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Islamic cultural center

The Islamic community must go forward with their plan to build the cultural center near the site of

ground zero. The constitution of the United States guaranties freedom of religion. A cultural center like

the one proposed will introduce Islam to a large number of people and can serve as another memorial

to the people killed in 9/11 of all religions. What will come of the image of the America in the world as

the birth place of modern democracy? A truly democratic society would encourage the building of this

project , not discourage it.

Islam culture has the right to move on as the other cultures. Osama bin laden who created the

catastrophic incident on the day of 9/11 was a Muslim terrorist. This fact has given a bad image to the

Muslim religion. The people who were killed from other religions have come to the conclusions that all

Muslims are terrorists. This false impression on the Muslim has lead the Muslim society to be pictured

as a threat to the American nation.

Ground zero is projected six buildings away from the location of the project Islamic center. Which clearly

shows it is not a reasonable factor for anyone to criticize a religion and make any kind of protest. Anti

Muslim all over New York City gathered up by showing their disagreement in building up the cultural

center. These participants are mainly from the families who lost their family members or friends during

9/11 attack.
By building the cultural center the young Muslims and people from other religions have the opportunity

to discover about the Muslim religion. It will be of great advantage to the Muslims living in New York to

have a sacred place nearby for religious purposes.

America being a democratic and a multi cultural country, people are expected to have a broader vision

of how this situation could be solved in a peaceful manner. The government approval was given in order

to proceed in this project. Therefore people trying to create unpleasant social and political

circumstances will end up in wasting their valuable time.