The day September 11th is known to everyone as the day two planes flew into the World Trade Center. Hearing the date alone rings a horrifying event. There has been a proposed plan to build a Mosque on the site of where the World Trade Center had once been. Many American's reacted outraged and disturbed by the proposal. Rev. Terry Jones, the leader of a small Florida church, took his reaction to the next level and made a plan to burn copies of the Quran with his church on September 11th.
I have to disagree Rev. Terry Jones's on two levels. First of all, on the very site of tragedy in America, we should be encouraging American Philosophy to show that we have not been defeated. Freedom of Religion is one of the great things about our country. As long as the Mosque is considerate and doesn't flaunt itself innapropriately, I see no reason to discriminate against it.
I also am completely disgusted with Rev. Jones's reaction. I do understand the other side of the argument and people who would prefer a Mosque to be built somewhere else. And even if i was opposed to the building of a Mosque at Ground Zero, I would not go as far as to burn the Quran. Burning books is completely unconstitutional. It goes against everything our country stands for. The book has caused no harm to our country. Burning this book symbolizes the type of discrimination that started tragedies like the Holocaust, and I think there are more appropriate ways of protesting.
Raquel,
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree with you more. Although I see why people don't want a Mosque to be built in that specific area, It is awful what Rev. Jones is trying to do, and he is going against the rights in our constitution that make our country everything it stands for. He is a shame to the United States of America, and our forefathers would be horrified with his existance.