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As several articles have pointed out, Muslims view mosques as symbols of prestige and conquest as well as places to worship Allah. A mosque at ground zero would NOT be viewed in the Arab world as a gesture of generosity and reconciliation, it would be viewed as a gesture of weakness on our part and victory on theirs. The purpose of a memorial at that site should be to honor the dead, not to make some kind of empty ecumenical gesture.

A good analogy is the different religions' understanding of martyrdom. For a Christian, martyrdom is a matter of sacrificing yourself for the sake of God, usually to avoid apostasy or sin. A similar idea of sacrifice can be found in Judaism. For Muslims, however, successful martyrdom means killing as many infidels as possible. Just dying yourself doesn't cut it.

Jesus conquered through the cross. Mohammed conquered with a sword. There's a fundamental difference in these religions.

I seem to recall him saying:

"By their fruits, ye shall know them"

"They will think they do God service by killing you"

"Not everyone who cries Lord, Lord will be saved (i.e. Allah)"

This isn't a war against Terrorists. Its a war against ISLAM. The sooner we learn that, the better.

The difference is that Judaism and Islam are foreign religions. Christianity or, more to the point, Protestanism, is the American religion. Why dilute our culture any more than it already is? Hasn't multiculturalism done enough harm already?

Jesus conquered through the cross. Mohammed conquered with a sword. There's a fundamental difference in these religions.

Cicero is correct. To erect a Mosque serves only to discredit the lives who perished. Do you recall that Arafat did not say word one when the crash into the WTC occurred?