Group Sues To Block Mosque Near N.Y.’s Ground Zero

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The American Center for Law and Justice said it filed a petition Wednesday challenging a city panel’s decision to let developers tear down a building to make way for the mosque. The group, founded by the Rev. Pat Robertson, represents a firefighter who survived the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Mosque Debate Expected To Leave Scars

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In an interview with Steve Inskeep on Morning Edition, Anti-Defamation League President Abraham Foxman says an Islamic community center should not be built near Ground Zero, which he called “sacred ground.”

 

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