The right pulled off a neat trick by conflating burning the Koran with building an Islamic center near Ground Zero.
Fahrenheit 451, Park 51, and Mainstreaming Hate
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“Tolerating” the Ground Zero Muslim Center Is Damning It With Faint Praise
Since the U.S. is a secular, not a Judaeo-Christian state, there is no need for Muslims to be “tolerated” because they’re already as much a part of the state as any group.
The Shameless Cynicism of Zeroing in on the Ground Zero Islamic Center
By attacking the Ground Zero Islamic Center, conservatives are both inciting attacks on American Muslims and undermining the Afghan strategy of General Petraeus.