tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3785274362505937531.post4878821532695397748..comments2023-04-01T10:22:44.283-04:00Comments on The Reflecting Pool: Religious Tolerance Improves Our NationLEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09024531897390294928noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3785274362505937531.post-72218034339567319752010-08-23T17:29:44.163-04:002010-08-23T17:29:44.163-04:00Anonymous,
Firstly, somewhere between 20-60 innoce...Anonymous,<br />Firstly, somewhere between 20-60 innocent Muslims were killed on 9/11 (also, there were 19 hijackers, not 4). The government doesn't track religion, so exact statistics are unknown, but here is a (probably incomplete) list of some Muslim victims:<br />http://crosswordbebop.blogspot.com/2007/11/how-many-muslims-died-in-911-attacks.html<br /><br />As for the location of building the mosque being insensitive, I strongly disagree. Most or all members of the KKK, an organization officially designated as a terrorist organization in some states, are Protestants. I wouldn't consider building a Protestant Church near the site of a KKK attack to be insensitive. Muslims as a whole no more condone the activities of Al Qaeda than Protestants do the attacks of the KKK. It would be just as productive to draw conclusions from the fact that all of the terrorists were male as it would be to draw conclusions from the fact that they were all Muslim.<br /><br />Finally, I think building the Mosque near Ground Zero strengthens my original argument. It is a site that is nearly sacred to most Americans, and building a mosque in such a location emphasizes this nation's determination to overcome stereotypes and protect our freedom.LEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024531897390294928noreply@blogger.com