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Fattah Applauds Obama, Bloomberg for Affirming the Constitutional Right to build Islamic Cultural Center

Statement

Date: Sept. 9, 2010
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Religion

Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA) issues the following statement on the controversy surrounding plans for an Islamic cultural center in lower Manhattan:

"I applaud the leadership of President Obama, Mayor Bloomberg and New Yorkers of every faith in their support of religious freedom and their affirmation of the Constitutionally protected rights of those who seek to construct an Islamic cultural center on private property."


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