Please pray for those who experienced loss on this day, September 11th, 2001. As I write this ceremonies are taking place in New York City and Washington and other locations for the innocent victims of those cowardly attacks nine years ago. Those who died were from many different nations, including Canada. They were also from different religions, including Islam.
I didn't know until this morning that there was a prayer room for Muslims on the 17th floor of the south tower of the World Trade Centre. One of the survivors remembers making his way down the stairs wondering if the people he prayed with on a daily basis were able to escape. Many --about 60 --didn't.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/11/nyregion/11religion.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=homepage
There has been so much made of the proposed mosque near Ground Zero and the supposed disrespect this demonstrates toward those who died. How many of us knew that Muslims not only worked alongside victims, they were victims themselves of this senseless act of violence?
Any thoughts today about how our world has changed and the atmosphere of suspicion that has ensued?
I didn't know until this morning that there was a prayer room for Muslims on the 17th floor of the south tower of the World Trade Centre. One of the survivors remembers making his way down the stairs wondering if the people he prayed with on a daily basis were able to escape. Many --about 60 --didn't.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/11/nyregion/11religion.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=homepage
There has been so much made of the proposed mosque near Ground Zero and the supposed disrespect this demonstrates toward those who died. How many of us knew that Muslims not only worked alongside victims, they were victims themselves of this senseless act of violence?
Any thoughts today about how our world has changed and the atmosphere of suspicion that has ensued?
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