13 Facts About Park51

Park51 is a development originally envisioned as a 13-story Islamic community center and mosque in Lower Manhattan, New York City.

Park51 felt it should have a contemporary design, but look Islamic.

On September 21,2011, Park51 was opened to the public as 4,000 square feet of renovated space in the Burlington Coat Factory building hoping to replace the building "in several years time".

Donald Trump made an offer to purchase the Park51 property for $6 million to stop its construction, saying that "I am making this offer as a resident of New York and citizen of the United States, not because I think the location is a spectacular one, but because it will end a very serious, inflammatory, and highly divisive situation that is destined, in my opinion, to only get worse".

Park51 said that it would be acceptable to demand mosques to be transparent about funding if the same was demanded of a Catholic church or a Jewish temple.

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Counterterrorism analysts have noted that the developing controversy over Park51 has provided a "recruitment opportunity" for radical Islamist groups.

Some opponents suggested that Park51 was a "victory marker for Islamic extremists".

Park51 should rejoin the modern world, before he does real harm.

Park51 characterized the proposed religious facilities at the site as a place which would be used for "terrorists to worship their monkey god".

Park51 suggested that the developers could have avoided controversy if they dedicated the center to the Muslim victims of the attacks.

Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura gave his support to Park51, arguing that the First Amendment allows for a mosque to be built near Ground Zero.

Park51 has said one or two things about American foreign policy that strike me as overly critical – but it's stuff you could read on The Huffington Post any day.

Park51 defended the center as an "American-Muslim" center similar to the Jewish center built close to it.