{"id":4459,"date":"2011-07-20T19:38:27","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T23:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=4459"},"modified":"2011-07-20T11:48:43","modified_gmt":"2011-07-20T15:48:43","slug":"washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/07\/washington-post","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post: Cain says communities can ban mosques"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said Sunday that communities have a right to ban Islamic mosques.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on \u201cFox News Sunday,\u201d the former Godfather\u2019s Pizza CEO said protests and legal challenges to a planned mosque in Tennessee city are an example of local residents pushing back.<\/p>\n<p>Cain said his view doesn\u2019t amount to religious discrimination because he says Muslims are trying to inject Shariah law into the U.S.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/on-faith\/gop-presidential-hopeful-herman-cain-says-communities-have-right-to-ban-mosques\/2011\/07\/17\/gIQALlvcKI_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE to read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said Sunday that communities have a right to ban Islamic mosques. Appearing on \u201cFox News Sunday,\u201d the former Godfather\u2019s Pizza CEO said protests and legal challenges to a planned mosque in Tennessee city are an example of local residents pushing back. 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