This entire debate has been much more about symbolism than function, and the US was fucked either way from the beginning.
like a 100 million dollar victory mosque wouldn't be just as good a recruiting tool. anything can be spun into good propaganda, and weak-minded lunatics will never be in short supply. the most disturbing thing about that article is that an american publication had a friendly chat with a terrorist. hate the fucking media.
I actually used to kind of like that guy. He doesn't just go after Islam, it's religion in general. For whatever reason he's started leaning more towards strictly bashing Islam.
For conservapedia, that article is actually respectable, if only because they actually say, "The backers of the Park51 mosque have no connection with al-Qaeda terrorists."
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlgyw01ZQew"]YouTube- The Pro-Mosque Supporters Show Their True Colors[/ame] joey boots is amazing.
The more you watch his videos, the more you realize what an amazing troll he is. He is really fucking good at waiting patiently for someone to say the wrong thing and then he just never lets go of it.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/09/07/critics-flight-memorial-insist-islamic-symbols-remain/ More fuel for the fire.
This Moslem ground zero eye-ma'am is evil incarnate. http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/09/08/imam.feisal.abdul.rauf.profile/index.html?hpt=C1
What a fair and balanced article! Building a community center is apparently comparable to publicly burning another religion's most sacred document!
We must not disregard this story. Yes, MP leaving Dream Theater is a big story but we must not let that distract us from this real and very important issue.
As if the victory mosque wasn't enough: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/09/0...nsist-islamic-symbols-remain/?test=latestnews If only they rebuilt the Pentagon as a crescent, the trinity of trolling would be complete
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/11/moore-build-islamic-center-on-ground-zero/ This is a great idea actually.
America makes Michael Moore look good, are you happy now? It is not. It is not. Everyone outside of America has had this idea. MM must have lots of European contacs
but think about it. i think the Imam should sign on to this idea. then when the teabaggers get all butthurt the imam can string them along and after a few months be like, "okay we'll move it 2 blocks away. deal."
my point is that everyone in their right mind has come to this conclusion before, that the mosque could be a symbol of reconciliation. I don't know any imam's official statements about this but I guess they go in that very direction.