DAISY SAYS MOSQUE NOT MOVING
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The backers of the Ground Zero mosque shot down a report Sunday that Saudi King Abdullah would move the controversial development to the closed St. Vincent’s Hospital in Greenwich Village.
“No one has contacted me or my husband about it,” said Daisy Khan, who has been an adviser on the project. She and her husband, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, are affiliated with the planned construction of a $100 million Park Place prayer space and community center two blocks north of Ground Zero.
“I remain committed to the idea of the creation of a multifaith community center in lower Manhattan,” the imam said.
The mosque isn’t moving from its proposed Park Place site, a source close to mosque developer Sharif el-Gamal said. And a high-ranking health care official involved in the sale of St. Vincent’s said no one on his side had heard a word about the Saudi royal’s reported plan to reopen most of the bankrupt hospital and build the mosque there. “It’s not real,” he said.
Developer Rudin Management, in talks to buy the property, would build apartments and a health facility.
“The Rudin family is in negotiations with St. Vincent’s to develop a solution that benefits creditors and the community, while ensuring the delivery of health care to the people of Greenwich Village,” Rudin exec John Gilbert said.
Daisy Khan said no one had contacted her or her husband about moving the planned mosque.
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