Gainesville church going ahead with 9/11 Quran burning

The Dove World Outreach Center is getting worldwide attention for dubbing Sept. 11 as Burn a Quran Day. The church plans to burn around 200 of Islam's holy books during a bonfire.

“The one thing that stands out to us is that the radical Muslim and the moderate Muslim, they all read from the same Quran. So there's an element in that that we feel is very dangerous, deceptive and violent,” said Associate Pastor Wayne Sapp.

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Interfaith group condemns plans to burn Quran on 9/11, denounces 'bigotry'

An interfaith summit of Christian, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders today responded to plans by a Florida church to burn Qurans on 9/11 by condemning "outright bigotry" that they said undermined religious freedom in America.

Terry Jones, pastor of the Dove World Outreach Center, in Gainesville, Fla., that is planning the event, says he will go ahead with it, despite a warning from Gen. David Petraeus, top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, that it could endanger U.S. troops. Read more at USA Today.

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Gadhafi to attractive Italian women: Convert!

Moammar Gadhafi is reported to have paid 'hot Italian women' (this is not the first reported incident) to listen to one of his riveting lectures on Islam, life and religion as well as why they should convert. The Associated Press has reported that the women were paid an undisclosed sum, and were rounded up from a local modeling agency.

Following the lecture, the women were reportedly taken back to the Libyan ambassador's residence, given their own copies of the Koran and yet another religious lesson. The women were reportedly 'converted on the spot'.

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NYC mosque debate will shape American Islam

Adnan Zulfiqar, a graduate student, former U.S. Senate aide and American-born son of Pakistani immigrants, will soon give the first khutbah, or sermon, of the fall semester at the University of Pennsylvania. His topic has presented itself in the daily headlines and blog posts over the disputed mosque near ground zero. What else could he choose, he says, after a summer remembered not for its reasoned debate, but for epithets, smears, even violence? Read the full article from the Associated Press.

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Mosque supporter: 9/11? Get over it!

Perhaps this isn't the best way to get your point out in a positive fashion, and although at Murray Report we have been rather supportive of the proposal to build an Islamic centre near Ground Zero in New York, there are a few things we simply cannot ignore.

Namely, a video where a mosque supporter is seen telling those involved in the attacks in September of 2001 to simply 'get over it'.

“God d****it, my wife is Jewish. Come on you guys, get over it”, the man said in regards to 9/11 after trying to draw an analogy using the Vietnam War. Right after he says to “get over it”, a lady responded “Oh my God, I’m not going to get over it- it happened right there”, pointing towards Ground Zero. An argument then breaks out between the two. Typically, he later calls her a “racist”. [Via Breitbart]

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RNC member: Obama told muslims he was a muslim

In the wake of a number of polls which suggest around one in five Americans incorrectly believe that Obama is a muslim, a Republican National Committee member has criticized the coverage of the issue by online magazine Politico. "BTW he personally told the muslims that he IS a muslim," wrote the Iowa RNC member. "Read his lips."


In addition to this, Kim Lehman, the woman behind the messages, lashed back at an article by the site which, she claims, was trying to 'protect' Obama. 

Several blogs and news websites have since picked up her remarks against the President as a news story. 

When contacted by reporters, Lehman reportedly stuck by her opinion and the views she had expressed online, saying "I was watching television when he was over there talking to the Muslim world and he made it, in my opinion, clear he was partially Muslim," Lehman told the Huffington Post. "The way he was approaching that speech was, 'Hey I'm one of you. I'm with you.' He didn't have to say that... but he did."

"Again, going back to his speech... he would have said I'm a Christian and I'm from the Christian religion and we can work together. It didn't appear to me he said Christianity was part of his religion," she said when asked about Obama's claims that he is a Christian. 

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Rev. Graham says Obama was 'born a muslim'

In the wake of a new poll suggesting one in five Americans incorrectly believe that Obama belongs to the Islamic faith, a highly respected and influential Christian leader has said publicly that he believes Obama was 'born a muslim'.

