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FEDS: OPPOSING TENNESSEE MOSQUE COULD BE A CRIME
LA TIMES.com ^ | October 18, 2010|3:13 p.m. | Richard A. Serrano, Reporting from Washington

Posted on 10/18/2010 9:42:02 PM PDT by Cindy

SNIPPET: "Washington….The Obama administration, for the second time in two months, interjected itself Monday into an angry local dispute over a proposed Islamic center, warning local officials that opposing the mosque could violate the civil rights of its members and become a federal crime.

The Department of Justice filed court papers Monday in support of construction of a Murfreesboro, Tennessee mosque, saying local Muslims were protected by the First Amendment right to free exercise of religion and disputing opponents claims that Islam is not a valid religion."

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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: bhoislamism; creepingsharia; creepingshariah; crushislam; democrat; democrats; doj; dojisajoke; ericholder; holder; impeachobama; islam; islamiccenter; islamofascism; liberalfascism; mosque; murfreesboro; muslims; obama; rutherford; rutherfordcounty; tennessee; tn
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(Copy) - Document - Motion - ON THE INTERNET:
http://www.politico.com/static/PPM143_101018_estes_motion_25.html


21 posted on 10/18/2010 10:01:59 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Joe 6-pack

LOL! I’ve never seen that patch before.


22 posted on 10/18/2010 10:06:26 PM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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http://www.wtsp.com/news/national/story.aspx?storyid=151661

“Murfreesboro mosque debate: U.S. Department of Justice says Islam is a religion”
Christopher Collette 12 hrs ago

SNIPPET: “The Islamic Center of Murfreesboro is in the process of trying to build new worship facilities after outgrowing their Murfreesboro location. About 18 months ago, religious leaders there decided to develop land they bought at Veals Road and Bradyville Pike to host their new 10,000-square foot center, which would house worship services, receptions, classrooms, a gym and a pool. Outside, they hope to build sporting areas, a playground, a pavilion and a cemetery on the 15-acre site.”


23 posted on 10/18/2010 10:06:52 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy

What reason do the objectors have for protesting this mosque’s construction?


24 posted on 10/18/2010 10:08:21 PM PDT by monkeyshine
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To: Cindy
"I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction."

Barack Obama, p. 261, "The Audacity of Hope"

25 posted on 10/18/2010 10:09:16 PM PDT by LibFreeOrDie (Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
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To: monkeyshine
What reason do the objectors have for protesting this mosque’s construction?

It's a neo-Nazi political forward fire base established for the purposes of sedition, terrorism, and sociological destabilization.

Is that enough of an objection for you?


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

26 posted on 10/18/2010 10:14:31 PM PDT by The Comedian (Don't run. You'll just die tired.)
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To: Cindy

What Thomas Jefferson thought about Islam:

As Jefferson later reported to Secretary of State John Jay, and to the Congress:

The ambassador answered us that [the right] was founded on the Laws of the Prophet, that it was written in their Koran, that all nations who should not have answered their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as prisoners, and that every Mussulman who should be slain in battle was sure to go to Paradise.


27 posted on 10/18/2010 10:16:14 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: Cindy

Interesting.

All those trumped up strawmen that the left dredges up about violations of the mythical separation of church/state and here is a crystal clear violation of the Constitution. Now where are the leftists to protest?


28 posted on 10/18/2010 10:17:19 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now)
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To: TigerClaws
Obama said he would ban Koran burning “if he could.”

Link, please. If true, that's very concerning. I'm sure you can understand my skepticism.
29 posted on 10/18/2010 10:21:15 PM PDT by aNYCguy
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To: rockrr

Interesting point. US gov says that Islam is NOT a political system.

That so?

http://www.citizenwarrior.com/2010/09/what-non-muslims-dont-like-about-islam.html


30 posted on 10/18/2010 10:24:19 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: Cindy

Has the Obama administration (ever) supported a Church?

Ever?

Anywhere? For any reason?


31 posted on 10/18/2010 10:42:36 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (GOP establishment are dinosaurs. Tea Party is a great big asteroid...)
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To: Cindy
"the United States has recognized Islam as a major world religion.”

They have also done so with...Scientology. That should be brought up in court.

32 posted on 10/18/2010 10:50:11 PM PDT by montag813 (http://www.facebook.com/StandWithArizona)
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To: Cindy
The department’s brief comes shortly after the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Religious Land Use or Institutionalized Persons act (RLUIPA) on Sept. 22, 2010. RLUIPA protects the rights of religious assemblies and institutions to be free from discrimination in the application of zoning and land-use laws.

Uh, doesn't that violate the 1st Amendment for the Feds to play referee with religious groups' attempts to gain zoning approval?

33 posted on 10/18/2010 10:54:19 PM PDT by montag813 (http://www.facebook.com/StandWithArizona)
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To: Cindy
Yeah, free speech. Right


34 posted on 10/18/2010 11:07:00 PM PDT by wastedyears (Know this, I will return to this land... rebuild where the ruins did stand)
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To: Cindy
I oppose the mosque in Tennesee.

Bring it, Holder.

35 posted on 10/18/2010 11:07:46 PM PDT by Lazamataz
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To: Cindy

There is a Muslim fraud in the White House!


36 posted on 10/18/2010 11:11:07 PM PDT by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a credit card?)
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To: jakerobins

I favor flyovers with air bursts of pork rinds!


37 posted on 10/18/2010 11:33:07 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Joe 6-pack

LOL!

I am so stealing that.


38 posted on 10/18/2010 11:49:38 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: Joe 6-pack
"They say some of us gun nuts “worship guns.”


39 posted on 10/19/2010 12:02:37 AM PDT by Dumpster Baby (Truth is called hate by those who hate the truth.)
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To: The Comedian

Don’t forget, they like TV clickers too....


40 posted on 10/19/2010 12:06:06 AM PDT by onona (dbada)
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