Siq duket endrra per xhami te aty ku kan qen kullat ne new york nuk do te ralizohet dhe Amerikanet kete e marrin si shpifje dhe ofendim te viktimave te 11 shtatorit
Sarah Palin, others argue the mosque would disrespect the memory of Sept. 11 victims
NEW YORK A city commission on Tuesday denied landmark status to a building near the World Trade Center site, freeing a group to convert the property into an Islamic community center and mosque that has drawn national opposition.
The Landmarks Preservation Commission voted 9-0, saying the 152-year-old building blocks from the site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks wasn't special or distinctive enough to meet criteria to qualify as a landmark. Commissioners also said that other buildings from the era were better examples of the building's style.
National and New York politicians and the Anti-Defamation League have come out in recent weeks against plans for the mosque, saying it disrespects the memory of those killed in the 2001 attacks carried out by adherents of radical Islam. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who also chairs the foundation building the Sept. 11 memorial, has defended plans for the mosque.
High-profile opposition
Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin are among the opposition.
"Many Americans, myself included, feel it would be an intolerable and tragic mistake to allow such a project ... to go forward on such hallowed ground," Palin wrote in a Facebook message originally posted July 20.
"No mosque," Gingrich stated on his website late last month.
On Tuesday, several members of a crowd of 50 or 60 applauded, while others shouted "Shame!" as commission chairman Robert B. Tierney called for the vote. One opponent, Linda Rivera of Manhattan, held up a sign reading, "Don't glorify murders of 3,000. No 9/11 victory mosque."
Supporters of landmark status, including Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio and some Sept. 11 family members, had argued that the building warranted landmark status because it was struck by airplane debris during the attacks.
But commissioner Christopher Moore noted that the debris hit a number of buildings.
"One cannot designate hundreds of buildings on that criteria alone," Moore said. "We do not landmark the sky."
Group: Center will be space for moderate Muslims
The mosque would be part of an Islamic community center to be operated by a group called the Cordoba Initiative, which says the center will be a space for moderate Muslim voices.
Oz Sultan, the program coordinator for the proposed Islamic center, said last week that the building has been changed too much over the years to qualify as a landmark.
"I think a lot of the negativity we're getting is coming from people who are politically grandstanding," Sultan said. "We're completely open and transparent."
The Rev. Robert Chase, founding director of an interfaith group called Intersections, supported the project and called it "a really positive example of how we can move forward from 9/11."
Daisy Khan, executive director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement, told The Wall Street Journal in Tuesday's editions that the center's board will include members of other religions and explore including an interfaith chapel at the center.
"We want to repair the breach and be at the front and center to start the healing," said Khan, a partner in the building and the wife of the cleric leading the effort.
But the Anti-Defamation League's national director, Abraham Foxman, said Khan's proposals fail to address the crux of opponents' criticism that erecting the mosque near ground zero is insensitive to 9/11 victims' families.
The Jewish organization came out against the mosque last week, saying "some legitimate questions have been raised" about the Cordoba Initiative's funding and possible ties with "groups whose ideologies stand in contradiction to our shared values."
Ne Shqip perkthyer nga GOGOL-ia
Sarah Palin, tė tjerė argumentojnė se xhami do tė mosrespektimi kujtimin e viktimave tė 11 shtator
NJU JORK - Njė komision i qytetit, tė martėn mohoi statusin e rėndėsishme nė njė ndėrtesė pranė vendit tė Qendrės Botėrore tė Tregtisė, duke liruar njė grup pėr tė kthyer pronėn nė njė qendėr kulturore islamike dhe xhamisė qė ka tėrhequr kundėrshtimin kombėtare.
Ruajtja synojnė Komisioni votuan 9-0, duke thėnė se bllokon 152-vjeēare tė ndėrtimit nga vendi i 11 sulmeve terroriste shtator nuk ishte e veēanta ose tė veēantė tė mjaftueshme pėr tė pėrmbushur kriteret pėr t'u kualifikuar si njė pikė referimi. Komisionerėt tha gjithashtu se ndėrtesat e tjera qė nga koha e ishin shembujt mė tė mirė tė stilit tė ndėrtesės.
