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Bloomberg regrets greeting controversial Muslim cleric
Quick ReadAn attempt by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to reach out to the city's Muslim community proved a bit of an embarrassment for him Thursday.
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An attempt by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to reach out to the city's Muslim community proved a bit of an embarrassment for him Thursday.
Siraj Wahhaj of Brooklyn was among a group of Muslim clerics Bloomberg greeted and shook hands with at City Hall Wednesday.
Thursday, as it emerged that Wahhaj had been a character witness for a convicted terrorist more than a decade ago, Bloomberg admitted...
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