Originally posted by thomasblackraven
What would be the reaction of building an evangelical megachurch next to Mecca? Would it be stood for, or rebelled against? Why then is people's reactions here all that shocking?

Because we're talking about The USA here, not Saudi Arabia. There is supposed to be freedom of religion and religious expression in the US. Arab nations make no such promises.

I admit, I had a bit of a reaction to the title of "they are taking the p*ss", but there is no reason why they can't build it there.

This is a slap on the face of the families who object to this. If the families agree to such institution being placed so close to a memorial so be it. It goes against the wishes of the families who were directly affected by this tragedy.

A note to all of you making this a religion and a race situation. Not everyone involved in that tragedy was one particular religion. In the end, if the families say no....then that is what should be respected.

I swear the things people choose to make as news and get riled up about just shows how deep the underlying racism and hatred unto others of other faiths and cultures is in this country.

Those against building a mosque in the most multicultural city in the US need to remember that Muslims who were not the hijackers also died in 911.

like they dont have enough mosques allready. this is getting out of hand.

Originally posted by worldwatcher

Those against building a mosque in the most multicultural city in the US need to remember that Muslims who were not the hijackers also died in 911.

And not every Nazi killed Jews.

So, how about that Nazi Memorial in Israel?

Just saying. It appears everyone wrongly judges all Nazis as bad.

***Just playing Devil's advocate here, I personally detest what Nazis stood for***

So I guess what the point is, that most people detest what the Islamic Political system stands for. (Just like Christianity was a political system for over a thousand years).

I see no difference between any of those ideologies.

Nazi, Communist, Christian, Islamic, Republican, Democrat. It's all the same to me.

Just some jerk telling me how to live/think/believe/act. All the same to me.

Now explain to me, WHY IS IT WRONG to put a Nazi Memorial in Israel???

Explain it I am all ears.

This will be a very fun debate.

This mosque should not be permitted to exist.

Of course, the muslims are, for some odd reason, a protected class of people. We are not to question the muslims or insult the muslims. We are not to examine their history and motives. We are not to examine the teachings of their prophet or mock him in anyway. We only need to submit to their each and every demand.

Mosques are not places of worship. Again and again and again they have been proven to be places of military planning, stock piles, and armories from which islamic jihad soldiers execute their military orders to spread Islam in the way of the prophet: jihad violence.

Currently their violent jihad lifestyle serves the purposes of the communists and socialists and union thugs, and one will invariably find muslim supporters among these violent political movements.

You will NOT find muslims marching in the streets for an end to Jihad violence, death for apostates, or Sharia law. Because muslims support them and want them implemented across the planet.

1,400 years of violent jihad. Is it a trend?

No more mosques.

And if you think Nazis were not religious extremists, you need to check out some of the information about their super weird occult like beliefs. The whole Aryan thing was purely religious at it's core.

Here is why it is wrong to build a Nazi Memorial in Israel.

1) You are pouring salt on a fresh wound.
2) You are asking for trouble.
3) Provoking a negative response simply for the fun of starting a fight.

This equates exactly to building a Mosque down the street from the most prolific and widely publicized site of a Islamic Extremist terrorist attack.

It fulfills the same 3 points.

1) You are pouring salt on a fresh wound.
2) You are asking for trouble.
3) Provoking a negative response simply for the fun of starting a fight.

Originally posted by muzzleflash
And if you think Nazis were not religious extremists, you need to check out some of the information about their super weird occult like beliefs. The whole Aryan thing was purely religious at it's core.

Here is why it is wrong to build a Nazi Memorial in Israel.

1) You are pouring salt on a fresh wound.
2) You are asking for trouble.
3) Provoking a negative response simply for the fun of starting a fight.

This equates exactly to building a Mosque down the street from the most prolific and widely publicized site of a Islamic Extremist terrorist attack.

It fulfills the same 3 points.

1) You are pouring salt on a fresh wound.
2) You are asking for trouble.
3) Provoking a negative response simply for the fun of starting a fight.

I feel you are wrong.

ALL Nazis were against the Jews in a horrible way.

Not all Muslims want to cause terror. You are only pouring salt on the wound of a mis-educated person.