Michael O. Allen

Tag: Mosque

  • Olbermann's SPECIAL COMMENT

    Finally as promised, a Special Comment tonight on the inaccurately described “Ground Zero mosque.” “They came first for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist.Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist.Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t…

  • ISLAM ON THE RISE; Converts, a Boom in Births Help Swell Rank of Muslims

    Sunday, November 09, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN NADIA BARNES RECITED the shahada, or central principle of Islam. “La ilaha illa Allah, sa Muhammadun rasulu Allah,” Barnes said after Imam Muhammed Salem Agwa: “There is no god but Allah, and Muhammed is the messenger of Allah.” The 23-year-old fashion designer and finance student descended from…

  • SLOWDOWN NOT THE TICKET; Rudy sez cops’ll be punished

    January 25, 1997 by MICHAEL O. ALLEN Daily News Staff Writer Mayor Giuliani yesterday escalated his contract fight with city cops, warning rank-and-file officers not to engage in a ticket slowdown — or else. “If a police officer absolutely refuses to do his or her job, then that police officer will have to be disciplined,”…