NEW YORK- A plan to build a mosque and cultural center near ground zero in New York City is drawing fire from families and friends of those who died in the 9/11 attacks.
Pamela Geller, executive director of Stop Islamization of America, organized a protest Sunday against the proposal, calling it "an insult" and "demeaning to non-Muslims to build a shrine dedicated to the very ideology that inspired 9/11." She says the mosque should be built somewhere else.
Rosemary Cain, whose firefighter son died on 9/11, says a mosque at ground zero is insensitive.
The plan was approved overwhelmingly by a New York City community board last month.
Monday, June 7, 2010
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