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Ground Zero - Source: Thinkstock
A plan to build a mosque next to Ground Zero has angered residents of the Big Apple.
Supporters of the mosque say the planned multi-storey Islamic centre would transform the lower Manhattan street and also the way Americans have interacted with Muslims since nearly 3,000 people died in terror attacks on September 11, 2001.
The mosque would boast sports facilities, a theatre and possibly a day care centre and would be open to all visitors.
But it is the proposed site of the mosque - just around the corner from the gaping hole where the Twin Towers once stood - that has upset locals.
A website has already been created to protest the building of the mosque, saying it will "cast a rude shadow over Ground Zero."
Others say the mosque is an insult to the memory of 9/11, comparing the idea to building a German cultural centre at Auschwitz.
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