How does everyone feel about the Mosque for Muslims being built yards away from Ground Zero?

I live near Shanksville, PA, site of the Flight 93 crash. The original memorial for this site was to be called "The Crescent of Peace." It was to feature a crescent-shaped walkway around the crash site, and would contain the names of the 40 people who lost their lives in Shanksville that day. The names of the terrorists would not be included on the memorial, but still ... "The Crescent of Peace?"

The Crescent is a symbol of Islam, and there was nothing peaceful about the events of that day. The community went into an uproar, and I don't blame them. Eventually, the memorial's name was changed, but it now includes crescent-shaped groves of trees which surround the site, with 40 trees in each grove. It seems that a memorial cannot be imagined that doesn't in some way include a nod to Islam, and because of this, I just refuse to visit that site. Call me prejudiced, but I lost 2 friends to to the religion of peace, and cannot visit a memorial which celebrates this lunacy no matter how subtle this nod to Islam may be.

My opinion on the mosque at Ground Zero is this: It is a vulgar display. Religious freedoms aside, the caterwalling and chanting that comes from this mosque will be heard by those who are near the site of the former World Trade Center. Every day, the call to prayer and praise for Allah will ring out as a shout of victory, and a reminder of the tragedy that took place.

Intellectually there is nothing wrong with it. They have a right to build whatever they want to on a place that they legally buy or rent. On an emotional level, this is an outrage and a slap in the face to all of the families of the victims of 9/11. I won't even pretend to speak for them, but I can just imagine what they are feeling.

ok, i'm uncertain with regard to the Christian radicals, yet i will provide you the earnings of the doubt. yet surprisingly plenty another terrorist attack in recent history includes radical Muslims. If it rather is for tolerance, it does no longer be at teh closes website a threat to floor 0. It does no longer be set to open on 9/11/11

If, as they claim, Mr. and Mrs. Khan are committed to “building bridges between Muslims and Americans,” then let them axe their plans for a mosque at Ground Zero. Anything less means that they want to rub New Yorkers’ faces in the ashes of their murdered loved ones. And, have a formal place for Muslims to pray and gloat in, and gloat and pray in — fives times a day, every day. That amounts to a terror attack in slow motion!

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It's insensitive and more than just a little bit insulting, but in the ned this is a free country, and if they had the money to buy the property they can build whatever they want no matter how unpopular.

The people responsible for ground zero(Assuming you don't believe the conspiracy theories about Bush) were extremists, so therefore do not represent the whole islamic religion. Consequently it does not matter if there is a Mosque near ground Zero aslong as Bin Laden is not allowed in it.

It's a slap in the face to all non-muslim Americans. Sure, they have the freedom to do that. But they are clearly intending to provoke an emotional response. I guess they succeeded, because I'm ticked off about it.

I think it should have a sloping slippery floor that leads to a giant garbage disposal. I also think that all Muslims should make the trip to visit this mosque.

"yards away"? That's a nice spin on something that's two city blocks away, but I guess that were it built in Los Angeles we could also give its distance in "yards away".

Muslims weren't responsible for 9/11. Terrorists were. Banning this based on faith would be like banning catholics because of the IRA. Or banning germans because of the holocaust! You cannot blame entire faiths/cultures because of isolated events.