Opposition is mounting to the “Burn a Koran Day” scheduled for September 11th in Florida. President Obama today condemned the event, urging Pastor Terry Jones to cancel. General David Petraeus said it could harm our troops, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called it unrepresentative of Americans. Attorney General Eric Holder called it “idiotic and dangerous,” and the Vatican has called the planned demonstration “outrageous and grave.”
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An Open Letter to George W. Bush: Speak Out Against Bigotry |
| By: tadstahnke Thursday September 9, 2010 2:48 pm |
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A Time for Tolerance: Pushing Back on Hate-filled Rhetoric around the “Ground Zero Mosque” |
| By: tadstahnke Friday August 27, 2010 9:22 am |
When President George W. Bush said those words to mark 2002’s Eid al-Fitr, I agreed with him. I still do. But as the controversy surrounding the plan to build a mosque in Lower Manhattan continues to intensify along political and religious lines, our national discussion increasingly points the way to a much dimmer future.
Pakistan’s Crackdown on the Internet Shows What ‘Global Blasphemy Code’ Could Look Like |
| By: tadstahnke Monday July 12, 2010 11:43 am |
Pakistani authorities recently announced they will ban 17 websites and scrutinize seven additional websites for content considered offensive, or “blasphemous,” to Muslims. The targeted sites are not your garden variety hate-filled pages. Rather, the list includes mainstream portals such as Google, Yahoo, YouTube, Amazon, MSN, Hotmail and Bing.
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