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Thrown his support behind the proposal to build a mosque two blocks from new york's ground zero. speaking at a white house dinner yesterday to mark the muslim holy month of ramadan the president acknowledged the controversial nature of the proposed mosque but he argued that american ideals and the constitution demand that the project proceed. >> ground zero is, indeed, hallowed ground. but let me be clear, as a citizen and as president, i believe that muslims have the right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country. and that includes the right to build a place of worship and ...
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