murfreesboro it is hallow ground. they are objecting to the intentions of trying to get sharia law. the judge may have ruled but this case isn t over with yet. i believe it will go all the way to the supreme court. it is not hallow ground. it is hallow ground for the people in murfreesboro. chris: couldn t any community say we don t want a mosque in our community? they could say that. chris, let s go back to the fundamental issue that the people are saying that they are objecting to. they are objecting to the fact that islam is both a religion and a set of laws. sharia law. that is the difference between any one of our other traditional religions where it is just about religious purposes. the people in the community know best and i happen to side with the people in the community. chris: you are saying any community if they want to ban a mosque. yes, they have the right to do that. that is not discriminating based upon religion, against their particular religion. there is an asp
don t americans have a right of whatever religion under the constitution which you speak so much about to free speech and freedom to worship. to the people in murfreesboro it is hallow ground. they are objecting to the intentions of trying to get sharia law. the judge may have ruled but this case isn t over with yet. i believe it will go all the way to the supreme court. it is not hallow ground. it is hallow ground for the people in murfreesboro. chris: couldn t any community say we don t want a mosque in our community? they could say that. chris, let s go back to the fundamental issue that the people are saying that they are objecting to. they are objecting to the fact that islam is both a religion and a set of laws. sharia law. that is the difference between any one of our other traditional religions where it is just about religious purposes. the people in the community know best and i happen to side with the people in the community. chris: you are saying any community if the
freedom to worship. to the people in murfreesboro it is hallow ground. they are objecting to the intentions of trying to get sharia law. the judge may have ruled but this case isn t over with yet. i believe it will go all the way to the supreme court. it is not hallow ground. it is hallow ground for the people in murfreesboro. chris: couldn t any community say we don t want a mosque in our community? they could say that. chris, let s go back to the fundamental issue that the people are saying that they are objecting to. they are objecting to the fact that islam is both a religion and a set of laws. sharia law. that is the difference between any one of our other traditional religions where it is just about religious purposes. the people in the community know best and i happen to side with the people in the community. chris: you are saying any community if they want to ban a mosque. yes, they have the right to do that. that is not discriminating based upon religion, against the
prayer room. the imam has been sent by george w. bush and president obama to speak on behalf of the united states to arab countries. the hallow ground is an abandoned burlington coat factorgy. factory. this is a manufactured issue and does appeal to a certain small base. i think it harms u.s. policy because sends the message to muslim countries who are our allies that in some sense the united states is not tolerant. but politically what the country wants to know, what every voters wants to know is what are you going to do to fix the economy? and the more you talk about the mosque the more you present the give the image that you are not thinking about what the american voters are thinking about. shannon: with that in mind, recent polling results show from 64% to 68% of americans do not want the mosque there. even if people legally and technically have the right to put it there they think it is
after the worst terror attack on the u.s. homeland. president obama revealing his support lies over the building of a mosque where the twin towers once stood. if any doubts still linger this controversy is not part of the national debate, they just vanished with the president s comments. malini wilkes has more from washington. president obama has jumped in the debate over building a mosque near ground zero but already trying to clarify his position. until now the white house had called the debate a local matter, but speaking at a white house dinner last night in observance of ramadan, he says he supports the right of muslims to build the mosque. he says it s hallow ground and america s commitment to religious freedom must be unshakeable. as a citizen and president, i believe muslims have the right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country. [ applause ] that includes the right to