No Way in New York City!!

I was stunned to read the other day that there were plans for a large 13 story Mosque to be built 2 blocks from Ground Zero in New York City. So I have one question about this.....where is Political Correctness on this issue? This is an absolute affront to all New Yorkers and Americans who suffered losses on September 11, 2001. I am shocked that this proposal would be able to go forward. I am sure without a doubt that in this economy there have to be many hundreds of thousands of square footage of available building space all over Manhattan for a Mosque to be located. Why was this site chosen?

I find it hard to believe that anyone who practices "mainstream" Islam would feel comfortable flaunting their religion in the shadows of so much pain and suffering. Moderate Muslims should agree that this may not be a good plan. I hope they would not want to offend anyone, the same way they are so concerned about being offended themselves.

This idea is fraught with the potential to polarize New York City and to incite possible violence or hate crimes. Lets also consider those radical Muslims and Al Quaeda operatives that are in this country and maybe even living in New York City; this Mosque will serve as an "in your face" endorsement of their point of view. We can do what we want to you and you are too wimpy to do anything about it-to stand up for yourselves. We win!

There have been many different plans for a memorial to be built on the actual site of the 2 World Trade Center towers. Not much building is happening there at this time. There has been an awful lot of infighting amongst developers and families of victims who died on that site as to how to best memorialize the victims. Whatever is built should be respectful and mindful that almost 3000 souls lost their lives there that day. A Mosque that would be steps away from this Memorial would be tantamount to a constant reminder of WHO perpetrated this crime and WHO has not denounced all of the terrorism that for now seems to be speaking for their religion. When you go to a cemetery you do not want to see a special monument to the person/organization that took the life of your loved one. There are other locations for that and the two should be separated by a long distance. One should not be within eyesight of the other.

The bigger issue here is Political Correctness. The powers that be are afraid to say no to anyone that is Muslim for fear of offending them. That is an ass backwards stance in this situation. The ones that will be offended here are the ones that were attacked and terrorized by Radical Muslims. Rational thought needs to be applied here. There has to be limits to what we can allow to happen in the name of sane reason. It is not unreasonable for NYC officials to ask the Muslims to locate their new Mosque far away from that site; they are not being told they cannot build a Mosque, just that they need to respect the honor of those that died by the hand of religious zealots on a murderous crusade.

I have attached a couple of relevant photos to this blog today. Sorry for the amateurish layout!!One is a photo I took in 1986 when my husband and I went to the top of the World Trade Center observation floor and took pictures. It is so eerie to see the shadow of the 2 WTC towers in my photo. Never in a million years would I have believed how prophetic those photos would be. The other photo is of a view of the New York City skyline in 2009 from Jersey City. In the foreground of the photo is a piece of the World Trade Center that was brought across the Hudson to serve as a makeshift memorial.

When you see these photos, I defy you NOT to get a lump in your throat. Now, with said lump picture a 13 story Mosque in that Skyline near where the WTC skyscrapers used to be. It is maddening, horrifying and downright unbelievable. This has to be prevented. Not in New York City; there no way to justify this in the United States of America.