The Ground Zero Debate
As I woke up to a new day on the morning of the 13 th of September, a post on the wall of my Face book account chilled me to the bone as it read “the holy Quran has been allegedly desecrated in America”. There I glaciated and prayed for it being a faux pas. Only a day back, Terry Jones, the infamous Pastor,assured the world that there won’t be any desecration. But, unfortunately nothing worked, not even the eloquent appeals of Barack Obama, the leader of adoration and the unpardonable vice did take place in America. A big jolt to the long time romance of the country with “freedom of religion” and a reason good enough to infuriate the Muslim world. Sigh! Being a Muslim, I too am hurt, annoyed and maddened but amidst this outrage and irritability, I ask; why is it that the hitherto ‘Tolerant’ American society has turned into a hothouse? There has to be a reason why they are acerbic and if I am good at interpretation, the reason is PARK 51, the site for the proposed massive 15 storey ...