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NY Governor wants 'Grounds Zero mosque' to come up at another Manhattan site | The Governor of New York, David Paterson, has said the proposed Muslim community center and a mosque should not
come up near Ground Zero, saying "terrorists are laughing" about the debate. "The
longer we have this feud, the more the terrorists are laughing. With worldwide
terrorism on the increase, we need to be together even though we have political
differences," The New York Daily News quoted Governor Paterson, as saying. Paterson
has called on developers of Park51, the site where the planned mosque and community
center is to come up two blocks north of Ground Zero, to move the project to another
site in Manhattan. Paterson claimed he had asked for a meeting with community
leaders to discuss the idea of offering state land as an incentive to move, but
no date has been finalised as yet. "The latest as of this weekend is they are
really waiting for the imam to come back from a trip overseas, I'm still hopeful
we'll have a meeting," Paterson said. Opponents feel the project is insensitive
to those who lost loved ones on 9/11. Paterson said: "I think, we owe it to the
people who live near Ground Zero and we owe it to our country to resolve this
thing as soon as possible." |
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