Watch and listen to the news story about the controversy over building a mosque at Ground Zero.
Why do some Americans have a problem with building a mosque near ground zero? Do you think that their fears are justified? Why/why not?
Other Americans are in favor of building a mosque anywhere. Which side do you agree with? Explain your reasons.
Remember to write 150 words and comment on a classmate's response by the end of class, Wednesday, September 8.
I don’t believe that Muslims are responsible for 9/11. Crimes and terror have existed since Cain killed his brother Abel, so it existed since God created the human (It’s not related to Muslim). Thousands of Palestinians are being killed every year and many of the Arabian countries were colonized by another nation in the past, however, they don’t accuse any country as a terrorist!!!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I’m not biased, I think Muslims shouldn’t build the mosque in that area and they can choose another area because many of American are angry and that will cause many problems to both and that might hurt other people’s feelings (they think that Muslims did a terrorism there and caused to the death of many people, so building a mosque there will hurt many people’s feelings). Prophet Muhammad “peace and blessings be upon him” was a good neighbour and he had never hurt his Jewish neighbour, so Muslims should not harm anyone or hurt their feelings.
I agree with built a Mosque at Ground Zero. It’s really difficult to judge that it’s ture or false. Why can’t built a Mosque at Ground Zero? Absolutely no one can give me a correct answer. In my opinion, I think everything is a rapier. The man wears a black T-shirt in the radio is very annoyed for his brother was dead during the 911 crash, so he against to built a Mosque at Ground Zero. He said that all the Moslem were terrorist. We should show sympathy for him and I totally understand his feeling, but it’s very unfair for most other Moslem. There are so many Mosques in the world, so why can’t built a Mosque at Ground Zero? As the way man told us, is that means we must destroy all the Mosques in the world? So, I think it’s ok to built a Mosque at Ground Zero.
ReplyDeleteSome American people combat this point because can’t forget the 11 September event. They don’t want to give this place to who kill their relationship.
ReplyDeleteBuilding mosque at Ground Zero inflames the feeling of hostility against Muslims and provokes to the families Victims, This is clear. On the other hand the United States is supposed to be as an example of religions freedom, and has to approve religions toleration. Such what America requests from the rest of the world.
I am with the American who are in favor a justified not because I am a Muslim. However, build mosque in any place in New York far from this place. In that I want the American recognize the real Islam which was come by Prophet Mohammed, not counterfeit Islam that "Small group of people maintain that they are Muslims."
Some Americans have this problem either because some of the people who died in 9/11 are related to them and they are afraid or because they are unfortunately a close minded people and they don’t have any believe of freedom.
ReplyDeleteI think they don’t the right to be afraid from this because they should know the person that they are dealing with before they reject him. In another word most of the Muslims who want to build that mosque are Americans and they won’t do any thing to hurt the other religions in there.
I agree with the first sentence that Sara said. That isn’t Muslims are responsible for 9/11. But I still don’t think it is a good idea. People who blond the Ground Zero just want to make the world feel frighten; just because this cause, they ignore humans life and killed a lot of people. That is so terrible a thing. Why we should building a mosque near the Ground Zero? Do we afraid with the Bin Laden and need build a mosque to rub him up the right way? Maybe there a lot of muslin the world, but I think not all the muslin are terrorist, we can build the mosque in other place not near the Ground Zero. We should know Bin Laden is muslin, what I say is not mean I heat the muslin, I just mean if we build the mosque near the Ground Zero , it sounds like we afraid with the terrorist. It is not the problem with the muslin; it is the problem with the terrorists.
ReplyDeleteThe fear of the Americans is justified, but the question is, are they afraid from the terrorist or the Mosque itself? , Because the mosque is a place to worship and pray for God and no one else, not a place for terrorists meetings. Mosques are too pure and clean to be stained with these unjustified groups that they call themselves Muslims, but they are not, because Islam is a religion that is completely different from the terrorist's beliefs. So the fear should never be from the mosque the fear should be to the groups themselves. And for the Americans who stood up with the Muslims and Islam, because they are educated people who know that Islam is not a terrorist's religion and mosques are not places to be afraid of. These people had experience with Muslim people and knows that Islam do not welcome terrorists in anyway. and i agree with sarah she have same idea what i have it here .
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I don’t agree they built the mosque at the ground zero. In my opinion, people can build mosque at other place, but not here. America is a free country, but you can’t do something that will make other people confuse. In this news, people look very angry. I can understand what they feel. Their friends were killed by some of muslin, it will make them very bad. The 911 event hit them one time, and this building will hit them second time. Now, this building still have some problem when it unfinished. I think it will have more problems in the future. Some America are not like muslin very much, if this building is finished, maybe some of theme will hate muslin. It will make many new problems, so I don’t agree building a mosque at the ground zero.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, I agree with the Pop idea. The video talk about the building a mosque at ground zero, I think about everybody in the world is the same, and then like different kinds of religions in the world, Such as Christian, Buddhism or Islam. Personally, the American has a freedom country, while I agree with other Americans in favor of building a mosque anywhere, but some people think about there are many Christian Americans who have spoken out against this centre. Actually that takes some of religions conflicts or difference culture. They has nuisance come from different country of religious, just only one of religious. However, that why some people consume that about has kinds of thinking, everyone has the difference mind, that’s why people likes famous star or a lot of types of influential person. I believe that some Americans has a problem with this main reason with relation to the happening to the 9/11. Many people remember to this terrorist shadows, and they won not forget. They has fears are justified to the building a mosque ground zero, because that has take some religions conflict, or beliefs. Final, I agree with build a mosque at ground zero.
