Mosque at 9/11 site - Must be stopped - video

Mosque at 9/11 site - Must be stopped
NationNewsAgency — May 12, 2010 — A proposal to build a mosque steps from Ground Zero received the support of a downtown committee despite some loved ones of 9/11 victims finding it offensive.

The 13-story mosque and Islamic cultural center was unanimously endorsed by the 12-member Community Board 1′s financial district committee.

The $100 million project, called the Cordoba House, is proposed for the old Burlington Coat Factory building at Park Place and Broadway, just two blocks from the World Trade Center site.

I think it will be a wonderful asset to the community, said committee Chairman Ro Sheffe.

Imam Feisel Abdul Rauf, who helped found the Cordoba Initiative following the 9/11 attacks, said the project is intended to foster better relations between the West and Muslims.

He said the glass-and-steel building would include a 500-seat performing arts venue, a swimming pool and a basketball court. Theres nothing like it, said Rauf, adding that facilities will be open to all New Yorkers.

Daisy Khan, executive director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement and a member of the Cordoba Initiatives board, said donations are being sought to pay for the construction.

Khan said the project has received little opposition.

Whatever concerns anybody has, we have to make sure to educate them that we are an asset to the community, Khan said.

Khan said her group hopes construction on the project will begin by the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

Once built, 1,000 to 2,000 Muslims are expected to pray at the mosque every Friday, she said.

No one at last nights meeting protested the project. But some 9/11 families said they found the proposal offensive because the terrorists who launched the attacks were Muslim.

I realize its not all of them, but I dont want to have to go down to a memorial where my son died on 9/11 and look at a mosque, said retired FDNY Deputy Chief Jim Riches whose son Jim, a firefighter, was killed on 9/11.

If you ask me, its a religion of hate, said Riches, who did not attend last nights meeting.

Rosemary Cain of Massapequa, L.I., whose son, Firefighter George Cain, 35, was killed in the 2001 attacks, called the project a slap in the face.

I think its despicable. Thats sacred ground, said Cain, who also did not attend the meeting.

How could anybody give them permission to build a mosque there? It tarnishes the area.

My Note:


Have we Americans sunk so low that we have lost our spirit? Lost our will to fight for America? Will we allow those who attacked us on 9/11 now build a mosque on Ground Zero as a tribute to the Islamic hatred towards all non-Muslims?  For those who cannot attend the Rally on Sunday, June 6th, please pray for our country, specifically at Noon when the Rally begins.


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