Controversial space: The buildings that are to become the Park51 mosque and cultural centre, just two blocks from where the twin towers stood before the 9/11 terror attacks. The first part of Park51, the controversial Lower Manhattan Islamic community centre, is opening on Wednesday with an art exhibition featuring photographs of children. Just a few blocks away from the site where the Twin Towers... 

Imam behind proposed NYC Muslim center, mosque near ground zero struggles to bridge divisions. New York City Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf has long worked to bridge divisions, whether they are marital fissures or political chasms. Now the 61-year-old clergyman is in the midst of a divisive national debate over plans for an Islamic center that features a mosque about two blocks north of the site of the Sept....