Hatred ~ Questions and Clouded Vision

The anniversary of the twin towers and pentagon attacks and the downing of the flight in Pennsylvania, it is a time of mixed emotions for many. There is sadness and regret, the memories of broken dreams and wasted lives, but 9 years on, should there still be hatred?

There are plans to build an Islamic community center, on the site of a derelict Coat factory in lower Manhattan, which has been dubbed by many as the ground zero mosque.

Now, as the towers were ground zero, why is a building a couple of blocks away being called ground zero?
Yes, it was damaged, as was much of lower manhattan, but it is not at ground zero.

Next, the purpose of the building is a multi functional community centre with sports and entertainment facilities that will be open to all people in the community. Part of it's remit is to help build up the community.

Yes, it will have prayer space, but should a building be defined by just part of the space within it's wall?

If the answer to this question is yes, then why is St Mary's hospital in London called a hospital? Surely it should be a church, as it has prayer space, as have the majority of UK hospitals.

Yet nearly all the information about this community project that I have read contains mis information and vitriolic attacks about Muslims, but very little about what they are planning do do with the space.
Some of the rhetoric I have read has been highly inflamatory, and comes near to inciting racial haterd, which is what a small group of people - namely the terrorists wanted - so in that sense the terorists have won.

Now I'm musing about this as a non American, non Muslim, but I am a resident of a country that underwent many years of terrorist atrocities.

In the UK, and particurly London, many innocent people were killed and maimed by the IRA.
Now the IRA, a Catholic organisation, had a political problem with the UK, (which maybe I will go into another time), and a group within their ranks thought, great idea, we'll bomb and terrorise the UK into submission.

Should I hate all Catholics due to the actions of a few terrorists?

Should I start spouting anti-catholic rhetoric if  the Catholic church wanted to build a community center in London?

Or should I waste my efforts in hating the people that funded them?

Of course I shouldn't, it would be a wasted emotion and you can't make good decisions when your vision is clouded with such a powerful emotion.

Hatred, on the scale that is currently being expressed by some people, many of whom have their own agendas and really should know better, against a whole faith is self destructive and inflammatory.

Step back, think about what you are doing and saying.

Try clearing your vision