My letter published in The Patriot-News (Harrisburg, PA.) I've shown in bold, what was deleted by the editors. Stella
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.pennlive.com/letters/index.ssf/2010/10/building_of_nyc_mosque_would_b.html Building of NYC mosque would be an outrage Published: Sunday, October 03, 2010, 12:25 AM Letters to the Editor <http://connect.pennlive.com/user/pennletters/index.html> Congratulations to Zoe Wray for her astute article, “NYC mosque proposal stirs desired response,” (Sept. 26). She shows wisdom and courage beyond her years. Should the 9/11 mosque near ground zero spearheaded by a New York [slum lord] imam become a reality, the mosque would celebrate yet another triumph of Islam over its victims. Even the proposed name for the mosque, The Cordova House, has deep significance because the name comes from Cordova, Spain, where a giant mosque, built on the ruins of a Christian cathedral, marked one of Islam’s greatest conquests during the Middle Ages. The final outrage is that the proposed grand opening of the 9/11 mosque is scheduled for Sept. 11, 2011, a direct slap in the face of the 9/11 victims, their families and our nation.However, it would not be the first time Islamic conquerors erected mosques over sacred sites, symbolizing their victories. [The al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem is built on top of one of the holiest sites in Judaism, the Temple Mount. Built in the 6th century by the Emperor Justinian, what greater triumph of Islam than the four minarets that surround the magnificent Hagia Sophia Orthodox Christian Cathedral, transformed into a mosque in Constantinople as the city was known for centuries before conquered by the Turks and became Istanbul.] While plans forge ahead to build the mosque against the wishes of the majority of New Yorkers and Americans, St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, built in 1922, has had nothing but bureaucratic obstacles and false promises by the Port Authority of New York/New Jersey hindering the rebuilding of that tiny church, the only church crushed under the falling World Trade Center tower on 9/11. STELLA L. JATRAS, Camp Hill Zoe Wray's commentary: http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/index.ssf/2010/09/nyc_mosque_proposal_stirs_desi.html
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