Daily Show's Aasif Mandvi: Peaceful Muslims In TN
Ruining It For The Rest Of Us (VIDEO)

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Daily Show correspondent Aasif Mandvi was on the scene in Tennessee to report on local opposition to a planned mosque in Murfreesboro. "Opponents say building a mosque two blocks from Ground Zero is simply too close," Mandvi said. "But did you know that 18,000 blocks is also too close?"

Mandvi found out that there was already a mosque in the town that had been there for about 30 years. So he asked a local Muslim woman: "Thirty years? What is taking so long? I mean, let's go people. I mean, you're not a sleeper cell. You're a comatose cell!"

When she contended that all they want is a place to worship, Mandvi replied: "A few good apples like you could really ruin it for the rest of us, you know that?"

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Ahmed Sharif Describes Alleged Hate Crime Attack
(VIDEOS)

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Ahmed Sharif, the New York City cab driver stabbed after allegedly being asked if he was Muslim, described the violent attack to local TV news reporters, saying he pleaded with his attacker not to kill him.

"He start yelling at like 39th Street and 3rd Avenue," Sharif told the local ABC affiliate. "'This is a checkpoint, this is checkpoint, motherfucker, I have to put you down.'"

"I saw the knife coming through my neck right here," Sharif told FOX, showing his wounds. "Once I see his face, is so much anger and mad at me, I don't know, and hate. He have to kill me. And I ask him, 'Please don't kill me, why you have to kill me, what I did?'"

"Then again he hit me, then I'm trying to fighting for life, protect myself, but still he cursing and yelling," Sharif added.

On Tuesday night, Sharif was allegedly stabbed by Michael Enright, a 21-year-old film student. Enright has been charged with attempted murder as a hate crime.

Sharif will meet with Mayor Michael Bloomberg at City Hall later today.

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GEORGETOWN COUNTY DAY OF ACTION MEETING

post from The Politics of Jamie Sanderson on 26 August 2010 11:03:01 AM. © The Politics of Jamie Sanderson

COUNTY DEMOCRATS, We need your HELP!! Brandon Upson, our ORGANIZING FOR AMERICA/MOVING SOUTH CAROLINA FORWARD field coordinator, who will be working with us leading up to the November elections, is hosting a meeting this Sat, Aug 28 at the Maryville Social Hall in Georgetown to include Georgetown county in PRESIDENT OBAMA's "National Day of Action". THIS weekend will mark "66" days until the November elections. PRESIDENT OBAMA's goal is to contact 200,000 nationwide, which includes 12,000 in South Carolina. Please go to the link: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/ofaphonebank/gpfgr9 view and RSVP or for information contact Brandon Upson 843-325-6187, Herbert Dennison 843-359-9541, Tasha Dones 843-546-8184, Emily Aspel 843-527-0553 or Magy Patten 843-237-4499 for more information. (Nancy Kolman will be out of town and can only be reached on her cell) When you go to the above link you will see that two shifts are listed to check. If you are unable to commit to a full shift, ANY time you can give will help reach a DEMOCRATIC voter. Last Saturday 10 volunteers made 200 calls in 10 minutes! Can we count on you to help out Saturday? Thank you for giving your time and supporting your GEORGETOWN COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

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Alvin Greene's 'spokesperson' shows again

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Will Republicans Stick With Scott

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Eric Kleefeld has a good piece on the disarray Florida Republicans are in right now. Obviously, this has been building for some time, what with the former party chairman under indictment for basically looting party coffers, allegedly, and the Republican[...]

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No Traction

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A new poll out this morning of the Pennsylvania Senate race shows Rep. Joe Sestak (D) down 40-31 to former Rep. Pat Toomey (R). There's been a fair bit of volatility in the poll numbers over the past couple of months, but if you look at the TPM Poll[...]

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Mosque Exclusion Zone Grows

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Daily Show correspondent Aasif Mandvi asks is 18,000 blocks away from Ground Zero too close for new mosque project in Tennessee? Aasif Mandvi - Ground zero - Tennessee - United States - Arts[...]

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Lucky Break

Meet the tea partier who could throw a safe GOP Senate seat to the Dems. United States Senate - Republican - United States - Senate - Government[...]

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Cabbie Speaks

Ahmed Sharif, the Muslim cabbie at the center of the apparent bias-attack slashing attack, speaks to local media in NYC. Watch the video. Muslim - New York City - Hate crime - Michael Enright - Terrorism[...]

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LIVE STREAM at 12:15 pm: Beyond Arab Poll Results

Dr. Shibley Telhami of the University of Maryland has conducted a really fascinating poll of Arab public opinion, showing persistent support for a two-state solution while at the same time rising acceptance of an Iranian nuclear weapon, among other things.

From 12:15 pm - 1:45 pm TODAY, the New America Foundation/Middle East Task Force will host Dr. Telhami along with Task Force co-directors Daniel Levy and Amjad Atallah for a discussion of the poll's findings, as well as possible implications for the series of challenges facing the Obama administration in the Middle East and beyond. The event will livestream here at TWN, and those who wish to see the event in person can RSVP here.

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