Mosque Protests Add Note Of Discord To 9/11 Remembrances -- Time Magazine
On the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the morning's rituals of remembrance in New York City were overshadowed by an afternoon of bluster and discord. After the official ceremony at Ground Zero, where the names of all the victims were somberly read out, the streets nearby filled with protesters demonstrating for and against a proposed Islamic center two blocks away from the site. One man began burning pages from a Koran before being stopped by police, while sidewalks became the arena for shouting matches. As the sun set over the Hudson nearly a decade after America's most traumatizing terrorist attack, emotions were as raw as ever.
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