In recent news we have heard quite a bit about the plans and protests surrounding the building of a mosque/Islamic cultural center/Córdoba/rabat near ground zero. The NY Post's recent article places forth some discussion that this building has more sinister purposes than a Islamic gathering place. I found some interesting discussion about the NY Post article at WDTPRS.
We have also heard of the on again off again decision to burn Qurans in protest of the plans to build the Muslim building.... not to mention the protests against the Quran burning.
Remember to pray for the souls who died today 9 years ago.
Other links of interest:
1) The elephant in the mosque
2) Journalistic Malpractice: Time Magazine’s Bobby Ghosh and CNN’s Ali Velshi on “Cordovan Ecumenism” in Muslim Spain
3) Pastor's Page - Fr. George Welzbacher - August 29, 2010
4) Questions raised by Nostra aetate about the Christian God and Muslim Allah
5) To remember or forget?
6) How are they down, how have they fallen down
2 comments:
It is always a pleasure to hear someone bring us out of the quagmire of controversy and remind us of why this date is so important for Americans.
On the second section of your post regarding the mosque at ground zero... In one of the articles it mentions that the proposed spot is only 600 ft away from the former WTC's. I couldn't believe this, so I looked it up on google maps: Low and behold, it is only 552 Ft from the previous site of the Towers (164 ft on
Park Pl, 528 on W Broadway... the 552 comes from the hypotenuse of the right triangle, which has its opposite and adjacent sides formed by the two streets mentioned). It is interesting that many people do not realize how close it really is... I remember hearing from some people that it is actually 15 blocks away... obviously a gross overestimation. I wonder where it came from?
Wikipedia has a very interesting article on this, which speaks of the many controversies surrounding the so named Park51 plaza. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park51
Especially interesting in the Wiki article is the funding controversy. Imam Rauf stated that the $100 million needed for the project would come directly from American Muslims
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/money_behind_the_mosque_SZDcDNLjX4SwxHmwtES5mK
(why only Muslims if it is an "interfaith" community center???), but then told a London based Arabic newspaper (Asharq Al-Awsat) that he would seek funding from Arab and Muslim nations...
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/landmark_vote_on_ground_zero_mosque_7iWKADGQO0hZKHkpSdxYWN
Why the lies? Why the secrecy?? It is almost as if Rauf is hiding something...
Inane: Great points and links... I will spend some time reading through them.
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