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Rima Fakih, Miss USA, Says: Move the Mosque

If Rima Fakih is against it, who can be for it?

5:01 PM, Aug 20, 2010 • By JOHN MCCORMACK
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Miss USA Rima Fakih, a Muslim from Michigan, tells Inside Edition that the Ground Zero mosque should be moved:

Inside Edition caught up with Fakih backstage as she rehearsed for the Miss Universe Pageant in Las Vegas on Monday.

Fakih says she backs President Obama regarding freedom of religion, but says that there should be sensitivity as to where the NYC mosque is built, and that she does not think it is appropriate to be built near Ground Zero.

Rima Fakih: “I totally agree with President Obama with the statement on Constitutional rights of freedom of religion. I also agree that it shouldn’t be so close to the World Trade Center. We should be more concerned with the tragedy than religion.”

Video of Rima Fakih on how much she loves America here:

Via the Corner.

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