A leader of Hamas supports the construction of a mosque near 'ground zero'.
Continuing the controversy in New York by the project of building an Islamic center with a mosque near Ground Zero in New York after a Hamas leader has publicly supported this initiative on which debate and throughout the country. We have to build this mosque, as you can build their churches and their holy places Israeli "We have to build this mosque, as you can build, ffxiv gil, their churches and their holy places the Israelis," he assured Mahmud A-Zahar, a founder the Islamist movement Hamas, in an interview with WABC radio that picks up on Monday the New York Post. The leader of Hamas, listed as a terrorist organization by the U.S., so I enter fully into the controversy over the Casa Cordova, an Islamic cultural center which will include, fallen earth chips, a mosque and wants to lift two blocks where were the Twin Towers until September 11, 2001. Wherever Muslims have to pray and this mosque will be a unique place to pray "The largest mosque supports Hamas. The terror chief likes his location at ground zero," said on its front page New York daily, where can be read, tera gold, as A-Zahar said that "wherever Muslims have to pray and this mosque will be a unique place to pray." The words of the leader of Hamas are read by some opponents of the project as a sign that behind the idea of placing a mosque so close to where he was the World Trade Center lies a provocation and disrespect for the victims of 11-S and their families. The Islamic center is a project of the Cordoba Initiative Association and the American Society for Muslim Advancement to erect a building that, besides mosque, count on culinary school, arts center and sports facilities. Ardent opponents of the project as the ultraconservative American Center for Law and Justice have been quick to highlight the importance of support from Hamas to the mosque and it arrives after the U.S. president, Barack Obama, also supported this weekend its construction. Many conservative leaders these days have accused Obama of being "disconnected" "As a citizen and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country. That includes the right to build a site of prayer and a community center on private property in Lower Manhattan, according to local laws and ordinances, "the president said. For the ultra-conservative leader Pat Robertson, "with its support for the mosque, Obama not only offended thousands of Americans who lost their families and loved ones in the attacks, but also ignores the will of the people." Since this organization is accused of "not understanding the sensitive nature" of a project to be built "on holy ground." As that organization, many conservative leaders these days have accused Obama of being "disconnected" from the American reality, as stated by Republican strategist Ed Rollins, for whom, as published by the New York Post, Obama has "the dumbest thing a president can do. " "Intellectually, the President can be right, but it is an emotional issue and those who lost relatives in the attacks do not want this mosque in New York. That will bea big problem for Democrats across the country, "said Rollins ahead of legislative elections next November. As Rollins, there are many who believe the controversy of the mosque will be a full election issue because of the great opposition between Americans for the project, which is located according to the latest polls released by Fox News and CNN about 61 and 70% respectively.