Muslim View of Mount Soledad Cross
For as long as I can remember there has been a cross on top of Mount Soledad in San Diego. And for as long as I can remember there has been a legal battle going on around the cross. On one side are the people that say it is a war memorial that should be preserved. On the other are the people that claim it is a violation of church and state to have a christian symbol on city property. I have naturally assumed that the supporters of the cross are Christians, but the Voice of San Diego has an interview with a leading imam in San Diego who also supports the cross.
As Muslims, we believe this is the freedom of the people here, because the majority of the people here are Christians, they are free to have this monument there and it shows the Christianity here.
So we are not against that thing, because it’s the majority of the people. So we don’t have any problem if we see people going to the church or those things. Because we don’t see this as fighting between religions. We support each other. We support the believers who go into the church, who go into the synagogue, who go into the mosque. Today, our fighting is with the secular, with those people who don’t believe in God. We believe in God and we support the Christians. We support the believers, the Jewish who believe in God, who believe in values.
Today we have a problem with people who don’t have values. I don’t see any problem with the Christians and with this cross in La Jolla.
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That is a really interesting view from a Muslim, to say the least. It’s like the Boy Scout’s policy on no atheists.
Do you know John Hick?
he’s really intresting!
try to read the book “God has many names”
Good Luck!
Thank you, I will definitely look into it!