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We are opposed to the grotesque symbolism
represented by the building of this mosque
at "ground zero." We are especially appalled
that those pushing for this mosque have
designated its grand opening date for
September 11, 2011 – the ten year
anniversary of the worst terrorist attack in
U.S. history.
We are deeply disturbed by the insensitivity
to the families of the victims of the 9/11
jihadist attack exhibited by Imam Feisal
Abdul Rauf and his supporters. We find it
grossly hypocritical that Islamists and
their allies repeatedly lecture Americans
about the need to be "sensitive" to Muslims
while Imam Rauf and his allies practice the
height of intolerance and insensitivity
through the blatant act of building a mosque
at "ground zero."
We are offended by the views Imam Rauf has
expressed about 9/11, such as his
conspiratorial theory that Muslims did not
perpetrate the 9/11 attack and that
America's policies were partly to blame for
the attack. Such views are a slap in the
face of the victims and families of 9/11.
We find it repulsive that Imam Rauf and his
followers and supporters would seek to build
a mosque near ground zero promoting the same
Sharia ideology that the 9/11 hijackers used
as the justification for their act of
unconscionable murder.
Therefore, in deference to the families of the 9/11 victims and their memory, we call upon the elected officials of New York to oppose the building of this mosque near ground zero and for them to urge Feisal Abdul Rauf and his followers to find another location for it.
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