In the USA, there is freedom of religion.
Thus, if the group that wants to build a mosque near the World Trade Center site in New York has done all the proper paperwork, they are legally allowed to do so.
Having said that, I do wonder if that Mosque will a prominent and permanent display inside it that will say, the Al-Qaeda terrorists who committed the 9/11 attacks do not represent the kind of Islam we practice in this Mosque?
Will the leaders of the Mosque organize with the community of Muslims it serves and other civic minded neighbors and host a march in the New York streets declaring: terrorists acts committed by people claiming to be Muslims is against the tenets of our faith?
People often talk about "teachable moments."
Will these folks seize it?
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