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It's not OK with us

Those arrogant US auto execs need a major comeuppance
The utter arrogance of the CEOs of the Big Three auto companies was on full display last week when it was pointed out that they came to Washington with their hats in hand for a bailout by flying in on their individual corporate jets.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | November 25, 2008

Crossword: ''Court case''

Time to mix and match

By MATT JONES | November 19, 2008

Unchecked power and secrecy — not gays — are the church’s problem

Vatican Myopia
Presenting more evidence that it just doesn't get it, the Vatican recently issued new so-called, "psychological screening guidelines" to weed out priest candidates with "psychopathic disorders," but only those related to sexual misconduct — specifically homosexuality.
By MARY ANN SORRENTINO | November 19, 2008

Free pass on gay hatred?

Turning a blind eye
Outside observers have been quick to criticize any signs of anti-Semitism connected to the new Roxbury mosque.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | November 24, 2008

Photos: Menino's Mosque

Photos of the mosque in Roxbury and people involved in its creation

By PHOENIX STAFF | November 26, 2008

Menino's mosque

The bizarre story behind the construction of Boston's most controversial building
Most locals concede that getting anything of substance accomplished in Boston is a Herculean task.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | November 24, 2008

Timeline of events

How the ISBCC turned from a place of worship to a symbol of controversy

By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | November 19, 2008

Dub Colossus | A Town Called Addis

Real World (2008)
This one-of-a-kind project connects the real-life fireworks of old and new, urban Ethiopian music with the Rastafarian mythology
By BANNING EYRE | November 18, 2008

Shell Shocked

ISB and MAS leaders interact with the media, not always with favorable results
For months, no member of the mosque's current leadership would speak with the Phoenix for this story.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | November 19, 2008

Inside Job

The role of the BRA's Muhammad Ali-Salaam in the mosque's development
The conflict of interest between Ali-Salaam's role with the BRA and his close association with the mosque developers is captured in a transcript of a Feb. 2001 meeting.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | November 19, 2008

Failed Commitments

Concerns about whether mosque leaders have lived up to their commitments to Greater Roxbury
Although the mosque's leaders promise to provide benefits to the Greater Roxbury community, skeptics remain.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | November 19, 2008

Scaling Back

The financial issues with the mosque's size and revenue sources
To meet the city's requirement of a "community benefit" to the development of the parcel, nearly everyone agrees that the mosque must provide more than prayer space.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | November 19, 2008

Separate Cultures

The cultural divide between African-American and immigrant Muslims
In the late 1980s, when the plans for the mosque were first taking shape, it was intended to be developed by and for a primarily black Muslim population in Greater Roxbury.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | November 19, 2008

The alt-candidates

On the Rhode Island ballot: a revolutionary, conservatives — and Ralph Nader, of course
A revolutionary, Ralph Nader, a Baptist minister, and two former congressmen from Georgia are all running for president in Rhode Island.
By STEVEN STYCOS | October 29, 2008

Beyond a joke

Letters to the Boston editor, October 31, 2008
Your recent “Chick Schtick” article contained a very interesting and revealing line.
By BOSTON PHOENIX LETTERS | October 29, 2008

Witch way

In honor of Halloween, I run a spell-check
After visualizing “financial security,” I readied for Ed McMahon’s knock. No such luck — but the next morning, tucked in a pocket, I found seven dollars !
By DEIRDRE FULTON | October 22, 2008

Choosing my religion

Letters to the Boston editor, October 24, 2008
There’s nothing that strikes me as heroic or important about Gregg Housh’s farcical jihad against Scientology.
By BOSTON PHOENIX LETTERS | October 22, 2008

Spelling lessons

Campus witches have no brooms, no bleeding goats. Just cookies. Sorry.
A fair number of college students are turning to Wicca for spiritual identity.
By SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | October 31, 2008

Battling Scientology

Anonymous's Gregg Housh is committed to bringing down the Church of Scientology. Is he a gadfly or a goon?
In a world wracked with uncertainty, there is at least one thing you can bet on: pick a fight with the Church of Scientology, and its leaders will fight back — always with vigor, often with a vengeance, and sometimes with litigation that can be long and costly.
By CHRIS FARAONE | October 23, 2008