CBS–Muslim Scholar: Don't Build Islamic Center

On “The Early Show on Saturday Morning,” Jasser regarded the rallies being planned at Ground Zero, for and against the center, and said he thinks, “Today is especially a day, as we remember and reflect upon 9/11 and looking over that pit of devastation there and feeling that, today, we look through that lens as Americans, not as a Muslim, not as of any faith. I don’t look through this lens of trying to repair my – trying to promote Islam. It’s about fighting the forces that caused this, and I think, if we’re able to unite under that, that’s why 71 percent of Americans are against (the Islamic center).

“It’s not because they don’t want mosques there, there [are] even other mosques closer. Many of us have built over 2,000 mosques in the United States with very little problem. But, I think what unites us is the freedoms and liberties our Constitution gives us, and it’s time for Muslims to look less about promoting ourselves, (have) less of a victimology and (be) more about feeling the pain of the families of 9/11 and understanding what we have to do to repair the house of Islam.”

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