In what way would blowing up the Dome of the Rock to pave the way for the rebuilding of the Temple NOT be sending a message to Muslims that their faith is in the way of what the bombers would see as the glorious future of Christianity?
Again, find me an important site in the middle east that is not a holy site.
Why do you insist that the site be important to the Middle East as a whole? As opposed to individual nations or certain cross-national factions? The area is divided against itself in some ways. Not without help from outside nations. And bin Laden himself was gained power from playing of that internal divisiveness.
The "impressiveness" of the WTC not so much the grandeur of the building, or its importance to the US economy, as it is that it was a target on soil physically untouched by war in the modern era. Much of the Middle East has been touched by war, including US troops. Even prior to 9/11.
Why do you insist on equating "Middle East" and the whole complexity of Middle Eastern politics with Islam? There are over twice as many majority Islam nations than there are nations which can be included in even an expanded definition of the Middle East. Your analogy is demanding that the target be something that has religious significance to an entire faith, regardless of political affiliation. Whereas the WTC was all about political affiliations.
Only a few Muslims did it but large numbers idolized them across the world and at the very least had to give qualified answers when asked if 9/11 was wrong.
So you are saying that Muslims have to take the high road where Western Christians do not in order for people to not be offended? I mean, lots of Americans see the wars in the Middle East (pre and even more so post 9/11) as a war against Muslims. Not a war against certain regimes/in support of our economic policy. And support it for that reason.
I don't understand how people can not be offended by the persecution of Christians in Middle Eastern countries. I don't understand how people here can discriminate against Islam because of political wars. And I certainly don't understand how anyone can be against one discrimination but for the other.
The objection to the mosque is totally related to its location.
There are protests against planned Mosques in Staten Island, Murfreesboro, TN; Temecula, CA; and Sheboygan, WI? Bryan Fischer of the AFA has stated "Permits should not be granted to build even one more mosque in the United States of America."
This is not even counting the rise in protests outside of Mosques during worship hours and the increase in vandalism against Mosques. Or protesting outside Mosques.
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Again, find me an important site in the middle east that is not a holy site.
Why do you insist that the site be important to the Middle East as a whole? As opposed to individual nations or certain cross-national factions? The area is divided against itself in some ways. Not without help from outside nations. And bin Laden himself was gained power from playing of that internal divisiveness.
The "impressiveness" of the WTC not so much the grandeur of the building, or its importance to the US economy, as it is that it was a target on soil physically untouched by war in the modern era. Much of the Middle East has been touched by war, including US troops. Even prior to 9/11.
Why do you insist on equating "Middle East" and the whole complexity of Middle Eastern politics with Islam? There are over twice as many majority Islam nations than there are nations which can be included in even an expanded definition of the Middle East. Your analogy is demanding that the target be something that has religious significance to an entire faith, regardless of political affiliation. Whereas the WTC was all about political affiliations.
Only a few Muslims did it but large numbers idolized them across the world and at the very least had to give qualified answers when asked if 9/11 was wrong.
So you are saying that Muslims have to take the high road where Western Christians do not in order for people to not be offended? I mean, lots of Americans see the wars in the Middle East (pre and even more so post 9/11) as a war against Muslims. Not a war against certain regimes/in support of our economic policy. And support it for that reason.
I don't understand how people can not be offended by the persecution of Christians in Middle Eastern countries. I don't understand how people here can discriminate against Islam because of political wars. And I certainly don't understand how anyone can be against one discrimination but for the other.
The objection to the mosque is totally related to its location.
There are protests against planned Mosques in Staten Island, Murfreesboro, TN; Temecula, CA; and Sheboygan, WI? Bryan Fischer of the AFA has stated "Permits should not be granted to build even one more mosque in the United States of America."
This is not even counting the rise in protests outside of Mosques during worship hours and the increase in vandalism against Mosques. Or protesting outside Mosques.