Mosque Planner Says Opposition Goes 'Beyond Islamophobia' - WSJ.com: "WASHINGTON—A leader of a planned Muslim community center near Manhattan's Ground Zero compared opposition to the project to the persecution of Jews, in comments that could add to the controversy over the center's proposed site.
Supporters and opponents of a proposed Muslim cultural center and mosque near the World Trade Center site staged competing rallies in downtown Manhattan. Video courtesy of Fox News.
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'We are deeply concerned, because this is like a metastasized antisemitism,' said Daisy Khan, who is spearheading the project with her husband, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf. 'It's beyond Islamophobia. It's hate of Muslims.'
Ms. Khan, appearing on ABC News's 'This Week' on Sunday, vowed to push ahead with plans to build a 15-story complex two blocks from the site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in lower Manhattan, saying there was 'too much at stake.'
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