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Broadway and the Mosque

6th August 2010

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There are several reasons why I don’t object to a mosque being built near the World Trade Center site, but the key reason is my affection for Broadway show tunes.

This person is paid a large amount of money to write a column for the most prominent newspaper in the country. Is there any better evidence of why the New York Times has been hemorrhaging subscribers like an Ebola victim?

Which brings me back to the Muslim community center/mosque, known as Park51. It is proposed to be built two blocks north of where the twin towers stood and would include a prayer space, a 500-seat performing arts center, a swimming pool and a restaurant. The Times reported that Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the Muslim leader behind the project, who has led services in TriBeCa since 1983, said he wants the center to help “bridge and heal a divide” among Muslims and other religious groups. “We have condemned the actions of 9/11,” he said.

That resistance to diversity, though, is not something we want to emulate, which is why I’m glad the mosque was approved on Tuesday. Countries that choke themselves off from exposure to different cultures, faiths and ideas will never invent the next Google or a cancer cure, let alone export a musical or body of literature that would bring enjoyment to children everywhere.

Anyone who thinks that a mosque is going to be a hotbed of ‘diversity’, or that Muslims will be encouraging the sort of ‘Broadway shows’ that a columnist for the New York Times is likely to enjoy, is someone too stupid to be allowed to vote, much less the sort of person who ought to have his drivel drip from the pages of the ‘newspaper of record’.

4 Responses to “Broadway and the Mosque”

  1. Whitehawk Says:

    I seem to remember news articles like this being written by “open minded”, progressives in England in the 1930’s. They were sure Nazism was a new break through in cultural advancement. Well, I guess you could say that proved to be true. Wake UP!

  2. Rick Says:

    One thing to look forward to: The list of officials paid off by the supporters of the mosque.

  3. Urbane Guerrilla Says:

    That, Rick, and also whence the payoffs come. Backtracking the money is often as illuminating a tool as following it.

  4. Tim of Angle Says:

    Oh, yes. The whole money chain can often be very … entertaining.