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| Indians in America debate over mosq |
| Indians in America debate over mosque near 9/11 site
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 16-August-2010
6:59:35 AM |
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Indians in the US like the rest of the country are divided on the issue of the controversial 'Ground Zero Mosque' to be constructed near the site of the fallen World Trade Centre twin towers.
"9/11 was a terrorist attack, not an attack by Muslims," said Shivang Naik, a 25-year-old advertising consultant from Texas who is based in New York. "I don't see why it shouldn't be constructed."
For the past several months, the proposed mosque near Ground Zero has divided the families of the 9/11 victims, New Yorkers, the polity and public throughout the country.
Groups opposing the mosque and the Islamic Centre called Cordoba House, which will cost USD 100 million, assert that building the mosque so close to Ground Zero is inappropriate since the terrorist attack was carried out by radical Muslims.
The main proponent of the mosque, Kuwaiti-born Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, stressed that Cordoba House will be a "centre for all New Yorkers" and "its purpose is to interweave America's Muslim population into the mainstream society"
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