uh, I think that's been reserved for a jewish monument On May 7, 4:12 pm, VT Sean Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe they should build it instead AT the world trade center? > > On May 7, 2:12 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 > > -- > 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.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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