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muslims building mosques on places they

Rosie - posted on 07/29/2011 ( 2 moms have responded )

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it was mentioned in another thread that muslims build mosques on places they conquer. i guess i want to know the rationale behind believing this in a negative light. don't christians do the same thing? isn't it the best way to spread your faith and religion around? do you suppose the native americans took too kindly to us building our churches all over their country? go to egypt and you'll see christians have taken some of their ancient temples and turned them into churches.

heck, christians even take other peoples festivals and celebrations and turn them into their own (christmas, easter etc). i just simply don't understand falling for the "hype" of claims such as this one, and many other ones that right wingers fall victim to constantly.

i guess i don't really know that this is a debate, unless of course you want to debate this, i just wanted to point out that some things i hear coming from the right are just ridiculous. i DO want to know why so many people are dooped into believing things like this, and why 90% of the time it's always the conservative right making this stuff up.

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Jen - posted on 07/30/2011

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Dyan, it's always different (in our society as a whole) when Christians do something bad because either they aren't 'true' Christians (a la Hitler) or it was such a long time ago that everyone should get over it (witchhunting and Crusades).

Sara - posted on 07/29/2011

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You know what I fail to understand? Muslims are Americans just as Christians, Jews, Catholics and non-believers are. If other groups are allowed to erect places of worship, as Americans, then why not Muslims too? Why does it have to have this sinister air to it because they are Muslim? It's seems hypocritical to me. Freedom of religion gives you the right to practice, or not practice, what you feel is right. It's all or nothing, IMO, you can't just cherry pick which religions are allowed and which aren't.

I went to a concentration camp in southern Germany, and on the site they had erected not only a Jewish Temple, but a small Catholic Church as well, where you could light a candle in remembrance of those who perished. I thought that was a nice gesture, to be honest. You don't see anyone making a big deal of the fact that Hilter was raised Catholic and therefore it's offensive to the Jews who died there.