Makakatanwa pamusoro peyakarongwa Islamic Center - Imba yeCordoba, yava kuzivikanwa sePark51 - zvivharo zvakawanda kubva panzvimbo yeWorld Trade Center zvinomutsa ndangariro dzinoshamisa kubva muhudiki hwangu.
Mukati mema1950, nzanga yechiJudha mutaundi duku reLong Island, uko mhuri yangu yaibva, yaida kuvaka Nzvimbo yechiJudha paMain Street yetaundi iroro. Pamusoro pazvo, ndipo pakanga pavakirwa makereke nedzimwe nharaunda dzese. Chokwadi, nzanga yechiJudha yakavimbiswa kuti kuvaka imba yokunamatira uye nzvimbo yenzanga zvaiva nekodzero dzayo. Uye hapana aizorota kuramba nzanga yechiJudha kodzero dzayo. Zvingave, zvanga zvakaoma kuramba kuti nharaunda yechidiki yekudzoka kweHondo Yenyika II veterans yatadza kuratidza mweya wakakodzera wekuda nyika - basa rechiuto, sezviri pachena, riri iro chiyero chechokwadi chekuzvipira kwayo kumararamiro eAmerica. Kuramba ikoko kwanga kwave kudonha kumashure kwehuremekedzo pre-war anti-semitism. Waive mubvunzo wekunzwa. Kudai nzanga yechiJudha yaida kuremekedzwa zvechokwadi, yaisazobvuma here chibayiro chiduku nokuwana nzvimbo yenharaunda yavo bhuroko kana maviri kubva kuMain Street?
Chakanga chiri chinhu chimwe chete kuziva kodzero dzevagari vemo dzechiJudha. Asi kwaisave kungotarisira kuwanda kwemaKristu kuti vanomanikidzwa kunamata mundege yakaenzana navo, zvakanaka… Ndeipi meseji yaizotumira izvi nezveLong Island kune yese yeUnited States?
Izvi zvese zvinoita sezvisina musoro nhasi. Asi chiitiko ichi chekudzvanyirira kodzero dzevashoma vechitendero chiri kubuda pachena zvakare. Uye panguva ino hazvina kunaka. Yakasimudzwa nerudyi wing slime muchina, nerutsigiro rwakagara rwuripo rwerupert Murdoch's media empire, vane mukurumbira, oh-sokuda nyika yekurudyi vezvematongerwo enyika, vakadai saSarah Palin naNewt Gingrich - vademagogue vanofarira kusimbirira kuti Bumbiro reMitemo rinopa chitendero pamusoro. kusazvibata mune zvese zvehupenyu hweveruzhinji, uye nekutsigirwa neveDemocratic liberals mukudzokera shure vakadai saHarry Reid, kurwiswa kwevabvakure nevaMuslim vekuAmerica kwabvisa garo kubva ngano yekushivirira kweAmerica.
VaMuslim vane kodzero dzeBumbiro reMitemo, asi izvi, sekureva kwevachengeti vechiremera cheAmerica, hausi mubvunzo wekodzero dzechitendero, asi wekodzero dzekodzero dzechiratidzo chezvematongerwo enyika. Uye icho chiratidzo, ivo vanosimbirira, ndechimwe chekukunda kweiihadi mumumvuri we9-11 kuuraya.
Kuti Imba yeCordoba, nzvimbo yetsika ine dziva, imba yekurovedzera muviri, imba yekunamatira uye imba yekunamatira inofananidzwa pa92nd Street Y (mucherechedzo wechiJudha wekubatanidzwa kwetsika kumusoro kweManhattan) mucherechedzo wekukunda kwejihadi musanganiswa werudyi rwakapisa. imagination. Asi inodeedzera zvakasimba nebato reRepublican, vazhinji vavo vanotenda kuti VaObama vanofarira zvido zveMuslim America pamusoro pevamwe vese uye vanochengeta hurongwa hwepachivande hwekuisa mutemo weSharia kune veruzhinji vasingafungire. Uye izvi zvisina maturo zvinotamba zvakaenzana nekusachengeteka kukuru kweAmerica mukuderera kwevanhu, uko vachena vanogona zvino kufungidzira kumanikidzwa kubvuma hukuru hwavo kune kuwanda kwevatatu vepasirese.
Uku kuzvimba kwekutya kwakasimwa nemaune uye kufungirana zvakakonzera kushatirwa kwakanyanya, kunopesana neMuslim: kurohwa kwehuro kwemutyairi weMuslim muManhattan, bhomba remusikiti muJacksonville, Florida, kupokana nekuwedzera kwemosque muCalifornia. , kupiswa panzvimbo yemosque yakarongwa muTennessee, uye yakarongeka yeChristian fundamentalist bacchanal yekupiswa kweKoran yakarongwa munaGunyana 11.
Hapana kana hutungamiriri hunobva kuAdministration. Mutungamiri Obama vakatsigira kodzero yevaMuslim yekuvaka masangano pasina kumanikidzwa kwekunze, kungotaura kuti nzvimbo iyi inofanira kuvakwa here munzvimbo yayo yakatarwa nekuda kwekusashivirira kwakakonzerwa nechikumbiro chacho.
