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Anti-muslim seven fueling much of that opposition. the two groups were not only separated by their views of also by several blocks. a good thing because tensions around the issue are high and led to several near scuffles. while speakers among the mosque opponents attacked imam abdul rauf as a terror sympathizer who predicts trouble if his plan is derailed. americans do not like to be threatened. but if the alleged threat is only imagined and temperatures cool, whatever the fate of the center, some sa there might finally be a useful national conversation about islam. i do see a positive outcome, one is the conversation was neve really had, and i think it s been a long time coming. and if in the course of that conversation the best legacy of 9/11 is enhanced.sa it s a way to say to the world we have neve walked away from our democratic roots. roots thatth through r ....
E history have sent the bright light of hope to all 0 who could see it. now, as construction of the trade center site has been a piecking up and it has been doig that, one of the key goals for next year, the tenth industry of the attacks is to have the memorial center and the park completed and ready to receive visitors. wouldn t that be nice. i hope that ends up getting done in time. in a new interview this morning, the imam leading the effort to build a mosque in new york city says the debate is over its construction and it is stoking anti-muslim feelings in the u.s. imam raub tells us the fear of islam is probably greater now than it was. i m joined by the reverend eugene rivers, an msnbc analyst. thank you for joining me. good morning. you heard in mike s piece right there the head of the cncil on the american islamic relation who s says this debate could have a positive outcome because there is a conversation that needs to be had in the u.s. ....
Do you agree with that. i do agree. it s a conversation long overdue, and i think that somemes out of sometimes the turmoil and tension that we see that we can move foard and perhaps find a different way of addressing the whole concept of how islam and a muslims are plad in the public sphere of america. i do believe that the conversation is very, very important. and i might also add, i m so happy to see that conversation started months ago in gainesville, florida, where there was an attempt to at least a proposal to burn the koran. the community there had a dialogue and as a result of having that dialogue, they were able to come up wi a very comprehensive way of dealing with that ki formal bigotry. reverend rivers, your thoughts. is it a conversation well overdue? is this a debate that is stoking anti-muslim sentiment? ....
Crisis, not only in terms of islam an phobia employmen t, et cetera. one of the things we have to realize is that when a family s in crisis, we have to turn to each other rathethan turning on each other. i think more people are realizing that and looking forward to that opportunity to be able to help each other in a time of crisis. let s hope. mahdi bray, reverend rivers. thanks so much. officials say there were several warning signs in but they weren t enough to stop a double-decker bus driver from slamming into an overpass on a new york suburb there in syracuse. look at the mess there. the crash happened early saturday morning and it mangled the top front of that megabus. four people died and at least 25 were treated for injuries. i feltd something hit and then i flew from here to here. then i got stuck between the two seats and then i was unconscious for two minutes. the driver, 59-year-old john ....
Contrary. what i do think is the megaphone of those people who try to stoke the fear, those people who have an anti-muslim agenda and those individual who s for political reasons and political opportunism want to sacrifice the muslim community on the altar of political expeddance have a bigger megaphone and bigger way of getting their point out. i believe that point of the aspect of islam ma phobia is greater. there has been an increase as a result of that in terms of the attacks on mosques and attacks on other muslim institutions and things that have nature. but again, i don t believe that from a national standpoint that we ve inkrised the amount of islamaphobia we see resonating in the country. i believe it s being stoked more by a certain unsafery individuals who are doing that type of th political purpose or for whatever desire they may have. s, i m curious,er how do we make this debate over the construction of the mosque ....