Spat over 'Muslim' halts 9/11 marker

Courtesy MSNBC.com: Life  Sat, 11/07/2009 - 14:14

Ruth Epstein, a first selectman in Kent, Conn., says that to add "Muslim terrorists" to a planned 9/11 memorial would be disparaging towards Muslims.A memorial to honor a Sept. 11 victim from a Connecticut town has been halted by the unexpected conflict arising from his father's insistence it say his son was murdered by "Muslim terrorists."




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