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 and 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. Follow him at @jricole.