-- i don't know 30 blocks north in new york city and having it go forward-- is exactly the biggest blow to religious freedom in the history of the united states. projects like this, religious projects in particular, run into protests and zoning issues all the time, even when they aren't being built in and around a site where 3,000 americans lost their lives. i don't think when we look back on the history of u.s.-islamic relations over the last 25 years that having a mosque-- having a mosque built in new york city but not right in this spot is a deep blow to america's image in the muslim world. and i would also say, eugene is absolutely right about the place that soufies hold in the islamic landscape. on the other hand, if you look at what the imam has done, historically, the bridges that he's tried to build-- and i believe he's done this with the best possible intentions-- they've often been bridges to factions within the muslim world who whose values he may not share that i think a...