Dream
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I understand this from being Christian, and being frustrated about my religion being so opaque to outsiders. To get people to look inside and follow the maze, that is the holy grail for a Christian. The Christians have a LOT of books and a LOT of songs and a LOT of peculiarities, studies and varieties. It is not unreasonable for someone to ask 'What is a Christian?' more than once while they are already Christians. Similarly, as an outsider I cannot say that I understand what its like to be Muslim or what I am to Muslims. They also have a LOT of books and other things they study that no one else does. There is so much for them to study that they leave a lot of it up to Imams, but I can understand that.opening thread said:Americans are protesting the building of a Mosque near the site of the Twin Towers terrorist bombing on 9-11. AThey are saying that anything Muslim desecrates those who died on 9-11 from Islamic Terrorists. They are saying that Islam is equal to terrorism.
To avoid having to introduce yourself by explaining doctrinal complexities, the only thing you can do is show people how you live. In fact the only way for an outsider to get Christianity is to experience a Christian community or at least meet some Christians. Similarly, Muslims feel they must provide a sort of Muslim community, and that is the primary thread in this story. That is what the mosque has to be about. I'm not saying its necessarily a great idea to put it in that spot or that I'd blame NY for saying no. At the same time, NY is a symbol of religious and political freedom. In fact a lot of people around the world think of USA as a great big NY city and that every city here is just like NY. If NY decides not to allow the mosque then it will be making a statement about our country. We walk the knife's edge.