Building a Mosgue at Ground Zero Plays Into the Hands of Our Enemies
No one denies that Islam is now part of America's religious culture and that Muslims like all Americans have right to freedom of religion including the right to buildt mosques across our landscape. What the developers and supporters of the proposed mosque near ground zero seems to forget is that despite America's openness to Islam some extreme fundamentalist in the faith have declared war on the US. Now we have to develop strategies to allow law abiding Muslim Americans to practice their right to freedom religion while defending our country from attacks or the undermining or our culture from within from misguided zealots of their faith. This makes the current controversy over building the Cordova center at ground zero crucial to an understanding of how our freedoms are impacted in time of War. What rights does the first amendment give to those who practice a religion where some people are hostile to our way of life? Many of those who advocate building in lower Manhattan argue ...