The debate over the Islamic center near Ground Zero rages on. Is it a matter of constitutional freedoms, sensitivity to the memory of 9/11 or something more?
Peter Beinart of the Daily Beast and Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal engage in an intelligent debate on why the project should or shouldn't go forward.
To read Beinart's columns in the Daily Beast on the center click HERE.
To read Stephens' columns in the WSJ on this debate click HERE.
Watch their discussion HERE 
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Have you heard of Sufi Islam? Well, Al Qaeda sure has.
It is the mystical brand of Islam that embraces a more liberal interpretation of the Koran. Sufism embraces music and song. It is an interpretation that Al Qaeda views as its mortal enemy.
It is also the sect of Islam embraced by the Imam of the Islamic center near Ground Zero. Watch as Fareed takes a look at what lies behind Sufism...and why Al Qaeda's hatred of it should inform us about where Imam Rauf stands on the Islamic spectrum.
Watch HERE .
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