Across Nation, Mosque Projects Meet Opposition

[oberliner]

While a high-profile battle rages over a mosque near ground zero in Manhattan, heated confrontations have also broken out in communities across the country where mosques are proposed for far less hallowed locations.

In Murfreesboro, Tenn., Republican candidates have denounced plans for a large Muslim center proposed near a subdivision, and hundreds of protesters have turned out for a march and a county meeting.

In late June, in Temecula, Calif., members of a local Tea Party group took dogs and picket signs to Friday prayers at a mosque that is seeking to build a new worship center on a vacant lot nearby.

In Sheboygan, Wis., a few Christian ministers led a noisy fight against a Muslim group that sought permission to open a mosque in a former health food store bought by a Muslim doctor.

Disturbing quote from later in the article:

“As a mother and a grandmother, I worry,” Ms. Serafin said. “I learned that in 20 years with the rate of the birth population, we will be overtaken by Islam, and their goal is to get people in Congress and the Supreme Court to see that Shariah is implemented. My children and grandchildren will have to live under that.”

“I do believe everybody has a right to freedom of religion,” she said. “But Islam is not about a religion. It’s a political government, and it’s 100 percent against our Constitution.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/us/08mosque.html

[Faygo Kid]

1. Ridiculous. Fareed Zakaria is right: We need to embrace this mosque.

While Newt demagogues it, we need to embrace the 1.3 billion Muslims on this small planet. This is a step in the right direction.

[WillParkinson]

2. OMG, she's right!

Thank goodness we have Christians who understand that their religion doesn't belong in our government.

:sarcasm:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. Ironically, a religious war is exactly what Osama wanted to happen.

[pinboy3niner]

4. So building a mosque FAR from Ground Zero doesn't satisfy...

...those who say, "Build it somewhere else." Now, THAT is revealing!

K&R :kick:

[niyad]

5. hereinafter, I plan on protesting every single damned tax-exempt xian store (excuse me, church)

that is planned anywhere near me.

I am sick to death of these damned hypocrites, who want to impose biblical law on a secular society, whining (projecting, actually), about what they think others want to do.

the christofascist taliban is, unfortunately, alive and well in this country.

may they rot in hell.