Is it appropiate to build a muslim religious center near the world trade center

Thank you Con for your response. The main problem I find in you arguments is that they do not do anything to critique what American Muslims believe. "Islam does not accept us. It does not accept assimilation. It does not accept democracy. " Does this target American Muslims. 53% of American Muslims say that there is more than one way to interpret Islam. Quran- "Oh you who believe! Truly the idolaters are unclean; so let them not, after this year, approach the Sacred Mosque." (9:28). Con holds a huge double standard for Christianity and Islam. If one agrees with the logic that Con follows, than it is reasonable to deem Christianity unacceptable too. 1. "I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent." (1 Timothy 2:12) 2."This is what the Lord Almighty says... "Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey."" (1 Samuel 15:3) 3."In the same way also the men, giving up natural intercourse with women, were consumed with passion for one another. Men committed shameless acts with men and received in their own persons the due penalty for their error." (Romans 1:27) Against Gay People 4. "Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord." (Ephesians 5:22) 5. "Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the cruel." (1 Peter 2:18) All of these verses accept slaver, discrimination against gays, and gender inequality. In order for you arguments to be correct. You have to prove that all American Muslims that would be going to this mosque take the Quran literally. My opponent is right to an extent when he says that Islam promotes ideas that are the opposite of what the west believes. But, Christianity does not. Con has to answer this. He has to answer why there is gender inequality in the Bible, 90%, agree that women should be able to work outside the home. Therefore, the impacts that Con argues holds no weight, because it will never be triggered by American Muslims. My opponent makes a huge analytic about how America is great, because Atheists and Christians made it that way. Now, this is unfair. I am specifically talking about American Muslims which are obviously going to be the Muslims that will visit this mosque. Muslims globally are very different, and have different beliefs compared to American Muslims. That is what I am arguing. Muslims in this country are the second highest educated minority. More than 90% of Muslims believe in gender equality. 53% of Muslims say there is more than one way to interpret the Quran. Even if they take the Quran literally, than they don't act upon the actions that Con has described. Only a few have acted on it. Also, according to my evidence, American Muslims are at the forefront at combating Islamic terrorism. The impact that my opponent argues has little to no weight, because American Muslims do not act on these verses. The same way Christians and Jews do not take female teachers out of the classroom. Con still has yet to address this double standard he holds. "Atheist, ask yourself, is marrying a child wrong?" Marrying a child is wrong, but I do not see any American Muslims marrying children. The impact has no weight. Con has not provided evidence supporting the belief that American Muslims do marry children. More than 90% of Muslims believe in gender equality. "32% of Muslims in America believe that Sharia should be the supreme law of the land." The poll you cite also involves Muslims around the world, therefore affecting the Muslims in America data. That also means again that 68% of Muslims do not believe Sharia law should be the law of the land. On balance, this impact does not hold any weight. "Al Jazeera poll, 81% of respondents approved of ISIS" Again, this does not impact the beliefs of American Muslims. My opponent has yet to argue against the idea that American Muslims would commit acts he describes is prevalent in Islam. Here is the data again that proves that American Muslims are significantly more moderate that their global counter parts. They're better educated than most Americans U.S. Muslims have the second-highest level of education among major religious groups in the country; Jews have the highest. And a greater proportion of them have college degrees than the general U.S. population. They have more gender equality "While in many parts of the Muslim world, women are confined to second-class status, that's not the case among American Muslims. Virtually all of them, 90%, agree that women should be able to work outside the home. American Muslim women hold more college or postgraduate degrees than Muslim men. And they are more likely to work in professional fields than women from most other U.S. religious groups. They've been here since the birth of the nation ... Scholars estimate about a quarter to a third of the Africans brought to the United States as slaves were Muslims. Most were then forced to convert to Christianity. but they're not as dogmatic as they are portrayed Much has been made about fundamentalist Muslims and their strict interpretation of the Quran. But most American Muslims are different. A Pew religious landscape survey found that 57% of American Muslims say there is more than one way to interpret Islam's teachings. A similar number say many different religions can lead to eternal life. Muslims also spoken out against it After every terrorist attack at home and abroad, the refrain rises, "Where is the Muslim condemnation?" American Muslims have spoken out -- and done much more. A Duke University study found more terrorism suspects and perpetrators were brought to the attention of law enforcement by members of the Muslim-American community than were discovered through U.S. government investigations. And a Pew survey found that roughly half of U.S. Muslims say their religious leaders aren't speaking out enough against Islamic extremism." By Holly Yan, CNN