No Mosque at Ground Zero
This Project Makes Things Worse
The Cordoba House Mosque and community center planned near Ground Zero has ignited fierce opposition and a great debate. As the media reacted to tweets by Sarah Palin, the issue spilled over into New York's race for governor. Republican Candidate Rick Lazio tried to lure his Democratic opponent, Andrew Cuomo into investigating the finances for the structure. Lazio's opponenent in the Republican primary made strong comments about the issue. This prompted New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg who supports the project to say the city has proud traditions of tolerance and openness.
As Louisita Lopez Torregrosa points out, there are are two groups who take radically different views of building a Mosque near Ground Zero. Of course, one group is for it and one is against it.
Against
This group believes the United States has ignored the very real threat of Islamic radicalism and fundamentalism for too long. The United States cannot possibily find common ground with these radicals. They point out that these groups export their idealogy and then prevent temples and churches from being built in their countries.
For
This side believes our strength is in our diversity, and we welcome all peoples, faiths, and creeds. Allowing this Mosque to be built strenghes our resolve and improves our image in the world.
My view
I am agsinst building this Mosque as I believe it is too provacative and is actually counter productive. On 9/11 Muslims killed thousands of American Christians. Putting a Mosque near ground zero is incredably provacative and counter-productive. Americans will resent this Mosque and it will lead to increased tensions between Muslims and Christians in this country and abroad. This can lead to more violence, and even war.
As Christians and Muslims, I believe we should be doing the opposite: working to reduce tensions and lesson or eliminate the possibility of further violence and possibly war. We can do this by talking to each other, exchanging ideas, understanding each other, and learning how to get along and live in peace. As the saying goes, if ideas do not cross borders, soldiers will.
Source: Mary Lu Carnevale, Political Wisdom: The Mosque at Ground Zero, July
24, 2010 blogs.wsj.com
Published by Mathew Paul
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Post a CommentI want people to really see what is really going on here...On September 11, St. Nicholas Church was literally crushed. Like the Ark of the Covenant, a safe containing the relics of saints was lost. Only a few objects were ever recovered from the wreckage: two icons, several bibles, a few mangled candles. They wait in safety uptown as the Archdiocese negotiates its new building with the Port Authority. In 2009, negotiations broke down completely over the size and location of the new church. According to Arey, the Port Authority offered the church a bigger site up the road, on Liberty Street, and then rescinded that offer. In a statement, the Port Authority said it had reached out to St. Nicholas last week, but that the Liberty Street location was no longer on the table. "St. Nicholas Orthodox Church has always had and will continue to have the right to rebuild on its original location," it said. Other plans have been made for Liberty Street, it said, and it would not be allowed to reco
I understand your feelings. This is not exactly a vote of confidence for our Department of Homeland Security. However, I think we should find out who is funding this project as a matter of national security. Especially since Hamas has stated that the Mosque must be built.
I also understand that freedom of religion may be being compromised. I have no answers. Only a lot of questions.