PROTESTERS TO RALLY AGAINST PLANNED ISLAMIC CENTER IN NEW YORK
Baku, August 22 (AZERTAC). Protesters will gather Sunday near the site of the 2001 terror attacks in Manhattan to demonstrate against plans to build an Islamic community center and mosque a few blocks from ground zero.
The Islamic center`s leaders say the $100 million facility calls for a community center including a mosque, performing arts center, gym, swimming pool and other public spaces.
It will be built near where the World Trade Center was destroyed by Islamic extremists on September 11, 2001. The attacks killed more than 2,700 people.
Some New Yorkers say an Islamic center near the site is a painful affront.
Protests will take place Sunday from 11 a.m. ET, rain or shine, said the Coalition to Honor Ground Zero, which is organizing the rally.
Firefighters, families of the September 11 victims, first responders and residents of the neighborhood will join the protests, the organizers said on their website.
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