AMERICA'S IMAM:

NY mosque imam says US freedoms more in line with Islam than limits of some Muslim nations (Associated Press, August 22, 2010)

The imam spearheading plans for an Islamic center near the New York site of the Sept. 11 attacks says America's sweeping constitutional rights are more in line with Islamic principles than the limits imposed by some Muslim nations.

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf told the Al Wasat newspaper in Bahrain that the freedoms enshrined by the U.S. Constitution also reflect true Muslim values.

A portion of the interview — to be published Monday — was seen Sunday by The Associated Press.

You couldn't prove it by his foes. Happily, he is more American than they.

Posted by Orrin Judd at August 22, 2010 11:39 AM