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conversation. friday the president called ground zero hallowed ground and said muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else and he said that includes the right to build a mosque and community center on private property in lower manhattan. thnext day the president seemed to backtrack by saying he wasn t, quote, commenting on the wisdom of the project, unquote, but rather the idea that the government should treat everyone equally regardless of their religion. republicans are pouncing on the president s comments calling him insensitive to the families of 9/11 victims. some point out that even thoet president may be right intellectually this is an emotional issue. families of 9/11 victims are divided over the proposed mosque and islamic community center but a recent cnn opinion research corporation poll shows almost 70% of americans are opposed to the idea. the new york landmarks preservation commission has said that the project can go forward. the islamic center i