“To take but one recent example, when the Park51 Muslim community center in Lower Manhattan was subjected to undue criticism this past summer, the groups that gathered behind closed doors to support its besmirched but beloved leaders included atheists, Jews, Christians, Muslims and more. It was heartening — as were the rallies led [...]
When I told a friend that I had helped found Religious Freedom USA to affirm the right to build the Park 51 community center in Lower Manhattan (often mislabeled the “Ground Zero Mosque”), he responded with a cautionary note: “What about the risk you are taking in your future career as a [...]
Cordoba House, the proposed mosque and community center near Ground Zero, appears to have catalyzed a national crisis of faith. Laurie Goodstein’s article in theNew York Times, “Across Nation, Mosque Projects Meet Opposition” documents at least three demonstrations against proposed mosques in Temecula, CA, Sheboygan, WI, and Murfreesboro, TN. Add two others [...]
We have officially launched Religious Freedom USA today. Read our article in the Huffington Post:
The core American ideal of religious freedom has been put at risk. News of Park51, the proposed Muslim community center in lower Manhattan, has spawned protests against a religious group that simply seeks to create a meeting place and has [...]
My family was spared the worst of 9/11/01 — but it felt like a close call. My brother was midair on a trip back from Europe, set to land at John F. Kennedy Airport later that day. My father was waiting for him in Manhattan, and my mother and I were in the suburbs of [...]
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