Why Stop at a Muslim Gay Bar, Greg Gutfeld? 4 More Things to Consider Building Next to the Ground Zero Victory Mosque
#4 “The Crusader House” — A Catholic Community Center
Imagine, if you will, the Archdiocese of New York City one day implementing a wonderful idea to improve cross-cultural city relations: They decide to build a towering Catholic “community center” over the graves of say, 3,000 dead devout Muslims. The purpose of this venture is “really,” they claim, to alleviate misunderstandings on what Catholicism is and to bring an appreciation of the religion to the Muslim community. They decide the most appropriate name for the center ought to be something that casts Catholicism in a good light — something that evokes the greatness of the creed. The perfect name, then, is the Crusader House! During the Crusades, Roman Catholic Christians, in the name of their savior Jesus Christ, fought valiantly for the sake of the Holy Land. Seems like a perfect choice, except — oh dear. The Crusades also involved killing and subjugating Muslims. That might be a problem. The obvious solution would be to Latinize the name of The Crusader House — Cassum Crusadum. The bet is that with the language obscurity, the Muslim community will be too stupid to figure out the insult.
The above sounds ridiculous. But how ridiculous can it be when so many Americans are eager to let the story play out with the roles reversed? The “Cordoba House,” the original name of the Ground Zero victory mosque, refers to a city in Spain, during a period when Muslim invaders dominated the land and subjugated indigenous Christian and Jewish populations. The upshot of all this is that a structure named after a period of Muslim hegemony and intolerance toward other religions was chosen to be the title which best represented a Muslim community center predicated on interfaith respect and understanding! And atop the graves of nearly 3,000 Americans slaughtered in the name of Allah, no less!
This brings us back to the question we were left with in #2. Who shoulders the burden of “tolerance” and cultural sensitivity? The Muslims who want to build this mega-mosque clearly couldn’t care less about offending Americans with their endeavor, as they are most aggressively pursuing its success. Instead, we are expected to curb our outrage; to demonstrate our understanding in this process, despite the fact that we are the unmistakable victims of Islamist hostility.
