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This isn't even controversial. You have to be a complete xenophobe to actually think that building a mosque near ground zero isn't justified. So long as no one with authority in the mosque (such as the prayer leader) is espousing hateful ideas, they should be allowed to build it wherever they want. Even if the mosque attracts some extremists, even extremists have the right to be in sensitive areas like ground zero, so long as they aren't disturbing the peace. Anyone opposed to the building of this mosque is suggesting different rules for muslims simply because the people responsible for the tragedy on 9/11 identified as muslim.

What I find hilarious is that anyone concerned with Islamic extremism should be in favor of letting them build the mosque, because all this "movement" (which, need I remind you, is being headed by the one and only Sarah Palin) is going to accomplish is making muslims feel insulted and resentful towards the US.

By law, nothing prohibits them from building the mosque, so please someone give me a good reason why an exception to the law should be made in this case? And I mean a *good* reason, not some vague ignorant comment about how muslims are backward or inherently extremist.