'Ground Zero mosque' opens quietly

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donsnow said:
The authorities got the 9/11 Memorial built. The authorities let the Muslim Community Center be built. Maybe the authorities discriminate against Christians, or against Greek churches…
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The Muslim community center has nothing to do with 9/11, and is two blocks away from Ground Zero. The community center bought the building with their own money. It was a normal construction project.

The Greek Orthodox church is either to be located at Ground Zero, or one block away… if the NY Port Authority is willing to trade land. This is not a normal construction project because it involves either the Ground Zero site or involves a dispute about the relative value of the land which the church wants to swap for.

I suspect that if the church had simply bought a property two blocks away, as the Muslims did, and then requested to build there, they too would have been open by now. The reasons the church is not open is in part due to the special nature of the 9/11 memorial and the planning behind it. And in part it is due to haggling over a land swap.

I don’t think there is any evidence of anti-Christian discrimination.
 
Dale_M said:
The Muslim community center has nothing to do with 9/11, and is two blocks away from Ground Zero. The community center bought the building with their own money. It was a normal construction project.

The Greek Orthodox church is either to be located at Ground Zero, or one block away… if the NY Port Authority is willing to trade land. This is not a normal construction project because it involves either the Ground Zero site or involves a dispute about the relative value of the land which the church wants to swap for.

I suspect that if the church had simply bought a property two blocks away, as the Muslims did, and then requested to build there, they too would have been open by now. The reasons the church is not open is in part due to the special nature of the 9/11 memorial and the planning behind it. And in part it is due to haggling over a land swap.

I don’t think there is any evidence of anti-Christian discrimination.
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Good afternoon, Dale,

Thank you for those details. Now the delay makes sense.

God loves you,
Don
 
One of my daily Rosary intentions is for the conversion of the Muslims to the Catholic Faith.
Well, now I can add an intention for the conversion to the Catholic Faith of the Muslims …
who attend the Ground Zero mosque.

Our Lady of Fatima,
pray for us.
 
So now there’s a Muslim community center near the site of the twin towers.

And what’s at the site of the towers? A memorial–after ten years.

It took just 410 days to build the Empire State building back in 1930.

The best memorial for the twin towers would have been to rebuild them, one story higher than before…
 
JimG said:
So now there’s a Muslim community center near the site of the twin towers.

And what’s at the site of the towers? A memorial–after ten years.

It took just 410 days to build the Empire State building back in 1930.

The best memorial for the twin towers would have been to rebuild them, one story higher than before…
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5 people died building the Empire State building, things always get done faster when you are less concerned with safety.

Are you unaware that the new construction at ground zero is well underway?
blogs.wsj.com/developments/2011/09/09/six-questions-on-rebuilding-the-world-trade-center/
 
Charlotte408 said:
It’s a shame, is what it is. A darn shame. ‘Cordoba’ house :nope:

Shame on them.
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To every Hispanic who knows his heritage, Cordoba is a sign of a submissive Spain and a reminder of how every Spaniard was under the heel of a moor. Cordoba reminds me of how my ancestors unified and freed Spain, and naming this house “Cordoba” makes me despair on how the faith is losing in Spain while Islam is growing. It makes me angry because it is almost a subliminal mockery towards all of Europe by reminding us that they once held our land, and they could do it again. :mad:
 
Not_Sure said:
To every Hispanic who knows his heritage, Cordoba is a sign of a submissive Spain and a reminder of how every Spaniard was under the heel of a moor. Cordoba reminds me of how my ancestors unified and freed Spain, and naming this house “Cordoba” makes me despair on how the faith is losing in Spain while Islam is growing. It makes me angry because it is almost a subliminal mockery towards all of Europe by reminding us that they once held our land, and they could do it again. :mad:
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A Muslim community center calls itself Cordoba House and you are driven to despair for the faith and you are angry because they are subliminally mocking “all of Europe?” Perhaps you are letting your emotions run away with your common sense. A Muslim community center in New York called Cordoba House is neither a challenge to the Christian faith nor a mockery of “all of Europe.” It’s just a center where people can gather and meet one another and share their common faith. That’s all it is.
 
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