It’s been weeks since I have read anything in the paper about the proposed mosque. What’s happening? Have the protests stopped? Is it definitely going to be built?
AFAIK, it’s still not at Ground Zero and still not a mosque.
Since November (ie post elections) the protests have wilted. The last one was canceled. As for whether it’s going to be built, it’s all down to money. There are rumors that the King of Saudi Arabia may or may not be providing some sort of funding for something or other, but there’s no real information.
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AFAIK, it’s still not at Ground Zero and still not a mosque.
I know that. And the Battle of Bunker Hill was actually fought on Breed’s Hill, some distance away from Bunker Hill. But when we discuss the battle we still refer to it as the Battle of Bunker Hill and everyone knows what we are talking about. If I had said “What is the latest on the proposed islamic cultural center in New York, some peoploe might not have known what I was talking about.”
Yes, but “the Battle of Bunker Hill” is a dead and gone historical occurrence, not a current topic. Calling it the Ground Zero Mosque helps to spread the stupidity that makes people protest it in the first place.
Anyway, I’ve noticed that once the elections were over, all of this anti-Muslim jackassery that’s been happening all over the country just kind of…stopped. Or at least stopped being reported on national news. Funny, that, huh?
Because Fox dropped the story after Election Day. It had served its purpose.
This.
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So it is being built then? Is that how it has turned out?
Why did they move it to Charlestown? Was it because of the movie?
They need to raise the money before they build anything. They seem determined to build at the site they have chosen, but it’s going to take years before they finish.
The “Ground Zero Mosque” is over 500 feet from the very edge of the World Trade Center site which in New York parlance means it is in a completely different neighborhood. If you walk to the corner, you can see World Trade Center 7 down the street, but when you stand in front of the proposed center, you might as well be miles away. There is an Amish Market restaurant on the corner, and a few other wholesale businesses. The building is an abandoned Burlington Coat Factory warehouse which is eight stories tall. The proposed Muslim Center will be 10 stories which is the height of the other buildings on this block.
The plan was approved by the zoning board, and after that, the furor died down. There were grumblings of taking the whole thing to court, but those threats died after the election. As others have mentioned, those who raised the ruckus see no further need in exploiting this. If anyone really had evidence of terrorists behind this building, they would have given that to the New York State attorney general instead of whining about it in front of a mere zoning board meeting.
The people who are behind this building won’t be getting money from the Saudi kingdom. There are several branches of Islam, and the people behind this are part of the Sufi tradition while the Saudi government (and Al Qadea) are part of the Salafi tradition which considers Sufi and Shia to be heretical. I also doubt that that Iran will also give a non-Shia site any funds.
The site is officially known as Park 51. According to the site, two floors will be used as a mosque, and the rest will be offices, gym, and various meeting rooms. You can see some initial renderings of the site at http://blog.park51.org/2010/09/28/park51-renderings/.
Regarding the finance issue-this place is going to cost about $100 million. The guy promoting it has less than $50,000-where is the money coming from?
I agree with the comments-it is not in the same neighborhood at all.
But the huge gap in the financing raises some interesting questions.
He’s getting it the same way any other (Christian or otherwise) church gets money. Donations. Are you going to start questioning how the local Baptists fund their new megachurch?
For that matter, since when is it unusual for a group to announce a project and then raise the funds to pay for it? Companies do this all the time and so do municipalities.