AP - Facing big Democratic losses in November, President Barack Obama blamed Republicans and election-year politics Friday for thwarting his efforts to do more to spur a listless national economy. He challenged Congress to quit squabbling and quickly approve "what we all agree on" — a reprieve for expiring tax cuts for the middle class.

AP - The son of a pastor who suspended plans to burn copies of the Quran to mark the 9/11 anniversary says Islam's holiest text will not be torched at their Florida church Saturday.

Time finds that opposition to the community center is clearly driven to a large extent by open racism against Muslim Americans. Twenty-eight percent of voters don't think Muslims "should be eligible to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court." Around one-third believe "adherents to Islam should be barred from running for president." [5] An ABC/Washington Post poll shows that nearly four in ten Americans admit to having an "unfavorable opinion of Islam." Much of this is likely related to public ignorance, as 55 percent admit that they "feel [they] do not have a good basic understanding of the teachings and beliefs of Islam." Nearly six in ten admit they don't personally know anyone of Muslim descent. [6]

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