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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is a rising star in the Republican Party, forcing him to constantly deny that he will run for president in 2012. His stardom has just hit a bump though, as he is under fire for embracing Muslims with Islamist ties. The controversy began when Governor Christie nominated Sohail Mohammed, the general counsel to the American Muslim Union (AMU), to become a Superior Court judge. The Investigative Project on Terrorism has discovered that the AMU is not a moderate group, as its online newsletter has told readers that a “Zionist commando orchestrated the 9/11 terrorist attacks...

From Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J., Founder and Editor of Ignatius Press:This morning, (Monday, July 20th) Dr. Jack Sites, Academic Vice President of Ave Maria University,  flew from Houston, where he was attending a meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, to San Francisco, to inform me personally that I was being dismissed from Ave Maria University. Our meeting was amicable and Dr. Sites, as always, acted as a Christian gentleman. He said that the reason for my dismissal stemmed from a conversation I had in November of 2008 with Jack Donahue, then chairman of the board of AMU....

Speakers at an annual Islamic brunch on Sunday called for greater understanding and tolerance, saying Muslims face constant threats to the kind of everyday existence that other Americans take for granted. Opening the event, Waheed Khalid, chairman of the Bergen County Chapter of the American Muslim Union, said that 3 1/2 years after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, Muslims are still feeling the aftershocks. "The American Muslim community has never felt so insecure and apprehensive due to discrimination and intolerance," Khalid said. "Our government's actions following 9/11 have impacted and continue to impact tens of thousands of...

Small arms championships hone combat skills By Joe Burlas March 23, 2004 Staff Sgt. Charles Blackwell, Texas National Guard, tackles a 500-yard target during the All-Army Small Arms Championships. Blackwell won the last event in 1994 and was announced March 22 as the 2004 individual champion. Photo by Joe Burlas FORT BENNING, Ga. (Army News Service, March 23, 2004) -- While the All-Army Small Arms Championships is an M-16 rifle and M-9 pistol competition, this year it is also an advanced marksmanship workshop that will help competitors share combat skills with Soldiers at their home units. More than 170...