The organizers of an Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero are opening a temporary space at the site. The newly remodeled community space on the ground floor of the building owned by Park51 is scheduled for a grand opening on Wednesday. A photo exhibition will be the first public program.
The rest of the Park Place building has yet to be renovated. The developer has said it will be years before the project, envisioned with a mosque, health club and theater, is fully realized.
The photographs, by artist Danny Goldfield, are of children from around the world now living in New York.
Park51 Chief of Staff Katerina Lucas says the exhibit will hopefully show those opposed to the Islamic center what kind of space it's meant to be.
The Ground Zero Mosque planned in 2010 was widely condemn by Muslims around the world. The mosque project organisers scandalously plead their case by claiming that Park 51 (Ground Zero Mosque) is intended to be “a platform for multi-faith dialogue. It will strive to promote inter-community peace, tolerance and understanding locally in New York City, nationally in America, and globally."
His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, commented on the plans to build a mosque near ground zero, where he stated:
“If a mosque is built at the proposed site, then the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community would like to see churches, synagogues, Hindu places of worship and places of worship of all other religions also built near Ground Zero. That would be a good example of how from an act of evil and terror has emerged unity and peace.”
The Ahmadiyya Post, New York. By Zubair Ahmed. Sept 19, 2011
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