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From the February 5, 2006 Washington Post:
- Mosque Hacks Email Of Moderates And Threatens Them?
According to Debbie Schlussel: Why is a Detroit area mosque hacking the website and e-mails of its members, then suing them to cover it up, and silence them?What's hacking, er . . . happening, at the falsely-named Unity Center Mosqueshould be a...
- Pope's Baptism Of Muslim Is "triumphalist Tool"
No, Peter North is a "triumphalist tool". A Papal baptism the day before Easter is Catholicism being Catholic. From the BBC (with thanks to Bayan): A Muslim scholar involved in high-level dialogue with the Vatican has denounced the Pope's baptism...
- The Vatican And Al-azhar University Agree
Al-Azhar "university" "Both sides vehemently denounce the reprinting of the offensive cartoon and the attack on Islam and its prophet," officials from both religious bodies said in a statement seen by IslamOnline.net. Concluding a two-day meeting of...
- The Muslim Vote
From this August 24, 2007 article in the Washington Post: More than 50 candidates in this fall's elections are expected to appear in Reston tomorrow [August 25] at a political picnic organized by a group of Northern Virginia mosques, and organizers...
- Cartoon Wars--origins, Beliefs, And Escalation
Let's look at how Islam views these depictions: "The spreading Muslim protests against newspapers that reprinted cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad stem from the deepest religious roots. "Islam forbids visual depictions of the prophet, and regards...
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Reaction of D.C. Area Muslims
From the February 5, 2006 Washington Post:
Area Muslims React With Tempered AngerA picture of the Pope with a bomb on his head would not result in the burning of embassies, placards proclaiming "Behead those who insult Christianity," and babies promoting fundamentalist religious law. You can bet on it.
Some Say Depiction Overstepped Liberties
"...I've been getting a lot of e-mails about it, and I'm distributing them all,' said Omary, a Damascus native who sells real estate in Northern Virginia. 'There is a limit to freedom. There are 1.2 billion Muslims in the world. Let's have some respect.'
"A few miles away at the All Dulles Area Muslim Society mosque in Sterling, Zaki Al Barzinji, 16, was equally upset.
"'Just because you can say something doesn't mean you should say something,' the teenager said. 'If somebody showed a picture of the pope with a bomb on his head, that would cause a great public outcry. Nobody would be talking about freedom of speech.'"
- Mosque Hacks Email Of Moderates And Threatens Them?
According to Debbie Schlussel: Why is a Detroit area mosque hacking the website and e-mails of its members, then suing them to cover it up, and silence them?What's hacking, er . . . happening, at the falsely-named Unity Center Mosqueshould be a...
- Pope's Baptism Of Muslim Is "triumphalist Tool"
No, Peter North is a "triumphalist tool". A Papal baptism the day before Easter is Catholicism being Catholic. From the BBC (with thanks to Bayan): A Muslim scholar involved in high-level dialogue with the Vatican has denounced the Pope's baptism...
- The Vatican And Al-azhar University Agree
Al-Azhar "university" "Both sides vehemently denounce the reprinting of the offensive cartoon and the attack on Islam and its prophet," officials from both religious bodies said in a statement seen by IslamOnline.net. Concluding a two-day meeting of...
- The Muslim Vote
From this August 24, 2007 article in the Washington Post: More than 50 candidates in this fall's elections are expected to appear in Reston tomorrow [August 25] at a political picnic organized by a group of Northern Virginia mosques, and organizers...
- Cartoon Wars--origins, Beliefs, And Escalation
Let's look at how Islam views these depictions: "The spreading Muslim protests against newspapers that reprinted cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad stem from the deepest religious roots. "Islam forbids visual depictions of the prophet, and regards...