NEW YORK (AP) – Leaders of prominent U.S. Muslim groups called Monday for interfaith dialogue to combat religious intolerance and said they support the right to build a controversial Islamic center near ground zero. “We stand for the constitutional right
The Hill reports: “The longtime White House correspondent who resigned from Hearst newspapers in June in the wake of comments she made about Israel will receive a lifetime achievement award from the Council on American-Islamic Relations.”
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The Boston Globe reports: “Wellesley’s school superintendent apologized yesterday for allowing middle school pupils to participate in a prayer service during a field trip to a Roxbury mosque last spring. The apology to parents was made after a group that
The New York Times reports: “A gunbattle between Mexican soldiers and suspected drug cartel members left 22 dead at ranch near the U.S. border, the Defense Department said Thursday. All the dead were suspected gang members, the department said in
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There is more fall-out from the Rifqa Bary case. Rifqa is the young girl who converted to Christianity and fled her home in Ohio on the grounds that she feared for her safety due to her parents’ Islamic views. Just
From George Stephanopoulos, ABC News: Last week we saw a Florida Pastor – with 30 members in his church – threaten to burn Korans which lead to riots and killings in Afghanistan. We also saw Democrats and Republicans alike assume
Marc Thiessen writes: “We are less than a year away from the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. As that milestone approaches, a dangerous view is taking hold in Washington that al-Qaeda no longer has the intent
From the Telegraph: China’s top-ranking UN diplomat (UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Sha Zukang) embarked on a drunken rant against the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, telling his boss he’d “never liked” him, and adding for good measure
[Editor’s Note: The author of this post has requested anonymity.] Read part I here. Understanding that General Petraeus is himself the object of an intense sustained information campaign and realizing that, as a matter of fact, every Coalition partner he
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Michael Isikoff’s report for NBC News: The emblem of Saudi Arabia. A ranking Saudi diplomat told NBC News that he has asked for political asylum in the United States, saying he fears for his life if he is forced to
[Editor’s Note: The author of this post has requested anonymity.] Since 2005, every Muslim country, to include all of our Coalition partners, signed off on a 10 Year Program to make slander, as defined in Islamic law, a serious punishable
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[youtube sZU8_h5PkkU nolink] Andrew Breitbart appeared on Sky News in Britain to offer his views on the two most controversial stories in America.
[youtube 16yotMr5bUM nolink] In a video message to world-wide followers, a group calling themselves “Muslims Against Crusaders” has announced “Burn American Flag Day” in retaliation to Terry Jones’s Koran stunt in Florida. Meanwhile, Obama pleads for tolerance.
[youtube XqU7-dnObVo nolink] CNN is reporting that pastor Terry Jones has officially declared that he will not stage a Koran burning event at his church on September 11.
Read part I of this post here. [The following was provided to Big Peace by an anonymous source in Poland.] From the first day of the crash many Polish conservatives have been afraid that clear lack of professionalism and perhaps
Here’s a look at the people who are really behind the Koran burning controversy:
From the Associated Press: The minister of a Florida church said he has canceled plans to burn copies of the Quran because the leader of a much-opposed plan to build an Islamic Center near ground zero has agreed to move
From CBN: PARIS – Friday in Paris. A hidden camera shows streets blocked by huge crowds of Muslim worshippers and enforced by a private security force. This is all illegal in France: the public worship, the blocked streets, and the
[The following was provided to Big Peace by an anonymous source in Poland.] Crash of government’s plane (Polish president does not have one and it is very important for defining who takes responsibility for a preparation of the president’s flight)
In a speech before the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) on Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised the work of the United Nations and said it is “the single most important global institution.”
Marc Thiessen comments on Obama’s recent Oval Office oratory: Years ago, Gary Larson published a Far Side cartoon called “what dogs hear.” Two identical panels, side-by-side, showed a man speaking to his dog, Ginger. In the first, the man tells
[youtube kbOcJ6kqJAA nolink] LTC White delivers the graduation speech to the newest batch of Infantrymen at Ft. Benning, Georgia, August 05, 2006.
From MYFOXNY.COM – Fox 5: News reported Thursday that one of the financial backers of the Islamic mosque and cultural center project in Lower Manhattan once contributed to a terror group, although the investor says the contribution was made because
So the war in Iraq is over, we’re told. As TIME asked, what will the last 50,000 U.S. troops do? Withdrawal
From the LA Times: The command center of Andrew Breitbart’s growing media empire is a suite of offices on Sawtelle Boulevard in West Los Angeles with the temporary feel of a campaign office. Only the computers seem firmly anchored. On
Ground Zero Mosque Downfall – watch more funny videos
Robert Rodriguez’s Machete opens today. Here’s a preview: [youtube Ar4Fgyqv2wo nolink] Lots of Big Hollywood coverage here. And guess what? They’ll be sequels!
Hao Tiechuan, a Liaison Officer from Beijing stationed in Hong Kong, recently laid out the role of the media in the event of a crisis. Noting that “journalists should be humble and show restraint,” he went on to say that
PARIS – Friday in Paris. A hidden camera shows streets blocked by huge crowds of Muslim worshippers and enforced by a private security force. This is all illegal in France: the public worship, the blocked streets, and the private security.