Muslim Mosque being built 600ft away from World Trade Center

[sangeensingh]

Its not like when Muslims go into a mosque they give each other high fives for conquering stuff. They go there to pray.

+1

 

[Sonuu]

also for those of you who wonder why not maybe build the mosque somewhere else..take this into consideration.... from a financial point of view, building a mosque in manhattan is not cheap... if you look at the real estate across manhattan youll see that buildings are worth millions of dollars... this one was somewhere around 4 million (im pretty sure)...which in manhattan real estate is a fucking GEM....moving somewhere else may have cost them at least double the start-up cost so thats why they chose this building over all others

 

[AbdulRahmanHashimie]

and hopefully no hate crimes or anti-islamic fuel comes out of this....but it probably will.

[SIZE=small]inshallah this wont happen. and i think its just plain childish to try and blame 9/11 on the muslim identity. especially when there were muslim victims. may all of the souls who lost their lives on 9/11 rest in peace. subhanallah.[/SIZE]

 

[jvirk]

its the arrogance of alot of ppl who believe all muslims are terrorists that we're at this point, that a religious group can not even open a place of worship (within the proper city laws,etc...)

I hope to God no violence/hate crimes come of this as well, but i just have an inkling with the way that SOME people are, and especially b/c of how big of a discussion/debate this has become, it may be inevitable

 

[SahilShah]

and hopefully no hate crimes or anti-islamic fuel comes out of this....but it probably will.

can you believe this?...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/19/quranburning-church-vows-_n_688217.html

 

[Navi Sandhu]

and hopefully no hate crimes or anti-islamic fuel comes out of this....but it probably will.

can you believe this?...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/19/quranburning-church-vows-_n_688217.html

That is just plain disgusting. But honestly this might just fuel the hostile sentiments people already have against the Muslim community. Is that something worth facing? People need to remove the misconstrued notions they have of Islam but that doesn't seem to be happening anytime soon.

Another opposition argument: Would a church be allowed to stand in Mecca?

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/a-mosque-in-new-york-for-a-christian-church-in-mecca/

 

[Waleed]

Another opposition argument: Would a church be allowed to stand in Mecca?

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/a-mosque-in-new-york-for-a-christian-church-in-mecca/

Interesting point Navi. A church in Mecca is like a Mosque at the Vatican, Mecca is holy land and is a different story. However, Saudi Arabia DOES have extremely one sided and close minded policies when it comes to freedom of religion. Should America stoop to the same standards?

 

[Pooja]

Another opposition argument: Would a church be allowed to stand in Mecca?

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/a-mosque-in-new-york-for-a-christian-church-in-mecca/

Interesting point Navi. A church in Mecca is like a Mosque at the Vatican, Mecca is holy land and is a different story. However, Saudi Arabia DOES have extremely one sided and close minded policies when it comes to freedom of religion. Should America stoop to the same standards?

+1 Wall-E.

An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind...

 

[Navi Sandhu]

Agreed Waleed. America ideally doesn't represent those mentalities.

This fight for a mosque at the World Trade shouldn't be fought with arguments of religion and freedom to practice religion. That's what will push the opposition even further because they will fight back with their own religious arguments which are equally strong.

This fight should be fought with arguments of solidarity and unity. Right now it seems like the motive is just to promote Islam and its people. Thats only going to make ignorant people even more ignorant.

The motive is to promote a sense of progression and unity; a fight to break hostilities. Maybe arguments should focus on this instead.

 

[terabaap]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/dailybeast/9670_sharifelgamalandthegroundzeromosque;_ylt=Ap0vd.6jptnf.LWVE12xb39v24cA;_ylu=X3oDMTQ1b205ZGVzBGFzc2V0A2RhaWx5YmVhc3QvMjAxMDA4MzAvOTY3MF9zaGFyaWZlbGdhbWFsYW5kdGhlZ3JvdW5kemVyb21vc3F1ZQRjY29kZQNtb3N0cG9wdWxhcgRjcG9zAzMEcG9zAzMEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawN0aGVzaGFkb3d5bWE-

 

[AnkurK]

I was saying build the mosque its only fair..
Then Rima Fakih said no...

This is Rima Fakih

I agree with Rima Fakih

 

[Waleed]

Agreed Waleed. America ideally doesn't represent those mentalities.

This fight for a mosque at the World Trade shouldn't be fought with arguments of religion and freedom to practice religion. That's what will push the opposition even further because they will fight back with their own religious arguments which are equally strong.

This fight should be fought with arguments of solidarity and unity. Right now it seems like the motive is just to promote Islam and its people. Thats only going to make ignorant people even more ignorant.

The motive is to promote a sense of progression and unity; a fight to break hostilities. Maybe arguments should focus on this instead.

Navi, unfortunately what you are talking about is the exact purpose of the Cordoba Center (now nicknamed the 'Ground Zero mosque'). I'm not going to say much, just check out their website and read their about us or mission statement (which I doubt 95% of the people who are arguing in this debate have even educated themselves about).

http://www.cordobainitiative.org/

http://www.cordobainitiative.org/?q=content/about-ci

http://www.cordobainitiative.org/?q=content/frequently-asked-questions

Here is a little piece, straight from their website in the FAQ section:
"Why Cordoba?
The name Cordoba was chosen carefully to reflect a period of time during which Islam played a monumental role in the enrichment of human civilization and knowledge. A thousand years ago Muslims, Jews, and Christians coexisted and created a prosperous center of intellectual, spiritual, cultural and commercial life in Cordoba, Spain."

 

[AbdulRahmanHashimie]

and hopefully no hate crimes or anti-islamic fuel comes out of this....but it probably will.

can you believe this?...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/19/quranburning-church-vows-_n_688217.html

on the bright side a local masjid in the area has decided to donate 50 Qur'ans to anyone interested in learning about Islam for every Qur'an burnt there. thats truly the strongest type of reaction that can be made

 

[Rajbir]

I was saying build the mosque its only fair..
Then Rima Fakih said no...

This is Rima Fakih

I agree with Rima Fakih

lmfao.