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Talk:Ground Zero Mosque (view source)
Revision as of 19:26, August 25, 2010
, 19:26, August 25, 2010I have no side in this battle, but I'm presenting some information which is missing
:'''American reactions'''; why the majority of Americans do not want this built. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 12:16, 18 August 2010 (EDT)
:'''American reactions'''; why the majority of Americans do not want this built. [[User:Karajou|Karajou]] 12:16, 18 August 2010 (EDT)
Possible arguements for the site:
Possible arguments for the site:
* Government should not invade the personal freedoms of a religious group, its a slippiery slope
* Government should not invade the personal freedoms of a religious group, its a slippiery slope
* The act of a few should not be taken as offense of all. There are a billion Muslim, they clearly are not all terrorist
* The act of a few should not be taken as offense of all. There are a billion Muslim, they clearly are not all terrorist
* The local troops our service men have fought with in Iraq and Afganistan are Muslims, we should honor their help
* The local troops our service men have fought with in Iraq and Afganistan are Muslims, we should honor their help
==Description==
The term "[[mosque]]" implies that the building will '''look like a mosque''', i.e., with minarets. I think rather it will be an ordinary looking (box-shaped) office building. You won't know that it has a mosque inside it, unless you inquire.
It is 2 or 3 blocks from the [[Ground Zero]] site, depending on how you measure. As a pedestrian living in Manhattan, I would call it 3 blocks, because that's how far I would have to walk to get to the building entrance.
Should our article refer to the proposed structure as '''being a mosque''' or '''containing a mosque'''?
Should our article imply that the proposed structure is ON the site, ADJACENT TO the site, or SEPARATED FROM the site, by two city blocks of tall buildings?
Note that the name of the building is part of the P.R., and part of the rhetoric used to discuss the proposal. Calling it the "Ground Zero Mosque" implies that it's directly on the site (or maybe right across the street), and that it will look like a mosque, complete with minarets.
For contrast, note that I currently reside in a "church" which is simply a 3-floor brownstone in Harlem, indistinguishable from any of the dozens of neighboring brownstones except for the sign. There is no steeple.
==Controversies==
The sponsors say they are building an interfaith center. I'm not sure about the significance of its '''proximity''' to the 9/11 site. I do know that the land is being donated by a real estate firm owned by a Muslim.
The purpose of the interfaith center is [[reconciliation]].
Opponents have called it a "Victory Mosque", probably a reference to the age-old practice in India of Muslims and Hindus destroying each other's religious buildings and erecting their own on the same land: i.e., Muslims destroying a Hindu temple and erecting a mosque; Hindus destroying a Muslim mosque and erecting a Hindu temple. (That would be a fascinating historical article in itself.)
I wonder how far away from Ground Zero conservatives, Republicans, and other GZM opponents would require any new mosques to be built? Or more to the point, any new ordinary-looking buildings which '''contain''' a place for Muslims to worship. Would 3 miles be enough? Or what? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 15:26, 25 August 2010 (EDT)