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Donald Trumps offers 911 mosque investor buy out
by Joseph Ernest September 9, 2010
Newscast Media NEW YORK, NY-- One of the major investors in the 911 mosque has been offered a buy out by Donald Trump, who has also attached a condition to his offer that the backers of the mosque project would have to promise that if they erect the 13-story Islamic center and mosque, the edifice would have to be constructed five or more blocks away from the World Trade Center site.
Trump offered to buy Hisham Elzanaty's stake in the Lower Manhattan building for 25 percent more than what he paid.
In a letter, Trump said, "I am making this offer as a resident of New York and citizen of the United States, not because I think the location is a spectacular one (because it is not), but because it will end a very serious, inflammatory, and highly divisive situation that is destined, in my opinion, to only get worse."
Elzanaty's lawyer did not immediately return a phone message Thursday. But in a pair of interviews with the AP this week, Elzanaty said he had invested in the site with an intention of making a profit and was willing to sell some of it for private development. He also said he supported building a mosque on at least part of the property. Add Comments>>
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