Posted on 05/25/2010 9:07:10 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
NEW YORK (AP) -- After hours of contentious public comment, a New York City community board voted late Tuesday to support a plan to build a mosque and cultural center near ground zero.
"It's a seed of peace," board member Rob Townley said. "We believe that this is significant step in the Muslim community to counteract the hate and fanaticism in the minority of the community."
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Yes. They won. They won the day GWB stood up after 9/11 and told the American people that islam was a “religion of peace.”
This is just the victory lap.
Anyone recall the history of Andalusia?
Yup. Townley is a moron.
Seed of Peace?????????????????????????????
They used Christian babies skulls as candle snuffers.
Ship of Fools, in a cruel sea...
“Anyone recall the history of Andalusia?”
I prefer to fast-forward to 1492;) Unfortunately you can’t do that while history is unfolding...
Yes, they bring down the towers then build a masque on the remains.
Now when Americans go to visit the site in the future, they will be treated by the sound of the Islamic Call to Prayer each morning blaring over laud speakers, just like in Mecca.
Free I Love New York Hijabs will be handed out to women passing by so that they will feel more comfortable in the neighborhood.
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Bob Townley of Manhattan Youth, and chairperson of CB 1s Waterfront Committee - left
Robert Townley, executive director of Manhattan Youth, a group that offers after-school activities and summer camp to downtown kids, said he feels it is his job as a community leader to help stanch the neighborhood exodus.
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Manhattan Youth has requested $1.2 million from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation for an interim center (after 9/11), Townley said, a relative drop in the bucket compared with the $1 billion in federal 9/11 aid that the city-state agency has left to allocate.
Bob Townley, executive director of Manhattan Youth
No, it's a piece of shiite.
naive idiots
When will it be built....I was thinking of visiting NYC....want to do it BEFORE this piece of SHIITE is there....
This is an abomination. This mosque should never, never be allowed to open — NO MATTER WHAT IT TAKES!!
There may have been a time in the future for this. Now is not it. It’s too soon and there has been too much fanatic Islam activity for people to embrace this.
This wasn’t the time. You can’t force a healing process down anyone’s throat. So, now when anyone who lost someone on 9-11 is in that area they are going to see a huge structure that I suspect will be a very hurtful slap in the face. I doubt that will generate much healing.
“It’s a seed of peace,” board member Rob Townley said. “We believe that this is significant step in the Muslim community to counteract the hate and fanaticism in the minority of the community.”
The phrase ‘useful idiot’ comes immediately to mind.
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