Protesters support Park51 on 9/11
Demonstrators have begun to gather in support of an Islamic center that's generating controversy because it's two blocks from ground zero.The names of all the people killed at the World Trade Center...
View ArticleWhy the GOP embraced Islamophobia
Only a few years ago, an angry political demonstration at ground zero on September 11 would have been deemed an unthinkable offense not only to the bereaved families of victims and responders but to...
View ArticleRushdie defends right to build New York mosque
"The Satanic Verses" author Salman Rushdie is not a great fan of organized worship but believes an Islamic center and mosque should be permitted two blocks from ground zero.Rushdie's satirical novel...
View ArticleNew York primaries: Which anti-Islam Republican will win?
The race for the GOP nomination for governor of New York has been a weird, depressing affair, with longtime loser Rick Lazio running on a platform of intensely hating Muslims and blaming them,...
View ArticleThe rawest of raw anti-Park51 propaganda
Over the weekend, exactly nine years after the 9/11 attacks, thousands lined the streets surrounding ground zero with a common cause -- fight the mosque! -- and a common enemy, radical Islam. (Although...
View ArticleThe paranoid style in American punditry
I spent most of August more or less disconnected from TV, the Internet and print news outlets, so when I caught up with a friend on the phone, I asked him to brief me on which stories had captured the...
View ArticleWhat the mosque meant to Paladino’s success
Buffalo millionaire Carl Paladino's decisive victory over former Congressman Rick Lazio in the New York Republican gubernatorial primary Tuesday has been taken by several observers, including Laura...
View Article9/11 Christian Center in financial disarray?
We've been keeping a close eye on the 9/11 Christian Church at ground zero, Internet pastor Bill Keller's anti-Muslim, anti-Mormon answer to the planned Park51 Islamic community center.The church had...
View ArticleThe most baldly anti-Muslim ad of the year
If you thought the wave of anti-Muslim bigotry sweeping the country was over, check out this new TV spot by Republican North Carolina congressional hopeful Renee Ellmers: In the ad, Ellmers and a...
View ArticleHow to be a true (non-mosque fearing) American
I do not know who created the brilliant Uncle Sam poster that illustrates this blog post, but I sure would like to find out. The person who originally shared it on Facebook told me he "found it...
View ArticleUncle Sam wants you to stop being afraid t-shirt
Many readers expressed interest in obtaining a T-shirt or poster featuring the Uncle Sam Wants You To Stop Being Afraid of Other Americans message highlighted here in HTWW on Wednesday.One reader,...
View ArticleJoy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg fail with Bill O’Reilly
After watching the story explode on Twitter and Facebook, I was really looking forward to seeing Bill O'Reilly get owned by Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg on "The View" Thursday morning. I despise...
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Christine O’Donnell advertises endorsement from bigot blogger Pamela Geller
[Updated] Below, a screenshot of Delaware's Republican nominee for U.S. Senate Christine O'Donnell's "endorsements" page. We've got Mitt Romney, Jim DeMint, the NRA, Sarah Palin, the Tea Parties -- oh,...
View ArticlePresenting The Baitys
Are you scared of gang-banging Mexican illegals? Islamic sleeper cell jihadists? Chinese people? Then this was the election cycle for you! From the primaries through the week before election day,...
View ArticleSaudi prince opposes Park51 mosque
A Saudi prince who has aided the imam spearheading a proposed Islamic center near New York's ground zero is appealing for another site not associated with the "wound" of the Sept. 11 attacks, a report...
View ArticleMosque foes launch Bieber boycott
Andy Sullivan, a construction worker and Brooklyn native, has been one of the loudest opponents of Park51, the planned mosque and community center near ground zero. Founder of the 9/11 Hard Hat Pledge...
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Whatever happened to the “ground zero mosque”?
Punch the terms "Park51" and "Ground Zero Mosque" into Google News' timeline creator and this is what you get: To be sure, Google News is a blunt instrument for measuring volume of press coverage. But...
View ArticleMosque critic apologizes to Justin Bieber
Here's a quick update on the strange tale of the Justin Bieber boycott by foes of the "ground zero mosque" that I reported last week.Leading mosque foe Andy Sullivan, who signed onto the boycott after...
View ArticleAnti-Islam blogger to hold pro-Wal-Mart rally
Obsessive anti-Islam blogger Pamela Geller is having another New York rally in support of bigotry and insanity. This time, though, there's a twist: She is still protesting the imaginary "ground zero...
View ArticleMosque foe declares Park51 dead
One of the most vocal opponents the planned Islamic community center in lower Manhattan believes the project has suffered fatal public-relations damage and will never be built."It is dead," said Andy...
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