The federal government considers the Muslim group founded by Ground Zero Mosque leader Feisal Abdul Rauf to be a tax-exempt church. But federal records show the group obtained that status by claiming to hold prayer services for up to 500 people in a
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The trial of the four suspects accused of plotting to bomb synagogues in the Bronx and shoot down aircraft with missiles continues in New York this week. Already the defense has decided that its strategy will be to focus on the government’s use of a
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A terrorist plot to assassinate a prince, justification of suicide bombings using the Qur’an, and apologetics for the use of terrorist violence. Chances are, none of these brought “outreach” or “bridge-building” to mind. Yet, take the State Department’s
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The backers of the Ground Zero Mosque have virtually no money, one of the group’s leaders says, and plan to create another nonprofit organization that would further complicate the already labyrinthine financial network surrounding the project. Daisy
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Defenders of the proposed Ground Zero mosque are quick to write off opponents as bigots simply out to stir up hatred of Muslims. While some of the rhetoric is excessive, the blanket dismissal hides a more difficult challenge for mosque advocates: A
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The United States has more Muslim blood on its hands than al-Qaida has of non-Muslims, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the leader of the effort to build a mosque near the site of the 9/11 terror attacks in New York, told an Australian audience in July 2005. In a
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The ever-expanding list of U.S.-bred al-Qaida operatives shows the terror group is trying to “flood the zone” of U.S. intelligence services to capitalize on what it considers a weakened America in the midst of a recession. This goal involves pushing
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The debate over the proposed Ground Zero mosque is divided in part among those who believe Imam Faisal Rauf is a stealth radical and those who believe he is a genuine voice of moderation. So it was a little curious Tuesday morning to see representatives
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When five young men disappeared from comfortable lives in America last fall and showed up in Pakistan hoping to wage jihad against American troops, all eyes shifted to their community mosque and youth group for answers. The Islamic Circle of North
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Federal law enforcement officials are praising Somali-Americans for their help in an investigation which resulted in the indictment Thursday of 14 people on charges of providing money, services and personnel to the terrorist organization al-Shabaab. A
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If Mel Gibson issued a statement saying he had nothing but love for humanity, regardless of gender or ethnicity, would you believe him? Probably not. For no matter how sincere he may sound, he’s on record repeatedly bashing women, blacks, Jews and others
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The IPT’s new interactive terror history map highlights cases of terror plots, terror financing and other radical activities in the United States during the past 20 years. Some of them are infamous, including the case of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik
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The FBI severed its relationship with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in 2008, saying until it determines “whether there continues to be a connection between” CAIR leadership and Hamas terrorists, the organization is not an appropriate
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While the name Anwar al-Awlaki has become synonymous with terrorism, his path to the top of al Qaida’s leadership can be traced back to his time as an imam in the United States. Linked to three of the most recent terrorist plots in the United States—the
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Paul Rockwood of King Salmon, Alaska and Zachary Adam Chesser of Fairfax, Virginia, could not have been more different—they lived on opposite sides of the United States and were of different generations, but they shared a common thread—they had both been
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