After weeks of silence, the imam at the center of a controversy over building a mosque near Ground Zero is speaking out. His message is clear: the plan will ... Feisal Abdul Rauf said he was ...

A plan to build a Muslim community center and ... and Jewish leaders who have worked with Feisal Abdul Rauf speak highly of the imam’s commitment to interfaith dialogue. But some also advise ...

NEW YORK -- Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf saw his plans for an Islamic center near ground zero derided as a victory mosque for terrorists, exploited as campaign fodder and used as a bargaining chip by a ...

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the man behind the mosque proposal ... 11, 2001, with many families vehemently opposed to plan. Many have complained that it would be insensitive to have a huge mosque ...

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, did not raise funds for the proposed mosque. His nonprofits and Park51 had “different missions and leadership.” A spokesman for Park51 had no comment Tuesday. The plan ...

Mayor Bloomberg, a strong supporter of the plan, declined comment through a spokesman. Feisal Abdul Rauf, the imam behind the proposed mosque, and two other leaders of the plan who previously had ...

Feisal Abdul Rauf, whose proposal to build the high-rise community center and mosque two blocks north of ground zero made him the prime target last summer of opponents who viewed the plan ...

the organization behind the plan announced Friday. The nonprofit group Park51 said Feisal Abdul Rauf, who is set to start a national speaking tour Saturday and spends much of his time out of the ...

The center's leaders, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, and his wife ... week found that nearly 70 percent of Americans opposed the mosque plan, while 29 percent approved. In a new question, the latest ...

An ambitious plan to build a mosque next to New ... where nearly 3000 people died on September 11, 2001. But Feisal Abdul Rauf, a New York imam and a leader of the project, says the planned ...

President Obama yesterday weighs in on the controversial plan by Imam Feisal Abdul ... asked to meet the governor and the mosque’s imam, Feisal Abdul Rauf. Obama said Americans must separate ...

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf made the comment Wednesday at an annual pre-Ramadan conference held by the NYPD. Rauf said he had to change homes, and praised the department's help. He said that despite ...