Living in America, we have the right to practice and worship under any religion. The fact that building a mosque in the area near Ground Zero is an issue is weird to me. By saying it is wrong for Muslims to worship near Ground Zero, we are associating all Muslim people with a terrorist organization. The same terrorist organization, that has actually killed many more Muslims than it has Americans. Also, use googlemaps to look at the Ground Zero area, and if you search for "Mosques" you'll find that there is already a Mosque 5 minutes away (that has been there for years). It is also important to remember that there were many Muslims who died in the towers on 9/11. I don't think its fair to punish peaceful worshiping Muslims for something that a group of bad people did in "the name of Islam."
... yeah That is just my personal opinion. Also, Fox is known for being a very very biased "news" program, there might be better sources for this topic.
Definitely an interesting thing to post! I wonder what other people in our class think?
Living in America, we have the right to practice and worship under any religion. The fact that building a mosque in the area near Ground Zero is an issue is weird to me. By saying it is wrong for Muslims to worship near Ground Zero, we are associating all Muslim people with a terrorist organization. The same terrorist organization, that has actually killed many more Muslims than it has Americans. Also, use googlemaps to look at the Ground Zero area, and if you search for "Mosques" you'll find that there is already a Mosque 5 minutes away (that has been there for years). It is also important to remember that there were many Muslims who died in the towers on 9/11. I don't think its fair to punish peaceful worshiping Muslims for something that a group of bad people did in "the name of Islam."
ReplyDelete... yeah That is just my personal opinion. Also, Fox is known for being a very very biased "news" program, there might be better sources for this topic.
Definitely an interesting thing to post! I wonder what other people in our class think?