Kunyangwe iyo Cordoba House ichiratidza kuva yakavhurika nzvimbo yakaenzana ne92nd St. Y kana inodonha ipfupi, zviri pachena kuti haisi madrassa yeWahabi uye haisi kuvakwa pasi zero. Pesvedzero yaro huru ndeyeSufi'ism, yazvino pacific mukati meIslam. Imam wayo, Faisal Abdul Rauf, anofanirwa kuve nechokwadi, akataura zvinonetsa nezveHamas, akangwarira zvakanyanya kuti asagumbure hudzvanyiriri hweIran uye akapa rutsigiro kuna Sheikh Yusef al-Qaradawi, mutungamiriri wemweya weMuslim Brotherhood. Asi vanhu vekuAmerica havawanzo kurudzira bvunzo yakazara yezvematongerwo enyika, kana, nenyaya iyoyo, kuwirirana kwezvematongerwo enyika kubva kuvatungamiriri vezvimwe zvitendero. Uye kunzvenga kwema imam hakuchina kushungurudza muhukuru hwehasha dzechitendero kupfuura maRabhi vasingazozvisududzi kubva kumapato echifascist, ari kure-kurudyi mapato eIsrael kana vapristi, vakatadza kuramba hugandanga hweIRA, kana vashumiri, vanongotsigira. kupondwa kwevanobvisa pamuviri.
Sekutaura kwakaita Fareed Zakaria muNewsweek, imam "inotaura nezvekudikanwa kwekuti vaMuslim vagare murunyararo nezvimwe zvitendero zvese ... vachisimbisa kuwirirana kwezvitendero zvese ... ranga vasiri maMuslim…Muono wake weIslam ishungu dzaBin Laden."
Chero zvazvingava, iyo Cordoba House haigone kuve incubator yehugandanga. Inogona kunge iri magineti kune iyo chaiyo yeAmerica yebhuruu fomu yehugandanga "patriotic" yemusha, isingatyisidzi kupfuura jihadi hugandanga, asi kune pachayo uye nevagari vemudhorobha reManhattan. Nekudaro, izvi, sekuratidzwa kwazvinoitwa, zvingave zvechokwadi pese paive nemosque.
Chinoshamisa zvechokwadi, zvisinei, ndeichi. Kupikiswa kwese kweIslamic tsika centre kunonzwika kujaira. Izvo "zvinogumbura" kundangariro yevakabatwa 9-11, uye ndizvo chaizvo "kukanganisa" izvi zvisinei nekuti hazvina musoro uye zvakakura sei izvo zvinotora pamberi pezvimwe zvese zvinofungwa nezvegutsaruzhinji. Sezviri pachena, haanyanyi kugumbura kundangariro iyoyo mabhawa asina kumusoro uye zvitoro zvebonde munzvimbo iyi, pasina mubvunzo anotsigirwa nevasiri vashoma vanonyanya kufunga nezvenyaya dze "kusvibiswa". Zviripachena, kuvakwa kwakarongwa kwedzimba dzemabhanga nehedge fund headquarters" - chinokonzeresa chinokonzeresa kushupika kwehupfumi kwazvino- - panzvimbo chaiyo yeiyi "nzvimbo tsvene" ichiri kuwira pasi perubriki yezviyeuchidzo zvenhandare yehondo. Sezviri pachena, zvakare, vachiramba vamwe - vechiMuslim - vagari vane rugare, avo vakarasikirwa nenhengo dzemhuri, dzimba nemararamiro, uye vaivewo pakati pevakatanga kupindura, kodzero dzavo dzeBumbiro reMitemo dzinokudza vanhu 9-11.
Zvino, ndekupi kumwe kwatakaona uku kudiwa kwekunzwira tsitsi kune utsinye huripo hwevazhinji hunoremekedzwa zvakadaro? Uku kwanga kusiri kukwidza ku "sensivities" chikonzero chekuuraya vagadziri vemafirimu vasingafadze, kuburitsa fatwas vachipokana nevanyori vanomhura, uye kutyisidzira rufu kune vakaramba kutenda vechiMuslim? Kwakanga kusiri iko kukumbira ruregerero kweavo, kusanganisira vashoma vanozviti vanozviti masocialists, avo vakasimbirira kuti mapepanhau eDanish anoramba kubudisa makatuni "anogumbura" maMuslim sensitivities?
Makore makumi mashanu apfuura, nharaunda yemaJuda vabereki vangu vaive vekwangu vakabvumirana nehutsinye hwaivepo uye vakatamisa nzvimbo yavo yenharaunda bhuroka rimwe kubva kuMain Street. Chirevo chekuva nemhosva pamwe chete, ingave yekuponda kunofungidzirwa kuti kwakaitwa nemaJuda zviuru zviviri zvapfuura kana mhosva yeMuslim yekurwiswa kwe9-11, iko iko kushatirwa kwetsika. Uyu hausi mubvunzo wekushivirira, kunyange zvazvo munhu asingambofaniri kukanganisa kukosha kwekunaka kupfupi kwazvo mukugovera kwenhoroondo. Uyu mubvunzo wekutonga kwedemocracy uye kodzero dzakaenzana kune avo vanofunga zvakasiyana, kune avo vanonamata zvakasiyana.
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