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Miami imam, 2 sons charged with supporting Taliban (AP)

Hafiz Khan, the imam at this Miami Mosque, also known as the Flagler Mosque in Miami was arrested Saturday, May 14, 22011 and charged with providing about $45,000 in financial support to the Pakistani Taliban. (AP Photo/Jeffrey M. Boan)AP – A Miami imam and two of his sons were arrested Saturday on federal charges they provided some $50,000 to the Pakistani Taliban, designated by the State Department as a terrorist organization, officials said.


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Judge to Ground Zero imam: Clean it up

A New Jersey judge Wednesday ordered the imam behind the Ground Zero mosque to quickly deal with health and safety violations at a tenement he owns – or face big fines.

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Imam says NYC mosque site is not ‘hallowed ground’ (AP)

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, executive director of the Cordoba Initiative, is greeted at the Council on Foreign Relations, Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, in New York. Rauf is now in the midst of a polarizing political, religious and cultural debate over his plans for a multi-story Islamic center that will feature a mosque, health club and theater about two blocks north of ground zero in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)AP – It is two blocks from ground zero, but the site of a proposed mosque and Islamic center shouldn’t be seen as “hallowed ground” in a neighborhood that also contains a strip club and a betting parlor, the cleric leading the effort said Monday.


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Park51 mosque Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf: There’s nothing holy about site blocks from Ground Zero

The cleric behind the lower Manhattan mosque thinks the notion that the site is sacred since it’s near Ground Zero is a bunch of baloney.

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Imam: Politics have poisoned process for ‘Ground Zero mosque’

If he had it to do over again, the Imam behind the “Ground Zero mosque” would have ditched the plan.

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Afghans protest, Fla. pastor plans to meet NY imam (AP)

Afghans pelt stones at an election signboard and burn tires blocking a highway, in reaction to a small American church's plan to burn copies of the Quran, at Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 10, 2010. Religious and political leaders across the Muslim world welcomed a decision by the church to suspend its plans to torch copies of their holy book but some said Friday the damage has already been done. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP – As thousands of Afghans protested a tiny Florida church’s plan to burn the Muslim holy book, the church’s pastor said he won’t follow through with the burning if he’s able to meet Saturday with the organizers behind a mosque planned near ground zero in New York.


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Fla. pastor wants to meet NY imam; Afghans protest (AP)

Afghans pelt stones at an election signboard and burn tires blocking a highway, in reaction to a small American church's plan to burn copies of the Quran, at Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 10, 2010. Religious and political leaders across the Muslim world welcomed a decision by the church to suspend its plans to torch copies of their holy book but some said Friday the damage has already been done. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP – As thousands of Afghans protested a tiny Florida church’s plan to burn the Muslim holy book, the church’s pastor said he won’t follow through on the plan if he’s able to meet Saturday with the organizers behind a mosque planned near ground zero in New York. In Afghanistan, at least 11 people were injured Friday in protests.


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