"Ground Zero" Mosque. Should they or shouldn't they?
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Still, now you mock the person who sent you it after you posted it yourself? Make your mind up.
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Where did I say that I personally find this amusing?
As for mocking someone here....certainly not a UK based friend.
But just in case Alan...do you know any purveyors of mock repellent?
As for mocking someone here....certainly not a UK based friend.
But just in case Alan...do you know any purveyors of mock repellent?
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OK as you not the laughter Police and to satisfy your curiosity.
Let's just say I chose to post as it was topical, thus exercising a little of our hard won freedom of expression...a mere human rights thing after all.
As I said, I never mentioned what my position was/is - whether I was rolling on the floor laughing or otherwise.
Truth be told, I expected the sanctimonious to jump all over it. What you took from it is up to you, or as Yoda said to Luke (movie quotes and all that):
“Luke: What's in there?
Yoda: Only what you take with you.”
Nuff said, right?
PS..not a star wars or trekky fan am I....
Let's just say I chose to post as it was topical, thus exercising a little of our hard won freedom of expression...a mere human rights thing after all.
As I said, I never mentioned what my position was/is - whether I was rolling on the floor laughing or otherwise.
Truth be told, I expected the sanctimonious to jump all over it. What you took from it is up to you, or as Yoda said to Luke (movie quotes and all that):
“Luke: What's in there?
Yoda: Only what you take with you.”
Nuff said, right?
PS..not a star wars or trekky fan am I....
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What says that all those people who died at Ground Zero were all Cristian? What about the catholics, the jews, the buddhists and so on? I don't think building a church/mosque/tempel is the right thing to do regardless of religion. Instead put up little areas of remembrance/prayers for various religions.
Or none at all.
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This is not directed at el_richo in particular.
What says that all those people who died at Ground Zero were all Cristian? What about the catholics, the jews, the buddhists and so on? I don't think building a church/mosque/tempel is the right thing to do regardless of religion. Instead put up little areas of remembrance/prayers for various religions.
Or none at all.
What says that all those people who died at Ground Zero were all Cristian? What about the catholics, the jews, the buddhists and so on? I don't think building a church/mosque/tempel is the right thing to do regardless of religion. Instead put up little areas of remembrance/prayers for various religions.
Or none at all.
And, as is often the case the perpetrators killed their fellow Muslims; here is a list with an opening narrative that I do agree with:
"American Muslims bear no collective guilt or blame for the crime of 9/11. We have nothing to apologize for and everything to be proud of, including our loyalty and hard-earned livelihoods. We are not guest citizens, we are not second-rate citizens; we reject marginalization and require no validation. We are equal citizens living and worshipping in our country. (Ahmed Rehab, Huffington Post)
1. Samad Afridi
2. Ashraf Ahmad
3. Shabbir Ahmad (45 years old; Windows on the World; leaves wife and 3 children)
4. Umar Ahmad
5. Azam Ahsan
6. Ahmed Ali
7. Tariq Amanullah (40 years old; Fiduciary Trust Co.; ICNA website team member; leaves wife and 2 children)
8. Touri Bolourchi (69 years old; United Airlines #175; a retired nurse from Tehran)
9. Salauddin Ahmad Chaudhury
10. Abdul K. Chowdhury (30 years old; Cantor Fitzgerald)
11. Mohammad S. Chowdhury (39 years old; Windows on the World; leaves wife and child born 2 days after the attack)
12. Jamal Legesse Desantis
13. Ramzi Attallah Douani (35 years old; Marsh & McLennan)
14. SaleemUllah Farooqi
15. Syed Fatha (54 years old; Pitney Bowes)
16. Osman Gani
17. Mohammad Hamdani (50 years old)
18. Salman Hamdani (NYPD Cadet)
19. Aisha Harris (21 years old; General Telecom)
20. Shakila Hoque (Marsh & McLennan)
21. Nabid Hossain
22. Shahzad Hussain
23. Talat Hussain
24. Mohammad Shah Jahan (Marsh & McLennan)
25. Yasmeen Jamal
26. Mohammed Jawarta (MAS security)
27. Arslan Khan Khakwani
28. Asim Khan
29. Ataullah Khan
30. Ayub Khan
31. Qasim Ali Khan
32. Sarah Khan (32 years old; Cantor Fitzgerald)
33. Taimour Khan (29 years old; Karr Futures)
34. Yasmeen Khan
35. Zahida Khan
36. Badruddin Lakhani
37. Omar Malick
38. Nurul Hoque Miah (36 years old)
39. Mubarak Mohammad (23 years old)
40. Boyie Mohammed (Carr Futures)
41. Raza Mujtaba
42. Omar Namoos
43. Mujeb Qazi
44. Tarranum Rahim
45. Ehtesham U. Raja (28 years old)
46. Ameenia Rasool (33 years old)
47. Naveed Rehman
48. Yusuf Saad
49 and 50. Rahma Salie & unborn child (28 years old; American Airlines #11; wife of Michael Theodoridis; 7 months pregnant)
51. Shoman Samad
52. Asad Samir
53. Khalid Shahid (25 years old; Cantor Fitzgerald; engaged to be married in November)
54. Mohammed Shajahan (44 years old; Marsh & McLennan)
55. Naseema Simjee (Franklin Resources Inc.’s Fiduciary Trust)
56. Jamil Swaati
57. Sanober Syed
58. Michael Theodoridis (32 years old; American Airlines #11; husband of Rahma Salie)
59. W. Wahid."
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/wasim/2...ictims-of-911/
I also agree with YYZ lover on what sort of religious structure should be considered if any is actually constructed.
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