Some Oppose L.I. Mosque's Expansion Plan
The Islamic Association of Long Island has been in Selden for 29 years and neighbors are concerned with the mosque's plan to expand the center.
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The Islamic Association of Long Island has been in Selden for 29 years and neighbors are concerned with the mosque's plan to expand the center.
Amid cries of anti-Islam, residents say the issue is not about opposition to any religion.
Judge Franczyk said he was displeased that Muzzammill Hassan had spoken to a TV station, saying it was improper to try the case "in the media."
On this ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, dueling demonstrations were held just steps from ground zero.
Despite religious tensions growing amid calls to extinguish plans for a proposed mosque to be built near Ground Zero, the overwhelming togetherness that the annual ceremony brought to New York City cast the controversy aside, at least for a few hours.
Opponents of Park51, the proposed mosque and Islamic cultural center near the World Trade Center site gathered at Memorial Garden in Staten Island Sunday, WCBS' Ginny Kosola reports.
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Hassan was accused of killing Aasiya Hassan after she filed for divorce last year.
The city's annual remembrance of the day terrorists attacked the WTC has always been a somber affair, but dueling demonstrations over the Ground Zero mosque are scheduled for Sept. 11.
Muslim leaders in the United States were criticizing New York Gov. David Paterson for his description of the developers of a mosque planned near Ground Zero as peaceful, "almost westernized" Muslims.
For weeks we've heard Gov. David Paterson say he's got a plan to move the so-called ground zero mosque to another site. On Thursday he's admitted that his idea is going nowhere.
A new CBS News poll found that only 22 percent of Americans think it's appropriate to build a controversial mosque and cultural center two blocks away from Ground Zero, while 71 percent believe it's inappropriate.
The leader of the Catholic Archdiocese of New York suggested the Ground Zero mosque be moved and as CBS 2's Marcia Kramer reports, he is offering to help broker a deal.
The proposal to build a mosque near Ground Zero hit a whole new level of controversy this weekend when President Barack Obama broke his silence on the issue.
The president created a firestorm of reaction when he showed support for the Ground Zero mosque Friday night. This weekend, as CBS 2's Kathryn Brown reports, he's clarifying his comments.
President Barack Obama has come out in favor of allowing a mosque to be built near ground zero.
Developers of the so-called Ground Zero mosque are moving forward – and so are those who vehemently oppose its construction.
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