Now hopefully that new Mosque will be a part of the tourist attraction for those that visit the World Trade Center site, as tourist can also visit the new Mosque and give praise to the God of justice.
I have a feeling that the mosque will get a LOT of non-muslim visitors.
I believe that many of these visitors will be weilding spray-paint and pig blood.
Personally, I'm not against the mosque being built, however, I have no doubt that once it's up, it will be the butt of much vandalism and the focus of much ire. I think that the insistance on building on
that particular site is extremely stupid, and is nothing more than inviting trouble.
Picture a redneck moving into a primarily black neighborhood... and proudly flying his rebel flag.
Does he have the right to do so? Sure he does. Is he a goddam moron who is inviting craploads of trouble... you're damn skippy.
That said, I also think those involved in this mosque (or community center or whatever they want to call it) absolutely realize this.
They have to know that their building stands a very good chance of being torched to the ground.
After which America will be treated to weeks worth of news coverage about our intolerance, and how the poor put-upon muslims only wanted a place to worship and associate with one another in peace and harmony, and they were singing Kumbaya and not bothering anyone before they were unjustly attacked by EEEEEEEEVIL Right-Wing Republicans.
I don't know which side is more ignorant: The side who wants to hinder religious freedoms enumerated by the Law of the Land, or the side who wants to plant their mark on the closest thing Secular America has to "Sacred Ground".