The right-wing controversy du jour? Construction of several mosques throughout the U.S. — perhaps most notably, a Muslim community center near Ground Zero in New York City. In many cases, the right-wing fear-mongering has fed a shrill campaign warning against Muslims inevitably using their places of worship to conspire to implant sharia law in the lives of unsuspecting Americans.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=123361