claim: "this is not a mosque. it's a cultural center that has a prayer area."
author: al hunt
evidence_1: park51 (originally named cordoba house) is to be a 13-story islamic community  center in lower manhattan including a "muslim community center and a mosque. " the developers hoped to promote an interfaith dialogue within the greater  community. due to its proposed location two blocks from the world trade center  site, ..... we insist on calling it a prayer space and not a mosque, because you  can ...
evidence_2: because of the lack of funds, and problems of where the tenants of the area ...  after waiting almost thirty years for its conception, the islamic cultural center of  new ... the attention of passersby, and welcomes not only muslims who wish to  pray, but ... the mosque is the confirmation that muslims too have a legitimate  claim to ...
evidence_3: a mosque is a place of worship for followers of islam. there are strict and  detailed requirements ... many mosques have elaborate domes, minarets, and  prayer halls, in varying styles ... as a religious and social center for fustat ( present-day cairo) during its prime. ..... shoes must not be worn inside the  carpeted prayer hall.
evidence_4: jul 28, 2010 ... the "ground zero mosque" that we have been and will be hearing so ... for the  cordoba house, it's two blocks, around a corner, to get to the wtc site. ... place  is a cultural center with a prayer room — not a single-purpose ...
evidence_5: jan 29, 2017 ... mohamed labibi of the quebec islamic cultural center is comforted by quebec  ... that 14 others had been treated and released from area hospitals. ... authorities  have not publicly identified either of the two men who were .... “this murder of  people who had gathered at a mosque to pray is staggering in its ...