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Boston Globe - December 17, 2006
Tension high amid Boston mosque plan
Muslim, Jewish groups at odds
By Charles A. Radin
The leader of the Muslim group that is attempting to build New England's largest mosque at Roxbury Crossing has accused a Jewish advocacy organization that has criticized the project of deliberately inflaming communal relations in the Boston area.
Dr. Yousef Abou-Allaban , chairman of the board of the Cambridge-based Islamic Society of Boston, said in a letter to Charles Jacobs , president of the David Project, that the group was trying to thwart local Muslims' dreams of a new place of worship.
Abou-Allaban's letter was a response to a press release a week earlier by the David Project , which had accused the society and the Boston Redevelopment Authority of withholding public information about the mosque project.
"We would like to know why you and others at the David Project appear to be so intent on inflaming relations between our communities," Abou-Allaban wrote. "Do you really hate us that much?"
He said members of the society "are aware of your writings in the Jewish Advocate [newspaper], which we view as essentially rejecting dialogue with Muslims, except those who agree with your political views."…..
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/12/17/tension_high_amid_roxbury_mosque_plan/
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