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[[File:Ground Zero Mosque1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Proposed location of the Ground Zero Mosque (red target) on Park Place near Broadway, Manhatten Island, New York City.  A completed, multi-story mosque would have it facing in the direction of the site of the World Trade Center just three blocks south, where nearly three thousand died in the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]] by Islamic fanatics.]]

[[File:Ground Zero Mosque1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Proposed location of the Ground Zero Mosque (red target) on Park Place near Broadway, Manhatten Island, New York City.  A completed, multi-story mosque would have it facing in the direction of the site of the World Trade Center just three blocks south, where nearly three thousand died in the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]] by Islamic fanatics.]]

The '''Ground Zero Mosque''' (officially '''Park51''' and formerly the '''Cordoba House''') is a proposed [[Muslim]] mosque under construction two blocks away from the former [[World Trade Center]], which [[Muslims]] destroyed on [[9/11]], killing almost 3000 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 are a collaboration between the Cordoba Initiative and the American Society for Muslim Advancement, a Muslim organization created in the aftermath of 9/11 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 '''Ground Zero Mosque''' (officially '''Park51''' and formerly the '''Cordoba House''') is a proposed [[Muslim]] mosque under construction two blocks away from the former [[World Trade Center]], which [[Muslims]] destroyed on [[9/11]], killing almost 3000 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 are a collaboration between the Cordoba Initiative and the American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA), a Muslim organization created in the aftermath of 9/11 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>

==Reaction of 9/11 Families==

==Reaction of 9/11 Families==

Faced with an intense popular backlash, Obama backtracked from his comments the next day and stated that "I was not commenting and I will not comment on the wisdom of making a decision to put a mosque there." <ref name="dailymail1"></ref> The White House, however, steadfastly maintains that he was not backing away from his comments, but rather clarifying them.

Faced with an intense popular backlash, Obama backtracked from his comments the next day and stated that "I was not commenting and I will not comment on the wisdom of making a decision to put a mosque there." <ref name="dailymail1"></ref> The White House, however, steadfastly maintains that he was not backing away from his comments, but rather clarifying them.

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