The elected officials of New York city are planning on building a Mosque close to where the twin towers fell on 9/11 as a commemoration of the lives lost that day and to please the Muslim population. Personally I find this insulting and quite ridiculous. What do you guys think?
Here is a link for a petition in opposition of the Mosque.
Islam didn't destroy the towers, so I don't really care.
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"Islam didn't destroy the towers, so I don't really care."
True, but Islamists DID.
Truthfully, I could really not care about a Mosque on Ground Zero, and my main problem with the issue is the very, VERY suspect connections of the parties backing this.
Some, Muslims did. And the majority of the Muslim world denounces their actions.
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I oppose building any religious monument at ground zero. However, this is two blocks away and dozens of Muslims were victims of the attack. I assume they had families too.
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A juvenal prank.
Guarantee me that the mosque will not secretly be used for nefarious purposes, and I have no problem with it. Oh, and make sure there's room for a church and synagogue, and whatever other religious institutions are needed to represent all faiths victimized by 9/11.
If not, then I find this whole thing suspect.
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Muslim/Islam= The third and latest major Monotheistic religion to be formed and practitioners thereof, regardless of political or ideological stripe.
IslamIST/Jihadist: Radical theocratic extremists who seek to forcibly subjugate all to the doctrines of Sharia law and convert or exterminate all who follow any other doctrine.
This is a fairly common distinction and I am not sure why you were confused over the matter.
And as a reiterated BEFORE here: I personally do not give ONE WHIT about there being a mosque persee on Ground Zero. What I DO have an issue with is the doublefaced behavior of the sponsers of said mosque and their ties to Muslim Radicals (don't believe me? Just dig up some of the Arab-language videos they've taken and translate them).
It's solely for the Muslim community. And I agree the whole thing is suspect..why so close to ground zero? Of all the places that you could build a Mosque why choose a place where Islamic extremists took down the towers?
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Jun 26th, 2010 01:25 AM
