Let 9/11 be mourned with monuments and mosques

I sent a lot of people here to read this story, and to read the Post....only to have a complimentary post by myself ignored (after multiple attempts to post it). Its a sad state of affairs when we can't have open forums.....and everything is controlled. What do we lose when we try to control everything? Originality, honestly, balanced reporting. Pretty disillusioned here. Try to lead better, eh? Its not that hard. Just be real....

Dear Robert,

Religion had nothing to do with 9/11. And like all other wars, the 9/11 Wars are about greed, not religion.

We know that Muslims did not commit the crimes of 9/11. We know this because Muslims do not kill innocents, and therefore, by definition, do not commit acts of terrorism. We also know that neither Jews nor Christians committed the crimes of 9/11. This is because the ten commandments includes "thou shalt not murder", and the Talmud says that lying is the worse form of theft, the theft of ideas.

What we can say today, with certainty, is that if we are to believe that al Qaeda orchestrated the events of 9/11 then we do not know much about al Qaeda. There is, however, another system that continues to profit from the 9/11 attacks and that uses the fear, rage and religious bigotry generated by al Qaeda-attributed terrorism to its own advantage.

Understanding and destroying terrorism might simply be a matter of understanding and destroying the organizations that continue to profit from 9/11. Please help those of us who still value consciousness to discover the truth.

I'm really just shocked by this proposal. If the Cordoba Institute wants to seek peace and reconciliation between Islam and American values, then it should seek to build an "American People's Center" dedicated to the diverse array of people who lost their lives in these horrifying attacks.

The substantive majority of Muslims do not promote or participate in terrorism. But this mosque/cultural center is a dangerous provocation. It will rally the far right and political extremists.

As a friend of the Muslim American community, I urge them to immediately HALT this wildly misguided project

please check out http://www.islamicsolutions.com/islam-gave-the-world-the-gift-of-liberty/

I agree that a stand alone religious center may not be the right idea, but the idea of a worldwide center or "Temple of Mutual Understanding" for religious tolerance and understanding to be located at the site is fantastic. The US could lead the 21st century with a new agenda of global acceptance among cultures and religions. Although my cynical side says it would not work as well as I imagine it could, due to so many primitive beliefs and bigotry.

I would completely agree if in fact the property paid for in cash by the CEO of SOHO properties could please verify were in fact he receives his funds ( that’s just my two cents); but the bigger picture here is that a Global religious monument would be a great feet and the sad reality is that the backers for the Cordoba project are not about sharing religious spotlight. It’s all or nothing in there eyes and that is why it is distasteful today to build a religious center regardless of what religion in an American city that has been under constant attack from terrorist groups. I would be opposed to a catholic YMCA two blocks from the WTC for the same reasons. Only bad things will come of this. What do we do next when Islamism extremist or crazy American extremist attack this newly built mosque. This is not helping the situation.