Rather than seeing the growing visibility of Islam in the United States, whether through the construction of the Cordoba House or any number of mosques around the country, as a threat to Christianity and reacting out of fear, we can choose to seize this as a new opportunity to reaffirm our trust in Jesus Christ, [...]

The proposed Ground Zero mosque in New York (like a similar mosque opened recently in Roxbury, Mass.) has triggered a fierce controversy, with advocates and opponents engaged in a vigorous war of words. Some of that debate has taken place recently in the pages of the Washington Post’s “On Faith” section.
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Backers of a mosque near Ground Zero chalked up a victory last night after the local community board voted against landmarking the building now at the site.

During a raucous meeting, Community Board 1 voted 24-to-11, with two abstentions, to recommend that the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission deny historic designation for the building [...]

A mosque and community center two blocks from ground zero is a fitting response to terrorism and deserves our enthusiastic support. READ MORE