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Old 08-17-2010, 09:09 PM
PiKA2001 PiKA2001 is offline
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Originally Posted by Drolefille View Post
The people raising a huge fuss were arguing about there being a "mosque at Ground Zero." Currently there are Muslims praying at the Pentagon with amazingly no ill effects.

While you're right, park51 and the space at the Pentagon are different, people weren't making any such distinctions when it suited them.
I don't think people are upset about muslims practicing their faith, I think it boils down to a large group of people that think putting this center near ground zero is in bad taste and they are being very vocal about it.
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