Ground Zero Mosque

Small, diminutive in behaviour and taciturn in nature, 60-year-old Bilal looked lost as he slowly made his way to the local mosque for the customary Friday prayers this afternoon in Basera village of Uttar Pradesh.

America's representative to the Muslim World, Farah Pandith, defends the mosque near Ground Zero in an exclusive interview to NDTV. She says the protestors don't hold the majority view.

The preacher who hoped to use his unsought fame as imam of the mosque near ground zero to start a dialogue about Muslims in America said he's taking a reduced role in the project so he can travel the country building "understanding among all people of faith."Feisal Abdul Rauf, who co-led the effort to build an Islamic community center near the Worl...

Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud has said he is against the construction of a mosque close to the 9/11 site in New York and also he had no part in financing the controversial project.     "I am against putting the mosque in that particular place. And I'll tell you why. For two reasons: first of all...

One of the developers of the proposed mosque near Ground Zero, that has evoked extreme reactions from New Yorkers, has said that her life and that of the project's spearhead Imam Rauf is under threat."For the record, my life is under threat," said Daisy Khan, the co-developer and wife of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, who is spearheading the controversial...

An anti-Islamic preacher backed off and then threatened to reconsider burning the Quran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, accusing a Muslim leader of lying to him with a promise to move an Islamic center and mosque away from New York's ground zero.The Rev Terry Jones generated an international firestorm with his plan to burn the Quran on Satu...

Most Americans have opposed construction of the planned mosque near Ground Zero in New York, says a new national opinion poll.According to the Washington Post-ABC News poll, most Americans say the planned Muslim community centre and place of worship should not be built in Lower Manhattan, near the site of the Twin Towers which were blown up by al Q...

As my flight approached America last weekend, my mind circled back to the furor that has broken out over plans to build Cordoba House, a community center in Lower Manhattan. I have been away from home for two months, speaking abroad about cooperation among people from different religions. Every day, including the past two weeks spent representing m...

One of the investors in a proposed Islamic centre near the World Trade Centre site is a Long Island medical clinic owner whose expressions of sympathy for Palestinians included a donation to a charity later shut down for links to Hamas.The developer leading the project confirmed on Friday that Hisham Elzanaty, 51, is among the members of a real est...

Two-thirds of New York City residents want a planned Muslim community center and mosque to be relocated to a less controversial site farther away from ground zero in Lower Manhattan, including many who describe themselves as supporters of the project, according to a New York Times poll.The poll indicates that support for the 13-story complex, which...

The national motto of the United States is e pluribus unum - out of many, one. In most of our lifetimes, no moment has exemplified this better than 9/11.  Now, almost a decade later, a proposal to build an Islamic centre and mosque - two blocks from the World Trade Centre (WTC) site - has sharply divided the country.The protest pit the voices ...

While a large number of Americans oppose the proposed Muslim community centre and mosque just two blocks away from Ground Zero, the site of the fallen WTC Twin Towers, employees of the strip clubs in the neighbourhood have no problem with it."I don't know what the big deal is," said Cassandra, a stripper at New York Dolls, as reported by The Wall S...

Rima Fakih, the first Muslim to win the Miss USA title, has said that though she supports the constitutional rights on the freedom of religion she doesn't favour building a mosque near Ground Zero."I totally agree with President (Barack) Obama with the statement on the constitutional rights of freedom of religion," Fakih said in the interview with ...

In the storm of anger and accusation over an Islamic center and mosque planned near ground zero, one thing seems clear to Laique Khan: His fellow Muslims have a right to build the project."If this really is a free country," said Mr Khan, 56, the manager of a trucking company in Brooklyn, "then, by all rights you must, you must, allow it."The same h...

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who led New Yorkers during the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, has spoken out against the proposed mosque near 'Ground Zero' and described the move as "divisive".Giuliani, who was the Mayor during the September 11 attacks, said the organisers' plans are breeding of hatered rather than healing wounds."This project...

