The Churban Bais Hamikdash Mosque

The affront seen so clearly by opponents of the Ground Zero Victory Mosque is based as much on history as sensibility. There are Mosques all over the world on sites that once held great importance to other religions or societies. This is not arbitrary.

Constructing a mosque on the actual site or its proximity is a strategic means to achieve some or all of the following objectives:

1) invalidating historical land claims by original owners
2) memorializing and celebrating their defeat
3) marking others' territory as eternally Islamic.

Jews should be particularly sensitive to this method of domination. We're reminded of it on every trip to Jerusalem, in every picture of our Temple Mount, and in every odious claim that the site of the Bais Hamikdash is not, and never was our spiritual Ground Zero.