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Muslims across the U.S. and around the world are speaking out against building an Islamic center and mosque near the mass murder site at Ground Zero in lower Manhattan.

Many Muslim voices are echoing conservative critics of the Cordoba Initiative’s attempt to build the 13-story facility just 600 feet from where the twin towers of the World Trade Center once stood.



http://bigpeace.com/jmwaller/2010/08/24/more-muslims-speak-out-against
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The current Miss USA, Rami Fakih, who is the first Arab-American to wear the crown and is a practicing Muslim, agrees with the critics. She told CBS Inside Edition, “It shouldn’t be so close to the World Trade Center. We should be more concerned with the tragedy than religion.”

Gamal Awad, a professor at Cairo’s Al Azhar University, told the Los Angeles Times. “It will further connect Islam with a horrible event.”

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Of course, one would also have to assume that OTHERS are reasonable, something you've quite clearly shown yourself not to be.

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Originally posted by HKCavalier:
Too bad for you, it doesn't matter what you or I or all the foreign Muslims in the world or 70% of the Amerurrican people think--it only matters what the owners of the property and the city council of NYC think and they've already decided.

If you don't want to build a mosque in downtown Manhattan, then don't build one!

HKCavalier

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Zuhdi Jasser, President of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, told The Daily Caller that the Ground Zero mosque “is not a humble Islamic statement. A mosque such as this is actually a political structure that casts a shadow over a cemetery, over hallowed ground.

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The Canadian Muslim group rejected Rauf’s claim that the mosque will increase tolerance for Muslims, asking him, “Do you not understand that building a mosque at Ground Zero is equivalent to permitting a Serbian Orthodox Church near the killing fields of Srebrenica [Kosovo] where 6,000 Muslim men and boys were slaughtered?”

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Zuhdi Jasser, President of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, told The Daily Caller that the Ground Zero mosque “is not a humble Islamic statement. A mosque such as this is actually a political structure that casts a shadow over a cemetery, over hallowed ground.

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I agree with this guy, and the Islamic/political statement thing.

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The Canadian Muslim group rejected Rauf’s claim that the mosque will increase tolerance for Muslims, asking him, “Do you not understand that building a mosque at Ground Zero is equivalent to permitting a Serbian Orthodox Church near the killing fields of Srebrenica [Kosovo] where 6,000 Muslim men and boys were slaughtered?”

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That's an interesting point, would Islamic centre supporters support a bridge-building Serbian Orthodox Church being built in a population centre near to Srebrenica?

It's not personal. It's just war.

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
If they adopt the U.S. Constitution as their foundation of government, then yes.

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Thanks for confirming your belief that the Constitution isn't a valid basis for anything.

We always suspected, but it's clarifying to hear you come right out and say it.

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Originally posted by Shinygoodguy:
Could they build? Yes, they have every right to.

Should they build? No, it's a dumb idea.

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Originally posted by Shinygoodguy:
This isn't and never was a US Constitutional issue. That anyone continues to attempt to bring up the Constitutionality issue on this matter only shows they are completely disingenuous and really have no legitimate argument FOR this mosque being built.
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Oh, but it very much is a Constitutional issue. It is the basis of our society and what sets us apart from the rest of the world.

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;"

Notice there isn't a subparagraph that states - "Except in the case of Islamic worship"

No, they have every right to build there. But, having said that, it is the stupidest idea I've ever heard. After much thought, I came to the conclusion that its like putting a Wendy's inside a McDonald's; or placing a Nazi exhibit inside a Jewish Synagogue. It just isn't done.
It is an excercise in poor judgement and insensitivity.

Now, mind you, I'm not a religious fanatic. Far from it. Just someone who believes in the established rights as part and parcel of what makes our country what it is today.

Could they build? Yes, they have every right to.

Should they build? No, it's a dumb idea.

Problem solved, next case.


SGG


Tawabawho?

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Originally posted by Shinygoodguy:

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;"

Notice there isn't a subparagraph that states - "Except in the case of Islamic worship"

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No, they have every right to build there. But, having said that, it is the stupidest idea I've ever heard. After much thought, I came to the conclusion that its like putting a Wendy's inside a McDonald's; or placing a Nazi exhibit inside a Jewish Synagogue. It just isn't done.
It is an excercise in poor judgement and insensitivity

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Now, mind you, I'm not a religious fanatic. Far from it. Just someone who believes in the established rights as part and parcel of what makes our country what it is today.

Could they build? Yes, they have every right to.

Should they build? No, it's a dumb idea.

Problem solved, next case.


SGG


Tawabawho?

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Originally posted by Riverlove:
The opposition to the 9/11 Victory Mosque site from NYC residents is greater than the national numbers, currently at 70% opposition. Once again, on yet another divisive issue that Obama's inexperience and ineptitude either created or amplified, progessive pseudo-elitists are showing just how out of touch with the mainstream they truly are, and what a small fraction of America they represent.

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