Mosque at Ground Zero Controversy

Lately, some controversy has arisen regarding a Mosque/Islamic culture center being built at the site of Ground Zero.

A controversy should not be surprising, since the Koran, sure to be taught at the new Mosque, contains these statements:

"When your Lord revealed to the angels: I am with you, therefore make firm those who believe. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them." (Koran 8.12)

"Fight against those who believe not in Allah, and those who acknowledge not the religion of truth (Islam), until they are subdued" (Koran 9.29)

"O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people." (Koran 5.51)

"The unbelievers among the People of the Book and the pagans shall burn forever in the fire of Hell. They are the vilest of all creatures" (Koran 98.6)

"O you who believe! fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you and let them find in you hardness; and know that Allah is with those who guard (against evil)." (Koran 9.123)

Some liberals would ask, "What's the big deal? If a Christian does something wrong, we don't create a controversy about a Church being built near the scene of a crime."

The difference is that if a person calling himself a "Christian" commits a crime, they are disobeying a straightforward interpretation of the words of Jesus. When a Muslim flies a plane into a building in order to kill unbelievers, he is obeying a straightforward interpretation of the aforementioned verses and applying them to modern times.

3,000 people were killed as a result of Muslims taking such statements literally, the new tower is not even built yet, and they are getting ready to build a mosque at Ground Zero.

Unfortunately, today, we can't take things many people say at face value: