BBC news reports the ordered removal of a mosque in the central town of Dambulla, Sri Lanka.
Posts Tagged ‘mosques’
September 1st, 2011
Islam: still a religion in Tennessee
posted by Richard AmesburyA Tennessee judge has upheld his earlier decision allowing the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro to build a new mosque and community center.
July 21st, 2011
30 more mosques in 30 more days
posted by Amanda KaplanAman Ali and Bassam Tariq have announced round two of their mixed media project “30 Mosques in 30 Days,” an exercise in belief, ritual, community, and personal narrative.
March 9th, 2011
Mosques in America
posted by Jessica PolebaumIn a CNN op-ed, Karam Dana and Matt A. Barreto, SSRC Academia in the Public Sphere grantees and co-principal investigators of the Muslim American Public Opinion Survey, consider Representative Peter King’s upcoming hearings on radicalization in the American Muslim community in light of their research on Muslim identity and civic engagement.
October 19th, 2010
DOJ: Islam is a religion
posted by Charles GelmanYesterday, the Department of Justice filed an amicus brief stating its conviction that Islam is indeed a religion, contra the plaintiffs in the ongoing lawsuit over the construction of a new Islamic center and mosque in Murfreesboro, TN, reported Talking Points Memo.
July 28th, 2010
Islam: not a religion?
posted by Richard AmesburyTennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, is drawing criticism for remarks made earlier this month in which he appears to question whether Islam is a religion. And the quetion may not be as straightforward as one would like to think. To be a religion is, in at least one important sense, to be acknowledged as such.
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