Is Main Street U.S.A. expressing anti-Islamic sentiment?

Community groups within California, Wisconsin and Tennessee, among others, have, respectively, fought plans that various parties had put forward to build Muslim houses of worship around the country.

Protesters are reportedly worried about the possibility of violence that may accompany such structures. The question is being asked, where it involves why anti-Islamic sentiment, why is it so evident in some areas of the U.S.?

Expert Dave Lefcourt credits America's two wars in Islamic countries as a primary reason for public anxiety.

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Dallas News blogger questions planned mosque near Ground Zero

From his religion blog at the Dallas News website, blogger Wayne Slater asks the question: "Is a mosque at Ground Zero religious freedom too far?"

Slater discusses plans for a $100 million mosque to be constructed nearby the scene of the attack, in Lower Manhattan.

Within his post, Slater describes the contour of decisions by U.S. courts to support his editorial, as well as comments from area lawmakers. He also poses questions about religious freedom to religious personalities within his newspaper's home state.

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