Blogger Richard Bartholomew notes the beginning of a Sept. 3 blog post by Washington Times religion editor Julia Duin:

On Sept. 25, Dar ul Islam, a mosque in Elizabeth, N.J., is slating a massive Friday “jummah” prayer event at the west front of the U.S. Capitol; on the very site that President Obama gave his inauguration speech not so long ago. This is not a joke.

As Bartholomew asks: “Why would it be 'a joke'?”

Duin goes on to write, “Well, I guess if Louis Farrakhan could preach from the same spot during the Million Man March nearly 14 years ago, so can these folks.” Unmentioned by Duin, as Bartholomew points out, is that last year, the West Lawn of the Capitol was used for another event: a "Global Peace Festival" in which one featured speaker was the son of Unification Church founder -- and Washington Times owner -- Sun Myung Moon (as the Times reported).