New York: New York City's transit agency has approved a bus advertisement that depicts a plane flying toward the World Trade Centre's towers as they burn along with a rendering of a proposed mosque near ground zero.
The ad was paid for by the American Freedom Defense Initiative, an organization that opposes radical Islamic influence in the United States. The group's executive director says she doesn't find the ad offensive.
The group sued the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to demand it accept the ad, which was approved Monday.
MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz says the agency doesn't endorse the ad's views.
The plan for a mosque just blocks away from the World Trade Center site has ignited a national debate about the limits of tolerance and the symbolism of ground zero.
The ad was paid for by the American Freedom Defense Initiative, an organization that opposes radical Islamic influence in the United States. The group's executive director says she doesn't find the ad offensive.
The group sued the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to demand it accept the ad, which was approved Monday.
The plan for a mosque just blocks away from the World Trade Center site has ignited a national debate about the limits of tolerance and the symbolism of ground zero.
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