you were going join him in new york to talk about the prospect of doing and that perhaps to advocate for that as a gesture of good will as the stopping of the burning of korans would be. is that the way you thought it was when you left that meeting? precisely. i repeated that three or four times inside the building. let me ask you one question about that that equates essentially the burning of the korans and building of this islamic community center at new york at some distance from ground zero, these two things have somehow become equated or perhaps conflated. why are these things even remotely connected and why shouldn t there be an islamic center exactly where they have it planned at 51 park place in manhattan? i did not think they were
york to talk about the prospect of doing and that perhaps to advocate for that as a gesture of good will as the stopping of the burning of korans would be. is that the way you thought it was when you left that meeting? precisely. i repeated that three or four times inside the building. let me ask you one question about that that equates essentially the burning of the korans and building of this islamic community center at new york at some distance from ground zero, these two things have somehow become equated or perhaps conflated. why in your opinion as a leader of your faith, are these things even remotely connected and why shouldn t there be an islamic center exactly where they have it planned at 51 park place in manhattan?
york to talk to imam rauf to talk about the prospect of doing and that perhaps to advocate for that as a gesture of good will as the stopping of the burning of korans would be. is that the way you thought it was when you left that meeting? precisely. i repeated that three or four times inside the building. yes. then, let me ask you ask you one question about that that equates essentially the burning of the korans and building of this islamic community center in new york at some distance from ground zero, these two things have somehow become equated or perhaps conflated. why n your opinion, as a leader of your faith, are these things even remotely connected and why shouldn t there be an islamic center exactly where they have it planned at 51 park place in manhattan? i did not think they were connected at all.
was when you left that meeting? precisely. i repeated that three or four times inside the building. yes. let me ask you one question about that that equates essentially the burning of the korans and building of this islamic community center at new york at some distance from ground zero with facilities for other religions to pray and a culinary institute and all the rest, these two things have somehow become equated or perhaps conflated. why are these things even remotely connected and why shouldn t there be an islamic center exactly where they have it planned at 51 park place in manhattan? i did not think they were connected at all. i thought that he connected them clearly when he stepped out in front of the cameras but inside i told him those are two separate issues completely separate.