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Politics : The Truth About Islam

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To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (4460)2/6/2007 1:18:32 PM
From: Ichy Smith  Read Replies (2) of 20106
 
From the toronto daily Star

Islamic leader under fire

TANNIS TOOHEY / TORONTO STAR
Jackie Mintz of Newmarket talks with Zafar Bangash, after his mosque won municipal support yesterday. Email story
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York mosque wins approval
Feb 06, 2007 04:30 AM
Michelle Shephard
Staff Reporter

What started as a mundane zoning proposal for a Newmarket mosque has now made Zafar Bangash the target of a neighbourhood's wrath and once again ignited international debate about the separation of politics and religion.

Bangash's name may not be well known to many Canadians but his writings and his stridently anti-Israeli views, forceful support for an independent Kashmir and advocacy for Iranian-inspired Islamic theocracies has attracted international notice and the attention of Muslims and politicians at home.

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