California State Sen. Ted Lieu nails Lowe’s cowardly anti-Muslim bigotry
California State Sen. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance)
Ted Lieu has given Lowe's a proper smackdown after the home-improvement company pulled its ads from the Discovery Channel/TLC's All-American Muslim show. The show depicts the lives of Muslim-Americans in De...
Far-right bloggers: TLC’s ‘All-American Christian’ ignores real threat posed by Christianity
Legitimate faith, or terrorist front?
The far right is outraged once again. In this case, the cause is a new reality show on The Learning Channel called All-American MuslimChristian; noted anti-Christian bloggers such as Pamela Geller and Robert Spen...
Peter King blocks Keith Ellison from testifying at Islamic radicalization hearing
Via Think Progress, Rep. Keith Ellison has been denied a request to testify at a House Homeland Security hearing chaired by Rep. Peter King.
Ellison, a Democrat who is the first Muslim to be elected to Congress, sent King a letter Monday asking if he c...
Herman Cain plans meeting with Muslims to prove he’s no bigot
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No press will be allowed at a meeting with an unknown agenda that Herman Cain is planning for an unannounced time at an unstated venue between himself and an unreleased list of American Muslim leaders. Given the presidential candidate's...
Right-wing bloggers suddenly circumspect in wake of Norway attacks
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Adam Serwer on the right-wing blogger reaction to the Norway attacks:
American anti-Islam bloggers aren’t to blame for the Norway Massacre. But their response to the attacks is nonetheless revealing, in that they are ...
Herman Cain: We ‘have a right’ to ban mosques
(Illustration by DonkeyHotey)
I am beginning to despair for our national sanity. Somewhere along the line, the bar for presidential candidates got substantially lowered. You were allowed to be dumber than before, and less informed than before, but I ...
Emotions Run High at Rep. Peter King’s Hearings on Radical Muslims in the U.S.
Filed under: House, Democrats, Republicans, The Capitolist, International, Congress, IslamRep. Keith Ellison (R-Minn.), the first Muslim-American elected to Congress, broke into tears as he testified about a 23-year-old paramedic, a fellow Muslim, who ...
Democrats, Republicans Disagree on Peter King’s Muslim Hearings, Poll Finds
Filed under: Democrats, Republicans, Poll Watch, Congress, Conservatives, IslamOpinions fall largely along party lines regarding King's hearings examining the threat of radical Islam in the U.S., with Republicans much more likely to say they are approp...
Rep. Peter King’s Hearing on American Muslims: How Radical? How Dangerous?
Filed under: House, Democrats, Republicans, Religion, The Capitolist, Congress, IslamCritics implored the New York Republican to scrap the hearing or broaden its focus. But King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, defends his approach.&...
Muslim Baiting: Peter King’s Dangerous Obsession
Filed under: Field NotesNon-violent protests in Egypt and elsewhere provided Americans with a view of the Muslim world that Peter King seems blind to. His insistence on seeing evil as the province of Islam serves no one well. Permalink | ...
Should Rep. Peter King Investigate the Catholic Church?
Filed under: Republicans, Religion, Terror, Disputations, Congress, Conservatives, Analysis, IslamThe Long Island congressman's hearings into Islam have an uncomfortable echo of the prejudices against his own faith. Permalink | Email thi...
Poll Finds Sharp Partisan Divide on Islam-Violence Connection
Filed under: Democrats, Polls, Poll Watch, Mayors, Tea Party, IslamRepublicans and those aligned with the tea party movement strongly believe that Islam encourages violence more than other religions, while liberal and moderate-to-conservative Democrats...
