Gates of Vienna News Feed 5/21/2012

A county commissioner for West Miami-Dade in Florida says that the huge house a Muslim resident is building in his district is really a mosque. The owner of the property says that the building is simply a house for his mother, and that the commissioner’s accusations are fueled by racism, discrimination, and religious intolerance.

In other news, European banks are concerned about capital flight, after panicky depositors withdrew more than a billion euros from banks in Greece and Spain over the past week. Meanwhile, several international airlines have terminated service to Greece, thanks to the collapse of the Greek tourism industry.

To see the headlines and the articles, open the full news post.

Thanks to Andy Bostom, C. Cantoni, CSP, Fjordman, Insubria, JD, JLH, JP, Mary Abdelmassih, Seneca III, Srdja Trifkovic, and all the other tipsters who sent these in.

Notice to tipsters: Please don’t submit extensive excerpts from articles that have been posted behind a subscription firewall, or are otherwise under copyright protection.

Commenters are advised to leave their comments at this post (rather than with the news articles) so that they are more easily accessible.

Caveat: Articles in the news feed are posted “as is”. Gates of Vienna cannot vouch for the authenticity or accuracy of the contents of any individual item posted here. We check each entry to make sure it is relatively interesting, not patently offensive, and at least superficially plausible. The link to the original is included with each item’s title. Further research and verification are left to the reader.