Posts Tagged ‘Imam’
Miami imam, 2 sons charged with supporting Taliban (AP)
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)
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)
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)
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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