NY Times: Across Nation, Mosque Projects Meet Opposition

[marmar]

By LAURIE GOODSTEIN
Published: August 7, 2010


While a high-profile battle rages over a mosque near ground zero in Manhattan, heated confrontations have also broken out in communities across the country where mosques are proposed for far less hallowed locations.

In Murfreesboro, Tenn., Republican candidates have denounced plans for a large Muslim center proposed near a subdivision, and hundreds of protesters have turned out for a march and a county meeting.

In late June, in Temecula, Calif., members of a local Tea Party group took dogs and picket signs to Friday prayers at a mosque that is seeking to build a new worship center on a vacant lot nearby.

In Sheboygan, Wis., a few Christian ministers led a noisy fight against a Muslim group that sought permission to open a mosque in a former health food store bought by a Muslim doctor.

At one time, neighbors who did not want mosques in their backyards said their concerns were over traffic, parking and noise — the same reasons they might object to a church or a synagogue. But now the gloves are off. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/us/08mosque.html?_r=1&hp

[Proud Liberal Dem]

1. Bigotry prevails again

:puke:

[Karenina]

2. It's the Amurikkkan way...

:shrug:

[Proud Liberal Dem]

6. It's like mosques are becoming almost as unwelcome

as sex offenders in communities thanks to this "effort" to prevent a mosque being opened in sight of the former WTC.

[spanone]

3. a bigoted nation

[mwb970]

4. The people objecting are the same ones who worship the flag.

Upholding actual American ideals, not so much.

[Scurrilous]

5. Sickening. N/t