[Excerpt:  "Taqiyya is about deception -- lulling Western people into a false sense of security, while, in reality, Islam directs Muslim immigrants to "appear integrated" while actually living as a state-within-a-state."]

[Excerpt:  "Don't glorify murder of 3,000. No 9/11 victory mosque."]

AP

Opponents of the project, including 9/11 first-responders and family members of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, have said the location would be insensitive.

The mosque is slated to be part of an Islamic community center to be operated by a group called the Cordoba Initiative, which says the center will be a space for moderate Muslim voices.

Several members of roughly 50 people who attended the hearing applauded the ruling, while others shouted "shame" as commission chairman Robert Tierney called for the vote. The city Landmarks Preservation Commission then proceeded to vote 9-0 against granting landmark status to the site's 152-year-old building, which can now be torn down to make way for the Islamic center.

[Excerpt:  "If we pay attention, we will see some Muslims are not mutually respectful. In fact, they actively exploit our well-ingrained respect for other cultures, and use it against us, considering it a weakness they can exploit."]

[Excerpt:  "Michigan's two U.S. senators and its 15 U.S. House members wrote to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Thursday, seeking assurances the federal government will pay for security at the trial of a man accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner. "]