the thing i find most interesting about this story is that i'm just now finding out about it.
because it's been in the works for awhile, this thirteen-story monument to the religion of peace, proposed for a site in the shadow of ground zero, named for the 8th-century great mosque of cordoba which represented the previous pinnacle of islamic penetration into western civilization, and [although you'd be hard-pressed to discover this factoid in any of the current crop of stories circulating about this abomination] originally slated to open its doors on september 11, 2011.
the muslims are skillfully downplaying the whole thing:
For us, it's a symbol, a platform that will give voice to the silent majority of Muslims who suffer at the hands of extremists. A center will show that Muslims will be part of rebuilding lower Manhattan.
aided and abetted, of course, by the liberals--this choice quote from a commenter on the subject at joe.my.god:
actually, i couldn't narrow it down to just one--you gotta go read the whole thread--it's fuckin' priceless. and as you do, remember that these queer apologists for a religion which would happily put them to death for their perversions are the self-same self-righteous assholes who freely and viciously condemn american christians for beliefs that are a tenth as harsh [whatever--guess if you're brown and foreign, you're exempt from gay criticism].
is there any legal way to stop this madness? i dunno, and that's not the goddam point. the goddam POINT is, nobody's really tried--there has been no concerted, organized hue and cry from the general populace of the united states of america. in fact, in one of the stories i came across tonight, i found the following poll:
notice how they qualified the "no" option--because that'd be the only possible reason any reasonable person could object, right?
think about that for a minute, and then ask yourself how your grandparents' generation would've reacted in 1950 had the japanese humbly sought to erect a monument to the rising sun anywhere within a thousand miles of pearl harbor, much less with a scheduled opening on the tenth anniversary thereof--keeping in mind, of course, that your grandparents had just fought the last war that america actually won.
for those of you who don't think the enemy are watching and carefully gauging the level of our fat, lazy indifference to their every encroachment, i just wanna say...
nah, fuck it--you deserve to go down.
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What a grab bag of posts here at guttermorality.
If you were sexually attracted to all the people you rail about, I suspect your response might be different. But, I'm not so sure.
noblesavage: what, are you kidding? there's few things sexier than a young, passionate, fiery-eyed jihadist in my book.
another question: you seriously not have any problem with this shit?
This is how I see it: There is a fierce debate right now about what Islam means. On the one hand, you have a radical conservative movement in Islam that wants everything basically in place from 1500. On the other hand, you have a radical jihadist movement that is ahistorical, but sees itself as the rightful heir to the Muslim faith. On the other hand, you have a relatively small and modernist movement that has a long and rich tradition in Islam.
Finally, you have a large number of Muslims who are basically very conservative culturally and politically. For many, modernity, and its association with Western countries, is perceived as a threat.
Are predominately Arab countries backward culturally and politically?
Well, it does depend on how you look at it.
Thomas Friedman (from the New York Times)likes to note that the most progressive Arab countries -- like Lebanon -- have no oil so they must grow an economy based upon trade and industry.
So getting back to your post about a Mosque near the site of the World Trade Center, my own view is this: We need to encourage the modernist and progressive parts of the Muslim faith. Without growth and progress of a modernist Islam, the only alternative for millions of disaffected youth is radical ferment. True, this may lead to the overthrow of various autocratic governments in the Middle East, but it inevitably leads to instability everywhere.
If you call all Muslims radicals, you fail to distinguish the differences between the various sects. Someone said that Islam needs a reform branch just like Judaism has. That makes a lot of sense to me. I want to encourage those modernist and liberal parts of Islam. It seems like the site in New York City is designed to be that.
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