Originally Posted by
XOXOlove
Not only Christains aren't allowed in Mecca, a lot of Muslims aren't either. Either way, America is supposed to be a symbol of freedom of religion. We are a melting pot nation that doesn't exclude others and we should know better than not to exclude other religions from our community. Also, not all Muslims are unexepting of others- especially American Muslims. You are making generalizations of the whole religion by saying that Islam is unexcepting of others. The mosque my family belongs to allows anyone to come in- Christians, Jews, Hindus etc- and they even hold peace conferences. Obviously they want to be a part of the community and except the majority of the nation especially if they are raising American-born children.
Also, just because the 9/11 attacks were committed by Islamists doesn't mean that the Muslims building the mosque are extremists. The trade center attacks were done by fundamentalist Muslims, not by Muslims who are trying to be part of a community.
If a Christain group had bombed the World Trade Center and if some other group of Christians wanted to build a church near there, no one would stop them because everyone would know that not all Christains are terriorists because they make up a large part of the world. The same should go for Muslims; Islam is the 2nd biggest world religion and there are mosques in every state in America. Plus there are probably more mosques in NY than in any other state. It shouldn't make too much of a difference if there's one down the street from ground zero.
