In this Aug. 18 blog post, Baker Institute fellow Joe Barnes expresses his support for the construction of an Islamic community center two blocks away from the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center attacks in New York. He cites three reasons for his support of the project, which opponents have described as a "Ground Zero Mosque":
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