them necessarily in my neighborhood. that concludes our public comment period. thank you very much. case would eventually put islam itself on trial. there would be conversations about sharia law not onlyld comg to america but would it, in ct, be coming to middle tennessee d also questions about whether or not the first amendmente to the united states constitution protected muslims in this country as well. our documentary will take a look at the muslims in murfreesboro, tennessee. that s sunday night. i want to ask you why you think the difference of opinion exists about mosques in the south. fist let me share a bit about this poll and have you react to . this new cnn research poll asks, would you bekay with a mosque in your community. 69% of respondents said yes, but
bagram air base placed korans in washrooms for detainees there and even flushed a copy of a koran down a toilet there. in the ensuing outrage, 15 afghans were shot and scores were wounded. they take this very seriously, indeed. chris? thank you. joining me now to talk more about this is news editor for salaam.com. good to see you. i keep going back to something i read. it was about the new york mosque. then i also heard something similar about the planned mosque in tennessee, in murfreesboro. and it was that muslims saying that after 9/11 they felt actually a lot of sympathy and empathy from people in their communities saying to them, we know this isn t you, we know this is is a radical segment of islam. it seems so different now as we approach this 9/11 anniversary. what do we think is going on here? i think it s much bigger than just this one church in florida. it s much bigger than the so-called ground zero mosque and
the mosque in murfreesboro. the climate in the country has taken told. it works differently with different groups of voters and people what s happened since 9/11 is, since george w. bush, he came out and said let s not make let s not confuse a war with islam on and what with ne 9/11. made that point in the days after 9/11. but not every day on the right in this country was make that point. i mean, if you listen to talk radio for the last decade you ve heard the conflation of islam and 9/11, casual thing. it s repeated over and over again. it s sort of seeping into people s consciousnesses. and i think it s created this climate that, you know, sort of expressing itself in ways we re seeing now. another thing that s worth pointing out, when the economy reach toes poies to point where right now, that s when finger pointing starts and culture blame games begin historically. i wonder if that boils to the surface. let me play a little bit from