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Some Muslims question mosque near ground zero

Some Muslims question mosque near ground zero

By RACHEL ZOLL The Associated Press
Updated Aug 18, 2010 02:54PM MDT
NEW YORK • American Muslims who support the proposed mosque and Islamic center near ground zero are facing skeptics within their own faith — those who argue that the project is insensitive to Sept. 11 victims and needlessly provocative at a time when Muslims are pressing for wider acceptance in the U.S. “For most Americans, 9/11 remains as an open wound, and anything associated with Islam, even for Americans who want to understand Islam — to have an Islamic center with so much publicity is like ...
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