Mosque at Ground Zero and Burning the Quran – Right to do so? Yes. Right thing to do NO!

Mosque at Ground Zero and Burning the Quran –

Right to do so? Yes.
Right thing to do NO!
This thought comes from Lesson 038 found in Getting To Know Jesus - Volume 03

Matthew 5:43-45a 43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven.”

You can’t listen to the news and now hear something about the Muslims wanting to build a mosque at Ground Zero – near the sight of the former World Trade Center. On the opposite side of the coin, a minister’s agenda to burn the Quran on 9/11 is likewise raising world-wide attention. Do they have the right to do these things? Yes they do. But is it the best thing for them to do? Not at all!

The mosque at Ground Zero is little more than a victory trophy to the militant Muslim terrorists that destroyed the World Trade Center and took over 3,000 lives of American civilians. Not all Muslims are militant terrorists, but the fact that the terrorists who committed the atrocity on 9/11 and killed so many people at that site makes building a mosque there an affront and sore reminder to those who lost loved ones in the World Trade Center. There has already been evidence that the Imam who is pushing the mosque has connections to Hezbollah. This is not a mosque for the sake of a place to worship in the center of a large Muslim population, but more of an insult and gloating over the heinous act of terrorism that was committed at that location. They may have a right to build it there, but it is not the right thing to do.

In similar manner, the Pastor Terry Jones burning the Quran on 9/11 is not reflecting the love of Jesus. Even though we can fault the Muslims for murdering Christians and their acts of terrorism at home and even in their home country, burning their Quran is more like bending down to their level instead of showing the superiority of Christ. We don’t witness for Christ by attacking them unless it is self-defense. The Quran burning is not an act of self-defense, but an act of attempted revenge and contempt. This talk about burning the Quran is not persuading them that we are a superior religion (which I believe we can prove we are), but is only inciting them to hate and want greater retaliation on all Christians, especially the ones in their home countries where being a Christian is almost a guaranteed death sentence.

While we may have contempt for the extremist Muslim terrorists who attacked us and continue to threaten our safety and freedom, not all who read Quran adhere to its anti-Christian and anti-Jew teachings. Most Muslims are peace seeking people who simply want to worship in the way they believe. Burning the Quran is an assault on even the peaceful Muslims. Pastor Jones may have a right to burn the Quran, but it is not the right thing to do.

I pray that those in places of decision making will stop the mosque from being built and I also pray that Pastor Jones will realize that burning the Quran is not appropriate.

God Bless America