Holy War: Republicans woo an ex-Muslim blasphemer in the fight to separate mosque and state. (Gazette).
American Prospect, The, December, 2001 by Mooney, Chris
WHEN "IBN WARRAQ," the pseudonymous Muslim apostate, visited the United States after September 11, one of his first stops was the White House. There, he enjoyed an hour-and-a-half lunch with President Bush's chief economic speechwriter, David Frum. Though Warraq confirms the meeting and has told supporters about it, Frum refuses to discuss it "in any way," perhaps because it suggests that some in the administration just don't buy the president's claim that Islam is a "peaceful" religion.
Warraq has made a name for himself (and lost the one he was born ...
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