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Originally Posted by preciousjeni
I have the opportunity to speak openly with American Muslims, because I have personal, intimate friendships with adherents to Islam. I don't know how many GCers have that same avenue to increase their knowledge.
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My business partner is a Sunni Muslim born in Pakistan. Had I come out and said "some of my best friends are Muslim" everyone would have called BS on me. Glad you said it first.
He and I disagee greatly on politics (he is a liberal and I am conservative) but we have a blast arguing. We almost missed a flight to Ecuador because we were caught up in political discourse.
I asked him about the Mosque and he does not agree with building it near the site of the attack. His thought process is similar to mine as he considers it too open a wound and too close to ground zero. His statement is that it "doesn't serve any real good at this time".