Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
— The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
According to the article, "Quran-burning on again, off again", a small church in Florida is planning on burning copies of the Islam holy book, the Quran, in order to protest plans of building a mosque near ground zero in New York.
I think that this planned protest is wrong. Even though a Muslim was to blame for the Sept. 11th attacks, the Muslims who want to build the mosque are completely different people who happen to practice the same religion as the terrorists. They are being scapegoated for something that they had no part in, so they should be granted the freedom to do what they need in order to practice their religion freely in the United States, just as Jews and Christians have the right to do.
Burning the Quran is not a way for the Florida church to protest because it is showing a complete disrespect for the Islam religion, which will make the Muslim people even more outraged and unwilling to make a comprimise with the church. The church should put themselves in the Muslim people's shoes and think about what it would be like if a group went against them and burned the Bible.
The two groups need to make a comprimise or work out their issues, and the way to do that is not to disrespect eachother and show hatred towards one another.
Karly, I agree with you that the church shouldn't be acting with violence, and that they are blaming the actions of a few people on a whole group of people. But at the same time I think that their shouldn't be a mosque built on ground zero, their should be something built that everyone can relate to and be able to pay respect to those who lost their lives. It shouldn't be something only pertaining to one religion or group of people.
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