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| Should have involved 9/11 families |
| Should have involved 9/11 families in NYC mosque: developer
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 22-September-2011
10:11:27 AM |
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The developer of an Islamic cultural center near the site of the terrorist attacks that leveled the World Trade Center says the biggest error on the project was not involving the families of 9/11 victims from the start.
“We made incredible mistakes”, said Sharif El-Gamal in an interview in his Manhattan office.
The Park51 Islamic community center -- at 51 Park Place, two blocks from the World Trade Center site -- opened to the public Wednesday night with a photo exhibit of New York children representing 160 ethnicities.
The Park51 building includes a mosque that has been open for two years. El-Gamal said the overall center is modeled after the Jewish Community Center on Manhattan's Upper West Side, where he lives. “I wanted my daughter to learn how to swim, so I took her to the JCC”, said the Brooklyn-born Muslim. “And when I walked in, I said, 'Wow. This is great'.”
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