mosques

• “The city contains many temples which they call mosques, the most beautiful of which is built after the manner of St Peters at Rome, and as large, only that the middle has no roof being entirely open, all the rest of the temple being vaulted.”

  A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07

• “What we need to see is the law being applied in mosques as well as elsewhere.”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » Criminal Conviction in England for Leaving Anti-Religious Leaflets in Airport Prayer Room

• “Such controversies over domestic political spying have surfaced remarkably regularly since September 11, 2001 -- police and FBI informers in mosques, Defense Department surveillance of antiwar groups and even gay organizations, National Security Agency illegal wiretapping, and surveillance of groups planning protests for the political conventions of the major parties.”

  The Huffington Post: Stephan Salisbury: Surveillance, America's Pastime

• “These include the distribution of leaflets with threats or pleas, sermons in mosques and clandestine radio stations.”

  The Washington Post: Taliban steps up propaganda war

• “Foreign troops, meanwhile, are ill-equipped to offer counterarguments in mosques and other gatherings, forcing them to rely on Afghan officials to do so, Smith said.”

  The Washington Post: Taliban steps up propaganda war

• “The government drafts all Friday sermons in mosques and censors private association publications (see section 2. c.).”

  Matthew Yglesias » Conservative Women’s Group Cites Small Petrodictatorship as Ideal Form of Government

• “Such high praise for mosques is voiced in any number of the eastward travelogues and treatises on art written in the 19th and 20th centuries.”

  The Huffington Post: G. Roger Denson: The Beauty We Fear: The Great Mosques of European Novelists and Poets (Slideshow)

• “So they hide weapons in mosques, and use minarets as sniper positions.”

  Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Show Trial

• “The suggestion that we send agents just roaming through mosques is simply not true," said Schweit.”

  The Washington Post: Sting underscores Muslims' complex relationship with FBI

• “Third, law enforcement and Muslim communities must use partnerships to deal with suspicious activities in mosques and community centers, hate crimes, youth disenfranchisement, among other issues of concern to all sides.”

  The Huffington Post: Deborah Ramirez: Muslim-Police Community Partnerships Will Thwart Homegrown Terrorism

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