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Much ado about ‘tolerance’
by Christopher Hitchens, for Slate.com
Wed, August 25th, 2010 @ 4:04am
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, a leadiner proponent of the "Ground Zero mosque," has made troubling statements, Christopher Hitchens says.
…from the beginning, though, I pointed out that Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf was no great bargain and that his Cordoba Initiative was full of euphemisms about Islamic jihad and Islamic theocracy. I mentioned his sinister belief that the United States was partially responsible for the assault on the World Trade Center and his refusal to take a position on the racist Hamas dictatorship in Gaza.
This is why the fake term "Islamophobia" is so dangerous: It insinuates that any reservations about Islam must ipso facto be "phobic." A phobia is an irrational fear or dislike. Islamic preaching very often manifests precisely this feature, which is why suspicion of it is by no means irrational.
The more one reads through his statements, the more alarming it gets. For example, here is Rauf's editorial on the upheaval that followed the brutal hijacking of the Iranian elections in 2009. Regarding President Obama, he advised that: "He should say his administration respects many of the guiding principles of [Iran's] 1979 [Islamic] revolution -- to establish a government that expresses the will of the people; a just government, based on the idea of vilayet-i-faquih, that establishes the rule of law."
No Mosque at Ground Zero
Is it possible to be astonished, but not surprised?
Mon, August 16th, 2010 @ 11:47pm
Joint Chiefs Chairman Mullen: WikiLeaks release endangers troops, Afghans
Sat, July 31st, 2010 @ 12:33am
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks.org
The U.S. military's top officer charged Thursday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, in releasing tens of thousands of secret documents, had endangered the lives of American troops and Afghan informants who have assisted U.S. forces.
"Mr. Assange can say whatever he likes about the greater good he thinks he and his source are doing," Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters. "But the truth is they might already have on their hands the blood of some young soldier or that of an Afghan family."
GOP Rep.: Bill to aid 9/11 responders will fail
Fri, July 30th, 2010 @ 11:57pm
Rep. Peter King [R]
"They're afraid of taking a tough vote and as a result of that, they're willing to let cops and firefighters die," King, who supports the bill, said in a telephone interview with AP. "They want to protect their members from having to take a tough vote."
A bill that would pay billions of dollars to people exposed to toxic dust from the World Trade Center will fall short in a House vote, one of its key supporters said Wednesday.
The House is expected Thursday to take up a measure to provide free health care and compensation payments to 9/11 rescue and recovery workers who fell ill after working in the trade center ruins.
U.S. Rep. Peter King, a Long Island Republican, predicted that the bill would fail, and accused Democrats of perpetrating a "cruel hoax."
Bitter fight on Capitol Hill over Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act
Thu, July 29th, 2010 @ 9:03pm
The scene near the site of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.
"They put this up on the suspension calendar knowing it's not going to get a two-thirds vote," King told the Daily News. "It's really morally disgraceful. ... They are letting cops and firefighters die because their members don't have the guts to take a vote."
WASHINGTON - Anger boiled over a risky plan to pass 9/11 legislation on Wednesday, with Republicans accusing Democrats of cowardice and Democrats crying politics.
Democrats will try to pass the Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act today - but they're using a special rule that requires a two-thirds vote to pass.
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