Donald Trump's No-Mosque Zone

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Azi Paybarah
The Empire | Mar 29, 2012

...is about five blocks long.

In a letter to the Park51 developers - which includes an offer to buy the site for 25% more than it was purchased for - Trump includes this stipulation: any mosque they want to build "be located at least five blocks further from the World Trade Center site."

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