A mosque protester questions the intentions of the Muslims behind the site.
Riyad Hasan
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A smaller group of roughly 150 mosque supporters was also on hand, but they didn’t last as long as the site’s opponents.
Brigitte Stelzer
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One demonsrator equates building the mosque with supporting Hamas.
Brigitte Stelzer
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A missile with a doll dressed up to look like an Arab was just one of the more ostentatious displays downtown.
Jaff Warzer
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This man, like many other opponents whose family members died on 9/11, invokes his own suffering in his anti-mosque stance.
Riyad Hasan
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The back of that man’s sign, which takes aim at Islam.
Riyad Hasan
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More 9/11-inspired opposition based on the mosque’s proximity to Ground Zero
Jaff Warzer
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This man is against the mosque but for peace.
Jaff Warzer
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We’re not sure which side of the debate this woman is on, but she’s very passionate about her beliefs.
Jaff Warzer
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Police tried to keep the mosque opponents and supporters separated, but several scuffles broke out, such as the argument shown here between a man arguing for freedom of religion (on the left) and another who thinks building a mosque near Ground Zero is insensitive.
Helayne Seidman
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Cops move in to separate another two men with divergent views on the mosque.
Helayne Seidman
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Can’t we all get along? An imam and an anti-mosque protester have a conversation on Park Place.
Riyad Hasan
