<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><DIV>The narrative of fitting in, of assimilation and integration that is being established through Park51 produces a dangerous set of ‘if, then’ contingencies that we should all be wary of, and which index the precise problem of this moment in American history — a moment in which the terms and conditions being articulated in the Park51 debate have, in fact, already been established as the ground rules for determining who gets recognized as the ‘right’ kind of Muslim in America. Sadly, this ‘conditional’ recognition also suggests that only the claims of certain kinds of Muslims will be recognized as legitimate or worthy of defense.</DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://pulsemedia.org/2010/08/24/on-why-liberal-defenders-of-the-mosque-get-it-wrong/#more-27098">http://pulsemedia.org/2010/08/24/on-why-liberal-defenders-of-the-mosque-get-it-wrong/#more-27098</A></DIV></div><br>
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