Commentary: The great mosque debate shows our stupidity

By Mary Sanchez | The Kansas City Star

Nearly nine years ago, with the ashes of the World Trade Center barely settled, then-President George Bush proclaimed Islam a religion of peace. And no one complained. No one second-guessed him. Reporters didn't scurry at Bush a week later asking if he "regretted" showing support for the Islamic faith.

In the aftermath of September 11, with the death toll still unknown, the American public accepted that al-Qaida, not Islam, had attacked the U.S.

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