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News

• Ground Zero mosque Imam blames Sarah Palin for 'growing Islamophobia'


• Political controversy over Islam surrounds 9/11 anniversary


• Who will define ground zero? 9 years after 9/11, tug of war over 'sacred ground' grows heated


• Report: Ground Zero Mosque Investor Contributed to Designated Terror Group


• 'Ground Zero Mosque' Imam: America Killed More Innocents Than Al Qaeda


• Crowds rally for and against Ground Zero mosque


• At Ground Zero, the proposed mosque is not the only controversy


• Ground Zero mosque is 'local decision' Pelosi says


• Politicizing 9/11: The Mosque Flap Is Not the First Time


• Ground Zero mosque backed by Mayor of New York


• Barack Obama backtracks over Ground Zero mosque support


• Away from the raw emotions of 9/11 and ground zero, other mosque plans face strong opposition


• Panel denies landmark status for Islamic center and mosque site near ground zero


• Re-Remembering 9/11: The New Ground Zero Museum


• Palin: Muslim facility near Ground Zero an 'unnecessary provocation'


• TV networks reject controversial '9/11 mosque' ad


• Landmark commission hearing may determine future of ground zero mosque


• Protesters descend on Ground Zero for anti-mosque demonstration


• Palin: Muslim facility near Ground Zero an 'unnecessary provocation'

Commentary

• Aaron Goldstein: Where St. Nicholas Once Stood


• Daniel L. Breen: Revisiting a Political Firestorm


• Matthew Dennis: Fear and Ignorance Fuel Opposition to New York Mosque


• Mark Helprin: The World Trade Center Mosque and the Constitution


• Edward E. Curtis IV: Five Myths About Mosques in America


• Dana Milbank: Religious Tolerance Then and Now


• Kathleen Parker: A Nation United in a Failure to Communicate


• Suhail A. Khan: Was George W. Bush America's First Muslim President?


• Richard Cohen: No Compromise on Religious Freedom


• Jeffrey Lord: From Hanoi Jane to Imam Obama


• Obama’s Teachable Mosque Moment: FrontPage Interviews Victor Davis Hanson


• Judith Apter Klinghoffer: Mosque Divides Muslims As Well


• David Beito: Ron Paul on the Mosque Fiasco


• Bob Franken: Whose"Sacred Ground"?


• Steven Clemons: What Would George W. Bush Do?


• Judith Apter Klinghoffer: 71% View Mosque as Insult to 9/11 Victims


• Jonah Goldberg: Lack of Foresight Lets Mosque Controversy Balloon


• Stephen M. Walt: Why America is Going to Regret the Cordoba House Controversy


• Aaron David Miller: Ground Zero's Wounds Are Still Too Deep to Build Upon


• Timothy Furnish: The Ground Zero 'Cordoba' Mosque: Da`wah, Not Religious Tolerance


• Bret Stephens: Our 'Moderate Muslim' Problem


• Toby Harnden: The battle over the mosque at Ground Zero


• Judith Apter Klinghoffer: Russian Perspective on Onama & the Mosque


• Judith Apter Klinghoffer: Cordoba Mosque, Like Skokie March, Legal but Hurtful


• WSJ Editorial: The Mosque of Misunderstanding


• Simon Schama: Obama's brave remarks reveal a true patriot


• David Aikman: The Ground Zero Community Center is Not About Freedom of Religion


• Michael Winship: The Wall and the Mosque: Divide and Unite


• William McGurn: Are Americans Bigots?


• Stephan Salisbury: Anti-Muslim Fears and the Far Right


• Christopher Hitchens: Mau-Mauing the Mosque


• Daniel Martin Varisco: Milking the Mosque Cow


• Carl S. Pyrdum III: Professor Newt's Distorted History Lesson


• Kambiz GhaneaBassiri: Is Religious Freedom a Casualty at Ground Zero?


• Joe Conason: Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich Need a History Lesson


• Dorothy Rabinowitz: Liberal Piety and the Memory of 9/11


• William McGurn: WTC Mosque, Meet the Auschwitz Nuns


• Shelomo Alfassa: Beware the Cordoba Initiative

John M Shaw - 8/19/2010

The Founding Fathers and Islam
Library Papers Show Early Tolerance for Muslim Faith
By JAMES H. HUTSON
http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0205/tolerance.html

Does the 1796-97 Treaty with Tripoli Matter to Church/State Separation?

Speech given to the Humanists of Georgia on June 22, 1997 and at the 1997 Lake Hypatia Independance Day Celebration.
By Ed Buckner, Ph.D.

http://www.stephenjaygould.org/ctrl/buckner_tripoli.html