Commemoration is a source of wisdom

In the name of a friendly vision of Islam which doesn't equate Islam with the al-Qaida terrorist network, Gad Lerner advocates the building of a mosque near Ground Zero in his blog Del Bastardo: "Before he was reined in by the constraints of real politics Barack Obama drew inspiration from the his personal beliefs. I'm talking about his belief in a God who opens eyes and hearts and helps us to distinguish very precisely between Islam in its entirety and al-Qaida. A God who trusts in the virtues of praying and cultural reflections. Why shouldn't we believe that Muslims can draw inspiration for wisdom and sympathy by being only a few steps away from the symbolic site of New York's bloody memory?"

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