First we would like to start by asking, how long will more than 1.5 billion Muslim around the world and not only in Tennessee or the United States suffer from irrational fear and hate?
Then we would like to answer the question about why is a huge Muslim compound going up where there are very few Muslims? Especially that in Spencer’s opinion the population of Muslims in America didn’t suddenly Spike and that they are not even close.
How is it that Spencer is so sure that there are very few Muslims in the area of the new Mosque specially that the United States Census Bureau didn’t use to ask about religious believes when conducting surveys and no one used to be sure or even know exactly how many persons of any religion or faith live in America or in any specific state, until recently the Census Bureau felt that there is a growing need to ask about religious believes in the surveys.
Do you know from where did this need come from? It is the stunning increase and an outstanding rate of growth of Muslims in America!
According to the latest U.S. Religion Census which is called 2010 report, the fastest growing religion in America is Islam. The data for the census was compiled by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies.
From year 2000 to year 2010, the census found that the number of Muslims living inside the United States increased from 1 million to 2.6 million. This is an increase of 66.7 percent.
This reminds us of the statement of President Barack Obama when he once said that “we are no longer a Christian nation”.
Even if the number of Muslims in Tennessee remains unclear, everyone agrees that it’s rising, and fast. Since Islam is growing rapidly this leads to the need of building new mosques for worship.
Based on the previous can you still say that Muslims are Very Few in this specific region?
Now regarding the size of the mosque or the huge compound as Spencer believes:
A professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Kentucky, Ihsan Bagby, said once in one of his statements that all over the United States mega mosques are seen or being constructed. And these mega-mosques are not going unused. In some areas of the country, Islamic communities are experiencing absolutely explosive growth.
Moreover, we would like to correct the misleading hidden messages given by Spencer concerning the following statement made by the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro:
‘’ The main focus is to insure that the Mosque strong holds on our community and to expand beyond religious teachings…we must work hard so that the ICM have a prominent role in the development and progression of not only of Murfreesboro but of Middle Tennessee’’
The Islamic Center of Murfreesboro here meant when saying ‘’expand beyond religious teaching’’ his aim to create a full-service prayer center and not only a mosque, but also outdoor sports fields, pavilions and playgrounds, educational facilities, a multi-purpose facility, a gym and a cemetery.
And the goal, according to the center’s website, is “to improve the practice, knowledge and understanding of Islam among all people and elevate the image of Islam” by providing “correct information from accredited sources about Islam.”
So the Islamic Center totally explained what is meant by expanding beyond religious teaching and didn’t leave any doubts about his intentions in order for Spencer to start inducing the readers to start reaching their own conclusions.
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