The head of the Ground Zero mosque project has been replaced by a new cleric, one who organizers hope will be less controversial. Imam Abdallah Adhami, the new head of the “Park51” project as the Islamic Center project is being called, has long been active in New York’s Muslim community, according to a report published […]
New York City’s Department of Investigation (DOI) announced Friday that it is looking into reports that some Sanitation Department supervisors told workers to slow their snow removal efforts as a protest against budget cuts. DOI spokeswoman Diane Struzzi told Businessweek: “What we are looking at is whether there was intentional misconduct relating to the snow […]
Lebanon’s radical leftist newspaper, Al Akhbar is the latest media outlet to grab a virtual fistful of WikiLeaks documents and start making waves – the only Arab newspaper in the region to do so. But even as the paper supports feminist causes and equal rights for homosexuals, it also is careful to back the Shi’ite […]
By Eugene J. Koprowski– President Obama is voicing support for a U.N. resolution that could accomplish something as radical as relinquishing some U.S. sovereignty and opening a path for the return of ancient tribal lands to American Indians, including even parts of Manhattan. The issue is causing alarm among legal experts. In recent remarks at […]
Ground zero imam completed an application to secure funding from Federal 9/11 aid to pay for building of the controversial Islamic center two blocks from Ground Zero is drawing fire from critics who decry the move as insensitive. “In November 2010, Park51 submitted several grant requests to the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, a New York […]
by Chana Ya’ar Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is set to announce to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that Israel plans to withdraw from the northern border village of Ghajar. Netanyahu will present the proposal to Ban when he meets with him in New York on Monday, according to Israeli officials, who made the announcement overnight […]
NEW YORK – The Pakistani Muslim immigrant who tried to detonate a car bomb on a busy Saturday night in Times Square accepted a life sentence with a smirk Tuesday and warned that Americans can expect more bloodshed at the hands of Muslims. “Brace yourselves, because the war with Muslims has just begun,” 31-year-old Faisal […]
Amir Taheri– Should there be a mosque near Ground Zero? In fact, what is pro posed is not a mosque — nor even an “Islamic cultural center.” In Islam, every structure linked to the faith and its rituals has a precise function and character. A mosque is a one-story gallery built around an atrium with […]
Dear friends, May I ask you to be silent for ten seconds? Just be silent and listen. Ten seconds. And listen… What we hear are the sounds of life in the greatest city on earth. No place in the world, no place in human history, is as richly varied and vibrant and dynamic as New […]
(CNN) — The religious leader behind plans to erect an Islamic center and mosque a few blocks from New York’s ground zero said Wednesday night that America’s national security depends on how it handles the controversy. “If we move from that location, the story will be the radicals have taken over the discourse,” Imam Feisal […]
