Mosque
Near Ground Zero 'Like A Pig In The Temple'
The plan to build a mosque adjacent to the
ruins of the Twin Towers passed a crucial
hurdle Tuesday when New York City's Landmarks
Preservation Commission voted 9-0 not to
declare the building now occupying the site
protected, making way for it to be demolished
and a mosque and Islamic center to be built in
its place. No one was more shocked by the news
than retired Brigadier General Dov Shefi, a
former chief military prosecutor and now
attorney general of the Defense Ministry who
lost his son in the 9/11 attack on the Twin
Towers. "For us it's like bringing a pig
into the temple," Shefi told Arutz-7.
According to Shefi, people cannot accept the
fact that a mosque will be built on the site
of the disaster. "I think that the
establishment of a mosque in this place, a
place that serves as a memorial site for
40,000 families, is like bringing a pig (an
unkosher animal) into the Holy Temple. It is
inconceivable that in all the city of New
York, this site was specifically chosen to
establish an institution that represents the
culture that led the terrorists of Al-Qaeda to
carry out the greatest crime ever.
"America sometimes loses its mind.
America raised the banner of the freedom and
liberty, allowing everyone to express an
opinion, but this belief often makes them lose
sight of reality."