Rima Fakih, who became the first Muslim to be crowned Miss USA 2010, has openly disagreed about the Mosque plan near Ground Zero. She stated that the Mosque plan will be a very sensitive subject towards the victims of 9/11, and that the people should be concerned about the tragedy and not the religion.
Fakih said that she agrees to the points of President Obama, that there are Constitutional rights of freedom of Religion but she also agrees that there should be no Mosque near the World Trade Center site. The plans of the Muslim community is to build a 13 story community center and a Mosque just two blocks away from the World Trade Center Ground Zero.
This plan and Mr. President’s agreement to it became a huge controversy in the US, even though President Obama has stated that he has not supported the plan, that they should build the Mosque near Ground Zero, but rather stated that he was reminding them of the Constitutional Rights of Religion. Fakih herself is a Muslim and is observing the month of Ramadan, but she does not agree to the fact that there should be a Mosque near the World Trade Center.
