There Has Been a Mosque Near Ground Zero Since 1970 – Same Year the World Trade Center Opened
OPS_admin | Jul 24, 2010 | Comments 0
I lived four blocks east of the World Trade Center in the 1980s, so I’ve followed the controversy about Park51, formerly known as Cordoba House, the new Islamic center being built two blocks north of the trade center at Park Place, with insider-y interest.
Andrew Sullivan has been posting notes sent to his site, the Daily Dish, from people who live in my old neighborhood — including this factoid that shouldn’t be surprising: A mosque, Masjid Manhattan, has been holding services on Warren Street, four blocks north of the World Trade Center for the last 40 years. (It’s about a block west of the Tweed Courthouse, if you know the area.)
Our members are city, state and federal employees, as well as professional employees of the Financial [District] who come to our Masjid to perform their daily prayers. Masjid Manhattan and its members condemn any type of terrorist acts. In particular, the attacks of 9/11 where non-Muslims as well as Muslims lost their lives.
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