A Muslim group in the US has unveiled a series of public service announcements designed to challenge growing anti-Muslim sentiment. The Council on American-Islamic Relations or CAIR, a civil liberties and advocacy group, wants to challenge the public outcry sparked by the planned Islamic cultural center near the World Trade Center site. The group's executive director, Hussam Ayloush, said the the national campaign is aimed at countering the growing evidence of bigotry and intolerance. "Some people have an anti-Muslim bigotry that drives them," he explained. "They are trying to export that by swaying people in America against Islam." Ayloush believes the heated, sometimes angry, debate over the proposal to build a 13-story cultural center two blocks from Ground Zero may actually provide a forum to foster a better understanding for all Americans. The $100 million cultural center, which will include a prayer room, was proposed by an organization called the Cordoba Initiative. The group has said it has not begun fund-raising in earnest but opponents of the center have said they fear it could be financed by Islamist extremists. Developers of the center have resisted calls to move further away from Ground Zero.
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