My closing comment is that earthquakes and Tsunami are an act of God a terrorist attack is far from that and can't be considered in the same sentence.

Thank you for this post I'm in agreement completely with your thoughts on the matter. The Hitler tribute comment would be in the same league of disrespect.

Terrorists often believe their actions are sanctioned by their God. It's all religion's fault lol.

Ahh, the delicious irony of Americans complaining about insensitivity.

Americans???? I think you'll find that I2C is an Irish lass in Canada.

I know that Muslims in general are peace loving people and I do not blame the majority for the minority of extreme terrorists.

I still do not agree with them building a Mosque near the Ground Zero site, it is just wrong!

It would be like building a Hitler memorial close to Auschwitz!!!
It's just thoughtless, cruel and pure insanity!

My opinion only, of course.

Sorry, never realised someone had already made this comment. Great minds think alike

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. 'Nuff said.

Yes would be nice to see a mosque built on ground zero one of those big ones like the ones in the middle east one that will call all to pray 4 times daily yes this would make america proud and show it to be more tolerent than the rest perhaps they could include a school for the faithful next door after all if we are going to be global may as well go the whole hog now because oneday it will happen like a black president and oneday a muslim president maybe a woman president although the last contenders ie H.Clinton & that alaskan woman well

Like many people, you appear to conflate "terrorist" with "Muslim" - building a temple to terrorism near ground zero would be the equivalent of building a Hitler (or fascism in general) memorial close to Auschwitz, building a Mosque is just building a Mosque - the vast majority of the 1.8 billion Muslims are not terrorists, just as the vast majority of the Irish weren't IRA.

If the terrorists manage to create a backlash against all Muslims, then they have indeed succeeded.

Of course it's going to be full of terrorists. The thing to do is to let them build it and then nuke the entire site from orbit.

It's the only way to be sure.

^^^ +1

Yeah, wrong women, children and men at the wrong place at the wrong time. - just as those innocent Afghani and Iraqi civilians who happened to be at the wrong place during invasion

If it was all as meets the eye then surely freedom of religion is a central tennet of the american consititution, a founding principal of the country, so yes, they should be allowed to build a mosque wherever they wish. Too many people look at a muslim and see a terrorist.

But there are a few unanswered questions:

It appears much of the funding for this is from "overseas". If the local muslim population wished to build a mosque, then let them fund it. Saudi funding smacks of political interfence to me

Given that the plot was purchased 3 years ago, why has there been no attempt from those leading this project to reach out to the local population, whose concerns are entirely foreseeable under the circumstances?

One has to question the motives of building another mosque where there appears to be no need based on the fact that there are many half empty mosques around.

I do think the whole situation would be helped immensely if the vast majority of peacefull god fearing moderate muslims would make themselves far more vocal in opposing the extremist elements who are stealing and corrupting their religion into something is never was. The problem I think is that the huge majority of moderate muslims dont seem to be getting the message across that groups like Al Quida and the Talliban are not representative at all of what Islam is really all about, they really need to make it clear how much they oppose those views.

You're right, and i agree.

However, i think a Christian Church should be built on these sites of mass death to show the tolerance of all religions and nationalities, and as a way of an apology