Utah’s Hatch says owners have right to build
Does history live up to the Islamic center’s ideal?
Plus the coming Israeli energy boom, and more in the news
Park51’s Khan sees resonance with Islamophobia
Recent attacks on Islam in the United States echo old slurs against Jews
What the Cordoba Initiative wasn’t ready for
‘Sharia’ is a much more abstract concept than ideologues—whether Mideast Islamists or Newt Gingrich—suggest
Clear on developers’ rights, less on wisdom
The Ground Zero Islamic center was named for a period in Spanish-Muslim history that some call a golden age of tolerance
Cordoba Initiative faulted for poor P.R. planning