Kombėtare dhe Nju Jork dhe politikanėt e Lidhjes kundėr shpifjes kanė dalė nė javėt e fundit kundėr planeve pėr xhaminė, duke thėnė se ajo respekton kujtesėn e tė vrarėve nė 2001 sulmeve tė kryera nga pasues tė islamizmit radikal. Kryetari Michael Bloomberg, i cili kryeson gjithashtu themelin ndėrtimit tė memorialit 11 shtator, ka mbrojtur planet pėr xhaminė.
Opozita tė profilit tė lartė
Ish Kryetari i Dhomės Newt Gingrich dhe ish Alaska Gov Sarah Palin janė nė mesin e opozitės.
"Shumica e amerikanėve, pėrfshirė veten time, mendojnė se do tė ishte njė gabim patolerueshme dhe tragjike pėr tė lejuar njė projekt i tillė ... pėr tė shkuar pėrpara nė tokė tė shenjtė tė tillė," Palin shkruante nė njė mesazh Facebook fillimisht postuar 20 korrik.
"Nuk ka xhami," tha Gingrich nė faqen e internetit e tij nė fund tė muajit tė kaluar.
Tė martėn, disa anėtarė tė njė turme prej 50 ose 60 duartrokitur, ndėrsa tė tjerėt bėrtiti "Turp!" si kryetar i komisionit, Robert B. Tierney bėri thirrje pėr votim. Njė kundėrshtar, Linda Rivera e Manhattan, mbajti njė tabelė qė lexonte, "A nuk e lavdėruar vrasjet e 3000. Nuk ka xhami 11/09 fitore."
Mbėshtetėsit e statusit historike, duke pėrfshirė edhe kandidatin republikan guvernatorit Lazio Rick dhe disa anėtarė tė familjes 11 shtator, kishte argumentuar se statusi i garantuar ndėrtimin e rėndėsishme pėr shkak se ishte goditur nga mbeturinat e aeroplanit gjatė sulmeve.
Por komisioneri Christopher Moore vuri nė dukje se mbeturinat e goditi njė numėr tė ndėrtesave.
"Nuk mund tė caktojė qindra e ndėrtesave nė atė kriteret e vetėm," tha Moore. "Ne nuk historike qiell."
Grupi: Qendra do tė ketė vend pėr myslimanėt e moderuar
Xhamia do tė jetė pjesė e njė qendre tė komunitetit islamik qė do tė operohet nga njė grup tė quajtur Iniciativa Cordoba, i cili thotė se qendra do tė jetė njė hapėsirė pėr zėrat e moderuar muslimane.
Oz Sulltan, koordinatori i programit pėr qendrėn e propozuar islame, tha javėn e shkuar se ndėrtesa ka ndryshuar shumė gjatė viteve tė cilėsohet si njė pikė referimi.
"Unė mendoj se njė shumė e negativitet ne jemi duke u vjen nga njerėzit qė janė politikisht grandstanding," tha Sulltan. "Ne jemi plotėsisht tė hapur dhe transparente."
Robert REV Chase, drejtor themelues i njė grupi tė quajtur ndėrfetare udhėkryqet, mbėshtetur projektin dhe e quajti atė "njė shembull tė vėrtetė pozitiv se si ne mund tė lėvizim pėrpara nga 9 / 11."
Daisy Khan, drejtor ekzekutiv i Shoqėrisė Amerikane pėr Avancimin muslimane, tha The Wall Street Journal nė botimet e martė ėshtė se bordi i qendrės do tė pėrfshijė anėtarėt e feve tė tjera dhe tė shqyrtojė edhe njė kapelė ndėrfetar nė qendėr.
"Ne duam tė riparuar shkeljen dhe tė jetė nė para dhe qendra pėr tė filluar shėrimin," tha Khan, njė partner nė ndėrtimin dhe gruaja e klerikut kryeson punėn.
Por drejtori kombėtare e Lidhjes kundėr shpifjes sė, Abraham Foxman, tha se propozimet Khan dėshtojnė pėr tė trajtuar thelb tė kritikave kundėrshtarėt "qė ngritjes xhami pranė zero ėshtė i pandjeshėm pėr familjet e 9 / 11 viktimave.
Organizata ēifut doli kundėr javėn e xhami e fundit, duke thėnė se "disa pyetje tė ligjshme janė ngritur" nė lidhje me financimin Iniciativa Cordoba dhe lidhjet e mundshme me "grupe tė cilit ideologjitė qėndrojnė nė kundėrshtim me vlerat tona tė pėrbashkėta."
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