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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 '''"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}}  
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Although the backers of the construction project have no connection with al-Qaeda terrorists, opposition to the project generally equates letting it with proceed as supporting terrorism, even if only in an indirect way.
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Although the backers of the construction project have no connection with al-Qaeda terrorists, opposition to the project generally equates letting it proceed with as supporting terrorism, even if only in an indirect way.
    
==Reaction of 9/11 Families==
 
==Reaction of 9/11 Families==
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