Wtc Mosque Essay

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Oil & Water: The Mosque at Ground Zero Leslie Pratt Westwood College College Writing 2 Persuasive Writing Paper Date: March 08, 2012 Instructor: Dr. Ras Tsidi Acolatse Oil & Water: The Mosque at Ground Zero Topic and Purpose This research paper discusses the dangers of placing a Muslim community center within the vicinity of the World Trade Center crash site. On September 11th, 2001, terrorists crashed 2 planes into the World Trade center buildings (aka Twin Towers) killing nearly 3,000 people devastating the lives of Americans everywhere. Now eleven years later, a group well known and respected Muslims led by Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf are leading and initiative to build a Muslim Community Center designated to promote peace, unification and America’s religious tolerance. The only problem is that this structure is being built within the vicinity of the World Trade Center crash site. Many New York City residents and fellow Americans feel that this is a direct “Slap in the face”, and a mockery of the countless lives lost on that tragic day. Within this paper I hope to persuade the Islamic Community of the dangers that the Muslim Community center poses for the occupants, everyone, and everything around it. This paper will accurately identify the risks and detriments of building a Muslim Community Center within the WTC vicinity and thoroughly explain why it should not be built there. Thesis Statement A Muslim community center should not be built near the World Trade Center site because it poses a clear danger to Muslims everywhere. Working Outline- WTC Muslim Community Center I. Introduction A. Park51 B. Hook…Question C. A Muslim community center should not be built near the World Trade Center site because it poses a clear danger to Muslims everywhere. II. Disrespectful and insensitive

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