The Anti-Defamation League has announced its opposition to the building of an Islamic community center (or mosque, as CNN and others put it) in Manhattan, near ground zero. It accepts that the builders have every right to do so, but believes that they should not because its presence there will cause offense and pain.
Proponents of the Islamic Center may have every right to build at this site, and may even have chosen the site to send a positive message about Islam. The bigotry some have expressed in attacking them is unfair, and wrong. But ultimately this is not a question of rights, but a question of what is right. In our judgment, building an Islamic Center in the shadow of the World Trade Center will cause some victims more pain --unnecessarily -- and that is not right.
Perhaps the Anti-Defamation League could produce some helpful maps to delineate the areas in our cities where Muslims may live, work and pray without causing more pain.
The original statement was linked to here by others, but it's not currently available. Via CNN.
Source: boingboing
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Where should Muslims be allowed to build mosques? Nowhere. When Chrisitans and Jews can build in all Muslim cities, then you can build here. The Cordoba House is a reminder of the way Muslim conquered Spain and tried to force their repugnant beliefs on all of Europe until the Crusades stopped it. It’s time for another Crusades to do the same before you ruin all of Europe. Get the hell out of America before we drive you out. You destroy every country you invade.
Bigots like you are the warmongers who will keep this world in flames of war and hate.
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