PROPOSED LEDE: THE HIGHLY PUBLICIZED OPPOSITION TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARK 51 MUSLIM COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, HAS REVEALED THAT TEA PARTY GROUPS HAD BEEN ORGANIZING OTHER PROTESTS AGAINST THE OPENING OF MOSQUES IN SEVERAL OTHER LOCATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY, LEADING SOME ON THE LEFT TO DENOUNCE THESE ACTIONS AS ATTEMPTS TO STIR UP XENOPHOBIC SENTIMENTS AGAINST MUSLIMS IN THE MONTHS PRECEDING THE MID-TERM ELECTIONS.
THIS PAST THURSDAY, THE NEW YORK COALITION TO STOP ISLAMOPHOBIA CONVENED A FORUM IN DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN ENTITLED: "RESISTING ISLAMOPHOBIA: ANTI-MUSLIM POLITICS IN THE U.S. AND ABROAD." WBAI FRED NGUYEN ATTENDED AND FILES THIS REPORT:
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