What is Being Built at Ground Zero?
You must have heard of the phrase ‘being built at ground zero’, now what exactly does it mean? Perhaps, in order to understand the meaning of the phrase, it is best to give a meaning to ‘ground zero’. According to Wikipedia, the term ground zero is described as the point at the earth’s surface, which is closest to a detonation. In addition, what does detonation mean? Detonation is igniting something causing it to explode, combustion resulting from gas or fuel. Now ‘being built at ground zero’ pertains to a structure being built closest to a site of explosion. These days ground zero would point to the area where the former twin tower has been standing.

The term ground zero actually traces its origin from the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan where the term was used as a military slang and first used by New York Times on one of their reports on the destroyed city of Hiroshima in 1946 taken from the Oxford English dictionary in one of their citations.

These days there had been many intrigues, discussions and debates regarding to have a structure built in ground zero. One of the most talked about is whether the Cordoba Initiative should put up a Mosque and a cultural center in the structure they own in close proximity to ground zero. There are about 60 percent of individuals who have polled and appear to have predetermined this fact. However, it appears that it is not in disagreement to the Cordoba Initiative.

With this fact, the issue develops into whether or not they would need to build a structure on this particular sanctified land. It may have been reported that the premises is not geographically ground zero. In addition, indeed, Cordoba Initiative continues to pursue to have their land removed under the tag or category “close to” ground zero. The area they are referring to is in fact, by integrity is ground zero. This is because of the reality that debris collected from among the jets, which hit the Twin Towers, definitely permeated the rooftop of the structure involved.

This particular land surface is a sanctified proof of those who perished on that eventful day on September of 2001. The cultural center and the Mosque as well, must not be constructed in the planned area. As mentioned by Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the head among the Cordoba Initiative, that the development is supposed to promote considerably better interaction amid Muslims and non-Muslims. Imam Rauf consistently describes himself to be a form of a connecting instrument. At the moment, it could be cited with a good deal of conviction that in case this particular undertaking had been designed to promote better associations involving Muslims and non-Muslims, the said undertaking is actually faltering even prior to it being initiated.

Somewhere around a similar proportion of individuals who believe that the Cordoba Initiative has all the all the legal rights to build their project of Mosque and cultural complex. Some people still find it a deliberate insult to the US of America and it is very inconsiderate as well as damaging for the family members of those who have perished during the disastrous event on September 11, 2001. Perhaps, they could construct the Mosque as they have all the right as the land is their own. However, it does not seem proper and it would look out of place. Perhaps the better way to bridge the gap is to relocate this particular undertaking to an alternative place, where it is not being built at ground zero.