They matter, i never said they couldn't talk. I am listening to them too.
But is gotta be more then just, "their Muslim, let them build there, its freedom of religion."
I want to know, why building there will help them? What does it achieve overall?
It's a community center. Not even mainly a religious building.
While the Muslims have the legal right to build the mosque there, the question of whether it is moral or not is the big debate right now between the two sides.
I believe they are doing a massive demonstrations right now from both sides.
It will take a long time before the American public will change their opinion of Muslims. It is similar to what happened to Catholics, Jews, and etc. in US history. There were a lot of resistance against those groups at one time or another.
A building that will house the Qur'an and will observe the praying times of Islam. I understand that it is more then just a "mosque" that is being built there.
This building will also house objects that is consider holy to the religion of Islam and we can reasonably expect them to teach the teachings of the Qur'an there.
A building that will house the Qur'an and will observe the praying times of Islam. I understand that it is more then just a "mosque" that is being built there.
This building will also house objects that is consider holy to the religion of Islam and we can reasonably expect them to teach the teachings of the Qur'an there.
But what bad does it do? Unless it is physically bad for anyone, I don't see anything wrong with it. A lot of people would say it isn't wrong in anyway.
Its a question of whether its morally bad to build there. Polls show that 2/3 of American believe it is in bad taste to build there considering the history around that area.
Its a question of whether its morally bad to build there. Polls show that 2/3 of American believe it is in bad taste to build there considering the history around that area.
But WHY? Why is it bad? Thats what I dont get, why do they find it bad?
I'm gonna say one more thing. A non catholic can go to catholic school, so why shouldn't non Muslims be able to enjoy this community center?
You're the one who told me opinions don't matter.
I said opinionated blogs. Opinion polls are more neutral in their stance as it is a variety of people expressing their opinions. A blog is 1 person stating how they see things.
Your very right about your school comment. But a non-christian can choose to not participate in the religious going-ons of that Christian school. Due to Sharia Law and the Figh, basicly the "Laws of Islam". It states that if you do not follow, you are not one of us.
I said opinionated blogs. Opinion polls are more neutral in their stance as it is a variety of people expressing their opinions. A blog is 1 person stating how they see things.
Your very right about your school comment. But a non-christian can choose to not participate in the religious going-ons of that Christian school. Due to Sharia Law and the Figh, basicly the "Laws of Islam". It states that if you do not follow, you are not one of us.
I even asked this question. wolfram obviously has nothing bad to say about this building, rather than it being associated with the Islamic culture, which is obviously not bad at all.
The minds of modern society should be far more open though, since the knowledge of people now is grater than the knowledge of people when other religious or ethnic groups were being stereotyped.
• In colonial America, Protestant men burned witches at the stake, hanged Quakers on the gallows, destroyed indigenous surrounding cultures, and supported the heinous slave trade bringing Africans to North America.
• In the early national period and through the antebellum era, white Protestant males continued the wanton devastation of Native American tribes as the American territories expanded; inflicted horrible suffering on slaves by tearing families apart, raping innocent women, and killing blacks as if they were not human beings; murdered Joseph Smith and harassed early Mormon followers; and discriminated against Catholics in both subtle and overtly hostile acts of violence.
• In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, men associated with Protestant churches espoused awful anti-Semitic views that led to the lynching of Leo Frank and a host of discriminatory practices against Jews, harassed freed blacks and others by wearing white hoods and engaging in despicable, cowardly, and murderous acts, and enacted numerous policies that forced Native peoples to convert to Christianity.
• From the early decades of the twentieth century on through to the end of the twentieth century, white Protestants made sure that Japanese Americans were placed in internment camps on the West coast, joined a variety of Christian militia movements spread across rural America that promoted violence against the federal government, and participated in a range of hate crimes against blacks, gays, and others deemed to be enemies worthy of discrimination and brutality.
What it represents to the American's that lost their lives there. Don't bring up that Muslims died on 9/11 too. I am talking about Americans. Everyone one of them. Blacks, Asians, Hispanic, Muslims, Whites, etc. we all suffered a loss there. Not just the victims, but everyone all over the United States. We all lost something during that day. Its a question of morals. Physically they can be there, but the question being argued is, should they be there?