| | [[File:Ground Zero Mosque1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Proposed location of Cordoba House (or "Park51") on Park Place, lower Manhattan, New York City.]] | | [[File:Ground Zero Mosque1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Proposed location of Cordoba House (or "Park51") on Park Place, lower Manhattan, New York City.]] |
| − | The '''"Ground Zero Mosque"''' controversy concerns the proposed construction of an Islamic cultural center containing a [[mosque]], two or three blocks from the wreckage of the former [[World Trade Center]], which fanatic [[Islamic]] [[terrorist]]s destroyed on [[9/11]], killing almost 3,000 people.<ref name="dailymail1">[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1303463/Obama-backtracks-Ground-Zero-mosque.html Obama backtracks on Ground Zero Mosque]</ref> The plans for the building, originally dubbed "Cordoba House" (but changed to "Park51"), are a collaboration between the [[Cordoba Initiative]] and the [[American Society for Muslim Advancement]] (ASMA), a Muslim organization created in 1997<ref> [http://www.asmasociety.org/home/ ASMA]</ref> to promote "integration and tolerance based on Islamic values of compassion."<ref name="aol">[http://www.aolnews.com/article/ground-zero-mosque-rebuttal-the-9-11-christian-center/19556400 Ground Zero Mosque Rebuttal]</ref> The vast majority of Americans oppose the plan as "insensitive" to the families of the 9/11 victims.<ref name="aol"></ref> The backers of the Park51 mosque have no connection with al-Qaeda terrorists. | + | The '''"Ground Zero Mosque"''' controversy concerns the proposed construction of an Islamic cultural center containing a [[mosque]], two or three blocks from the wreckage of the former [[World Trade Center]], which fanatic [[Islamic]] [[terrorist]]s destroyed on [[9/11]], killing almost 3,000 people.<ref name="dailymail1">[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1303463/Obama-backtracks-Ground-Zero-mosque.html Obama backtracks on Ground Zero Mosque]</ref> The plans for the building, originally dubbed "Cordoba House" (but changed to "Park51"), are a collaboration between the [[Cordoba Initiative]] and the [[American Society for Muslim Advancement]] (ASMA), a Muslim organization created in 1997<ref> [http://www.asmasociety.org/home/ ASMA]</ref> to promote "integration and tolerance based on Islamic values of compassion."<ref name="aol">[http://www.aolnews.com/article/ground-zero-mosque-rebuttal-the-9-11-christian-center/19556400 Ground Zero Mosque Rebuttal]</ref> The vast majority of Americans oppose the plan as "insensitive" to the families of the 9/11 victims.{{fact}} The backers of the Park51 mosque have no connection with al-Qaeda terrorists. |