Barry, Imam Rauf missed an important opportunity.  Instead, of coming forward and becoming the ‘bridge-builder’ that he so often proclaims to be, he told CNN that there’s no plan to move the Cordoba House project – building a $100 million dollar mosque at the site of Ground Zero. Of course, the Imam does not consider the…

Jay, The “Ground Zero Mosque” debate continues. I appeared on Fox News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor” on Friday evening to discuss the issue with Walid Shoebat – a man who claims he’s a Muslim terrorist turned Christian. Because of Shoebat’s “previous experience” as a terrorist, he is often interviewed by news outlets as “someone uniquely…

Barry,   The fact is that a growing number of Americans – now 71% according to the latest CBS News poll – simply don’t believe the Ground Zero site is an appropriate site for the mosque.  I hope you’re not suggesting that nearly three-out-of-four Americans are intolerant because they don’t want a mosque built on…

Barry, No one is advocating that mosques should not be built in New York City.  There are many just as there are churches, synagogues and other places of worship. What we’re saying, on behalf of our client – a NYC firefighter and first responder who lost 100 friends in the 9-11 attacks – is that…

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