Washington Post, by Morton A. Klein and Dr. Daniel Mandel Posted By: loosbolt- Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:43:06 GMT In the debate surrounding the Cordoba mosque planned for a site near Ground Zero, one canard should be immediately knocked down: the idea that opposing this it is the result of ‘Islamophobia.’ ‘Islamophobia’ is a misleading term. Consider, terrorism carried out by Muslims, acting in the name of Islam, has struck innumerable societies, non’Muslim (Britain, India, Israel, Philippines, Spain, Thailand, U.S.) and Muslim (Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Turkey). Those who have knowledge of it ‘ or, in the case of New Yorkers, direct experience ‘ do not suffer from an irrational fear of an imaginary threat,…
from: http://www.newmediablog.com/2010/09/opposition-to-mosque-near-ground-zero-not-islamophobia/
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