Stephan Salisbury

Cultural Writer, Philadelphia Inquirer

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Cultural writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer and author of Mohamed's Ghosts: An American Story of Love and Fear in the Homeland

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In Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Sheboygan, Wisconsin and Temecula, California, plans for Islamic mosques have generated heated opposition .  But the objections are different from those…

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The furor over what's called "the mosque" near Ground Zero centers on part of a $100 million project called Cordoba House .

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The furor over what's called "the mosque" near Ground Zero centers on part of a $100 million project called Cordoba House .

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