Peace-Seeking Muslims Should “Refudiate” Sarah Palin

By JEFFREY GOLDBERG Sarah Palin has called on “peace-seeking Muslims” to “refudiate” plans by the The Cordoba Initiative, a Muslim organization, to build a mosque and community center near the site of Ground Zero. After someone alerted her to the fact that “refudiate” isn’t actually a word, she deleted the original tweet and sent out…

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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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Planned mosque near NY’s ground zero sparks debate

By Karina Loffee The Cordoba House mosque, part of a Muslim center to be built two blocks from what is now known as Ground Zero proposed as a conciliatory move, was overwhelmingly approved by a local community board in May. But the plans are being resisted by some New Yorkers who say a mosque would…

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New Yorkers Express anger over planned mosque

By Benjamin Soloway After agreeing to sell a Staten Island convent to a Muslim group that intends to use it as a mosque, Rev. Keith Fennessy is attempting to rescind the deal in the face of community objections. The Staten Island controversy is especially notable in the wake of objections to the $100 million mosque…

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