would you rather see a jewish temple or monument? On May 7, 1:12 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > Mega $100 million 100,000-square foot Mosque to Open Two Blocks From World > Trade Center/Ground > Zero<http://www.thejidf.org/2010/05/mega-100-million-100000-square-foot.html> > > http://www.thejidf.org/2010/05/mega-100-million-100000-square-foot.html > > <http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kwz4BqmMfpo/S-MjvpQB8tI/AAAAAAAABG8/z8EgQMb...> > > No worries, at least a new mega-Mosque is being built around the corner > > <http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kwz4BqmMfpo/S-MjVyAU24I/AAAAAAAABG0/3b12PWI...> > > "Palestinian" Muslims cheering on 9/11 > > *Great news! Now when people visit ground zero, they can remember exactly > where the hatred that took it down came from! While the WTC is gone, at > least people will now have a giant mosque to fill the void! * > > (DNA > Info<http://www.dnainfo.com/20100505/financial-district-battery-park-city/...>) > The old Burlington Coat Factory building on Park Place has sat shuttered and > empty since the landing gear from a hijacked plane crashed through the roof > on 9/11. > Now, a Muslim group hopes to build a mosque and cultural center there.... > > “We have a vision that is opposite the vision of the extremists,” said Daisy > Khan, executive director of the Cordoba Initiative, the group behind the > center. “We want to be a driving force for the rebuilding of Lower > Manhattan.” > > Community Board 1’s Financial District Committee embraced the center’s > message of tolerance and voted unanimously Wednesday night to support the > project. > > ...other members of the community, who did not attend Wednesday’s meeting, > want the mosque to find a different home. > > *“It doesn’t belong down here,” said Rosemary Cain, whose firefighter son > was killed on 9/11. “It makes me sick to think the city would allow such a > thing.”* > > While Cain acknowledged that “not every person who is Muslim is a > terrorist,” she thinks *the Muslim community as a whole never sufficiently > declaimed the attacks.* > > John Schmidt, 29, a construction worker who is rebuilding the World Trade > Center, also got angry when he heard about the plans. > * > * > *“No way,” he said. “Muslims bombed the towers. Why would they put a mosque > next to the Freedom Tower?”* > > Khan envisions the* $100 million, 100,000-square-foot *Cordoba House as much > more than a mosque.... > > The 13-story center, which could open as soon as 2013 at 45 Park Place, will > include a 500-seat auditorium, a basketball court, a swimming pool and a > kitchen for cooking classes. Khan hopes to host interfaith conferences and > panels along with more lighthearted events like a *Muslim Idol* talent > competition. > > Iqbal Hossain Chowdhury, 42, who runs a newsstand on Park Place, said the > center would provide much-needed education for Muslims as well as * > non-Muslims. [Most of us got all the Islamic education we needed on 9/11 > -JIDF]* > > “People read the Koran and they don’t know the meaning,” said Chowdhury, who > is Muslim. “It is good for them to learn — to learn is best.” *[The > promotion of hatred and violence toward all non-Muslims and depiction of > Jews as apes and pigs is pretty clear, actually, but thanks anyway, > Hossain. -JIDF] * > > Khan said she has heard very little criticism of the center so far, though > she added that Saturday’s attempted Times Square bombing didn’t help. > > “Events like [Times Square] always set us back,” Khan said. *[Yes, it's a > shame when Islam attacks, as Muslims have carried out 15,247 deadly Islamic > terrorist attacks since 9/11. -JIDF]* > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help seehttp://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community athttp://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > palestinians-celebrate-911.jpg > 42KViewDownload > > alg_wtc_smoke.jpg > 44KViewDownload
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