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The New York Mosque Controversey

By Don Rush

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/delmarva/local-delmarva-920704.mp3

Salisbury – With plans to create a Muslim cultural center and mosque near Ground Zero in New York, public and political opposition has turned into -- what some view -- as an anti-Islmamic sentiment that is spreading across the country. Muqtedar Kahn, who is an associate professor at the University of Delaware and attends a mosque in Newark, says he is concerned about these developments, but notes that for most Muslim Americans their experience in this country has been positive.