[pillut48]

Very last paragraph, in case any FReepers wish to attend and offer their opinions on the building of this mega mosque 600 feet from Ground Zero.

[deltaromeo11]

The Islamic importance of the name “Cordoba”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf443Ber2ck

[Oldexpat]

Saudi money will gladly fund a mosque almost anywhere, but they won’t allow freedom of worship or a non-muslim place of worship to be built in SA.

[JLS]

This is the first I have heard the name is Cordoba House. That shows to me this is meant to be a provocation.

[Roccus]

There is also another mosque being planned for this block. Cordoba House is set to be erected at 45 Park Pl. while a smaller mosque is being planned for 23 Park Pl. to replace the one that was on Warren St.

[Red Badger]

Will it have “Fine Corinthian Leather”?.......................

[CaptainK]

I’m going to make every effort to attend.

[ZULU]

How does one say “Chuzpah” in Arabic????

[Captain Rhino]

The leaders can deny it all they want to but if it is built, the Cordoba House mosque will become (unofficially, of course) the Memorial Mosque of the 9/11 Martyrs. Fundamentalist Muslims will come from all over the world on pilgrimages to pray at the mosque closest to where the noble jihads confronted the American Satan. That is the provocation contained in building it and that is why it should not be allowed.

As I understand it, the smaller mosque actually replaces a one that has been near the WTC site for some 25 years or so. There were probably Muslim office and service workers who died in the Twin Towers that prayed at that mosque. Allowing that facility to be renewed is a lot different from the Cordoba House initiative.

[firebrand]

Check this out: a Muslims-only community in Philly funded with $1.6 billion of your tax dollars.

[ZULU]

I think there should be a Christian Church of Saint Iago Matamoros erected right across the way from the Mosque.