Small, diminutive in behaviour and taciturn in nature, 60-year-old Bilal looked lost as he slowly made his way to the local mosque for the customary Friday prayers this afternoon in Basera village of Uttar Pradesh.

America's representative to the Muslim World, Farah Pandith, defends the mosque near Ground Zero in an exclusive interview to NDTV. She says the protestors don't hold the majority view.

The preacher who hoped to use his unsought fame as imam of the mosque near ground zero to start a dialogue about Muslims in America said he's taking a reduced role in the project so he can travel the country building "understanding among all people of faith."Feisal Abdul Rauf, who co-led the effort to build an Islamic community center near the Worl...

Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud has said he is against the construction of a mosque close to the 9/11 site in New York and also he had no part in financing the controversial project.     "I am against putting the mosque in that particular place. And I'll tell you why. For two reasons: first of all...

One of the developers of the proposed mosque near Ground Zero, that has evoked extreme reactions from New Yorkers, has said that her life and that of the project's spearhead Imam Rauf is under threat."For the record, my life is under threat," said Daisy Khan, the co-developer and wife of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, who is spearheading the controversial...

An anti-Islamic preacher backed off and then threatened to reconsider burning the Quran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, accusing a Muslim leader of lying to him with a promise to move an Islamic center and mosque away from New York's ground zero.The Rev Terry Jones generated an international firestorm with his plan to burn the Quran on Satu...

Most Americans have opposed construction of the planned mosque near Ground Zero in New York, says a new national opinion poll.According to the Washington Post-ABC News poll, most Americans say the planned Muslim community centre and place of worship should not be built in Lower Manhattan, near the site of the Twin Towers which were blown up by al Q...

As my flight approached America last weekend, my mind circled back to the furor that has broken out over plans to build Cordoba House, a community center in Lower Manhattan. I have been away from home for two months, speaking abroad about cooperation among people from different religions. Every day, including the past two weeks spent representing m...

One of the investors in a proposed Islamic centre near the World Trade Centre site is a Long Island medical clinic owner whose expressions of sympathy for Palestinians included a donation to a charity later shut down for links to Hamas.The developer leading the project confirmed on Friday that Hisham Elzanaty, 51, is among the members of a real est...

Two-thirds of New York City residents want a planned Muslim community center and mosque to be relocated to a less controversial site farther away from ground zero in Lower Manhattan, including many who describe themselves as supporters of the project, according to a New York Times poll.The poll indicates that support for the 13-story complex, which...

The national motto of the United States is e pluribus unum - out of many, one. In most of our lifetimes, no moment has exemplified this better than 9/11.  Now, almost a decade later, a proposal to build an Islamic centre and mosque - two blocks from the World Trade Centre (WTC) site - has sharply divided the country.The protest pit the voices ...

While a large number of Americans oppose the proposed Muslim community centre and mosque just two blocks away from Ground Zero, the site of the fallen WTC Twin Towers, employees of the strip clubs in the neighbourhood have no problem with it."I don't know what the big deal is," said Cassandra, a stripper at New York Dolls, as reported by The Wall S...

Rima Fakih, the first Muslim to win the Miss USA title, has said that though she supports the constitutional rights on the freedom of religion she doesn't favour building a mosque near Ground Zero."I totally agree with President (Barack) Obama with the statement on the constitutional rights of freedom of religion," Fakih said in the interview with ...

In the storm of anger and accusation over an Islamic center and mosque planned near ground zero, one thing seems clear to Laique Khan: His fellow Muslims have a right to build the project."If this really is a free country," said Mr Khan, 56, the manager of a trucking company in Brooklyn, "then, by all rights you must, you must, allow it."The same h...

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who led New Yorkers during the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, has spoken out against the proposed mosque near 'Ground Zero' and described the move as "divisive".Giuliani, who was the Mayor during the September 11 attacks, said the organisers' plans are breeding of hatered rather than healing wounds."This project...