May 2, 2011

Death of Bin Laden Brings Healing to Old Wounds

By Richard Allen Greene, CNN

Relatives of the victims are not the only Americans feeling relief Monday morning — American Muslims also hope the death of bin Laden will open a new chapter in history.

The 2001 attacks opened a “wound has never quite healed,” said Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, formerly of the controversial Park51 Muslim community center planned for lower Manhattan, not far from the former site of the twin towers.

“The killing of Osama bin Laden is a major milestone,” he said. “It expresses the sense that there is a sense of healing beginning to take place.”

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