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Abdul Rauf, F. (September 8, 2010). Opinion. In Building on Faith. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/opinion/08mosque.html?_r=0. In this article, the author appeals to the audience by explaining why despite some opposition, he and his group will continue to build a Muslim community center near the 9/11 attack sites. Abdul Rauf defends that the location that would be used has already been home to many who use the site to practice their faith. The message portrayed is that the main goal of the center is to improve relations between the west and the Muslims around the world. This mans article is an important because it brings to the table the fact that this country was built upon tolerance and religious freedom without the fear of persecution, and those who are opposing the building of the center are turning their back on those principles. Altman, A. (August 19, 2010). TIME. In Poll: Majority Oppose Mosque, Many Distrust Muslims. Retrieved from http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2011799,00.html. More than 70% of Americans believe that going on with the construction of Park51/Cordoba house project would be an insult to the victims of the attacks on the World Trade Center. A poll administered by Abt SRBI on August 16, 2010 sureveyed 1002 Americans, 89% of whom identified themselves as voters stated that it is so close to hallowed ground. 61% of those surveyed disagreed with the forward movement of the project while 26% support it. This poll shows that a percentage of Americans have a strong opinion on the matter.

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Daily Mail Reporter. (September 19, 2011). Daily Mail. In Controversial Ground Zero mosque site opens - just two weeks after 9/11 anniversary. Retrieved from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2039290/Controversial-Ground-Zero-mosquesite-opens-just-weeks-9-11 The Muslim community center opened up with a photo exhibition featuring children of 169 different countries that currently live in New York. Many still have protested the center and its leaders some of who they claim have supremacist Islamic ties. The exhibit was open for three months and 700 guests were invited. While the opening was allowed, the leaders of the project still believe there is much work to due in the issue of Muslim ties with America. It was a beautiful display of Americas diversity of the New York communities while still showing that not all are ready for this type of acceptance.

Kessler, J. (August 25, 2010). CNN U.S.. In Family members of 9/11 victims support and denounce NYC Islamic center. Retrieved from http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/25/new.york.islamic.center.rally/index.html?iref=allsearch.

Kirpalani, R. (July 13,2011). abc News. In 'Ground Zero Mosque' Clears Legal Hurdle to Build. Retrieved from http://abcnews.go.com/US/ground-mosque-wins-legal-battlebuild/story?id=14062701#.UIw3jnIdBRs. The courts ruled in favor of building the mosque. Courts agreed that they could not measure the type of injury that was described in a letter from a respondant firefighter. He said that it would hurt his abilty to remember those lost on 9/11.

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Krauthammer, C. (August 20, 2010). Opinion. In Moral myopia at Ground Zero. Retrieved October 21, 2012, from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2010/08/19/AR2010081904769.html. In this article, Krauthammer points out that nobody is questioning whether or not these people have a legal right to build the mosque, but rather they are questioning moral right to. Some families of the victims view it as a sort of taunt to their faces, because the attackers killed their family members in the name of Islam. They feel as though its a trophy of some sort, and that they should feel comfortable as they remember their loved ones. Its not just insensitive, its provocative. Just like the Japanese wouldnt build a cultural center near Pearl Harbor, this shows a great case for the opposition of the community center. The Muslim Canadian Congress . (August 9, 2010). Ground Zero Islamic Centre. In Muslim Canadian Congress urges New Yorks Ground-Zero Mosque Imam to abandon project . Retrieved from http://www.muslimcanadiancongress.org/20100809.html. "Proposal for a mosque at site of 9/11 tragedy is nothing short of a 'fitna' or making mischief" according to the Muslim Canadian Congress. They believe that going forward with this plan that it is an act clearly forbidden in the Quran. The MCC challenges Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf believing that the mosque "will increase tolerance for Muslims when the evidence is the exact opposite." The MCC beilives that the negativite that is coming about from Americans due to thus plan is a reason why is shouldnt happen. It is like "a permanent sore point and a lightning rod for anti-Muslim feelings." THis letter to Feisal Abdul Rauf is important because it shows how neg Muslims feel about this plan and how

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Office of the Press Secretary . (August 13, 2010). The White House. In Remarks by the President at Iftar Dinner. Retrieved from http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-pressoffice/2010/08/13/remarks-president-iftar-dinner. President Obama believes that Muslim-Americans have should and will have the same right to exercise and practice their religion as the Jewish and Christians in America. The people who attacked the towers on 9/11 were tied to Al- Qaeda, who have distorted views of Islam and have killed many Muslims themselves. Though many people lost loved ones on that day by these people, all Muslims should not be held accountable for what a few bad apples did. They do not represent what Islam stands for and should not be held as an example of what it is to be Muslim.