#  Retired Justice Stevens Defends Plans for Islamic Center 

 





November 04, 2010

 

 

Author: Bill Mears

Source: CNN News

<http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/11/04/justice.stevens.ground.zero/index.html>

Retired Justice John Paul Stevens expressed support Thursday for a planned Islamic community center near the site of the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York, urging religious and ethnic tolerance.

"American Muslims should enjoy the freedom to build their places of worship wherever permitted by local zoning laws," the retired Supreme Court jurist said at a luncheon where he was honored by the National Japanese American Memorial Foundation.



 

 

 



 

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