I have only one question: why did it take the New York Times two months to write about this?
Opponents of the Park51 project say the presence of a Muslim center dishonors the victims of the Islamic extremists who flew two jets into the towers. Yet not only were Muslims peacefully worshiping in the twin towers long before the attacks, but even after the 1993 bombing of one tower by a Muslim radical, Ramzi Yousef, their religious observance generated no opposition.
I knew that there was a prayer room in the World Trade Center, but I couldn’t find confirmation of it in July and August: my GoogleFoo failed me.
This is an example of gross journalistic negligence, in light of the manner in which the GOP, led by Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich, with seasoning from Rush and Glenn, framed the Islamic Community Center at Park51.
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