Imam Says NYC Mosque Site Is Not 'Hallowed Ground'

The imam leading the effort to build an Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero says there is a "misperception" that the proposed site is sacred ground.

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf said Monday that the location where the center would be built, two blocks from the World Trade Center, has a strip joint and betting parlors nearby. He says it's "absolutely disingenuous" to suggest that it is "hallowed ground."

Rauf, speaking before the Council on Foreign Relations, also said that a resolution to the raging debate over its location is being examined....