mosque near ground zero ?

[noonereal]

Should a mosque be allowed to be built near ground zero?

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/13...ndmark-status/

What do you think? Are you outraged?

[finnbow]

Are you outraged?

Nope. The government shouldn't be involved in deciding which religions can do what. As long as the zoning would have allowed for a Christian or Jewish Church/Temple or Cultural Center, I say have at it. From what I heard on NPR, it isn't exactly a mosque, but a interfaith cultural center. Here's the group's website:

http://www.asmasociety.org/home/index.html

[d-ray657]

You betcha I'm outraged. I'm outraged that these people would try to use the power of the government to suppress the practice of religion, particularly when the purpose of the religious exercises in this instance is to develop greater understanding between people of different faiths. Whether I agreed with the tenets of the religious practices being pursued there or not, it would still be an outrage to target this group for exclusion because of their faith.

Regards,

D-Ray

[noonereal]

I am impressed! I saw this on another board (a football board of all things) and everyone was outraged that one may be built.
It struck me as it does you guys.

radicals are radicals

this is about religion

BTW I am the same guy that wanted tanks outside the mosque in Journal Square (jersey city where the first attack on the world trade center was planned) but that was bewcause that is were the radicals were/are not because it was moslem.

[Boreas]

I don't have a problem with this at all. Islam didn't attack the US any more than Shintoism attacked Pearl Harbor.

So, how would everyone feel if a multi-denominational interfaith center was built at Ground Zero?

john

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Boreas

So, how would everyone feel if a multi-denominational interfaith center was built at Ground Zero?

john

It would make a great deal of sense to do just that as part of a memorial on the lower floor(s) of the new tower.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by finnbow

It would make a great deal of sense to do just that as part of a memorial on the lower floor(s) of the new tower.

I agree. That's why I asked, not merely to be provocative, but I'd be willing to bet it would be opposed very strenuously.

John

[Charles]

If it were up to me, I wouldn't build it there. That's just asking for trouble, right or wrong.

Chas

[JJIII]

Doesn't seem like the way to win friends and influence people.

[piece-itpete]

While I agree that it doesn't seem like a good idea, I really don't have a problem with it.

If that mosque ends up being fos we can make fun of it. Publically and often. If not, perhaps they can use it to showcase harmony and advance our cause.

Pete