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Ground Zero Mosque Clears Another Hurdle in New York

Luisita Lopez Torregrosa

Correspondent
POSTED:
08/3/10
NEW YORK -- After months of intense debate here and across the nation, the city today opened the way for the construction of a mosque and Islamic center two blocks from Ground Zero, site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

The decision by the city Landmarks and Preservation Commission, which had been expected, allows for the transformation of a 152-year-old building into the proposed center just north of Ground Zero. The vote was 9-0 against granting landmark status to the building, which freed Islamic center organizers to tear it down and built the center on that site.

The commission's ruling followed heated discussions by local community boards and national religious groups and political figures, most notably Sarah Palin, who asked New Yorkers to help stop the project. Last Friday an influential Jewish organization, the Anti-Defamation League, which had supported plans for the mosque, reversed itself and announced its opposition. But it was not able to derail the planned $100 million, 15-story facility.

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