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9/11 family members divided over mosque near WTC
Posted: 08.20.2010 at 5:17 AM Updated: 08.20.2010 at 7:55 AM
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Talat Hamdani sits next to portraits of her son Mohammad Salman Hamdani, who was 23 when he died attempting to save lives at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.  / AP Photo
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The conflict is dividing a group that in many ways has never been united, with some saying the cultural center would reopen old wounds too close to hallowed ground and others say that opposing it is tantamount to bigotry.

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