ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. David Paterson said today that he doesn’t need to apologize to Muslim groups who criticized him for comments last week in which he described developers of an Islamic center and mosque planned near Ground Zero as peaceful and “almost westernized” Muslims.
Paterson said he sent a letter to the groups today, further explaining his defense of a Sufi Muslim imam’s right to build the mosque and cultural center a couple of blocks from the site of the World Trade Center attacks.
Gov. David Paterson isn’t apologizing for ‘almost westernized’ Muslim comment | SILive.com
To Paterson’s Handlers,
Please. Stop letting him talk.
Thanks,
New York State