Community Centre of Doom?

The 9th anniversary of the events of September 11th, 2001 has come and gone. As you may or may not know, an Islamic Cultural Centre is going to be built just two blocks away from Ground Zero. This has sparked alot of controversy between those who support the erection  of this building and those who condemn it. Those who are 'pro- Centre' cite their right to practice freedom of religion as justification for their opinions while those at the other end of the spectrum cite moral insensitivity towards the victims of 9/11 and their families. While both points are credible, this argument has essentially snowballed into an Muslim bashing, Anti- Islamic sentiment that strays heavily off topic.

Hell, it's not like they are building the mosque right on Ground Zero. Nine years after that terrible day and people still cannot separate terrorist from Muslims that are law abiding and taxpaying citizens. Don't blame all people of a similar faith and then pigeon hole them as terrorists. The actions of one extreme group should not dictate the outlook of other people that are labeled similarly. Saying that Muslims are all terrorists would be like saying that all Catholics are child molesters and all Mormons are polygamists and that all Latinos are illegal Mexicans, all Republicans are white, NRA racists, and Democrats are liberal hippies trying to bring back free love to all.

They have the right to build their house of worship, granted to them by New York City. They went through the proper channels in order to obtain that permit. This outcry has nothing to do with whether or not they have the lawful right to build, it is a moral. Morals are not universal, nor should they be adhered to by all.

People need to accept what happened as a tragedy and not harbor animosity towards people of the Islamic faith, when they as individuals have done nothing to you. Otherwise, that's just stupidity and ignorance. What do you think about the situation?