CBS: Landmark Status At Issue In Ground Zero Mosque War
By Marcia Kramer, 7/14/10
It was an emotional and raucous meeting of the Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday.
At issue: whether to grant landmark status to a building near ground zero, where a Muslim group wants to build a mosque.
"It's called Islama-phobia pure and simple and do not allow ... Now, you see, if this is the voice, if this is the voice of reason then we've got a lot to contend with," said Zead Ramadan of the Council on Islamic-American Relations New York.




