http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/mosque/ en-us Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:11:33 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415482/posts "U.S. mosques fear influences on young" "Extremists, especially online, can be a powerful lure. "I have to be a virtual imam," counters one Va. leader." Washington Post WASHINGTON - SNIPPET: "Mustafa Abu Maryam, a Muslim youth leader who has known the five arrested men from Alexandria since 2006, said he was alarmed by their decision to go to Pakistan after exchanging coded e-mail messages with a recruiter for the Pakistani Taliban." SNIPPET: ""I'm really concerned about what the Internet is doing to my young people," said Mohamed Magid, imam at the All Dulles Area Muslim Society in Sterling, Va. "I... (WASHINGTON POST) via THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415482/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:11:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2410164/posts A new Islamic mosque will open its doors just steps from Ground Zero where Muslim terrorists murdered 2,751 people in the name of Allah on Sept. 11, 2001 – and its leading imam, who conducts sensitivity training sessions for the FBI, has reportedly blamed Christians for starting mass attacks on civilians. The five-story building at Park Place, just two blocks north of the former World Trade Center site, was the site of a Burlington Coat Factory. But a plane's landing-gear assembly crashed through the roof on the day 19 Muslim terrorists hijacked the airliners and flew them into the Twin... WND http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2410164/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:55:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412177/posts Allah most merciful, for whose forgiveness there is not a sin too large. The above words are those of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf. The Imam—and an unidentified Muslim group, which he represents—has paid $4.85 million dollars in cash to purchase the site of the old Burlington Coat Factory, located right around the corner from Ground Zero. Newsrealblog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412177/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:01:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412018/posts By MARTHA IRVINE and NAFEESA SYEED (AP) – 1 hour ago ALEXANDRIA, Va. — There was a book left in a Pakistani hotel room where several young men from Virginia suspected of trying to join Taliban forces stayed. Called "The Pact," that book tells the true story of three boys from a rough neighborhood and broken homes who bond and eventually help one another through medical and dental school. "This is a story about the power of friendship. Of joining forces and beating the odds," reads one snippet on the back of the book. It is also a story with... AP via Google News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412018/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:10:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2410663/posts "It’s difficult to look out on our country and see that the “tolerance” of political correctness has turned to submission." The Liberty Pole http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2410663/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:04:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408932/posts 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... Hudson New York Institute via GatewayPundit.FirstThings http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408932/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:28:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405355/posts Suspected Jewish settlers today attacked a mosque in the northern West Bank, burning holy books and spraying threatening graffiti in Hebrew on the building, Palestinian officials and Israeli police said. Extremists broke into the mosque in the village of Yasuf, near the city of Nablus, and burned Muslim holy books and prayers carpets, while sprayed slogans on the floor reading “Price tag – greetings from Effi.” The so-called price tag is the Jewish settlers’ policy of attacking Palestinians and their property in retribution for any Israeli government curb on settlement expansion. Effi is a Jewish name. The dawn attack appeared... The Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405355/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:29:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404912/posts Someone posted that original link broke, hence this repeat. “In a startling disclosure from an exchange at an East London mosque, Imam Abdul Makin and a leading Muslim lawyer have supported the killing and raping of non-Muslims, declaring all non-Muslims as guilty and subject to lethal abuse.” TownHall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404912/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:23:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401902/posts As the United States turns its attention to security threats abroad, the disturbing trend of extremism in America’s Somali communities is a reminder that there are also real and present dangers at home. A growing body of evidence suggests that Somali communities in the Unites States have become fertile ground for terrorist groups to recruit and implant operatives. On November 23, the federal government announced eight more indictments of Somali-Americans in Minnesota on charges of recruiting members of their community to join the al-Shabaab terrorist organization in Somalia. This brings to 14 the number of Somalis from Minnesota who have... FrontPage Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401902/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 09:34:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2401356/posts Not much media attention focuses on the leveling of Christian sanctuaries. After all, it’s just a "Christian story." However, the latest mosque burnt to the ground gets plenty of newsfeed with narrative and copious photographs. faithfreedom.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2401356/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 04:50:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400820/posts SNIPPET: "The Taliban have struck again in the heart of Pakistan's military garrison city of Rawalpindi. A Taliban suicide assault team estimated at between three to five men entered a mosque in the city and opened fire on the worshippers and detonated their vests, killing 40 and wounding 83 more. The attack killed two senior generals and wounded another. Two of the members of the suicide assault team have been killed. The assault team was not interested in taking hostages or negotiations, according to the Pakistani military. "They exploded bombs inside the mosque," Major General Athar Abbas, the top military... LONG WAR JOURNAL.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400820/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 09:22:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397183/posts WASHINGTON - A COURT in the southern US state of Tennessee sentenced a man to more than 14 years in prison for burning down a local mosque, the US Justice Department said on Monday. Michael Corey Golden, 24, was sentenced to 14 years and three months in prison after pleading guilty to having vandalised and burned down the mosque in February 2008. Golden admitted to using Molotov cocktail explosives to destroy the mosque, which he ignited while a co-defendant painted swastikas and the phrase 'White Power' on the walls of the building in the town of Columbia. 