Opinions are flying as plans of a $100million mosque/Islamic community center sends many Americans into an uproar; especially after President Barack Obama’s released statements of support for the plans.
In Obama’s own defense, he claims that it is his “responsibility to stand up for the constitutional principle of religious freedom and equal treatment of all Americans.”
According to a recent Fox News article, many Republicans and some victim’s advocates have strongly condemned Obama’s support for the mosque which would be built two blocks away from Ground Zero; were almost 3,000 people where killed on Sept. 11, 2001 when jet line hijackers viciously brought down the World Trade Center towers. According to the article, “while no one has voiced opposition to the constructions of the mosque, critics are concerned that the center’s proposed location is insensitive to those affected by the terror attacks.”
Debra Burlingame, a spokeswoman for some of the Sept. 11 victim’s families, stated that the building of the planned Islamic center, “is a deliberately provocative act that will precipitate more bloodshed in the name of Allah.”
This picture below is that of President Obama hosting an iftar dinner, the meal that breaks the dawn-to-dusk fast for Muslims during their holy month of Ramadan, in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington D.C. Friday August 13,2010.
-All of this together only drawing more light and controversy for many as to the question of whether or not Obama is Muslim-
