CNSNews.com - ACLJ Asks Commission to Make N.Y. Building a Landmark to Keep 13-Story Mosque from Being Built at Ground Zero

CNSNews.com - ACLJ Asks Commission to Make N.Y. Building a Landmark to Keep 13-Story Mosque from Being Built at Ground Zero:



This photo is a collage of photographs of almost 3,000 people who were killed during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The photo was Exhibit #P200336 in the case of United States v. Zacarias Moussaoui. (Photo courtesy U.S. Department of Justice)
(CNSNews.com) - A conservative civil liberties group has formally requested landmark status for a building in lower Manhattan that an Islamic group wants to replace with a 13-story mosque and community center.

Jordan Sekulow, attorney for the American Center for Law and Justice, said the group has filed written testimony with the New York Landmark Preservation Commission to try to halt the joint plan of the Cordoba Initiative and the American Society for Muslim Advancement to build a mosque to replace a building just two blocks from Ground Zero. The landing gear of one of the planes commandeered by Muslim terrorists on Sept. 11 crashed through the roof of the building that the ACLJ wants to preserve.

'This battle is important because this doesn’t prevent who owns the land, it doesn't stop them but it would not be good for them,' Sekulow told CNSNews.com.

According to the ACLJ Web site, the group is 'urging city officials to landmark the site because it stands as a symbol of America's strength and survival in the face of brutal, sadistic terrorism.

In its written testimony to the commission, the ACLJ argued that the current building's 'overwhelming historical significance' and 'unique architectural features' provide solid reasons for the site to be named a landmark.

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