[Vision2020] Muslims are Part of Our Culture

[Andreas Schou]

V2020 --

Glenn has a point. After conquering Istanbul, the Turks rebuilt a
Burlington Coat Factory half a mile from the Hagia Sophia into the
Blue Mosque. The parallels are chilling.

-- ACS

On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Glenn Schwaller <vpschwaller at gmail.com> wrote:
> Short and sweet:  The history of Muslim conquests, probably predating
> the construction of the Dome of the Rock following the conquest of
> Jerusalem, and continuing on through invasions of Europe, Spain,
> India, clearly demonstrates how victory over the enemy is celebrated.
> In the early 70's, Qaddafi converted 78 synagogues into mosques,
> ultimately destroying over 60 of them, a continued show of humiliation
> and conquest.
>
> Be it peace-loving Muslims or radical terrorists Muslims behind the
> funding and construction of the Park 51 mosque, based on ancient and
> recent history I'm astounded that Ms Rivetti cannot see the culturally
> insensitive nature of this mosque.
>
> GS
>
> On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 5:32 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
>> Courtesy of the “Letters to the Editor” section of today’s (September 3,
>> 2010) Moscow-Pullman Daily News with a special thanks to The Rev. Mary Beth
>> Rivetti of Pullman.
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>> Muslims are part of our culture
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>> I applaud Franci DuPont for her careful explanation of the need for cultural
>> sensitivity in encountering foreign places (Letter to the Editor, Aug. 27).
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>> Her examples show that she has indeed been involved in attempting to shed
>> light on the bridging of cultures around the world, and particularly in the
>> areas of extreme cultural clash.
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>> But then I'm very surprised at her conclusion that the Park 51 Islamic
>> cultural center is an example of cultural insensitivity.
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>> Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, one of the leaders of the initiative, leads worship
>> in a mosque that has been located just a few blocks from ground zero for
>> more than 30 years. He has been involved in attempts to promote dialogue and
>> mutual understanding for years, and in particular in light of the attacks of
>> Sept. 11, 2001.
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>> I think that what is culturally insensitive is the amazing barrage of
>> inaccurate information and inflammatory rhetoric about the proposed center,
>> which has been supported by the mayor of New York and local religious
>> leaders (including the Roman Catholic archbishop and the Episcopal bishop)
>> as a sign of healing and renewal. The Vicar of Trinity Episcopal Church on
>> Wall Street - whose members were there, and whose friends and family were
>> lost Sept. 11 - just a little bit away from the site of the blast calls the
>> mission of the center "peace and reconciliation, inter- and intra-faith
>> understanding."
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>> The supposition that Imam Rauf or Muslims in general constitute "outsiders"
>> who need to show sensitivity to the culture they are entering is ignoring
>> the long history of Muslims in our communities. Muslims are as much a part
>> of us as members of the dominant culture. It is we who need to learn more
>> about our history, we who need to show some sensitivity.
>>
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>> The Rev. Mary Beth Rivetti, Pullman
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>> Amen!
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>> “Muslims have made an impact on the evolution of American society.
>> Historically Muslims have made major contributions, e.g. humanities, the
>> sciences, and art. They explored North America 300 years before the
>> so-called ‘discovery’ of the New World by Christopher Columbus. They used
>> the Mississippi river as their access route to and from the continent's
>> interior.”
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>> http://www.islam101.com/history/muslim_us_hist.html
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>> A few examples of Muslim life in American history can be found at the above
>> link.
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>> Seeya round town, Moscow.
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>> Tom Hansen
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>> Moscow, Idaho
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>> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
>> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
>>
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>>
>> - Unknown
>>
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