Jon Stewart was a little bit confused last night about the controversy over the so-called “Ground Zero mosque,” and with people like Tennessee Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey (R), who said that Islam may be a “cult” and not a religion.
“You know,” said Stewart, “I can see being confused by Scientology, or the thing Madonna does with the red bracelets, or this whole Justin Bieber craze, certain ‘World of Warcraft’ guilds, Harry Potter book clubs. But I think 1400 years” pretty much qualifies Islam as a religion.
Stewart also questioned Newt Gingrich, who said “there should be no mosque near Ground Zero in New York so long as there are no churches or synagogues in Saudi Arabia.” Stewart asked: “Why should we as Americans have higher standards of religious liberty than Saudi Arabia?”
He then turned to Daily Show correspondent Wyatt Cenac, who shed light on the Muslims’ plan to create “a spicy ring of deliciousness near Ground Zero” with their Halal food carts, in an effort “to get us all satisfied and full and tired.”
Watch the first part:
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And Cenac’s expose:
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Jillian Rayfield is a Reporter/Blogger for TPM, and started as a News Intern in May 2009. She graduated from Cornell University in May 2008 with a degree in Film, and worked as a Research Assistant for a market research firm in London in between.
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