Plans for Ground Zero Islamic centre causes debate

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Plans to build an Islamic centre near Ground Zero in New York have triggered a debate across the US about the limits of religious tolerance.

In a new poll two thirds of New Yorkers said they wanted the centre moved, but more than 50 Muslim organisations have called the opposition "insensitive and inhumane."

Mark Mardell reports.

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