Papal Adviser Fr. Samir, S.J., on the Ground Zero Mosque controversy
Ignatius Insight blog
September 12, 2010

"Even if you say this project aims to build a greater understanding and a new dialogue with American Christians and so on, it is evident that any normal person will fear it. Ninety percent of the population will fear this project more than be attracted by it, even if Feisal Abdul Rauf – the imam responsible for the project – says it’s not aggressive. But humanly and sociologically speaking, you are putting up something where you destroyed something; you are putting up a Muslim tower and pretending that this will be a tower of peace and so on. It is psychologically wrong."----Fr. Samir, S.J., author of '111 Questions on Islam.' (2008.)