Islamophobia!

On the Tuesday morning on Semtember 11, 2001, there were 19 terrorists from al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger jets and crashed two planes into the most important buildings in the middle of New York City. The twin towers, World Trade Center, collapsed within two hours. This brought up many complications to all American who were directly and indirectly affected.

Later on, an Isalamic Community Center Project is being proposed 2 blocks away from the Ground Zero which leads to an endless debating since the country receieves the supporting statement the right to build from Precident Obama.

Many questions rise to people around the world:

Should Muslims be allowed to build a mosque near New York’s Ground Zero?

Instead of old tradition architectural mosque, why do Muslims derive the original form into a skyscraper?

Many perspectives and opinions were observed among different group of people but most American would say no! It’s the matter of mind value not the rule which you can or can NOT build but it’s what you should or SHOULD NOT build it. As an American, not to be bias, it remarks in their minds that the terrorists are Muslim. This might sounds sterotyped so of course they don’t want anything for Muslim to located near the memorial of something so important for their country which the Muslims are the one who destroyed it.

However, as a Muslims who wasn’t involved in the crime and live life normally in the city, it might be really unfair and racist to prevent them from providing convenience for their people or even themselves.

In addition, the changing of form from the tradition Mosque to the new skyscraper is also depends on people perspective and judging. Some group of people might perceive it as a good willing to blend in with the environment since the area is business area and fills with business building. As well as the new architectural development where Jali, the latticed screen used for decoration in Islamic Mosque architecture, is adapted into the facade of the building. However, another opinion from different group people would be “It is really offensive to build another skyscraper belonging to Muslims who are the destroyer of THEIR skyscraper”, near the Ground Zero because it sounds like replacing.