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Ground Zero mosque already in existence for over a year on 9/11 site! | The latest revelation about Ground Zero would definitely shock the opponents of the proposed Islamic community center and mosque, with reports claiming that the mosque is already in existence for more than a year in the proposed 9/11 site. "The mosque near ground zero is a fact. The only question is whether
the community center will go ahead," The New York Daily News quoted CBS
correspondent,
Scott Pelley, as saying. For over a year, prayer services have been held at 47
Park Place , the former Burlington Coat Factory store that was bought by real
estate developer Sharif El-Gamal in July 2009. After the nearby Manhattan mosque
lost its lease and was no longer able to fit its regular 1500 worshippers, hundreds
of Muslims began to gather for prayer services in the Park Place building every
Friday, the paper reports. In an advisory issued on August 19, the Associated
Press advised its reporters saying, "It may be useful in some stories to note
that Muslim prayer services have been held since 2009 in the building that the
new project will replace." Meanwhile, El-Gamal has said that such a hue and cry
over the proposed project was irrelevant as he does not consider his faith
responsible
for the September 11 terror attacks. "I was affected by the horrific events that
happened that day as well, and I do not hold myself or my faith accountable for
what happened during that horrific day," he added.
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