'The right to... Straits Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397183/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:45:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396777/posts Tolerant Switzerland is putting it to Muslims inside its borders. The Magic City Morning Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396777/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:56:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396644/posts NOVEMBER 29, 2009 Switzerland and the Minaret Sunday's vote keeps European heads in the sand about Muslim immigrants. Nearly 58% of Swiss voters Sunday cast their ballots in favor of banning the construction of new minarets in the Alpine republic, a surprise result that led at least one Swiss member of parliament to declare that "the foundations of Switzerland's direct democracy have failed." That is clearly wrong. Swiss direct democracy shows its mettle when Swiss voters use it to stand up to their political elites, as happened here. Having said that, Sunday's vote, for all the hand-wringing leading up to... Wall St. Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396644/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:22:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396523/posts GENEVA – Swiss voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional ban on minarets on Sunday, barring construction of the iconic mosque towers in a surprise vote that put Switzerland at the forefront of a European backlash against a growing Muslim population. Muslim groups in Switzerland and abroad condemned the vote as biased and anti-Islamic. Business groups said the decision hurt Switzerland's international standing and could damage relations with Muslim nations and wealthy investors who bank, travel and shop there. "The Swiss have failed to give a clear signal for diversity, freedom of religion and human rights," said Omar Al-Rawi, integration representative of... Yahoo News (AP) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396523/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:19:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396187/posts Swiss Vote On Anti-Islam Move To Ban New Minarets By ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS, Associated Press Writer November 28, 2009 Swiss voters are deciding in a referendum Sunday whether to accept a ban on the construction of minarets, which right-wing parties regard as symbols of militant Islam. The move — led by the Swiss People's Party, which has campaigned in previous years against immigrants — has stirred fears of boycotts and violent reactions from Muslim countries. Polls indicate growing support for the proposal, but doubt remains about whether it will pass. The seven-member Cabinet that heads the Swiss government has spoken... APReport/SFChronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396187/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:12:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396258/posts Switzerland appears to have backed minaret ban Voters in Switzerland appeared to have backed a call to ban minarets from mosques, according to early exit poll results. By Alexandra Williams in Geneva and Bruno Waterfield Published: 10:16AM GMT 29 Nov 2009 Thirty minutes after the referendum finished at midday, Swiss television reported: “The initiative would appear to be accepted. There is a positive trend. It’s a huge surprise.” According to the respected gfs.bern polling institute an estimated 59 per cent of voters backed the ban. A majority of cantons were also in support of the initiative. “A majority have voted... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396258/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:32:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385040/posts NEW YORK -- Federal prosecutors are taking steps to seize four U.S. mosques and a New York City skyscraper owned by a nonprofit Muslim organization. The organization -- called the Alavi Foundation -- has long been suspected of being under Iranian government control. Prosecutors say the foundation has been helping to illegally funnel money back to the Iranian government. The government filed a forfeiture action in federal court in New York to seize four mosques in the city and in Maryland, California and Houston. The government also wants to take control of a 36-story office tower on New York's Fifth... www.wfaa.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385040/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:11:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382961/posts Looking for Update... Is John Muhammad breathing? What is the schedule? Maybe a "Live" Thread, For a bit of irony As the day goes on... Vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382961/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:43:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382007/posts Army massacre fiend Nidal Malik Hasan attended a Virginia mosque at the same time as two of the 9/11 hijackers -- and the FBI is now investigating whether there is a connection between the men, an official confirmed yesterday. Maj. Hasan -- the Army psychiatrist accused of fatally shooting 13 people and wounding 29 others at Fort Hood in Texas on Thursday -- had held his mother's funeral at the Dar al Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Va., in May 2001. The mosque's imam at the time was the ultraradical Anwar Aulaqi, thought to have ties to Osama bin... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382007/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:36:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382233/posts MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- With just 300 or so Muslims in all of Nicaragua, it became an instant mystery here when a big new mosque suddenly seemed to spring up recently in a residential neighborhood. Like, who paid for it? WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382233/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 17:53:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381964/posts FINDING THE MOSQUES NEAR YOU FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES ONLY Gee, loads of them within 30 miles of me. islamic finder http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381964/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 06:42:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2381836/posts Jihadist in the midst, the first radical Muslim talks about being commanded to terrorize the unbeliever, the second expresses his love for Osama Bin Laden, right in the heart of NYC....(Video) hotairpundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2381836/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 01:37:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381769/posts WASHINGTON — The alleged Fort Hood shooter apparently attended the same Virginia mosque as two Sept. 11 hijackers in 2001, at a time when a radical imam preached there. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381769/posts#comment Sun, 8 Nov 2009 23:39:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381757/posts What interpretation of Islam influ enced Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan? As often before, the trail leads to the official sect of Saudi Arabia -- known as Wahhabism to most of us of who denounce it. Confronting the role of radical Islam here is not Islamophobic, but common sense -- and the first response moderate Muslims themselves will have. Hasan, though born in America, refused to have his picture taken with women -- an attitude distinct to fundamentalist radicalism among Muslims. The Prophet Mohammed cautioned his followers that when they go to live in non-Muslim lands they must accept the laws... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381757/posts#comment Sun, 8 Nov 2009 23:15:14 GMT