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Mohammed Salman Hamdani was one of an estimated 60 muslim victims of Al-Qaeda's attacks in the USA on 11 September 2001.

The 23 year old died as he went to help with rescue attempts at the World Trade Center.

His mother Talat's grief was compounded when her son was initially treated as a suspect rather than a victim.

But she has campaigned ever since against what she sees as a growing Islamophobia in the United States, exacerbated by 9/11.

She feels the latest manifestation of this is the ongoing controversy over the building of an Islamic cultural centre and mosque close to Ground Zero.

The Cordoba House/Park 51 development has been granted all the necessary permissions to go ahead - on a site two blocks away from where the twin towers once stood.

However work is yet to begin, and the row over its siting simmers on.

According to a survey, nearly 70 per cent of Americans are opposed to the building.

But despite concerted and vocal opposition, Talat is determined to carry on campaigning for the cultural centre to be built - in part as a tribute to her son Salman.

When Outlook's Matthew Bannister spoke to Talat from her home in New York State, she began by describing her late son Salman.