“ I have no grave site to visit, no place to bring my mother her favorite yellow flowers, no spot where I can hold my weary heart close to her. All I have is Ground Zero. … I do not like harboring resentment or anger, but I do not want the death of my mother — my best friend, my hero, my strength, my love — to become even more politicized than it already is. To the supporters of this new Islamic cultural center, I must ask: Build your ideological monument somewhere else, far from my mother’s grave, and let her rest. ”
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Neda Bolourchi, from her powerful commentary in The Washington Post’s opinion pages.
Reblog from “Speaking of Faith” (http://speakingoffaith.tumblr.com)
