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Developer behind NYC mosque talks about his vision

Wednesday, 01 September 2010 14:04
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By CRISTIAN SALAZAR, Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK – The developer behind an Islamic cultural center and mosque planned near ground zero says it never occurred to him that building it near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks would stir up so much debate.

Sharif El-Gamal told CBS News in an interview broadcast on Monday it hadn't even crossed his mind once because he didn't hold himself or Islam "accountable for that tragedy."

He said the center, which would include a health club...


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Dutch hold two men on "terrorism" suspicion

Wednesday, 01 September 2010 14:03
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By Aaron Gray-Block and Jeremy Pelofsky

AMSTERDAM/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Dutch authorities have detained two Yemeni men at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on suspicion of terrorist conspiracy, though a U.S. official on Tuesday cast doubt that they were part of a Terrorism plot.

The pair, flying from the United States to Yemen, were detained on Monday after U.S. authorities told their Dutch counterparts that they had suspicious items in their luggage, sparking a 24-hour transatlantic...


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Dutch probe continues into suspected plane plot

Wednesday, 01 September 2010 14:02
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THE HAGUE (AFP) – Two Yemenis arrested in Amsterdam on suspicion of Terrorism will appear before a judge on Thursday, a Dutch prosecution spokesman said.

"They will appear before an examining judge on Thursday," prosecution spokesman Ernst Koelman told AFP on Wednesday. The men were arrested early Monday after a flight from Chicago. US security had found a mobile phone taped to a bottle in their luggage.

The judge would decide whether to free or charge the men, or extend the...


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Ex-bin Laden aide gets life for NY prison stabbing

Wednesday, 01 September 2010 14:03
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK – A former Osama bin Laden aide who stabbed a federal prison guard in the eye was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison after telling the court he's not a terrorist and hearing his victim tell him he will go to hell.

U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts said Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, 52, deserved a life sentence for his "unusually cruel, brutal" attack in 2000 on guard Louis Pepe at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in lower Manhattan. She...


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New York imam: Mosque fight about Muslim role

Wednesday, 01 September 2010 14:02
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By BRIAN MURPHY, Associated Press Writer

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – 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 to Islam in America and what it means for America," Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf told a group Tuesday that included professors and policy...


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