The way the Extreme Right has used this issue to promote both xenophobia and Islamophobia is mind numbing. Stephan Salisbury has written an excellent article Mosque Mania: Anti-Muslim Fears and the Far Right must read essay.
A second important article on the subject, entitled 'Ground Zero Mosque' Imam Was A Bush-Era Partner For Mideast Peace explores the Imam behind the mosque, Feisal Abdul Rauf.
Not that reality means anything to the extreme right, but here it is:
1. Islam and Muslims are not responsible for the terror attacks of 9/11. Instead, the handful of perpetrators claimed to be Muslims.
2. There were substantially more Muslim victims of the 9/11 attacks (20:1 ratio) than there were Muslims who did the attacks - here.
3. All of the Abrahamic Faiths (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) have members, unfortunately, who commit acts of violence in the name of their religions; and all of the Abrahamic Faiths have members who are committed to working for peace.
Learn more about religious violence - here and terrorism here
Learn more about Peace and Love in the Qur'an - here
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