'Ground Zero Mosque'

Judge Dismisses Ex-Firefighter's Suit To Block Islamic Center Near Ground Zero

Jillian Rayfield | July 12, 2011, 1:49PM

A Manhattan judge has thrown out a lawsuit from a retired firefighter who sued to block construction on the proposed Park51 Islamic Center near Ground Zero, but the conservative group that represented him says it will appeal the decision.

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Topics: 'Ground Zero Mosque', ACLJ, Cordoba House, Pamela Geller, Park51

'Ground Zero Mosque'

Firefighter Sues To Block Construction Of Mosque Near Ground Zero

Rachel Slajda | January 14, 2011, 8:44AM

A group of lawyers for a retired firefighter want to legally stop Park51 from building its planned Islamic center and mosque near Ground Zero.

The group, the American Center for Law and Justice, filed a motion in the New York Supreme Court on Tuesday asking for an injunction against any demolition or construction at the site of the old Burlington Coat Factory in downtown Manhattan. A group of developers and an imam want to turn the building into a community center.

But the firefighter, Timothy Brown, is one of those trying to stop the center from being built. With the ACLJ, he sued the city in August, challenging the Landmarks Preservation Commission's decision not to grant the building landmark status, which would have prevented developers from building their community center.

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Topics: 'Ground Zero Mosque', Park51

Homeland Security Committee

House GOP To Hold Hearings On 'Radicalization' Of American Muslims

Rachel Slajda | December 17, 2010, 1:03PM

Rep. Peter King (R-NY) is planning to hold hearings on the "radicalization" of American Muslims when he takes over the chair of the Homeland Security Committee next year, the New York Times reports.

King told the Times he's concerned that Muslim-American leaders are increasingly reluctant to help out with the government's terror investigations.

"When I meet with law enforcement, they are constantly telling me how little cooperation they get from Muslim leaders," King said.

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Topics: Homeland Security Committee, Muslims, Park51, Pete King, Race, Radicalization

'Ground Zero Mosque'

Dutch Keynote Speaker At Anti-Mosque Rally: 'America, New York And Sharia Are Incompatible'

Jillian Rayfield | September 11, 2010, 10:33PM

If today's rally against the Park51 Islamic center was an exercise in contradictions about tolerance, then Dutch Parliamentarian Geert Wilders was the perfect pick for keynote speaker. In his remarks Wilders repeatedly lauded America's record of tolerance while asserting that "openness can never be open-ended. A tolerant society is not a suicidal society."

"We must never give a free hand to those who want to subjugate us," Wilder said. "New York is rooted in Dutch tolerance. New York is tolerant, not intolerant. What if New York was intolerant?" Then it "would not be New York, it would be Mecca."

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Topics: 'Ground Zero Mosque', Cordoba House, Geert Wilders, Islam, Park51

Park51

Anti-Mosque Rally All About How It's Not About Intolerance

Jillian Rayfield | September 11, 2010, 7:54PM

In downtown Manhattan today, about 1,500 people gathered to protest the planned Park51 Islamic center near Ground Zero. Speakers assured the crowd that it's not that they're intolerant, because this isn't about tolerance, exactly -- but so what if it is, because Islam is intolerant? Or something.

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Topics: 'Ground Zero Mosque', Cordoba House, Geert Wilders, Islam, Pamela Geller, Park51