Having a mosque built where almost 3000 people lost their lives to Muslim extremists?! Back in the 7th & 8th centuries, one of the first things Muslim Caliphs did was to build a mosque over any land they had conquered, which was basically to say, "We own you."
I do'nt know about the rest of you, but I seriously think this an insult to the people who were killed, their families, and the men and women risking their lives to defend this nation from terrorists.
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Having a mosque built where almost 3000 people lost their lives to Muslim extremists?! Back in the 7th & 8th centuries, one of the first things Muslim Caliphs did was to build a mosque over any land they had conquered, which was basically to say, "We own you."
I do'nt know about the rest of you, but I seriously think this an insult to the people who were killed, their families, and the men and women risking their lives to defend this nation from terrorists.
I have heard of this and it is very sick. I am with you being against them.
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It's name, the Cordoba House bears an eerie reference to the Mosque of Cordoba which was built over a church when the Muslims conquered Spain. Considering that the US is a democracy, shouldn't the people be surveyed about their opinion? Perhaps a vote of all the people in the city should be conducted, to see if they want it.
Telstra Robs wrote:It's name, the Cordoba House bears an eerie reference to the Mosque of Cordoba which was built over a church when the Muslims conquered Spain. Considering that the US is a democracy, shouldn't the people be surveyed about their opinion? Perhaps a vote of all the people in the city should be conducted, to see if they want it.
There has been various surveys done , and the most favorable one had 71% of people say that that it should NOT be be built.
Acts 17:24-25 (NIV)
"The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands. [25] And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else."
Telstra Robs wrote:It's name, the Cordoba House bears an eerie reference to the Mosque of Cordoba which was built over a church when the Muslims conquered Spain. Considering that the US is a democracy, shouldn't the people be surveyed about their opinion? Perhaps a vote of all the people in the city should be conducted, to see if they want it.
There has been various surveys done , and the most favorable one had 71% of people say that that it should NOT be be built.
Agreed.. It should not be built..
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I don't support this either, (and much less obummer's support) but I read an article yesterday, I'll try and find it (but I couldn't for the moment) that there is an existing mosque within 6 blocks or so now?! heh. Almost makes this argument silly...ALMOST.
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I don't support this either, (and much less obummer's support) but I read an article yesterday, I'll try and find it (but I couldn't for the moment) that there is an existing mosque within 6 blocks or so now?! heh. Almost makes this argument silly...ALMOST.
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Bav, I wonder if the mosque you are mentioning, pre-dates the 9-11 attacks. I think some people view this as "Holy Ground" or, the same as building a mosque in a cemetery. JMO
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I don't support this either, (and much less obummer's support) but I read an article yesterday, I'll try and find it (but I couldn't for the moment) that there is an existing mosque within 6 blocks or so now?! heh. Almost makes this argument silly...ALMOST.
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Bav, I wonder if the mosque you are mentioning, pre-dates the 9-11 attacks. I think some people view this as "Holy Ground" or, the same as building a mosque in a cemetery. JMO
Yes, I'm pretty sure the point of the article was that one had existed there already prior to 9/11.
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I think it is pretty bad taste for them to build it. Even though it was an extreme sect of Muslims who were responsible for the WTC attacks and not Muslims in general, it seems like it would be much more respectful for them to recognize that a lot of Americans would be very offended by the gesture and refrain from building it.
HOWEVER I recognize that constitutionally, they should have a right to build it and no one should prohibit them from doing so.
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.htmlHaving a mosque built where almost 3000 people lost their lives to Muslim extremists?! Back in the 7th & 8th centuries, one of the first things Muslim Caliphs did was to build a mosque over any land they had conquered, which was basically to say, "We own you."
I do'nt know about the rest of you, but I seriously think this an insult to the people who were killed, their families, and the men and women risking their lives to defend this nation from terrorists.
Having a so-called American President to say they have a right to build a mosque at ground zero smacks of mockery.
I would rather O'bama go to a muslim country and try to build a Christian Church!!
Dogmatism is the comfortable intellectual framework of self-righteousness. Self-righteousness is more decadent than the worst sexual sin. ~ Dan Allender
OK. I have no problem with you having that opinion. I might point out however that Lincoln, considered by many the greatest president ever doesn't meet your criteria.
Dogmatism is the comfortable intellectual framework of self-righteousness. Self-righteousness is more decadent than the worst sexual sin. ~ Dan Allender
Having a mosque built where almost 3000 people lost their lives to Muslim extremists?! Back in the 7th & 8th centuries, one of the first things Muslim Caliphs did was to build a mosque over any land they had conquered, which was basically to say, "We own you."
I do'nt know about the rest of you, but I seriously think this an insult to the people who were killed, their families, and the men and women risking their lives to defend this nation from terrorists.
This mosque should not be built anywhere near ground zero. President Obama should have stayed out of it.
Let them build it in Saudi Arabic where most of the hijackers came from.
Canuckster1127 wrote:OK. I have no problem with you having that opinion. I might point out however that Lincoln, considered by many the greatest president ever doesn't meet your criteria.
Thanks for reminding of that, and you are quite right.
It isn't set in stone for me (criteria) and to be honest the one president I really liked was Ronald Reagan.
The others I have voted for (governers) have fallen short.