I think the president's problem is that he was born a Muslim, his father was a Muslim. The seed of Islam is passed through the father like the seed of Judaism is passed through the mother. He was born a Muslim, his father gave him an Islamic name," he told CNN in an interview which aired on Thursday.

"Now it's obvious that the president has renounced the prophet Mohammed, and he has renounced Islam, and he has accepted Jesus Christ. That's what he says he has done. I cannot say that he hasn't. So I just have to believe that the president is what he has said," he continued, going on to say "the Islamic world sees the president as one of theirs."

The President, himself, had published in his bestselling memoir that his father was an atheist by the time he was born. He eventually divorced his mother. Obama had little contact with his father during childhood.

The misinformation surrounding Obama's faith and nationality continues, despite active press action by the White House and other officials to correct the issues surrounding the controversy. A recent poll found that 18% of those surveyed incorrectly said that Obama's faith was Islam - up 11% from March 2009.

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Obama has no regrets over mosque controversy (VIDEO)

With the controversy still swirling over plans for a mosque near the former World Trade Center, President Obama said Wednesday that he had "no regrets" about his involvement in the debate. Answering a reporter's question at a political event in Columbus, Ohio, the president initially paused, then turned to a TV camera and said, "The answer is — no regrets." [Read the full article here]

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Harry Reid opposes Ground Zero mosque

Harry Reid, an influential US politician, has spoken out publicly in support of those who protest the building of a mosque just a few blocks from the former site of the World Trade Centre in New York, where the structure collapsed after terrorist attacks in 2001.

Reid is said to support religious freedom, but thinks the mosque should be built somewhere else.

According to Politico:

“The First Amendment protects freedom of religion,” Reid spokesman Jim Manley said in a statement. "Sen. Reid respects that but thinks that the mosque should be built someplace else. If the Republicans are being sincere, they would help us pass this long-overdue bill to help the first responders whose health and livelihoods have been devastated because of their bravery on 9/11, rather than continuing to block this much-needed legislation."

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Sarah Palin attacks Obama's defense of NY mosque

Sarah Palin took to the internet to publicly bash comments made by President Obama which defended the religious freedom of muslims living in the United States. Using social networks like Twitter and Facebook, the former Vice Presidential hopeful criticized Obama's lack of verbal continuity.

Reports were released today which suggest Obama has changed his view on the matter. See Palin's tweets below:

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Obama: I'm not promoting the mosque, I'm just protecting the right to build it

Barack Obama has responded to criticism this morning that he was condoning terrorism and promoting the building of a mosque near New York's Ground Zero.

The President, having given his support for religious freedom clearly yesterday, sought to clarify his position on the matter, reports Politico.

“I was not commenting and I will not comment on the wisdom of making the decision to put a mosque there,” he told press. “I was commenting very specifically on the right people have that dates back to our founding. That's what our country is about. And I think it's very important as difficult as some of these issues are that we stay focused on who we are as a people and what our values are all about."

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Fox News hosts agree with Obama on mosque support (VIDEO)

Hosts of the popular right-wing 'noise channel' Fox News have actually taken up busy air time to support the decision made by President Obama on protecting religious freedom. Watch the video below:

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Conservative Party plans anti-mosque TV campaign

New York's Conservative Party is reportedly planning to add a television advertising campaign to the already heavy firepower it is throwing at plans to build a mosque near New York's 'Ground Zero'. This site is where where the World Trade Centre collapsed in September of 2001 after attacks related to terrorism.

The ad, of which the Associated Press has obtained a copy, states rather clearly that "real Americans" want real answers about any proposed Islamic Centre.

It also calls on viewers to contact the partial owners of the land on which the mosque is said to stand in the future, in an effort to have people pressure the company into halting the plans.

This is, however, unable to happen under current agreements. The utility which owns the land has already signed a legally binding document which allows the mosque to be built on the site.

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