How soon is too soon and how close is too close? The New York City community board has given permission to Muslims to build a mosque two blocks from Ground Zero as 'a seed of peace', to promote mainstream Islam against extremism.

'What better place', says the Imam, Feisal Rauf, ' to show that we, as Muslims, condemn the acts of 9/11… When we say it here, we will be heard.'

But will they be listened to? The National Republican Trust released an ad protesting the ...