ReplyDeleteSome Americans have a problem with building a mosque near ground zero because those people lost one or more members of their families in 9/11 attacks and they think that happened because Muslim people. However, they should know that those who made these attacks were only a small group that has wrong believes even about Islam. As all we know Islam is the religion of peace and it didn’t encourage us to do such behavior and what happened in 9/11 is not mean that all Muslim people have these wrong believes. Moreover, there were some Muslim families who lose members in those attacks too, so their fear about Islam or Muslims is not justified because they should fear about terror not about Islam. Terror exist in every where, it is not from Islam as they think or believe and as Sarah mentioned it is exist since the human were created. On the other hand, Other Americans are in favor of building a mosque anywhere and I agree with this opinion because what I said, and because America is the country of religious freedom and every one can do worship in the manner that he prefer. Also, it will not be only a mosque, but it will be a center which has special area for Muslims to pray. Actually Muslim will do pray in anywhere, in the land or sea, in closed room or in open air, he will pray if he stand or sit, and if he can’t do it by his body he has to pray with his heart, so in my opinion they should allow for the mosque to be build.
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In the most people in the entire world they follow three holy books. These books which I consider and believe about they are the Quran, the Bible and the scriptures. Every person has the right to choose one from these books in his life, and fallow it. In Now there are big arguments about building a mosque in ground zero witch located in New Yurok City. There are people whom demanding to build this mosque and whom not. In my opinion I agree with not to build this mosque if it’s going to cause this huge arguments among the people. I think there is’t the problem if they build it a few blocks away from its place? If they go further with this mosque I’m sure this will never ends.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion I think Americans think that the Muslim people are terrorist as you know Islam doesn’t have any thing like this and if you kill somebody than you are not a Muslim we have the same problem in our country to . Our country was perfect lintel that happens and it become worse because of those people that they think they are Muslim but they aren’t. We are in America so every one have his freedom. Building a mosque near ground zero its not a big deal the people here must respect the author religions as we respect any religions in our country.
ReplyDeleteSome American people combat this point because can’t forget the 11 September event. They don’t want to give this place to who kill their relationship. Some American think that who slew many people are going to take this place for them. Consequently, some of them have veiled reason to fear and some not. I think Building mosque at Ground Zero inflames the feeling of hostility against Muslims and provokes to the families Victims, This is clear.
ReplyDeleteI like what Mark said” I think about everybody in the world is the same, and then like different kinds of religions in the world, Such as Christian, Buddhism or Islam.” On the other hand the United States is supposed to be as an example of religions freedom, and has to approve religions toleration. Such what America requests from the rest of the world.
I am with the American who are in favor a justified not because I am a Muslim. However, build mosque in any place in New York far from this place. In that I want the American recognize the real Islam which was come by Prophet Mohammed, not counterfeit Islam that "Small group of people maintain that they are Muslims."
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ReplyDeleteI like Sara’s sentence “I don’t believe that Muslims are responsible for 9/11” the whole world should know that. I’ll tell you an example and I want you to compare it with Islam, if I tell you something to do and you don’t do it that is not my fault. Islam told us killing is a great sin and will punish by this sin. So, the CAUSE is not from Islam or Muslims the cause comes from terrorists. I believe that Americans fears are NOT justified. There is nothing to fear about. Americans should know that Muslims did not do anything, terrorists did. Terrorists told people that they are Muslims, but they aren’t. How they will be Muslims and don’t do what the Islam required. To live in peace that what the Islam required. (Deter evil) is one of Islam's rules, so I prefer that build the mosque anywhere else. If Muslims built the mosque in ground zero, they might face problems in the future. There is another point I want to ask the Americans who don’t want Muslims build the mosque there, Why you don’t talk when church in Florida wants to burn the Holy Qur’an on 9/11? Is not this a freedom country of religions and all things? So, the problem with Islam not with terrorists as what they said. I know that a lot of Americans know what the Islam is-what the Muslims are and what the terrorists are.
ReplyDeleteI hope that 柱希 read what we wrote. We tried to explain what the Islam is and who did that.
ReplyDeleteMuslim not Muslin
and who did that are not Muslims they said that they are Muslims but they aren't.
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Thanks 柱希 and I'm sorry to write that Anna
President decided to build a mosque near ground zero, some people disagree they think that ways dangerous, but other people think that was a good things, no one have to worried about that. Some people the 911 is created by Muslims. In my opinion that was unfair, I don’t think they did 911. Even if that was create by Muslims that was a group people, we can’t say all people is like them will doing this kind of things. They only want to build a mosque; I think that is a good thing. We can’t decide thing by emotion, I know some family lost their parents or friends at the 911. Building a mosque is difficult to them accept it, but I will say something we have to separate emotion and logic. I think build a mosque is not a dangerous thing to American. Opposite that will b e a window and a bridge to connect two different cultures
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ReplyDeleteI hear this days a lot about building a mosque near ground zero for Muslims to do prayer in it. Building a mosque near ground zero becomes controversial between some Americans which are agree with that happen and some other Americans do not agree with. In my opinion if that location will courses more problems should looking for other place is fare from ground zero. Moreover, I think some Americans which are against a building do not symbolize to all Americans population.
ReplyDeleteAlso,I agree with meemoo as much as the mosque is a place to worship and pray for God and no one else, not a place for terrorists meetings. Mosques are too pure and clean to be stained with these unjustified groups that they call themselves Muslims, but they are not, because Islam is a religion that is completely different from the terrorist's beliefs.I thind what he mentioned are very important to know entire world about Islam.