TweetThe Israeli forces denying the Palestinians worshiping at Al-Aqsa Mosque; they assaulted Christian worshipers during the siege of the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem a few years ago. Palestinians will give up their lives to pray in their holy sites. The only democracy in the middle east is using its military to prevent Palestinians’ fundamental human rights, the right to worship. However, this is not a religious conflict; it is a conflict over land taken away by the Zionist project in the 1967 war. “They don’t want Arabs here or across East Jerusalem,” said Abdelfatah Skafi, 71, one of the Palestinians facing eviction, during a protest this week. “They want…
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Obama’s visit to the Mosque was more exciting than mine!
Tweet It is ironic that while Obama is sending drones to kill Muslims abroad, an Islamophobe like Ronald Trump calling just for banning them. Obama Visit to the Mosque was more exciting than mine! I’ve got the feeling that Obama’s recent visit to a mosque in Baltimore is kind of too little, too late. (“In mosque visit, Obama decries anti-Muslim bias,” Feb. 4). It is ironic that while Obama is sending drones to kill Muslims abroad, an Islamophobe like Ronald Trump is calling just for banning them. While Republicans think Muslims just don’t fit in the U.S., Obama, on the other hand, Obama thinks Muslims fit right in…
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Dear America, “Let My Mosque Go”
Tweet Dear America, “Let My Mosque Go” According to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), “American mosques and Islamic centers have been the targets of vandalism, harassment and anti-Muslim bigotry at least 63 times this year”. So many Americans mistake mosques for churches; Mosques aren’t churches, and they don’t function like one. Mosques are open for everyone, no membership or affiliation required, they don’t check your id at the gate. On Sundays mosques unlike churches, are the most divers place in America. US Today reported that according to a census of U.S. mosques the overall number of mosques in America are 2,106 in 2010 … the study also found that: “•States…
