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SIOA MOSQUE ALERT! SIOA MOSQUE ALERT! The hearing before the Landmarks Commission concerning the Ground Zero mosque is scheduled for July 13 at 2pm, at 45 Park Place. We should be there. The 152-year-old Burlington Coat Factory building should be landmarked, as it is part of historic New York, and it is a war memorial. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MEETING. ATTEND. EMAIL THIS TO EVERYONE. CIVIL BEHAVIOR IS OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE. I ask each of you to be polite and reasoned when you speak. I noticed at the community board meeting that there were "plants" on our side, yelling inappropriately...

Mysterious Group Buys Building Next to Ground Zero For Mosque Wednesday, December 16, 2009 Jim Hoft A mysterous Muslim group with unknown sponsors has purchased a building steps away from Ground Zero. Hudson New York reported: An identified group with unknown sponsors has purchased building steps away from where the WorldTrade Center once stood — to turn it into potentially one of the largest New York City mosques. At the moment the building, the old Burlington Coat Factory, already serves as a mini-mosque: an iron grill lifts every Friday afternoon for a little known Imam leading prayers a few yards...

Washington DC, Dec. 09, 2005 (CNA) - Intervening in the heated debate about the mention of Christmas on the public square, Concerned Women for America (CWA) presented a first Christmas list showing which businesses are honouring the Reason for the Season (the birth of Jesus), which ones are not, and which have mixed records. It first lists the corporation ‘Nice’ or friendly to the Original Christmas tradition.  This year Macy's joins the NICE list because it has returned the explicit mention of Christmas and Merry Christmas to its stores and its ads. L.L. Bean, on the other hand, just barely...