President Barack Obama, Muslims, and Ground Zero Mosque
Hasan A. Yahya, Professor of Sociology and Race Relations
I wrote previously, supporting the right of Americans (including Muslims) to do whatever they wish in their property, but when thinking deeply in causes and effects of such project, I ask the owners to decline from their intention to build the Cultural Center near the Ground Zero. Muslims in the United States are not victorious to force their intentions. But the laws in their side, while tolerance of American laws on equality and justice permit the project execution, Emotional feeling of the people lost their love ones should not be violated, this is one way to show Islam as tolerant, no matter the sequences.
Historically, the victorious in any time and place, usually build and construct their religious cultural monuments and institutions. This was made since Hamorabi in Iraq, Alexander the Great in Egypt, the Romans and Greeks in many Middle East countries, the Pharaoh in Egypt and Sudan. The Jews when they built their Solomon Temple, and Muslims when they built, the Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Holy Rock.
When Islam was strong and the rulers of Islam were conquerors and victorious, to the land, they used power to build mosques in spite of the minority rejection. They changed the churches, Jewish, and Indu temples and build Mosques in its places in many countries, the following examples are found: The church known of Aya Sofia, in Turkey, Solomon Temple in Jerusalem, and the Babri mosque built in the god Rama temple in India and many others. Christians also did the same when they were victorious over Muslims.
Oil countries thought for a while that they represent Islam, therefore, they present free copies from Qur'an, amounts of money to build mosques, and employed many followers who abide with their rules and procedures and dogmatism in religion. Insistence of building the Cultural Center is a result of such dogmatism.
Immigration force people to go back to their own culture of origin, even it contradicts with integration rules and theories of the host countries. Victory of building a secular building does not serve Islam or show Islamic tolerance. In fact, it promotes hatred and widen misunderstanding between cultures, and will be a victory of dogmatism over tolerance.
If Islam is tolerance, which it is. Then why a person wants to reduce Islam to his own interest. The Cultural building is not religious and will not increase Islamic belief. It will be a business-like building, to satisfy rich people rather than to promote Islam. The opposition of the project will continue in hearts of thousands of Americans forever, why then, insistence on building it. While the money for the project can be directed to other places in the City of New York itself to show Muslim or Islam tolerance and integration in the American society. The victory is to produce tolerance not dogmatism in this case. The issue is an exam for Muslims, I hope they will pass it, using the minds rather than their emotions (as minority) to the purpose of accepting other American emotions (the majority) as well.
While the project in USA, does not violate laws, it violates people emotional feelings, and that by itself is a reason to show the tolerance of Islam in declining from building the project. It should respect the emotional feelings of those who lost their love ones, by an unforgivable criminal act of terrorism. The diseased people were not in war with any group. It was a determined crime to pay others political mistakes.
My request, to President Barack Obama, to persuade Muslim activists, to forget about the project, and leave dogmatism. The issue, in my opinion, has nothing to do with Islam, it is sensitive and may influence Obama's renewal Presidency, if negative solutions against the Majority were taken. Muslims, after all are defeated in their own countries, building the project on Ground Zero, will not add up make victory for Islam, it will be a sign for Muslim dogmatism rather than Islam tolerance in the host country. If you are a guest, then you have to abide with the House rules, this is an Arab proverb missed from the whole issue. Muslims are guests in the USA, until they prove otherwise, to be U.S. citizens. In my belief, it will reduce the victory of building 1300 mosques all over North America to ashes. (828 words)
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By: hasan A. yahya
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