Muslims Pray Daily at Pentagon's 9/11 Crash Site

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Source: CBS News/AP

Memorial Includes Nondenominational Chapel Which Holds Regular Services for Several Religions

(AP) While Americans are bitterly debating the proposed building of a mosque near New York's ground zero, Muslims have been praying for years less than 80 feet from where another hijacked jetliner struck.

The Pentagon chapel is part of a memorial to the 184 people killed in 2001 when hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 flew into the west side of the Pentagon and plowed through three of the building's five office rings.

As part of its massive renovation, the Pentagon opened the nondenominational chapel in November 2002. The chapel hosts a daily prayer group and weekly worship service for Muslims and provides similar services for Jews, Hindus, Mormons, Protestants, Catholics and Episcopalians.

Pentagon officials say that no one in the military or the families of the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has ever protested.

They describe the 80-seat chapel as a peaceful place where some 300 to 400 Pentagon employees come to pray each week.

The goal of the Pentagon chaplain office, which runs the chapel, is to "provide assistance and support for the religious, spiritual and morale needs of all service members and employees," said Army spokesman George Wright.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/08/19/politics/main6786911.shtml

[Ian David]

1. George W. Bush is a SECRET MOOZLIM who built a VICTORY MOSQUE! n/t

[Ian David]

2. Remind me again; Who was pResident in 2002 when the Pentagon Mosque was built?

Oh, yeah...

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3. And, hopefully, there will be such a chapel in the Ground Zero memorial museum.

On site. Where people can pray for the good, hard-working people lost that day because of the determination of selfish assholes. Some of whom were Muslim.

And maybe add a prayer for all those in Iraq and Afghanistan who lost their lives in our revenge.

I can't imagine anything more appropriate.

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4. So where's the outrage over THIS chapel?

Oh wait, because that chapel was constructed under Republican supervision, so it's A-OK! But with liberals like Obama and Bloomberg and Hamas supporting the NYC Islamic cultural center...ooh noo!!!!

Seriously, if all Americans were atheists the news wouldn't be wasting all that time covering this absurd BS.