Mosque Near Ground Zero

Aren't you just thrilled that a mosque will be going up in a building damaged on 9/11? How is that for irony and a slap in the face?

Mosque going up in NYC building damaged on 9/11


By CRISTIAN SALAZAR, Associated Press Writer – 2 hrs 54 mins ago

NEW YORK – In a building damaged by debris from the Sept. 11 airliners that brought down the World Trade Center and soon to become a 13-story mosque, some see the bridging of a cultural divide and an opportunity to serve a burgeoning, peaceful religious population. Others see a painful reminder of the religious extremism that killed their loved ones.

Two Muslim organizations have partnered to open the mosque and cultural center in lower Manhattan, saying the $100 million project will create a venue for mainstream Islam and a counterbalance to radicalism. It earned a key endorsement this week from influential community leaders.

But some 9/11 victims' families said they were angered that it would be built so close to where their relatives died.

"I don't like it," said Evelyn Pettigano, who lost a sister in the attacks, during a phone interview on Thursday. "I'm not prejudiced. ... It's too close to the area where our family members were murdered."

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All Americans should be offended by this. There should be demonstrations. The EDL in Britain defied the political establishment and was successful in preventing a giant mosque with a 60 ft. minaret from being built in Dudley, at least for the time being. There's no reason we can't put a stop to this abomination.