Build a Mousque?Whats your opinion

rattyjol wrote:A mosque? Definitely not. Some kind of memorial, sure, but not a mosque. What are they hoping to accomplish, pleasing the terrorists?

...Just my opinion. No offense to Muslims.

Arianna wrote:I'm sorry, but that is most certainly a rumor. I doubt they would even build a church there.

It would be rude to put something for a specific religion in a memorial where everyone should be able to honor the people who died.

Noah the Flood wrote:Excactly.
But you just said building a mosque would bring peace.
We are allies with the ones that don't want to fight us; its one of the reasons we are over in the middle east. To help them.
The only peace we really must make is with the ones who are trying to blow us up, aka terrorist.
I never said all muslims are terrorist. I know a few muslims, and they are very nice.

Plus, like Ari said, it wouldn't be right to build something there focusing on one religion. A memorial would be better.

salvadorbahiana from the ABC Message Boards wrote:I just want to point out that the media has misrepresented this project from the outset. It is not simply intended to be a Mosque, but a community center that will have, as well, as Mosque within it. It is to be called the Cordoba Center, and proposes to create a space for meetings, performances, forums, presentations and other public programs. (it was explained to me that it seeks to be like the 96th Street Y). They see it as a way to unite peoples of different backgrounds, provide opportunities for cross-cultural exchange as well as to provide a space for Muslims to worship. There is broad inter-denominational support for the effort and I think it is unfortunate that it has been painted with such a broad-- and inaccurate-- brush.

Haileadorable211 wrote:

rattyjol wrote:A mosque? Definitely not. Some kind of memorial, sure, but not a mosque. What are they hoping to accomplish, pleasing the terrorists?

...Just my opinion. No offense to Muslims.

I really dont think there are that many mousques in new york if there are any at all and I was thinking they could build like a memorial garden or statue infront of the mousque and i found the terrorist part really offensive.Not all muslims are "terrorists" and the mouspque can promote well peace.Maybe people may be a bit nicer.Ive seen plenty of christian and jewish churches in new york(ive been 2 times) but not one mousque.
I say they should build it

Cyn431 wrote:

salvadorbahiana from the ABC Message Boards wrote:I just want to point out that the media has misrepresented this project from the outset. It is not simply intended to be a Mosque, but a community center that will have, as well, as Mosque within it. It is to be called the Cordoba Center, and proposes to create a space for meetings, performances, forums, presentations and other public programs. (it was explained to me that it seeks to be like the 96th Street Y). They see it as a way to unite peoples of different backgrounds, provide opportunities for cross-cultural exchange as well as to provide a space for Muslims to worship. There is broad inter-denominational support for the effort and I think it is unfortunate that it has been painted with such a broad-- and inaccurate-- brush.

Because of this, which was found at this link, my opinion will probably be a ton different from everyone else. Just warning you guys.

If the project were word-for-word what the media has turned it into... Well, I almost want to agree with the majority of you, which are saying something dedicated to one religion shouldn't be placed over the Twin Towers. I'm thinking of it from a different perspective though: what would happen if some of the few stupid, immature Christians from America flew over to Mecca and obliterated the Masjid al-Haram? Naturally they would probably build another mosque over that, even though close to nothing could fully replace it, being the largest mosque in the world (says Wiki). Why? Because it's their sole religion, and rebuilding it would only show their resistance and strength against Christians. So I find it more reasonable to build a church there to show the same thing to the terrorists.
Then again, while typing this I noticed Christianity isn't the only legal religion in America, so... Yeah, heck with that ramble up there. Just forget religion period. Build a memorial. Or a park. I personally like the park idea better, but memorial's fine too.

Now, about what's actually going to happen. It's a decent idea if it's going to meet up to its purpose. I just hope warfare doesn't break out within that center, as most likely not everybody's going to be respectful or remember the golden rule. I just find one issue: if you're going to have one religion, you're gonna need both. Having only a mosque there, to me, sounds like a sign of surrender. "Yes, though we do believe our similar yet battling religions can mingle peacefully, you're the better religion." There's more Muslim in that Cordoba Center than Christian. Either keep it equal in order for the sense of equality to remain there, or get rid of both to keep equality. Either eat the whole cookie or don't eat it at all. (I dunno. xD) To put it in English, you should either have a mosque and a church in there, or neither.

Now, Haile, you do have a point that not all Muslims are terrorists, but I'm tagging along with what Noah said, and I don't feel the need to restate it.

Also, while I don't know how many mosques, if any, are present in New York, it's not like Muslims are being forced to live in New York. They can always move to a different city or town with a mosque.

Haileadorable211 wrote:

rattyjol wrote:A mosque? Definitely not. Some kind of memorial, sure, but not a mosque. What are they hoping to accomplish, pleasing the terrorists?

...Just my opinion. No offense to Muslims.

I really dont think there are that many mousques in new york if there are any at all and I was thinking they could build like a memorial garden or statue infront of the mousque and i found the terrorist part really offensive.Not all muslims are "terrorists" and the mouspque can promote well peace.Maybe people may be a bit nicer.Ive seen plenty of christian and jewish churches in new york(ive been 2 times) but not one mousque.
I say they should build it