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1. They have over 100 mosques in NYC already.
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What relevance does that have?
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2. It would be located in too close proximity to Ground Zero and it offends the sensibilities of 52% of NYC residents as per recent polling. 31% are in favor and that would be the more liberal Manhattan residents -1, 629,054 pop.
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So we should stymie religious freedom if a slight majority wants to? I'll remember that when the "War on Christmas" starts again, lol.
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3. As Newt Gingrich has pointed out - "There should be no mosque near Ground Zero in New York so long as there are no churches or synagogues in Saudi Arabia. The time for double standards that allow Islamists to behave aggressively toward us while they demand our weakness and submission is over." http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/...-mosque/60244/
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I don't understand this line of reasoning. Because another country does not allow as much freedom of religion as we do, we should follow that countries lead? Do you know how ridiculous that sounds?
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4. If claiming to want relationship building and healing - why build in an area that offends the sensibilities of the majority and why spend $100 million to do the offending?
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Well, they are probably spending $100 million, because, I don't know, it might cost that much to build a cultural center in downtown New York? Moderate Muslims did not bring down the towers, they are hurting along with their fellow Americans. I can see why they would want a center to congregate and build bridges close to the site of the attack.
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5. Where is the funding coming from? Rauf says not from foreign sources, but he tells a London newspaper a different story - "And Rauf is rather vague about where the estimated $100 million is coming from to build this 13-story tower. The imam said the money would be raised here. But he told a London newspaper that Muslim nations would also fund this project." http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local...-99967009.html
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They have already said that they are going to weed out contributions very closely, as to not allow anyone on the government's watch list to contribute, and not accept support from persons with anti-American views or agendas:
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/...bref=obnetwork
I believe Mayor Bloomberg said it best:
"People say, well, you know, 'Do they have the money? Can they raise the money? Where does it come from?' " the mayor said Friday on his WOR-AM radio show with John Gambling.
"I don't know, and government shouldn't -- do you really want every time they pass the basket in your church and you throw a buck in, they run over and say, 'Okay, now, you know, where do you come from? Who are your parents? Where'd you get this money?'
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/...omes_from.html
They obviously realized the name would draw even more controversy, and decided to change it to something less inflammatory. Good idea on their part.
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