Tag Archives: Islam

Today’s NY Daily News points out that the “hallowed ground” surrounding the planned WTC memorial ain’t really all that hallowed, what with all the titty bars, dirty bookstores, betting parlors and liquor stores also within two or three blocks. Opponents of a proposed lower Manhattan mosque and community center speak in hushed tones about the sanctity of the “shadow of …

You don’t even want to visit Free Republic tonight.

Found on Tumblr by Dr. Jeff: Continuing the chain of imaginary offensiveness to stereotypes, I plan to open a Babies R Us next to the gay bar next to the mosque next to Ground Zero. Next to the Babies R Us I will open a pornographic bookstore, and next to that I will open a police station. Next to the …

In Mecca, Saudi Arabia is building the world’s largest clock atop what will be the world’s second-tallest building. The structure is meant to help further Saudi Arabia’s goal to establish Mecca as the replacement for the global standard of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Bearing a striking resemblance to both St Stephen’s Tower, which houses the bell of Big Ben, and …

“Permits should not be granted to build even one more mosque in the United States of America, let alone the monstrosity planned for Ground Zero. This is for one simple reason: each Islamic mosque is dedicated to the overthrow of the American government. Each one is a potential jihadist recruitment and training center, and determined to implement the ‘Grand Jihad’ …

Homophobic Fox News host (redundancy redundancy) Greg Gutfeld says he’s put together a team of investors to open a Muslim gay bar next door to the planned mosque near Ground Zero. He claims that he’s totally serious about his plan. I’m announcing tonight, that I am planning to build and open the first gay bar that caters not only to …

Wingnut Atlas Shrugged blogger Pamela Geller has forced NYC’s public transit authority to accept her bus ad campaign against the mosque near Ground Zero. The MTA initially forced Geller through several revisions of her image, asking her to remove the smoke, flames, and plane from the photo, saying that “images of 9/11 are too controversial” for city buses. Geller responded: …

Michelangelo Signorile has interviewed Pastor Terry Jones, the Gainesville, Florida head of the Dove World Outreach Church, which plans to hold a Koran burning ceremony on September 11th. Jones’ church was also behind last year’s unsuccessful “No Homo Mayor” campaign in Gainesville. Listen as Mike ties Jones up in logical knots.

RELATED: The New York Times reports today that the GOP has launched anti-mosque campaigns around the country in an attempt to capitalize on the fervor about the Ground Zero mosque. 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 …

Pat Robertson’s legal foundation filed a lawsuit in New York state court yesterday in an attempt to overturn the city’s approval of the plan to build a mosque on a site near Ground Zero. The American Center for Law and Justice says it filed a petition Wednesday challenging a city panel’s decision to let developers tear down a building to …

A month after banning the ownership of pet dogs, Iran’s Exalted Glorious Supreme Islamic Leader has banned the teaching or playing of music, saying it is “not compatible” with Islamic values. In some of the most extreme comments by a senior regime figure since the 1979 revolution, Khamenei said: “Although music is halal, promoting and teaching it is not compatible …

By a 9-0 vote, moments ago the New York City Landmarks Preservation Committee refused to grant landmark status to the former Burlington Coat Factory building where an Islamic group plans to build a 13-story mosque and welcome center. The vote clears the way for the developer the remove the building and proceed. The site is two blocks away from Ground …

Gainesville’s Dove World Church, made famous last year for it’s “No Homo Mayor” campaign, is planning to burn Korans on September 11th. RELATED: You might recall this gem from one of Dove World’s pastors.

Syria has joined the growing movement to ban veiled women, telling its universities that they may not enroll women who wear the niqab, a full veil that shows only the eyes. The order affects both public and private universities and aims to protect Syria’s secular identity, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized …