Feisal Abdul Rauf
publication date: Monday, September 13, 2010 (part of Round XLV)
category: Controversy
clue: his community outreach proposal became ground zero for controversy
explanation: Rauf's proposal for a community outreach center including a mosque, to be built two blocks from the "ground zero" site of the 9/11 attacks, became highly controversial in 2010. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, Ryan Dunn, Sarah Kyle, Melissa Anderson, Jon Berry, and Jason Lemler
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