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Originally Posted by DrPhil
Did I miss this in one of the articles?
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I don't know about the ones posted here, but it's been all over CNN.
Referenced here
http://www.masjidmanhattan.com/
As for it's specific location being closer, I don't know the city well.
However it's also relevant that the building that they'll be tearing down, though once a store, is currently... a mosque.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/ny...sque.html?_r=1
They just want to build a community center out of it while retaining the prayer space. They describe it like a YMCA and with a pool among other facilities i can't think they're that wrong.
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Muslim citizens are "we the people" as far as I'm concerned but news agencies from various sources have been very selective in the details for this story.
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I've caught some CNN during the day and they've been decent, but this is why I prefer the internet for sources.
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2010/...ro-mosque.html
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2010/...ro-mosque.html