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Active efforts worldwide to support muslims who are trying to rescue their religion from extremists, fundamentalists, and jihadis. and this has meant funding mosques, islamic centers, imams, and community leaders who share a peaceful and pluralistic vision of islam. except, it turns out, if they are in our own back yard. the debate over the proposed community center to be built a few blocks away from the world trade center has missed this fundamentally important point. if this community center were being built anywhere else in the world, chances are the u.s. government would be funding it. the...

Respected even if they were irrational. first of all, there were many dozens of victims of 9/11 who were muslim. do their feelings count? more important, are irrational feelings, prejudices, hatreds okay because those expressing them are victims or see themselves as victims? will the adl defend the rights of palestinian victims to be anti-semiites? i have to say i was personally deeply saddeneded by the adl's stand because five years ago the organization honored me with its hubert humphrey award for first amendment freedoms. given the position that they have taken on a core issue of religious ...

Ideal islamic society will look like because it is peaceful, tolerant, and pluralistic. his vision for islam, in other words, is osama bin laden's nightmare. we should be encouraging such an islamic center, not demonizing it. now, there is of course the much more fundamental issue, freedom of religion in america, which is a founding principle of this country. the most eloquent and intelligent defense of that principle came last week from new york's mayor michael bloomberg in an address that should be required reading in every civics class in america. there have, on the other hand, been politic...

tolerant, and pluralistic. his vision for islam, in other words, is osama bin laden's nightmare. we should be encouraging such an islamic center, not demonizing it. now, there is of course the much more fundamental issue, freedom of religion in america, which is a founding principle of this country. the most eloquent and intelligent defense of that principle came last week from new york's mayor michael bloomberg in an address that should be required reading in every civics class in america. there have, on the other hand, been politicians who have shamelessly and shamefully capitalized on th...

Lives, unquote. the president and his cia chief differ on a very important situation. what it comes down to is you, the everyday american. the truth is mistakes were made, but they were made in the fog of war to protect americans. we're not a torture nation and the leftwing which drives stories like this is incredibly irresponsible. >> we tortured and still have al qaeda, we tortured and have isis. we tortured and didn't stop the resurgence of this violent islam. torture didn't work either. >> that's one of the dumbest statements i have ever heard. everyone knows aggressive tactics towards al ...