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The Daily Beast recently published an article by Sam Harris about the controversial Ground Zero mosque. Within the article he is critical of Mayor Bloomberg for being tolerant of religious stupidity as well as muslim moderates who have failed to stand against muslim bullying. In addition, Harris argues that there is no such thing as Islamophobia for the reason that it is a system of ideas and practices - thus being critical of an idea is not the same as being critical of someones race. In other words, as Harris describes 'it is not a form of bigotry or racism to observe that the specific tenants of the faith pose a special threat to civil society.'
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