Building a Mosque at Ground Zero???

              So you may have heard about Muslims wanting to build a Mosque at Ground Zero and all the controversy surrounding it. You may also know that Ground Zero is where the Twin Towers used to stand, which were hit in a terrorist attack on September 11. Now what you may not know is what a Mosque is. So a Mosque is a place of worship for people of Islam or Muslim faith. Which pretty much means its like a church where Muslim people go for worship. So this all may be starting to all make sense to you as to why there's some controversy on wanting to build a Mosque at Ground Zero. If you don't get it then let me break it down for you. The terrorist attack was commited by a group of Iraqians and in Iraq the dominant religion is Muslim. So when the Muslim's decided they wanted to build a Mosque at Ground Zero many people were outraged and said it shouldn't be aloud. Now the reasons as why it shouldn't be aloud may be very arguable, but there's this little thing called the Constitution and within the Constitution there's this thing called the Bill of Rights. Now within the Bill of Rights are Amendments. One of those Amendments states that people have the "Freedom of Religion." So there's not to much people can do to stop them from building a Mosque, but people always try.

                                                      

             In the picture above a guy is holding a sign that says" A Mosque at Ground Zero spits on the graves of 9/11 victims". Sad to say alot of people feel this way and I can understand why, I just don't completely agree with it. According to the Constitiution Muslims have freedom of Religion in this country, therefore they should have the right to freely express that right or build a Mosque at Ground Zero just as any other religious group would build their place of worship on Ground Zero. So if the Muslims really, really, really want to build there, they should be able to. Is there any law that stops them? No. But to me its a matter of respect and a conscience decision. It's not llike the whole Muslim culture sat down and decided to hit the the Twin Towers but rather it was decisions that were made by people of the same faith and backround. So, No. The Muslims should not be punished for what happened, but it happened and they should accpet that and respect it. With the Muslims knowing what happened on September 11th and them making the conscience decision to build a Mosque there, I think they know exactly what their doing and by doing this they are accepting all the reprecussions that come with it. What do you think? Leave a comment! :)


Sources: http://humanrights.change.org/blog/view/building_a_mosque_at_ground_zero