NEW YORK - AUGUST 20: People debate outside of the building that is the proposed site of the Park51 mosque and cultural center, which is blocks from Ground Zero, on August 20, 2010 in New York City. The controversy surrounding the location of an Islamic cultural center and mosque near Ground Zero has escalated following comments last week by President Barack Obama to American Muslims that were interpreted as supportive. (Getty Images)
- NEW YORK - AUGUST 20: People debate outside of the building that is the proposed site of the Park51 mosque and cultural center, which is blocks from Ground Zero, on August 20, 2010 in New York City. The controversy surrounding the location of an Islamic cultural center and mosque near Ground Zero has escalated following comments last week by President Barack Obama to American Muslims that were interpreted as supportive. (Getty Images)
- Supporters of a Islamic cultural center and mosque planned to be built near Ground Zero in lower Manhattan chant slogans on August 22, 2010 in New York City. Activists both for and against the proposed Park51 project two blocks from Ground Zero rallied supporters near the proposed building site as the controversy continued. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
- Opponents of an Islamic cultural center and mosque planned to be built near Ground Zero in lower Manhattan gather during a demonstration on August 22, 2010 in New York, New York. Activists both for and against the proposed Park51 project two blocks from Ground Zero rallied supporters near the proposed building site as the controversy continued. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
- Opponents of an Islamic cultural center and mosque planned to be built near Ground Zero in lower Manhattan gather during a demonstration on August 22, 2010 in New York, New York. Activists both for and against the proposed Park51 project two blocks from Ground Zero rallied supporters near the proposed building site as the controversy continued. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
- Supporters of a Islamic cultural center and mosque planned to be built near Ground Zero in lower Manhattan chant slogans and carry signs during a demonstration on August 22, 2010 in New York, New York. Activists both for and against the proposed Park51 project two blocks from Ground Zero rallied supporters near the proposed building site as the controversy continued. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
- Opponents of an Islamic cultural center and mosque planned to be built near Ground Zero in lower Manhattan stand with signs at the intersection of Park Place and West Broadway near the site and Ground Zero on August 22, 2010 in New York, New York. Activists both for and against the proposed Park51 project two blocks from Ground Zero rallied supporters near the proposed building site as the controversy continued. (Getty Images)
- Opponents of an Islamic cultural center and mosque planned to be built near Ground Zero in lower Manhattan gather during a demonstration on August 22, 2010 in New York, New York. Activists both for and against the proposed Park51 project two blocks from Ground Zero rallied supporters near the proposed building site as the controversy continued. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
- Opponents of an Islamic cultural center and mosque planned to be built near Ground Zero in lower Manhattan cheer a speaker during a demonstration on August 22, 2010 in New York City. Activists both for and against the proposed Park51 project two blocks from Ground Zero rallied supporters near the proposed building site as the controversy continued. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
- Men attend Friday prayers in a prayer room in the building that is the proposed site of the Park51 mosque and cultural center, which is blocks from Ground Zero, on August 20, 2010 in New York City. The controversy surrounding the location of an Islamic cultural center and mosque near Ground Zero has escalated following comments last week by President Barack Obama to American Muslims that were interpreted as supportive. (Getty Images)
- A man walks into Friday prayers in the building that is the proposed site of the Park51 mosque and cultural center, which is blocks from Ground Zero, on August 20, 2010 in New York City. (Getty Images)
- World Trade center construction worker John Barretto stands in front of the building that is the proposed site of the Park51 mosque and cultural center, which is blocks from Ground Zero, on August 20, 2010 in New York City. Barretto, who works at the Ground Zero site, does not support the building of the center. (Getty Images)
- Reem El Shafaki, originally from Egypt and now a resident of New Jersey, stands in front of the building that is the proposed site of the Park51 mosque and cultural center, which is blocks from Ground Zero, on August 20, 2010 in New York City. (Getty Images)
- A message written in chalk reads "I thought this was America" outside of the proposed site for the Cordoba Initiative Mosque and Cultural Center which would be blocks from Ground Zero on August 18, 2010 in New York City. Following comments last week to American Muslims from President Barrack Obama which were interpreted as supporting the building of an Islamic cultural center and mosque near Ground Zero. (Getty Images)
- Men pray before breaking Ramadan fast at the third annual Iftar Dinner at the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center on August 17, 2010 in New York, New York. The event brings out local Muslim leaders and area politicians to celebrate the holy month of Ramadan. New York City is still contending with the controversial proposal to build an Islamic cultural center and mosque near Ground Zero. (Getty Images)
- One of the two buildings that are poised to become the Park51 mosque and cultural center are seen August 17, 2010 in New York City. The site for the $100 million Islamic community center is two blocks from where the World Trade Center stood before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the proposal has ignited controversy. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
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