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A special area for people who want to pray will be set aside at Giants Stadium, where several Muslim fans were detained and questioned by the FBI in September...

NEWARK, N.J. -- The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority says it will provide a special area for anyone who wants a place to pray while at Giants Stadium or the Continental Airlines Arena -- a reaction to Muslim groups' outcries after several fans who prayed at a New York Giants game were detained and questioned by the FBI in September. Sohail Mohammed, the lawyer for the Totowa-based American Muslim Union, met Sunday with officials from the sports authority, the FBI and private companies that work at the Meadowlands to educate them about Islam and the cultural and religious practices...

Meadowlands sets aside prayer spaces at stadium for Muslims By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press Writer November 22, 2005, 4:49 PM EST NEWARK, N.J. -- The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority says it will provide a special area for anyone who wants a place to pray while at Giants Stadium or the Continental Airlines Arena _ a reaction to Muslim groups' outcries after several fans who prayed at a New York Giants game were detained and questioned by the FBI in September. Sohail Mohammed, the lawyer for the Totowa-based American Muslim Union, met Sunday with officials from the sports authority,...

Crusaders split over how to confront, cope with Xanadu Friday, May 7, 2004 By ALEX NUSSBAUM STAFF WRITER TARIQ ZEHAWI / THE RECORDEnvironmentalists are split on Xanadu. Hackensack Riverkeeper "Captain Bill" Sheehan, above, supports the marshes for Xanadu trade-off. Left photo, the Sierra Club's Jeff Tittel, left, has questions. Fourteen months ago, environmentalists were popping champagne corks.The deal to build a $1.3 billion consumer playground around Continental Arena also meant that 600 acres of wetlands would be permanently preserved. After a decade of fighting, a developer would get to build, but local activists had also saved a marsh in the...