Muslim leaders to abandon plans for Ground Zero community center

Muslim leaders to abandon plans for Ground Zero community center <--linked source

After weeks of heated debate over plans for an Islamic community center near Ground Zero - the site of the 9/11 attacks on New York - it seems Muslim leaders will soon back down, agreeing to move to a new site.

The decision follows a high-profile campaign against the project that included advertisements on New York buses showing images of the burning Twin Towers, an iconic landmark razed when al-Qaida terrorists flew packed passenger planes into them in 2001. The New York Republican party is also said to be planning a hostile television campaign.

Sources in New York said on Monday that Muslim religious and business leaders will announce plans to abandon the project in the next few days.

New York Governor David Patterson said last weekend that Muslim leaders had rejected outright his proposal tto swap the site in for another in Manhattan.

But several people familiar with the debate among New York's Islamic activists now claim that the leaders are convinced abandoning the site is preferable to unleashing a wave of bitterness towards Muslims.

They also hope the move will be seen as a show of sensitivity to families of the victims of the 9/11 attacks, and to the American public generally.

Another factor in the apparent climbdown is a lack of funds to pay for construction of the center, estimated to cost a hundred million dollars. Backers hope moving it will lead to a wave of support, accompanied by cash donations.

It is also possible that the decision was also influenced by comments made by U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday, in which he appeared to reverse an earlier show of support.

Obama said that when he went on record backing the center, he meant only that it was the right of every religious group to establish its own places of worship – but he did not intend to justify building the center specifically at Ground Zero.

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WOW... Liberals put it all out there on the line for nothing! What a waste!!
 
Muslim leaders to abandon plans for Ground Zero community center <--linked source

After weeks of heated debate over plans for an Islamic community center near Ground Zero - the site of the 9/11 attacks on New York - it seems Muslim leaders will soon back down, agreeing to move to a new site.

The decision follows a high-profile campaign against the project that included advertisements on New York buses showing images of the burning Twin Towers, an iconic landmark razed when al-Qaida terrorists flew packed passenger planes into them in 2001. The New York Republican party is also said to be planning a hostile television campaign.

Sources in New York said on Monday that Muslim religious and business leaders will announce plans to abandon the project in the next few days.

New York Governor David Patterson said last weekend that Muslim leaders had rejected outright his proposal tto swap the site in for another in Manhattan.

But several people familiar with the debate among New York's Islamic activists now claim that the leaders are convinced abandoning the site is preferable to unleashing a wave of bitterness towards Muslims.

They also hope the move will be seen as a show of sensitivity to families of the victims of the 9/11 attacks, and to the American public generally.

Another factor in the apparent climbdown is a lack of funds to pay for construction of the center, estimated to cost a hundred million dollars. Backers hope moving it will lead to a wave of support, accompanied by cash donations.

It is also possible that the decision was also influenced by comments made by U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday, in which he appeared to reverse an earlier show of support.

Obama said that when he went on record backing the center, he meant only that it was the right of every religious group to establish its own places of worship – but he did not intend to justify building the center specifically at Ground Zero.

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WOW... Liberals put it all out there on the line for nothing! What a waste!!

Dixie you're such a blithering idiot at times. The only thing we gave a fuck about is their protected right to practice their religion freely.
 
Personally I hope they do move it, but the government should not be involved as they have every right to build it under our consitution.

I have said from day one that to build it in the current location is in bad taste.
 
Personally I hope they do move it, but the government should not be involved as they have every right to build it under our consitution.

I have said from day one that to build it in the current location is in bad taste.


OK, what specifically do with think makes building in the current location in "bad taste?" How far from Ground Zero must it be? Where should they move it? Why should they move it?
 
Swell. Now they'll probably build their "terrorist recruitment center" somewhere in the Jersey 'burbs where we can't keep an eye on it.

Nice job, righties...
 
OK, what specifically do with think makes building in the current location in "bad taste?" How far from Ground Zero must it be? Where should they move it? Why should they move it?

LOL. Your coalition of islamist supporters is disintegrating in the light of reason and sense.
 
OK, what specifically do with think makes building in the current location in "bad taste?" How far from Ground Zero must it be? Where should they move it? Why should they move it?

Simply the fact that families of people who have died are asking you to find a new location should carry lots of water.
 
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Simply the fact that families of people who have died are asking you to find a new location should carry lots of water.


Over 3,000 people died. The idea that any one group can claim to speak for "the families of people who died" is ridiculous. Some oppose it, some support it and some probably could care fucking less.

How far away is far enough away? Why does proximity matter?

I also note how fucking convenient it is that the 9/11 story that was in the news just a very short while that made Republicans looks like total assholes has suddenly disappeared.


Edit: And even assuming the families of 9/11 victims opposed the project, why should that carry lots of water? Do they get a veto over any building decision in lower Manhattan?
 
Over 3,000 people died. The idea that any one group can claim to speak for "the families of people who died" is ridiculous. Some oppose it, some support it and some probably could care fucking less.

How far away is far enough away? Why does proximity matter?

I also note how fucking convenient it is that the 9/11 story that was in the news just a very short while that made Republicans looks like total assholes has suddenly disappeared.


Edit: And even assuming the families of 9/11 victims opposed the project, why should that carry lots of water? Do they get a veto over any building decision in lower Manhattan?

All I am saying is that if families of people who died in an area asked me to avoid doing something in that area, I would give it strong consideration.
 
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