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To: tejek who wrote (81465)8/23/2010 1:23:33 AM
From: ChinuSFO  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 149317
 
This is proof that the resistance to the mosque near Ground Zero has it's roots in the anti-Islam movement. Today it is against Islam. Which religion is it going to be tomorrow, is what I wonder. This sentiment of the families is all balloney. We have families who lost and are against it as well as families who also lost their dear ones on 9/11 and want the mosque to be built there since they see it as a place of worship. A US President has more intelligence at his disposal than you and I do. And I presume he spoke on this issue based on the access to intelligence he had (my presumption)
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Far from Ground Zero, other plans for mosques run into vehement opposition

NYC mosque leader vows to fight extremists
The imam leading plans for an Islamic center near the Manhattan site of the September 11 attacks says he hopes to draw attention during his trip in the Middle East to the common challenges to battle radical religious beliefs.

By Annie Gowen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, August 23, 2010

MURFREESBORO, TENN. -- For more than 30 years, the Muslim community in this Nashville suburb has worshipped quietly in a variety of makeshift spaces -- a one-bedroom apartment, an office behind a Lube Express -- attracting little notice even after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

...read more at washingtonpost.com