New York City voters, by an almost 2-to-1 ratio, oppose a plan by a Muslim group to build a mosque and cultural center two blocks from the site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to a Quinnipiac University poll.
New Yorkers, by 52 percent to 31 percent, don’t want the Cordoba Initiative, a group that seeks to improve Muslim relations with Western societies, to build a community center near Ground Zero in Manhattan, the survey said. Opposition was strongest on Staten Island, where respondents were against the plan by 73 percent to 14 percent in favor.
In Manhattan, support for the project led, with 46 percent to 36 percent opposed.
Read the results of the poll here.
Cf. “Contrary to popular opinion, Muslims and mosques okay in Downtown”, Downtown Express, 2-8 July 2010