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Ground Zero Mosque Controversy, As Viewed From the Muslim World
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Aug 16, 2010 05:21am |
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| News Date | Monday, August 16, 2010 11:20:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Commentators in the Islamic world see “Islamophobia” behind growing opposition in the United States to the planned building of a mosque near the New York City site where al-Qaeda terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center in 2001.
Opponents of the project call it insensitive to Americans, especially to the families of the victims of the 9/11 attacks.
The Islamic cleric behind the project, Feisal Abdul Rauf, is viewed by supporters as a pioneer in building bridges between Islam and the West, and he says he wants to use the planned center for interfaith outreach as well as a religious and cultural facility.
But critics point to comments he made shortly after 9/11, to the effect that U.S. policies were “an accessory” to the attacks. Rauf has also declined to describe Hamas as a terrorist group. |
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