Tea Party Opponents of Muslim Cemetery Claim Islam is not a Religion

Juan Cole 03/30/2014

TN Tea Partiers freak out on TV reporter for covering their effort to block Muslim cemetery (via Raw Story )

Tempers flared in a confrontation between anti-Islamic activists and proponents of a plan to build an Islamic cemetery adjacent to a mosque in Murfreesboro, TN. WSMV Channel 4 reported that supporters of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro asked the…

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page