New York Islamic Centre

A rusted 5-foot (1.5-meter)-tall piece of landing gear believed to be from one of the hijacked planes destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attacks has been discovered near the World Trade Center wedged between a luxury apartment building and a mosque site that once prompted virulent national debate about Islam and free speech.

The New York man, facing hate crime charges for attacking an Islamic centre and a Hindu temple, went about throwing molotov cocktails at the places as he "hated all Muslims and Arabs" for trying to take over his life and wanted to inflict the maximum damage to them.

Visitors to the upper floors of the Muslim community centre planned for near Ground Zero in New York would walk through lofty spaces - for art exhibitions, for contemplation and prayer, for programmes on interreligious dialogue, for a 9/11 memorial - as sunlight streams through irregularly shaped windows between white crisscrossing beams.That is th...

A rusted 5-foot (1.5-meter)-tall piece of landing gear believed to be from one of the hijacked planes destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attacks has been discovered near the World Trade Center wedged between a luxury apartment building and a mosque site that once prompted virulent national debate about Islam and free speech.

The New York man, facing hate crime charges for attacking an Islamic centre and a Hindu temple, went about throwing molotov cocktails at the places as he "hated all Muslims and Arabs" for trying to take over his life and wanted to inflict the maximum damage to them.

Visitors to the upper floors of the Muslim community centre planned for near Ground Zero in New York would walk through lofty spaces - for art exhibitions, for contemplation and prayer, for programmes on interreligious dialogue, for a 9/11 memorial - as sunlight streams through irregularly shaped windows between white crisscrossing beams.That is th...