The Proposed NYC Mosque
August 23rd, 2010 by Michael BowlerI don’t want to get into politics here most of the time, especially with so few posts on this blog right now as I am continuing to plan to build on it, but this one just begs to be talked about. Has everyone heard about the Muslim mosque that is proposed to be put a block away from the World Trade Center site, AKA Ground Zero? If not, and you are just climbing out from under your rock, let me explain it to you. There is a proposal to build a Muslim mosque, widely discussed as an “Islamic Center”, in New York City a block away from the former World Trade Center site where the 9/11 attacks occured.
As we all know, the World Trade Center site is one of the most patriotic sites in America. In the early morning hours of September 11, 2001, a total of four domestic, commercial airlines were hijacked and flown in a suicide mission by Islamic terrorists into the two World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania. The plane that went down in Pennsylvania was spared from further terror due to the heroic acts of some Americans who did not want it to hit another national landmark, and its originally planned trajectory is still unknown to this date. The tragedy that happened there is the subject of hundreds of songs, several movies, the ongoing patriotism of millions of Americans, and the event that changed every American’s life forever, especially those who lost loved ones or their own lives in the attack.
Due to Muslim extremist influences in the attacks on September 11, 2001, the proposed mosque has gotten a lot of opposition, from Americans and politicians alike, and upon first glance, rightly so. (No, I am NOT taking a pro-mosque stance here, so you can all go ahead and relax.) First, remember that thousands of Islamic believers have come out in opposition of such terror acts. Conversely, it is true that a good portion of Muslims actually support terrorist acts, and the Qu’ran actually discusses death to the infidels. It is truthfully unclear where the fundamentals of the Islamic religion actually stand on acts of terrorism, such as the 9/11 attacks, and large amounts of believers stand on both sides of the issues. It is clear, though, that there is no transparency has to what countries or what factions of the religion will actually be supporting the mosque. Will it constantly be a place where they worship the terror their brothers inflicted on us there, or will it be a place they legitimately plan to worship? We do not know.
Now remember what America stands for. America stands for many freedoms, and in the first ten bills of the Constitution, called the Bill of Rights, we are given the freedom of religion. We have the freedom to worship whichever god we choose, or not to worship at all. It’s that simple. To tell followers of Islam that this mosque cannot be built there is to tell them that they do not have the freedom to worship in America. However, to let them build it there tells the victims of 9/11, the families of the men and women who lost their lives that morning, and the American people that we have forgotten, less than ten years after the tragedy, what it was like to watch our country under attack, our people blown to pieces, and our buildings turned to dust and rubble. (As you can likely tell, I have not forgotten, and I will never forget.)
There is only one logical answer to this problem that I can come up with. Instead of allowing them to build the mosque there, as it is irresponsible and wrong to allow them to do, and it is also irresponsible and wrong for them to want to do, instead we propose a different location. Find them a place in New York where they can build their mosque that does not interfere with the memory of what happened there nearly nine years ago and appeases both sides. Take the original property from them, and give them the replacement property in its place. They will be a little upset, but it is better than taking the property from them illegitimately, and most Americans will be reasonable about the situation and live with the result.
However, for vehemently supporting the building of the mosque in the location it is in with no true regard for the feelings of millions of Americans who are angered and saddened, President Obama has lost a lot of my respect, and will absolutely not have my support for reelection in 2012. I not only think it will be an election debate topic and may help to choose some Congressional elections this fall, I also believe it will come back to bite the President, especially if the mosque is built there. I think the 2008 allegations of his supposed Muslim roots and allegiance will come back at him very harshly and will affect his reelection. Whether he has Muslim roots and allegiance or not, he has handled this situation very poorly, as he has handled almost every decision that has crossed his desk or teleprompter, and I think we will remember this come election time.
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