Friday, September 10, 2010
Quran Burning/ Remembering 9-11
I agree with Rauf in that peace needs to be met. In the country we live in, people should respect freedom of religion. By burning the Quran that Muslims use in prayer, Americans are showing disrespect not only for Muslims but for the Constitution as well. Iraq's top Shiite cleric described burning the Quran as an "expression of hatred". On 9-11 we as Americans should not be looked at as expressing hatred on such a significant day in history. We should be mourning those lost in 9-11and acknowledging those who risked their lives in order to save others. Just because Muslim terrorists destroyed the twin towers in New York, is not a reason to fill all other Muslims with hatred. We cannot just focus on the terrorists, we must focus on how this event may impact others. By burning the Quran, we are initiating more tension. Why would we do this when 9-11 has already brought enough tension into our country? We should not go along with the plan to build a mosque either in place of where 9-11 took place. This could potentially bring up more tensions and misunderstandings. Instead we should honor the fire fighters, policemen, and officers who risked their lives to save those captured in the event on that day. A monument for them should be placed there, not a mosque.
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I agree that we should honor those lives we lost in 9/11, and not create more controversy.
ReplyDeleteI agree, burning Quran's will only cause tension in our country. Nothing good can come from it. If he follows through with this, it will affend the people of Iraq and Afghanistan, not to mention Islam's in the United States.
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