Schoenfeld, Ground Zero Mosque, Hudson Institute, iran, Iran nuclear, israel, James Fallows, Jeffrey Goldberg, Khamenei, Khatami, Larijani, negotiations, Obama, Pajamas Media, Rauf, The Atlantic, Washington Post, Weekly Standard
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Charles Krauthammer has yet another fatuous column today making the case that the blocks around the World Trade Center site are “sacred ground” that cannot be defiled by the presence of a Muslim community center. Like most “Ground Zero Mosque” opponents, he is happy to give the misleading impression that the area is some sort [...]
Tags: Charles Krauthammer, Dan Senor, Ground Zero Mosque, Islamophobia
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Enclosed please find all ADL address labels your office has ever sent to me in the hope of receiving a contribution.
After the Anti Defamation League’s opposition to the construction of the Park 51 community center complex (usually, if inaccurately, refered to as the “ground zero mosque”), I cannot imagine ever again using an address sticker with my name on it that associates the ADL with “Diversity,” “Tolerance” or “Acceptance.”
Tags: Abraham Foxman, ADL, Anti-Defamation League, Ground Zero Mosque, Park 51
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with Eli Clifton
Now look, nobody in America would object to the construction of an Islamic center — however the question is: Why here? Why in this spot? This is a spot that was for hours bathed in the ashes of the Twin Towers and the thousands of innocents who died in it.
It’s not just any [...]
Tags: Charles Krauthammer, Dan Senor, Ground Zero Mosque, Islamophobia, Sharia
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