mosque at ground zero

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[1510] corpuschristioutreachministrie s THE MOSQUE AT GROUND ZERO- The great reformer, Martin Luther, said that if we teach and preach about Jesus and the bible, yet overlook the issues of controversy that rage at the time; then we are not faithfully preaching Christ. Over the last 6 months or so a controversy has arisen over an Islamic center that is to be built close to the area where the world trade towers went down. As I have listened to the debate [thru talk radio, the main stream and cable news] I have tried to keep an open mind. As I heard a few snippets of audio from the Imam [leader] of the future mosque, I began to wonder whether we were getting the whole story. As of today let me share my view; it seems as if many well meaning people have been told that the first building to be rebuilt after the 2001 attacks is going to be this mosque. Many believe that this building will be a sort of huge Muslim statement that will overlook the entire area and be saying ‘look, we [radical Islam] have conquered’. First of all, the site in question is actually a couple of blocks away from the actual site where the towers went down; though the community center/mosque will be 13 stories high, yet this is really not big compared to the other buildings in the area. The Muslim community actually purchased the property before 9-11 happened, and the Imam is considered to be one of the moderate voices coming from the Islamic community. All in all, it’s not really a ‘stick it in your face’ type statement that the Muslims are trying to make. Number 2- is it unreasonable for people to ask ‘hey, even though you have the right to build the mosque, as a courtesy to the victims who perished at the site, build it somewhere else’. No, this is an honest concern that good people do have- I think it’s not too much to ask the Muslim community to consider moving the location. The governor, David Patterson, kindly offered them free state land if they wanted to move it to another spot. Most of all, I think it does more harm than good to label this Imam as a radical Islamist, all the facts seem to say otherwise. Has he made statements that honest people have problems with? Yes. But overall he is not one of the more extreme type leaders of Islam. I realize that at this time this stand is very unpopular, and it’s too easy to simply jump on the bandwagon and condemn this man, but we want to do our best at being honest about these types of situations. I grew up very close to this area, right across the Hudson river on the Jersey side- there are many Muslims, Christians, Jews and other faiths that make up the melting pot of the area; if we begin singling out the moderate voices, and targeting them as radicals, when they are not, then this will do harm than good in the long run. As believers we should stand strong for our belief that Jesus is the answer, yes even for the Muslim/Arab community, Jesus is the answer. Yet at the same time it does no good to purposefully alienate the more moderate branch of Islam.

[Foolish People]

"The Muslim community actually purchased the property before 9-11 happened, and the Imam is considered to be one of the moderate voices coming from the Islamic community."

They started purchasing properties before 9-11? I don't doubt for a minute they did so with the knowledge of what was to come on that day.
Moderate voice you say? And you believe this because he tells us so?
~lying is permissible in order to deceive an "enemy."~
~Muslims are allowed to lie to unbelievers in order to defeat them.~
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Quran/011-t...
~within Islam there are certain provisions under which lying is not simply tolerated, but actually encouraged~
http://www.islamreview.com/articles/lying.sht... ~
Islam Permits Lying to Deceive Unbelievers and Bring World Domination!~
http://www.muslimfact.com/bm/terror-in-the-na...

[kkk]

none of these smelly people should be abe to build on the towers site send all those doon coons home.

[Foolish People]

OK, KKK, no doubt you are actually pro-mosque and just trying to confirm some people's beliefs that anyone anti-mosque MUST be an ignorant racists. Which in fact confirms my belief that you're a moron.

[kkk]

Foolish People wrote:

OK, KKK, no doubt you are actually pro-mosque and just trying to confirm some people's beliefs that anyone anti-mosque MUST be an ignorant racists. Which in fact confirms my belief that you're a moron.

and you are a hude dick.

[kkk]

Foolish People wrote:

OK, KKK, no doubt you are actually pro-mosque and just trying to confirm some people's beliefs that anyone anti-mosque MUST be an ignorant racists. Which in fact confirms my belief that you're a moron.

i meant huge

[control alt delete]

KKK, YOU are worse than a huge dick. You're a liberal

[kkk]

control alt delete wrote:

KKK, YOU are worse than a huge dick. You're a liberal

stop sleeping with your mother loser get a woman your own age and no not the rubber one under your bed.

[control alt delete]

OMG, you are so clever! You must be a government worker or on welfare.

[kkk]

control alt delete wrote:

OMG, you are so clever! You must be a government worker or on welfare.

upset dicked? or did i strike a nerve.

[DeerHunter]

OK, KKK, no doubt you are actually pro-mosque and just trying to confirm some people's beliefs that anyone anti-mosque MUST be an ignorant racists. Which in fact confirms my belief that you're a moron.

[kkk]

DeerHunter wrote:

OK, KKK, no doubt you are actually pro-mosque and just trying to confirm some people's beliefs that anyone anti-mosque MUST be an ignorant racists. Which in fact confirms my belief that you're a moron.

and your a filthy beaner

[towel head]

i see somebody got called a liberal.
why is it that every time somebody posts a comment against the grain some off topic fanatical idiot calls them a liberal? As if that has something to do with it.

[john]

we really need to tone down the rhetoric, there are good people [and bad!] on both sides of these issues. www.corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot....

[Mc Combe]

Before complaining about a Mosque two blocks away, we should stop building a commercial skyscraper directly on the grave.

[allah is gay]

your religion stinks i would worship a bag of shit before i praised allah the homo

[yeah right]

allah is lower then dog shit......maggot