Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100720:16:36:00
Muslims see mosques. they see them as military barracks. >> reporter: do you think this will be a military bar rack? >> well, they call the faithful their soldiers. >> reporter: the fact is, this building has been functioning as a prayer space since last fall. for the friday mid-day prayer, the most important for muslims, this place is packed with more than 400 worshippers. those congregants, just a handful come on most days, say wheeler's claims are outrageous. >> it's tremendously offensive as a muslim new yorker and an american that anyone would make the attempt to associate myself, who is ...