Yes, I oppose the building of a mosque at Ground Zero.  I consider the building in question part of Ground Zero because some of the landing gear from one of the planes involved in the attack landed on the roof of the building and damaged the top two floors of the building.  That said, I will support the building of a mosque at Ground Zero as soon as Saudi Arabia, Iran, Dubai, and other countries in the Middle East allow the construction and operation of Christian Churches in their countries.  The street goes both ways.

Today’s New York Post posted an article on its website about the purchase of the building where the mosque at Ground Zero is planned.  The building had been owned by the Pomerantz family since the late 1960’s.  New York developer Kevin Glodek offered $18 million cash for the building in 2007. 

According to the article:

“Glodek and his partners wanted to build a 60-story condo tower with retail space on the Park Place site, had inked a purchase agreement and even had keys to the existing building, according to sources and documents obtained by The Post.”

Then at the end of 2007, Kukiko Mitani, whose late husband, Stephen Pomerantz, owned the property, went silent and the deal disappeared.  Prospective mosque builder Sharif El-Gamal paid $4.8 million for the property (sweetening the deal by offering a job as a property manager to Sethian Pomerantz, a son of the family).

The article states:

“Neither Mitani nor El-Gamal responded to requests for comment.”

I have no idea what actually went on here, but it does look a little odd.