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Mosque in New York City

Mosque in New York City. Laura Cindric Matt Kraft Kyle Hees. Inquiry Question. How does society process traumatic Events and where does the blame get put? . Cordaba House Project. 15 story Community center in Lower Manhattan Holds a Mosque Collaboration between

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Mosque in New York City

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  1. Mosque in New York City Laura Cindric Matt Kraft Kyle Hees

  2. Inquiry Question How does society process traumatic Events and where does the blame get put?

  3. Cordaba House Project • 15 story Community center in Lower Manhattan • Holds a Mosque • Collaboration between • American Society for Muslim Advancement • Cordaba Initiative

  4. Pro "I think it's the right thing to do," said Marvin Bethea, who was a paramedic at ground zero. "I lost 16 friends down there. But Muslims also got killed on 9/11. It would be a good sign of faith that we're not condemning all Muslims and that the Muslims who did this happened to be extremists. As a black man, I know what it's like to be discriminated against when you haven't done anything.”(CNN)

  5. Against "Lower Manhattan should be made into a shrine for the people who died there," said Michael Valentin, a retired city detective who worked at ground zero. "It breaks my heart for the families who have to put up with this. I understand they're [building] it in a respectful way, but it just shouldn't be down there.” (CNN) "[The 9/11 terrorists] did this in the name of Islam," Zelman said. "It's a sacred ground where these people died, where my brother was murdered, and to be in the shadows of that religion, it's just hypocritical and sacrilegious. ” (CNN)

  6. Building of the Mosque ABC News

  7. First Amendment ? 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.

  8. Muslims in the Media

  9. Muslims in the Media • Stereotypes • Lack of understanding of the Middle East • Profiling – association of Middle East and terrorism • Muslims have a difficult time giving. • 6,383 Likes • 85,135 Likes • The Man Behind the Mosque

  10. The Zero How are the gaps in narrative representative of real life?

  11. “Was he supposed to answer or squeeze? Would a squeeze be an answer? What was it that April said? I couldn’t walk around pretending any of this made sense anymore. Perhaps nothing made sense anymore (the gaps are affecting everyone) and this was some kind of cultural illness they all shared(264).”

  12. “Remy read the prescription. ‘What’s This?’ ‘This will help, he said. Remy held up the medical report on him. ‘How come there’s nothing in here about the gaps?’ he said. ‘Gaps?, Dr. Rieux held out the prescription. ‘What gaps?’ ‘The gaps,’ Remy said, as he reached out for the prescription sheet and-”

  13. Work Cited Miller, Lisa, Will OremusNayeli-Rodriguez, and Michael Cruz. "War Over Ground Zero. (Cover Story)." Newsweek 156.7 (2010): 26-33. Academic Search Complete. Web. 20 Apr. 2012. "Fear And Loathing In Manhattan. (Cover Story)." New Statesman 139.5025 (2010): 22-25. Academic Search Complete. Web. 20 Apr. 2012. Tobin, Jonathan S. "The Mosque And The Mythical Backlash." Commentary 130.3 (2010): 24-29. Academic Search Complete. Web. 20 Apr. 2012. Bilman, Nicole. “Mosque to go up near New York’s ground zero.” CNN U.S. May 7. 2010

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