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AMHERST — Muslim leaders in a Buffalo suburb are upset over a homeowner's sign insinuating that bombs are being made next door at a newly opened mosque. Michael Heick placed a sign reading "Bomb Making Next Driveway" ...
Read More »Sides present arguments over planned NYC mosque
NEW YORK CITY — A group opposed to a planned mosque near ground zero has asked a judge to overturn New York City's decision to withhold landmark status for the building site.
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Read More »Justice Stevens voices support for NYC mosque
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is calling on Americans to be tolerant of plans to build an Islamic center and mosque near the site of the World Trade Center in New York.
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Read More »Arrests made in vandalism at upstate mosque
HUDSON — Authorities say they’ve charged three young men with committing a hate crime for spray painting a racial slur on a wall at a Hudson Valley mosque. Police in the city of Hudson say ...
Read More »Gov: Imam’s mosque comments offer ‘opening’
NEW YORK CITY — Gov. David Paterson says the imam behind the proposed Islamic community center near ground zero has offered an “opening” with his latest comments about the debate.
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Read More »Bloomberg: Stopping mosque compromises terror fight
NEW YORK CITY — Mayor Michael Bloomberg delivered an impassioned speech at an event marking the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, saying that not allowing a proposed mosque to be built near ground zero would be "compromising our commitment to fighting terror with freedom."
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Read More »Silver joins Paterson on NYC mosque issue
NEW YORK CITY — New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is joining Gov. David Paterson in an effort to persuade Islamic leaders to move a proposed mosque farther from ground zero.
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Read More »Paterson to meet with mosque developers
ALBANY — Gov. David A. Paterson, who last week suggested a proposed mosque near ground zero might want to relocate elsewhere, will meet soon with the project’s developers, a spokesman said Tuesday.
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Read More »Lazio wants probe of ground-zero mosque
NEW YORK CITY — Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio on Tuesday called on his Democratic rival, Andrew Cuomo, to investigate the development of a $100 million mosque being planned near ground zero.
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