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Mosque opponent Andy Sullivan, left, records a discussion with mosque supporter Matt Sky at the site of the proposed mosque and Islamic center on Park Place near ground zero, Thursday, August 19, 2010, in New York. (Diane Bondareff/MCT)
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A New York City police officer looks on as supporters stand at the site of the proposed mosque and Islamic center on Park Place near ground zero, Thursday, August 19, 2010, in New York. (Diane Bondareff/MCT)
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Imam Ghayik Nur Kashif looks on, August 20, 2010, as Muslims gather to worship in a chapel built in the very space where a hijacked jetliner plunged into the Pentagon on Sept. 11. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
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The Pentagon is one place where there's no discussion of whether it's appropriate for Muslims to pray near the site of the 9/11 attacks. Every Friday, Muslims gather to worship in a chapel built in the very space where a hijacked jetliner plunged into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
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Mosque opponent Andy Sullivan stands outside the site of the proposed mosque and Islamic center on Park Place near ground zero, Thursday, August 19, 2010, in New York. (Diane Bondareff/MCT)
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Mosque supporters Julia Lundy and Matt Sky, both of Manhattan, hold signs at the site of the proposed mosque and Islamic center on Park Place near ground zero, Thursday, August 19, 2010, in New York. (Diane Bondareff/MCT)
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The entrance to the Masjid mosque is on Warren Street near ground zero, Thursday, August 19, 2010, in New York. The prayer space exists about six blocks from ground zero and has been in lower Manhattan since 1970, the year the first World Trade Center tower opened. (Diane Bondareff/MCT)
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People look at the site of the proposed mosque and Islamic center on Park Place near ground zero, Thursday, August 19, 2010, in New York. (Diane Bondareff/MCT)
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The Amish Market is next door to the site of the proposed mosque and Islamic center on Park Place near ground zero, Thursday, Augusut 19, 2010, in New York. (Diane Bondareff/MCT)
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The Dakota Roadhouse bar is next door to the site of the proposed mosque and Islamic center on Park Place near ground zero, Thursday, Augusut 19, 2010, in New York. (Diane Bondareff/MCT)
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An Off-Track Betting operation is on Park Place near ground zero, Thursday, Augusut 19, 2010, in New York. (Diane Bondareff/MCT)
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People walk past the New York Dolls Gentlemen's Club near ground zero, Thursday, August 19, 2010, in New York. (Diane Bondareff/MCT)
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