Muslim Mosque Vs. American History

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Muslim mosque vs. American history


Chad Groening - OneNewsNow - 7/22/2010 4:00:00 AM

A Christian law firm representing a New York City firefighter who survived the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, is urging the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission to declare a building in the area a historic landmark in order to make it more difficult for a Muslim group to turn it into a huge mega-mosque. (See earlier article)











The American Center for Law & Justice is representing Tim Brown, a decorated firefighter and first responder who survived the Twin Towers collapse but lost nearly 100 friends. The ACLJ is also representing thousands of Americans who have signed on to a petition for the Committee to Stop the Ground Zero Mosque -- a group of concerned Americans who oppose building a mega-mosque on the site that should be used to honor and preserve the memory of 9/11 and its victims.



Jordan Sekulow, director of international operations with the ACLJ, says it is unfortunate that political correctness is rearing its head in the decision process.



"I really think this is playing politics with landmarking," he comments. "And when you look at the history of what this commission has done and landmarked, it truly shows how politicized the process has become."



Sekulow offers some examples to support his case. "For instance, some of the landmarks [that have been designated include] a building where a Weather Underground bomb went off -- [that was] Bill Ayers' group...[Planned Parenthood founder] Margaret Sanger's clinic...Stonewall [Inn], which was part of the gay rights movement."



And yet the Landmark Preservation Commission, he notes, is hesitant to landmark a building that was hit by debris from the collapse, including a landing gear from a crashing plane on 9/11.



"There was wreckage from the aircraft: the landing gear," he says. "So a small explosive goes off in the Weather Underground [and] that's a landmark? But landing gear hits this building and it's not?



"I mean that gives you right there the politics of this commission, which I think is very unfortunate because it's not a place for that," he concludes.



Sekulow says if the Landmark Preservation Commission does not rule favorably on the designation request, the ACLJ could take legal action.