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NY Imam: Mosque Fight About Muslim Role

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (Sept. 1) -- The imam leading plans for an Islamic center near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks in New York said the fight is over more than "a piece of real estate" and could shape the future of Muslim relations in America. The dispute "has expanded beyond a piece of real estate and expanded...

Analysis: Is Anti-Muslim Fervor Just Latest Fear?

WASHINGTON (Aug. 19) -- Are Muslims the new Jews? Or Irish Catholics? Perhaps Mormons? Or are they really the war on terror's Japanese? Religious experts and historians say: all of the above. The still-unfolding controversy over plans to build an Islamic center near ground zero is just the latest chapter in a long saga...

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Feisal Abdul Rauf (, born 1948) is an American Sufi imam, author, and activist whose stated goal is to improve relations between the Muslim world and the West.

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