CLOSING STATEMENT

After this debate, I hope you can change your view of the whole situation to match ours. Remember : Not building the Mosque would be better for the American government.

If america is a well and most developed country, then why do they want another mosque when they have one 4 blocks away, why don't they save the spot so that people can still think of their loved ones?

"They should listen to public opinion, they should listen to the deep wounds and anguish that this is causing to so many good people. And if the imam and the Muslim leadership in that community is so intent on building bridges, then they should voluntarily move the mosque away from ground zero and move it whether it's uptown or somewhere else, but move it away from that area, the same as the pope directed the Carmelite nuns to move a convent away from Auschwitz…

There is no doubt that to have a 13-story, $100-million edifice within two blocks of ground zero -- in fact, parts of the jets which crashed into the World Trade Center actually crashed into this building as well, that's how close it is to it -- is -- it does open the wounds. It does put salt in the wounds." - Peter King

Well, if they aren't then why are the muslims paying when they are building in the american country, and why build another mosque when you have one 4 and 12 blocks away?

If it is built, it could endanger New Yorkers because of Anti-Muslim extremists. These people might and could target this building for more attacks, this could lead to a whole new 9/11 attack. http://wtcmuslimcenter.procon.org/

If the imam and the Muslim leaderships in that community are so intent on building bridges, then they should voluntarily move the mosque away from ground zero and move it whether it's uptown or somewhere else, but move it away from that area.

People should listen to the public opinion, and not powerful people in smaller groups, the votes of the people count, they choose the president, so why not listen to them, a bigger population of people, are against this build, people died in this area, not long ago there were bodies found, therefore, it would be cruel to build something over or close to a mourning/ and still a un-searched sight.

CNN, Rasmussen, and Quinnipiac polls show that 68%, 54%, and 71%, respectively, of Americans feel that the "Ground Zero Mosque" should not be built at its proposed location.

The people in the UAE and saudi arabia who are christians wont to worship god, but they don't get to, because they don't agree with the terms of the Christians, so why are they wanting a mosque in america when they already have one 4 blocks away, its like they want to turn America into a muslim country.

They would attack because there are a lot of anti muslims in America. They could attack out of anger (rebel). Just like the muslims did to the twin towers they might be after revenge.

Is a potential symbol of victory at the site of one of Islam’s most horrific acts in history. “We destroyed the World Trade Center,” the radical Islamic world will say, “and replaced it with a mosque–there, in the financial hub of New York City, the capitalist center of the world.”

The government will be spending a lot of money on something the people don’t agree on, since the majority of people are against it, they won’t go to the building. If there isn’t good business, then the building would go out of order/business, then the government used their money for a building that only lasted a couple of moths or years