WTC Mosque Protest Draws Over 1,000

nydailynews.com:

More than 1,000 people turned out Sunday to protest an Islamic community center and mosque planned near Ground Zero.

Waving U.S. flags and signs that said, "No 9/11 Mega Mosque," the crowd condemned the proposal to put the Islamic center near the site where nearly 3,000 people died when Islamic terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center.

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Comments

[bato]

01:39 AM on 06/10/2010

Now I understand why the building is named Cordoba.
Because this place is symbolic of the victory of Islamic forces over the non-Islamic nation particularly the Visigoth (Germanic tribes) in 711AD. This further explains that this building is also intended symbolic over victory of Islamic laws and religion over America the greatest symbol of western democracy.

[bato]

12:26 AM on 06/10/2010

{"I lost 16 friends down there. But Muslims also got killed on 9/11. It would be a good sign of faith that we're not condemning all Muslims and that the Muslims who did this happened to be extremists," (said one American)} Yes. it may meant goodwill to others, but the fact remains it is grim reminder what unilaterally aggressive religion can do to the American society. It maybe a noble and well meant gesture from some of the muslims or people like Daisy Khan but being an action that brings up contentions and controversies, it is an ambiguous action. Thus, an act that is easily misconstrued as bad taste, or completely lacking in decency.
Sadly, building such structure in the midst of protest by American citizens would spell morale victory to those who wanted to mock and destroy American values.
However, the worst that I fear is that it can further signal encouragements to those minds desiring to kill Americans by thousands and destroy properties in the most momentous places of America like Times Square; and allow them through ‘good faith’ and ‘American equality and freedom’ build their religious centers in such most commercially desirable, internationally famous, and conspicuous places.
This is not mere malice for there is a continued, professed terrorist attacks or attempts by Islamists ‘active devotees’ against Americans since 9/11 right in the heart of America.

[Leto II]

01:11 PM on 06/08/2010

Does this mean Muslims and people of Islamic lineage aren't allowed near Ground Zero too?

[bato]

01:41 AM on 06/10/2010

Of course no, it is not the people but the edifice that is symbolic to the irony and grim reminder of the 9/11 disaster promoted by the Quranic teachings.

[medic628]

07:44 AM on 06/08/2010

How many isms can we apply to this, boys and girls?

[ConcernedAboutRFuture]

03:44 AM on 06/08/2010

I love the misspelled sign.

[janejoad]

12:56 AM on 06/08/2010

The problem is, that area will now become our "Wailing Wall", a pilgramage place that will become our Jerusalem. If you put a Mosque near, it's like a double curse, and you know how much the superstitious villagers hate curses.

If there is to be a memorial, let it be a place of reflection of the humanity that was lost, I see no reason for a Mosque near there. I find it in poor taste and indeed, quite out of place, as I would a church or Temple.

[mowgo]

04:03 AM on 06/08/2010

It's not planned for the actual WTC site, but 2 blocks away in an old Burlington Coat Factory store.

[bato]

01:47 AM on 06/10/2010

Putting the edifice within eyesight would remain a badly advice notion, because it will bring mixed emotions of dismay, sarcasm, irony, frustrations, anger, etc. Not good for promoting emotional and social stability among those family members were killed in the tragedy. Nor peace between clashing cultures. If one need to be friendly or tolerant to other religions, it must be acted and placed on proper perspectives.

[bsultan]

06:17 PM on 06/07/2010

Yeah let's follow this logic...it says we should demolish all Catholic churches near children schools. Sad, sad protest.

[mom72]

09:30 AM on 06/08/2010

Great point!! These people are assuming it was only christians who were killed in 9 11! Muslim is a religion just like christianity! Maybe we should remove all christian churches in Oklahoma because wasn't Tim McVeigh a christian? It's senseless!!

[bato]

01:51 AM on 06/10/2010

Christianity (as written in the Bible) never forced faith nor forced religion to the point of killing those who refused to convert, or killing those who leave the religion and convert to other faith (apostasy) (as written in the Quran, and Hadith). Making a premise based on 'Tim McVeigh a christian' it totally a deranged logic. In fact, Tim McVeigh even proved he was not a true Christian at all.

[WayOutHere]

05:55 PM on 06/07/2010

How many times are we, as human beings, going to make this same mistake? We blame the whole group, when only certain members of the group are to blame. Christianity has committed it's share of mistakes, ie Witch Hunts, the Spanish Inquisition. We shouldn't make the mistake of branding all Muslims with the terrorist brush. Let's learn from history.

Terrorists, real terrorists, of every religious and political stripe should, on the other hand, be punished to the fullest extent of the law when captured.

[Cryostatic]

05:31 PM on 06/07/2010

Fools. If you want to protest something, how about protesting that the damned buildings haven't been rebuilt yet? Going on ten years here, what's the holdup?

As for the mosque, I think it's a great idea. Shows that we're able to condemn terrorism without maligning an entire religion and people in the process.

[janejoad]

01:08 AM on 06/08/2010

Is that like "guns don't shoot people, people "shoot" people" ? So let's not get rid of guns, even though we know crazy people have them, we'll just take our chances everyday that we don't cross paths?
Nay!!! Religion really IS the opium of the masses, taken long enough you get delusional, and somewhere in that throng, be it Christian, Jew or Muslim, there's a crazy person with delusions of grandeur, and a place in their "heaven" is worth the chance.