CAIR Issues Report on August Spike in Anti-Mosque Incidents

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/18/2012) — A national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today issued a preliminary report on a spike in anti-mosque incidents that occurred in late August following a massacre of Sikh worshippers in Oak Creek, Wis. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) reports that in the 13-day period between August 6 and…

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Map: Nationwide Anti-Mosque Activity

The controversy over the planned Park 51 community center in New York City is only one example of opposition to mosques and Islamic centers in the United States. Existing and proposed mosque sites across the country have been targeted for vandalism and other criminal acts, and there have been efforts to block or deny necessary…

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NY Governor Candidate Seeks Probe of Ground-zero Mosque

By BETH FOUHY Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio on Tuesday called on his Democratic rival, Andrew Cuomo, to investigate the development of a $100 million mosque being planned near ground zero. At a news conference, Lazio said he was concerned that not enough is known about the project’s funding sources and raised questions about its…

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Quinnipiac University Poll Finds Most New Yorkers Oppose Ground Zero Mosque

By JILLIAN SCHARR A majority of New Yorkers oppose plans to build a mosque and Muslim cultural center two blocks from Ground Zero, according to a Quinnipiac University Poll released Thursday. Fifty-two percent of the respondents said they did not want the mosque to be built at all, 31 percent are in favor of it,…

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    Poll suggests that growing number of Muslims are opposed to Mosque construction

    According to a new poll by Ifop, 41 percent of French people are opposed to new construction of mosques compared to 22 percent in 2001. In 1989, 38 percent of the French did not like to see a mosque near their residence; the percentage of those holding anti-mosque positions therefore appears to have fluctuated substantially…

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