That Is the difference.
Despite what people want to make it, BinLaden has said we are at Holy War.
Christians don't get to say when it's over, as we didn't start it.
If Muslims want to get things right, they've gotta help take BinLaden out.
Until then, there will be no Normalized relations, if then.
", and that's just the way it is."
Bin Ladin is not the leader of Islam, not by a far cry. He is only the leader of a bunch of extremists. He is no more speaking for every Muslim (and they have said so) than Fred Phelps is the leader of all Christians.
Search for Mosques in Manhattan. There are plenty.
It's the symbiology of the placement.
Symbiology? Do you mean symbolism?
The only
symbolism that it has is that GOOD Muslims are trying to counter the bad impression that BAD Muslims have been putting forward by providing a cultural center in which all are welcome. A good example is the anti-Muslim sentiment in this thread alone (not to mention other threads). If a small group of terrorist Muslims marks all Muslims as evil fuck-tards then the same is true for all religions, including all Christians.
Since the official religion of the KKK is Christianity this means, based on your arguments, that all Christians are evil fuck-tards also. Is that so?
There were Muslims (besides the terrorists) who died in the Twin Towers. They and their families suffered as much as the Christians, Hindus, Buddhists and Atheists did. What people fail to recognize is the opportunity to band together against a common enemy: the terrorists.