tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post5908379964832154791..comments2024-02-19T07:24:42.397-08:00Comments on Anglican Curmudgeon: A Simple Reminder on This Day: We Are AmericansA. S. Haleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05108498446058643166noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-66852858728500116402010-09-11T15:41:22.497-07:002010-09-11T15:41:22.497-07:00For me the stories about the NY Muslim Center and ...For me the stories about the NY Muslim Center and the potential Gainesville Quran burning were about whether we have lost our 1st Amendment rights due to threats of Muslim violence. <br /><br />The question in my mind from the Gainesville story: Have we adopted a de facto blasphemy law protecting Islam only? <br /><br />And on Wednesday I watched the CNN interview with Imam Rauf where he seemed to be threatening that if he had to move his plans to another location, Muslim extremists will explode in a manner even worse than they did following the Danish cartoon crisis. He seemed to be trying to make protesting against that planned Islamic Center an "issue of national security".<br /><br />So, maybe it is appropriate on 9/11of all days, to be asking whether radical Islam is winning, slowly encroaching on our freedoms and implementing a privileged position for Islam in our country.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16632860530530786486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759178030677978044.post-27816852324022706602010-09-11T08:25:38.507-07:002010-09-11T08:25:38.507-07:00Great post. Yes we are Americans and that is why ...Great post. Yes we are Americans and that is why we who live 1500 miles from NYC mourned and grieved when our fellow citizens were murdered on 9/11/01.<br />May we never forget.nodjamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15685453024156579633noreply@blogger.com