Ground Zero Mosque Controversy
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When a dozen cartoons satirizing the Prophet Mohammed appeared in the conservative Danish daily Jyllands-Posten , in September, 2005, there was only a muted outcry from the small Danish Muslim community, and little reaction in the rest of the Muslim world. Six months later, however, riots broke out and Danish embassies were burned; more than a hundred people died. Assassination threats were made, and continue to this day.
Park51, and Islam in America : The New Yorker
We have all been awed by how inflamed and emotional the issue of the proposed community center has become. The level of attention reflects the degree to which people care about the very American values under debate: recognition of the rights of others, tolerance and freedom of worship. Many people wondered why I did not speak out more, and sooner, about this project.
Op-Ed Contributor - Building on Faith in Lower Manhattan - NYTimes.com
The poll indicates that support for the 13-story complex, which organizers said would promote moderate Islam and interfaith dialogue, is tepid in its hometown.
New Yorkers Conflicted Over Islamic Center, Poll Finds - NYTimes.com
The World Watches America's Heated Mosque Debates - NYTimes.com
A video report from Taiwan’s Apple Daily, which uses animation, and fiction, to illustrate news stories.Through Islamic Center Debate, World Sees U.S. - NYTimes.com
For now, he leads Friday Prayer in a stadium normally used for rock concerts. When sites were proposed for mosques in Padua and Bologna, Italy, a few years ago, opponents from the anti-immigrant Northern League paraded pigs around them. The projects were canceled.
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By Jeremy Moses | August 19th, 2010 10:05 AM Categories: General , History
Olbermann: There is no ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ - msnbc tv - Countdown with Keith Olbermann - msnbc.com
Finally as promised, a Special Comment tonight on the inaccurately described "Ground Zero mosque."Ten things I know about the mosque - Roger Ebert's Journal
inoffensive black woman, and when you attack me for saying it, you are in violation of my First Amendment rights." 3. The choice of location shows flawed judgment on the part of its imam, Feisal Abdul Rauf. He undoubtedly knows that now, and I expect his project to be relocated. The imam would be prudent to chose another location, because the far right wing has seized on the issue as an occasion for fanning hatred against Muslims.
Le projet de construction d’un centre islamique avec une mosquée près de Ground Zero, à Manhattan, a déclenché une tempête de réactions de la part de politiciens, blogueurs et parents de victimes des attentats du 11 septembre. La polémique suscitée par le projet a mis en évidence la ligne de fracture existant entre la sacro-sainte liberté de culte en vigueur aux États-Unis et la lutte pour effacer le traumatisme provoqué par les attaques du 11 septembre 2001. Baptisé la "Mosquée de Ground Zero", d'après le site où se dressaient les tours jumelles du World Trade Center, le projet comprendra un centre culturel musulman de 13 étages et une salle de prière. Il s’agit du projet phare de Feisal Abdul Rauf, un imam basé à Manhattan, qui affirme que le but du centre est de rapprocher les musulmans des autres groupes religieux. Symbole de tolérance ou "coup de poignard dans le cœur" ? Le bâtiment qui abritera le futur centre a été construit en 1858.
Le débat s’envenime autour de "la mosquée de Ground Zero"
Une mosquée près de Ground zero, ou la naissance d'une controverse - | Oumma.com
Il n’est encore qu’embryonnaire, mais le projet très sensible d’ériger une mosquée dans le proche périmètre du World Trade Center s’annonce déjà fertile en controverses, de celles qui sont à fleur de peau, ravivant des blessures indélébiles, à proximité de vestiges qui porteront à jamais les stigmates du 11-septembre. Un chantier, tout à la fois extrêmement délicat, téméraire, et salutaire, qui a suscité une profonde émotion à New-York, ainsi que l’a rappporté CNN. Bien plus qu’une simple construction architecturale, que d’aucuns trouveront incongrue, voire provocante, des familles américaines bouleversées ne pouvant contenir leur réprobation en criant au « sacrilège », cette initiative poursuit un dessein aux nobles visées : celui d’une reconstruction du coeur, resserrant les liens entre musulmans et américains, dans un nouveau pacte de confiance et de fraternité mutuelles.
Last night, President Obama continued the White House tradition of hosting an Iftar - the meal that breaks the day of fasting - celebrating Ramadan in the State Dining Room. During his remarks at the Iftar dinner, President Obama reflected on the importance of religious freedom as one of the founding principles of our Nation: Our Founders understood that the best way to honor the place of faith in the lives of our people was to protect their freedom to practice religion. In the Virginia Act of Establishing Religion Freedom, Thomas Jefferson wrote that “all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion.” The First Amendment of our Constitution established the freedom of religion as the law of the land.