A coalition that includes relatives of victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks staged a demonstration in support of a plan to build a mosque near the attack site in lower Manhattan.
The group, calling itself "New York neighbors for American values," gathered near "ground zero" and the site of the proposed Islamic center and mosque two blocks away.
In a statement they said "as community groups and organizations representing hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers, we welcome the planned Muslim community center in lower Manhattan as we would welcome any center planned by neighbors of good will.
The group includes the Arab Muslim American federation, the American civil liberties union, the dialogue project, the New York city chapter of the humanist party, the shalom center and Woodstock international.
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