Mosque at Ground Zero - or is it?
Watching recent news reports from the US and reading headlines such as "Outrage over mosque to be built at scene of 9/11 attacks" got me thinking… If you just read the headlines, or listened to the angry protests you’d be under the impression building permission had been granted to construct a mega mosque on the site of the former World Trade Center.
But nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, a mosque - otherwise known as a place of worship - will be built two and-a-half blocks away from what is now sadly known as Ground Zero. And you can bet if it was a synagogue or cathedral the general public would be none the wiser, because that’s not news.
9/11 was one of the most tragic events of our time. But the continued bigotry and hatred brought about by fear-mongering and misunderstanding is an even bigger tragedy.
