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WASHINGTON - A New York imam and his proposed mosque near Ground Zero are being demonized by political candidates - mostly Republicans - despite the fact that Islam is already very much a part of the World Trade Center neighborhood, and that the imam has been valued by both Republican and Democratic administrations as a moderate face of the faith.
Even so, the project stirs complicated emotions, and Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf is a complex figure who defies easy categorization in the American Muslim world.See the full content of this document
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Public Officials Fact-Checked On Mosque
Many Republicans and some Democrats say the proposed $100 million Islamic cultural center and mosque...
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