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‘No Faith Justifies These Murderous and Craven Acts’

By | 11.10.09 | 2:36 pm

This is my favorite part of President Obama’s remarks at the Fort Hood memorial:

It may be hard to comprehend the twisted logic that led to this tragedy. But this much we do know – no faith justifies these murderous and craven acts; no just and loving God looks upon

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Irony, We Find You in the Most Tragic Places, Like Fort Hood

By | 11.10.09 | 9:09 am

TPM’s Justin Elliott and Versha Sharma collect statements from conservative groups calling for Muslim-Americans to be purged from the military in the wake of the Fort Hood shootings. Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association — well, some American families — writes, “It it is time, I suggest, More…

Anti-CAIR Author: ‘If Muslims Do Not Want a Backlash, Then I Would Recommend a House Cleaning’

By | 11.09.09 | 4:25 pm

Via Justin Elliott, I wonder if “Muslim Mafia” author Dave Gaubatz is causing any heartburn for the four Republican members of Congress who endorsed his book attacking the Council on American-Islamic Relations. From an interview with the Family Security Network published today:

Now is

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Fox News Host Slanders Muslim Soldiers by Association With Ft. Hood Shooter

By | 11.06.09 | 12:49 pm

You might think that that commentary about a deranged lone gunman ought to await the facts, but you’re not going to get a job at Fox News with that attitude. Raw Story catches Fox’s Brian Kilmeade asking a guest, “Do you think it’s time for the military to have More…

Justice Scalia Thinks a Cross Is a Secular Symbol

By | 10.29.09 | 3:40 pm

Susan Jacoby in The Washington Post points out a largely overlooked exchange with Justice Antonin Scalia in that cross case heard by Supreme Court earlier this month. The case revolved around whether the government can keep a war memorial consisting of a solitary cross on public parkland. More…

Congressional Tri-Caucus Blasts Four Anti-Muslim Colleagues

By | 10.23.09 | 3:27 pm

It’s been about a week since four bigoted members of Congress used a book published by the birthers at WorldNetDaily to call for a witchhunt of Muslims on Capitol Hill. And, in a testament to sanity, no such investigation appears to be underway. But members from the Congressional “Tri-Caucus” More…

Remember When the Muslim Ali Soufan Infiltrated the FBI and Totally Argued Against Torture?

By | 10.15.09 | 2:26 pm

One more thing about the four anti-Muslim bigots in Congress using a birther-published book as fodder for their un-American crusade. Adam Serwer at The American Prospect writes:

One of the advantages America has in the war on terror is that our law enforcement and intelligence agencies can potentially

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‘Muslim Mafia’

By | 10.15.09 | 11:02 am

This is a must-read: Jordy Yager’s report on the quartet of Republican members of Congress who’ve endorsed the “investigative” new book “Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld that’s Conspiring to Islamize America.” WorldNetDaily’s report on the book, published in-house, is also worth a read for the quotes from More…

Defense Department Still Won’t Comment on Chinese Government Interrogation of Uighurs

By | 07.17.09 | 12:25 pm

CQ Politics notes that a fight is brewing in Congress (finally) over the charge that the Defense Department allowed Chinese government agents to abusively interrogate the Uighur detainees at Guantanamo Bay.

Reports CQ:

Jay Alan Liotta, principal director of the Defense Department office responsible for detainee policy, told a

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Also, The Da Vinci Code Predicted the Rise of Obama

By | 07.06.09 | 2:53 pm

Continuing the long twilight struggle to document President Obama’s chameleon-like ability to transmogrify into different cultures and religions simply by showing them respect — as some would have it — Adam Serwer catches the latest disgrace. “Having a meeting with the Holy Father is a great honor More…