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NBC and CBS have refused to air the GOP’s Kill The Ground Zero Mosque ad. Politico reports: In her letter rejecting the spot, NBC Universal advertising standards manager Jennifer Riley wrote: “An ad questioning the wisdom of building a mosque at ground zero would meet our issues of public controversy advertising criteria. However, this ad which ambiguously defines ‘they’ as …

The National Republican Trust PAC has created the below clip as part of their campaign to thwart the building of a mosque and Islamic welcome center near Ground Zero in Manhattan. A hearing held yesterday on the issue devolved into shouting, slurs, and the removal of some protesters.

France’s lower legislative body has nearly unanimously approved a bill that bans women from wearing burqas or face veils. The vote was 335 to 1. The measure must still go to the French Senate before it becomes law. The Senate is expected to vote on it in the week of September 20. Amnesty International immediately condemned the vote. “A complete …

Molly Norris, the Seattle cartoonist who playfully called for an “Everybody Draw Muhammed Day” has been placed on an execution hitlist by an American Muslim cleric. Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki – the radical who has also been cited as inspiring the Fort Hood, Tex., massacre and the plot by two New Jersey men to kill U.S. soldiers – singled out …

A high-ranking ayatollah in Iran has told police they are to fine anybody found a with a pet dog. Working dogs are exempt, praise to Allah. A senior Iranian cleric has decreed dogs are “unclean” and should not be kept as pets — a move aimed at discouraging Western-style dog ownership in the Islamic state, a newspaper reported on Saturday. …

An Islamic cleric in Saudi Arabia has issued one of the most bizarre fatwas yet. Via Salon: As many of us know, women and men in Saudi Arabia must be careful not to mingle, as the insanely strict Islamic law bans mixing between the sexes who are not related. Recently, the Saudis have issued a fatwa that forces women who …

Led by Atlas Shrugs blogger Pamela Geller, a group called Stop The Islamization Of America staged a giant rally in downtown Manhattan yesterday in protest of the planned 13-story mosque and Islamic welcome center to be built two blocks away from Ground Zero. Gothamist reports: Michael Simons, 47, a retired Port Authority detective who for a time was buried in …

Anybody know who this guy is?

Jewish teabagger blogger Pamela Geller, who is a loud opponent of the plan to build a mosque near Ground Zero, has launched an anti-Islam bus campaign in NYC. “Fatwa on your head? Is your community or family threatening you? Leaving Islam?” read the ads bought by rabble-rouser Pamela Geller and the New York-based Stop the Islamization of America. They also …

A proposed 13-story mosque and Muslim visitors center to be built near the former World Trade Center site has many in the city taking sides. Last night a Manhattan community board endorsed the project over the loud protestations of 9/11 survivors and others. The 29-to-1 vote, with 10 abstentions, followed a four-hour back-and-forth between those who said the community center …

Spawned by a Seattle cartoonist who later denounced the campaign, today is “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day.” In response, Pakistan has instituted a block on YouTube, Facebook and other social media sites. Prompted by a court order, the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority today told providers to suspend access. The order runs until 31 May. The Facebook group for “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day” …

Lebanese immigrant Rima Fakih was crowned Miss USA in Las Vegas last night, becoming what may be both the first immigrant and first Muslim to win the 60 year-old pageant. Fakih was born into a powerful Shiite family in a village in southern Lebanon that was heavily bombed during the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war. But she and her sister said the …

Andrew Sullivan tips us to this: Lars Vilks, a Swedish cartoonist whose sketch of the Prophet Muhammad enraged many Muslims, was head-butted today while giving a lecture about freedom of speech. Vilks, who depicted the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog in 2007, said he was assaulted by a man sitting on the front row as he spoke …

Seattle-based cartoonist Molly Norris says she has nothing to do with “Everybody Draw Mohammad Day” and wishes people would leave her alone. Slight problem: Norris kickstarted the phenomenon when she emailed her original cartoon to media figures like Dan Savage, who then published it. On Friday, Norris told a radio talk show host in Seattle that she came up with …

Andrew Sullivan tips us to some cartoon-to-cartoon support offered from the Simpsons to South Park, after the latter’s creators received death threats for depicting Mohammed in a bear costume. The Simpsons ran the above message in the opening to last night’s episode.

Dan Savage is promoting May 20th as the “First Annual Everybody Draw Mohammed Day” in reaction to the death threats made against the creators of South Park. It was nice knowing you, Mr. Savage.

After an American Islamic extremist group issued a YouTube death threat to the creators of South Park, last night Comedy Central censored a portion of a rerun of the controversial episode. This week Muhammad was set to appear again, but was replaced by Santa Claus in a bear suit and the word “CENSORED” was plastered over parts of the episode. …

An American Islamic extremist group has posted an internet threat to South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker for allegedly mocking Muhammed. A U.S. Muslim group has issued a dire Internet “warning” to creators of the satirical animated TV show “South Park” over a depiction of the Prophet Muhammad in a bear outfit. “We have to warn Matt (Stone) …

Taking a short break from their relentless campaign to demonize LGBT people, the American Family Association has announced that in light of the Fort Hood shooting, now is the time to expel all Muslims from the U.S. military. From the AFA’s “action” site: Of course, most U.S. Muslims don’t shoot up their fellow soldiers. Fine. As soon as Muslims give …