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Randall Terry Says Ann Coulter Will Headline Fundraiser For His Stunt Presidential Campaign

Ann Coulter is going to headline a fundraiser for a candiate running for the Democratic presidential nomination.

The catch: it's for the stunt candidacy of notorious anti-abortion rights crusader Randall Terry, who has been using his campaign to try to turn presidential primaries like the one happening on March 6 in Oklahoma into a referendum on "dead babies."

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Topics: Ann Coulter, Randall Terry

Randall Terry

Reports: Afghan U.N. Office Attacked During Protest Of Pastors' Quran Burning


A vegetable market in Mazar-i-Sharif, in Northern Afghanistan

Several U.N. workers were killed Friday in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Reports indicate that a demonstration against the burning of a Quran by American pastors turned violent. There are conflicting reports about the number of people killed, and a U.N. spokesperson has issued a statement confirming the attack, while calling the incident "still confusing."

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Topics: Afghanistan, Randall Terry

Muslim Radicalization Hearings

Peter King Hearing Focuses On Whether Peter King Hearing Was A Good Idea

Constitutions were waved. Tears were shed. Off-color analogies were made. And, of course, Randall Terry, Code Pink and a massive pack of cameras were there for the highly-publicized, intensely debated hearings on the "Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and that Community's Response" held by Rep. Peter King (R-NY) on Thursday.

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Topics: Muslim Public Affairs Council, Muslim Radicalization Hearings, Muslim-Americans, Muslims, Peter King, Randall Terry

Randall Terry

Randall Terry Says Terry Jones 'Blinked' On Koran Burning (VIDEO)

Anti-abortion rights activist Randall Terry and anti-Islam Rev. Terry Jones -- undoubtably two of slickest self-promoting crusaders for their respective causes -- ran into one another outside the White House on Thursday, where Terry said the pastor "blinked" on his plan to burn copies of the Koran.

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Topics: Korans, Randall Terry, Terry Jones

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Randall Terry Going Ahead With Planned Koran Tearing Events (VIDEO)


Randall Terry

Randall Terry is going ahead with his plan to rip up statements from the Koran in New York City and Washington, D.C.

His first event will take place Wednesday morning near the proposed site of the Cordoba mosque, while his press conference on Thursday will take place near the headquarters of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in D.C.

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Topics: 'Ground Zero Mosque', CAIR, Islamophobia, Randall Terry

Randall Terry

Randall Terry Planning Koran Tearing For Tea Partiers (VIDEO)


Randall Terry

Anti-abortion activist Randall Terry is upping the ante on his as-yet widely unknown campaign against Islam by creating a video instructing Tea Party leaders how to pull their own Koran-tearing stunts and garner media attention.

"To my fellow Tea Party activists, listen to me: you're about to see instructions on how to get into real battles, not just in front of our computers, not just blogging, but to go to the public square like Samuel Adams and like other great patriots did," Terry says in the video.

The video is part of Terry's campaign for anti-Islam activists to rip passages of the Koran printed on posters at the potential location of the Cordoba House Islamic Center in New York, in Washington D.C. and in other cities on Oct. 6 and 7.

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Topics: Islamophobia, Korans, Randall Terry, Tea Parties

Islamophobia

Randall Terry Leads Anti-Muslim Protest Outside White House, Pages Ripped Out of Koran


Conservative activist Randall Terry.

A small group of six Christian activists led by Randall Terry took part in an anti-Muslim demonstration outside the White House on Saturday. One of the protesters reportedly ripped pages out of the Koran.

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Topics: Andrew Beacham, Islamophobia, Randall Terry