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A Test of Tolerance

The "Ground Zero mosque" debate is about tolerance—and a whole lot more.

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Correction, Aug. 26, 2010: This article originally asserted that Rauf's statement did not provide a translation of the term Vilayet-i-faquih. The term was explained in an earlier passage. ( Return to the corrected sentence.)

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Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011) was a columnist for Vanity Fair and the author, most recently, of Arguably, a collection of essays.

Photograph of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf by Hasan Jamali/AFP/Getty Images.