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  • Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah).(Wikipedia)
    Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah).(Wikipedia)
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    Our Favorite Senator Backs Park51

    Utah’s Hatch says owners have right to build

    byMarc Tracy
  • An anti-Park51 rally near the site.(Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images)
    An anti-Park51 rally near the site.(Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Another View of ‘Cordoba’

    Does history live up to the Islamic center’s ideal?

    byMarc Tracy
  • Bloomberg last night.(Frank Franklin II-Pool/Getty Images)
    Bloomberg last night.(Frank Franklin II-Pool/Getty Images)
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    Daybreak: Avigdor Nixes Further Freeze

    Plus Bloomberg continues crusade, and more in the news

    byMarc Tracy
  • (Haaretz)
    (Haaretz)
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    Sundown: Whose Side Are You Really On?

    Plus, it’s medicinal, man, and more

    byMarc Tracy
  • The scene at a future offshore Israeli gas field.(NYT)
    The scene at a future offshore Israeli gas field.(NYT)
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    Daybreak: Hope on Talks After All

    Plus the coming Israeli energy boom, and more in the news

    byMarc Tracy
  • (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
    (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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    The New Anti-Semitism, Continued

    Park51’s Khan sees resonance with Islamophobia

    byMarc Tracy
  • President Abbas last Friday.(Atef Safadi/AFP/Getty Images)
    President Abbas last Friday.(Atef Safadi/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Daybreak: Melting Point

    Plus the Islamic center around the world, and more in the news

    byMarc Tracy
  • Ayatollah Ali Khamanei.(-/AFP/Getty Images)
    Ayatollah Ali Khamanei.(-/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Daybreak: Decreased Support Stateside

    Plus Khamanei nixes talks with sanctions, and more in the news

    byMarc Tracy
  • A protester at a New York City Landmarks Commission vote on whether to grant protection to the buildings near Ground Zero that will house the Islamic community center.(Michael Nagle/Getty Images)
    A protester at a New York City Landmarks Commission vote on whether to grant protection to the buildings near Ground Zero that will house the Islamic community center.(Michael Nagle/Getty Images)
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    The New Anti-Semitism

    Recent attacks on Islam in the United States echo old slurs against Jews

    byDaniel Luban
  • Oz Sultan.(Brian Solis/Capital)
    Oz Sultan.(Brian Solis/Capital)
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    Hip Meets Square

    What the Cordoba Initiative wasn’t ready for

    byMarc Tracy
  • (Wikimedia; Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images)
    (Wikimedia; Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Lawless

    ‘Sharia’ is a much more abstract concept than ideologues—whether Mideast Islamists or Newt Gingrich—suggest

    byLee Smith
  • President Obama speaking Friday night.(Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)
    President Obama speaking Friday night.(Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Obama Backs Islamic Center, Sort Of

    Clear on developers’ rights, less on wisdom

    byMarc Tracy
  • Córdoba, Spain.(Wikimedia)
    Córdoba, Spain.(Wikimedia)
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    Why Cordoba?

    The Ground Zero Islamic center was named for a period in Spanish-Muslim history that some call a golden age of tolerance

    byMarc Tracy
  • 45-47 Park Place, which Park51 is planning to occupy.(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
    45-47 Park Place, which Park51 is planning to occupy.(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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    Despite Victory, Islamic Center Still Opposed

    Cordoba Initiative faulted for poor P.R. planning

    byMarc Tracy
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