claim: a new york imam wants to "have a mosque at ground zero.''
author: rick lazio
evidence_1: aug 19, 2010 ... muslim new yorkers are grappling deeply with the lingering ambiguities of their  place in american society nine years after 9/11. ... anger and accusation over an  islamic center and mosque planned near ground zero, one thing seems clear to  laique khan: his fellow muslims have a right to build the project.
evidence_2: feisal abdul rauf is a kuwaiti american sufi imam, author, and activist whose  stated goal is to improve relations between the muslim world and the west. from  1983 to 2009, he served as imam of masjid al-farah, a mosque in new york city.  he has written three books on islam and its place in contemporary western ...
evidence_3: oct 1, 2015 ... five years ago, a local land-use issue here in new york city became the subject  of national debate. two muslim men — a real-estate developer and an imam —  proposed to build a ground zero victory terror mosque two blocks away from the  smoldering ruins of the world trade center. haha, no: they ...
evidence_4: aug 20, 2010 ... two people debate outside the proposed site of the mosque and cultural center,  which is blocks from ground zero in new york city. ... "we want to provide a  counter momentum against extremism,” said daisy khan, wife of imam feisal  abdul rauf, who would lead the mosque, in a newsweek interview.
evidence_5: aug 20, 2010 ... according to the national review, the spot was put out today by the new york  state conservative party. "new yorkers have been through enough," lazio says  in the spot. "now a terrorist-sympathizing imam wants to build a $100 million  mosque near ground zero. where is this money coming from?