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Florida conservative policy group pressures Lowe’s to pull ads from ‘All-American Muslim’

Home-improvement chain Lowe’s is facing backlash following its decision to pull ads from TLC’s All-American Muslim, a reality-TV show centering on the lives of Muslims living in a Detroit suburb. Though reps for Lowe’s have said the company pulled the ads due to “strong political and societal views” from many

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Lynne Torgerson launches second campaign against Keith Ellison, calls him a ‘radical Islamist’

By | 09.13.11 | 1:33 pm | More from The Minnesota Independent

Lynne Torgerson launched her second campaign against Rep. Keith Ellison on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 this weekend at her home in Golden Valley, calling for a return to “Judeo-Christian values” and labeling Ellison as a “radical Islamist” who wants to do away with the U.S. Constitution.

Torgerson, who has the More…

FBI agents kill Jacksonville mosque bombing suspect in Oklahoma

By | 05.05.11 | 9:09 am | More from The Florida Independent

A North Florida man suspected of pipe-bombing a Jacksonville mosque almost a year ago was shot and killed by FBI agents in Oklahoma last night.

The Islamic Center of Northeast Florida was pipe-bombed just before evening prayer services on May 10, 2010. The bomb caused no injuries and only $500 More…

Herman Cain blasts Keith Ellison on the radio, says he supports Sharia law

By | 04.06.11 | 3:06 pm | More from The Minnesota Independent

Potential presidential contender Herman Cain told conservative radio host Laura Ingraham that he wouldn’t allow Muslims to serve in his administration and that, because Rep. Keith Ellison took his oath of office on the Qur’an instead of the Bible, he supports Sharia law above the Constitution. Cain, a Republican, More…

AFA leader Bryan Fischer: Muslims aren’t awarded First Amendment rights

By | 03.25.11 | 9:50 am | More from The Iowa Independent

Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association, one of a handful of national anti-gay groups that lead the effort to oust three Iowa Supreme Court justices, wrote on his blog Thursday that not only did the country’s founders not intend for the First Amendment to protect Islam, butMore…

Muslim-radicalization hearings pilloried, called hypocritical and unfair

By | 03.09.11 | 3:39 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

Tomorrow New York Republican Rep. Peter King will open his Homeland Security Committee hearings on the question of whether or not Muslim-Americans are doing enough to help safeguard the nation from terrorism. The hearings have been pilloried as an exercise in attention-grabbing ethnic-baiting and scapegoating and as an essentially unfair More…

[UPDATE] Scott Brown Recognizes Birther Candidate for Congress

By | 01.21.10 | 2:28 pm

[UPDATE: Dan Kennedy, who had questioned the Brown team on this, learns that Hudak trumpeted an "endorsement" from Brown without actually getting one. I've changed my headline to reflect that Brown, at the very least, thanked Hudak for helping with an 11th hour rally.]

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No Profiling of Muslims in Fort Hood Recommendations?

By | 01.12.10 | 3:37 pm

It doesn’t appear so, according to Greg Jaffe’s preview of the Pentagon’s investigation:

A high-level Pentagon inquiry into the Fort Hood shootings that left 13 people dead has concluded that the military should focus more resources on identifying service members who might pose a threat to their colleagues and

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Joe Lieberman, Meet Gen. Casey

By | 11.09.09 | 8:00 am

Despite the appalling argumentative tactic of implying that Muslim American soldiers, marines, sailors and airmen are future Nidal Hasans, the Army’s chief of staff, Gen. George Casey, made this argument eloquently on the Sunday shows:

General George Casey Jr., the Army chief of staff, said on Sunday that

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Gary Bauer: Ft. Hood Suspect Was ‘Sleeper’ Agent

By | 11.06.09 | 5:19 pm

Add another conservative activist to the ranks of people blaming the Ft. Hood massacre on Islam. Here’s Gary Bauer, in his end-of-day email sent to supporters, arguing that while some Muslims are all well and good, “there are also ‘sleeper cells’ or ‘sleeper individuals’ who are jihadist ticking time bombs More…