08-24-2010, 08:28 AM
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Junkie
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Originally Posted by filtherton
Anyone who doubts the flavor of the "Obama as Muslim" misconception might benefit from viewing the YouTube video of "ground zero mosque" protesters accosting some random passerby because he "looked Muslim", or the multiple mosque protestations that are sprouting up around the nation. The anti-muslim sentiment in this country is already toxic and it's getting worse.
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You mean like this?
TEMECULA: Mosque protests louder in the tea party era
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Opposition to the construction of a mosque in Southern California is nothing new, but the tenor and the verbiage associated with the debate has intensified in recent years, according to area Muslim leaders.
When the Islamic Center of San Gabriel Valley was looking to build a mosque in the mid-1980s, the plans were blocked by the city of Walnut's Planning Commission.
And in March 2001, months before the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, the Islamic Society of Corona-Norco found its mosque plans rejected by Corona's Planning Commission.
Munira Syeda, Los Angeles-based spokeswoman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said those struggles were "officially" centered on the mundane issues common to any proposed building: noise and traffic.
Eventually, after some grousing about the traffic concerns in San Gabriel being a "smoke screen" for anti-Muslim bigotry, those issues were resolved and both of the Islamic centers were allowed to build their mosques, gathering places that these days double as houses of worship and community centers for area Muslims.
Today, a group of Southwest County residents is actively working to defeat the local Islamic center's plans for a mosque in Nicolas Valley, a rural community in the northeast corner of Temecula.
The group staged a rally on July 30, and a petition is circulating that opposes the project because of the traffic problems that could arise at the corner of Calle Medusa and Nicolas Road.
Eventually, supporters of the mosque plans will face off with those opposed at a Temecula Planning Commission hearing that might be held as soon as mid-November.
Par for the course, right?
Not exactly, Syeda said.
During that July 30 rally, people were told to bring dogs, animals that some Muslims consider unclean. A person driving by the Islamic center's offices yelled obscenities out his window. A Kuwaiti woman with a bullhorn yelled at the members of the local interfaith council who staged a counter rally in support of the mosque, telling them that Muslims want to kill their children.
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Or maybe this?
Tennessee Lt. Gov.: Islam may be a 'cult' - Tim Alberta - POLITICO.com
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Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, one of three Republican candidates running for governor, has drawn rebukes after suggesting that Islam may be a “cult” instead of a religion.
Ramsey, speaking earlier this month at a campaign stop in Chattanooga, was asked by an audience member about the threat posed to the United States by Muslims. Ramsey replied that he’s “all about freedom of religion,” even mentioning that Muslims are attempting to construct a mosque in a nearby county. “But you cross the line when they start trying to bring Sharia law into the United States,” he said, referring to the strict Islamic law enforced in some majority-Muslim nations.
Ramsey continued, “Now you could even argue whether being a Muslim is actually a religion, or is it a nationality, a way of life, or cult – whatever you want to call it. We do protect our religions, but at the same time, this is something that we are going to have to face.”
Read more: Tennessee Lt. Gov.: Islam may be a 'cult' - Tim Alberta - POLITICO.com
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