Muslim Deaths at 9/11 Are a Ridiculous Reason to Establish a Memorial Mosque At the Site

E-Mail to Congress:

Another issue has arisen concerning the memorial mosque at the New York City 9/11 site. It is said that Muslims died in the destruction of the World Trade Center Towers and that justifies establishing a Muslim memorial mosque at the site.

This is a ridiculous assertion, which could only be dreamed up by unrealistic do-gooders or actual enemies of our society.

The Muslims who flew the planes and died in the destruction did so on the basis of sacrificing their lives for the Muslim God Allah and thereby becoming martyrs. Do we want to allow the raising of a memorial mosque at the site for these people?

A second group of Muslims were probably an insignificantly small group that happened to be employed in the World Trade Center and lost their lives in the attack. We routinely call this collateral damage. We also do not know the political/religious leanings of each of these people. Some may actually have had the same justification as those who flew the planes and were happy to give up their lives as martyrs. Some may be said to have been innocent victims, but as I have said many times, in war there are no innocent victims. Noncombatants are either for or against the operation. If they have done nothing to forestall it initially, they must be considered enemies. In World War II, we killed many thousands of German and Japanese citizens. They were not innocent civilians. They were supporters of the programs of dictator Hitler and the Japanese Emperor.

Those Muslims who died in the World Trade attack were either directly involved or indirectly supported the operation by having done nothing to forestall it initially. Using this same logic, do-gooders who support a mosque at the New York City 9/11 site are as much enemies of our society as those Muslims who support various programs to destroy US economical, political, and religious culture.