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“To think that we have to go into the lives and the beliefs of rabbis and priests and ministers and imams is absolutely ridiculous,” he went on.

Rangel says issue of religion will 'come back to haunt us' 2008

When you hear the terms imams and ayatollah, these refer to Shiite religious leaders.

CNN Transcript Nov 24, 2006 2006

Under conservative Islam, sharia is "state religion" -- government by clerics (called imams), rather than government by elected officials.

Patricia Nell Warren: Marriage, Polygamy and Gays 2009

Witnesses say that the imams were acting a specific way and saying certain things, and the imams say they weren't.

Battlestar Sunday drewan 2006

Jawa reports that the imams were a little too intent about getting their prayers in:

Will no one rid us of troublesome Imams and their wicked, wicked seat belt extensions 2006

Thankfully even a deluded ignoramus like Jones, who calls imams "imans", couldn't withstand the weight of such powerful criticism and cancelled.

arabnews - frontpage 2010

Also based on the article, while he was "jockin'" these radical so-called imams on the Internet, he, apparently, never met any of them face-to-face.

Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

Australian Salafi leaders yesterday backed the idea of imams working with the authorities to prevent young Muslims from becoming radicalised, but they admitted it would be difficult for them to trust the counter-terrorism agencies.

The Jawa Report 2009

As will be discussed in greater detail later, the work of the imams, which is shrouded in secrecy, appears to violate international principles protecting religious freedom.

News Dissector Blog 2008

-- also known as imams -- in an effort to counter militant Islam.

Parsing the Endorsement 2008