SIOA AND FDI SEPTEMBER 11TH SOLEMN PROTEST AGAINST MEGA MOSQUE AT GROUND ZERO

Please join SIOA and FDI in our solemn protest against the 911 mega mosque at Ground Zero on September the 11th in the afternoon, after the memorial services -- exact time and date to be determined.

World leaders, prominent politicians and 911 family members will be speaking. This is a solemn protest. Please, no inflammatory signs. "Ground Zero is sacred ground." "Ground Zero is a war Memorial." "Ground Zero Mosque is Radically Insensitive."

We will begin with interfaith prayer and the playing of "Taps" for the 911 victims.

Please mark your calenders. Come to NYC on September 11th and then pack up and go to DC for the 912 rally. For those looking for rides to the protest or from the Ground Zero protest to the 912 rally in DC on Sunday, please connect here. If you prefer, you can catch the train to DC from Penn Station in NY. It is very easy.

If you feel this mosque is an insult, a stab in the eye to those Americans who lost their lives in the largest attack on American soil in history, now is the time.

Also, if you are in Manhattan tomorrow evening, please come to the next Community Board 1 meeting concerning the Ground Zero mosque site at 6:00 PM at Dance New Amsterdam, 280 Broadway, 2nd Floor (entrance on Chambers and Elk Streets). We need to be there.

Comments

[Stepnanie]

http://newstime.co.nz/no-mosque-at-ground-zero.html
Building mosques over churches in conquered land
is standard practise in Islam
as a symbol of Muslims victory!

St. Sophia Basilica in Istanbul (Turkey), now a big Mosque!

Church in Cordoba (Spain), now a Mosque (Musims have conquered Spain in the past)

etc.

[annie]

Stephanie, that list is very very long. Least we forget what they did to Jerusalem as well as defacing the Sphinx during the ottoman empire.

[Fuzzy Slippers]

Would we do better changing the call to move the mosque elsewhere? That would negate all the crap about how fascist WE are and reveal the motives of the religion of peace, education, and tolerance (they won't move it, for it to be meaningful at all, it must be right there--a giant victory mosque). Just a thought. :)

God bless you for the work you are doing for America and freedom.

[Morgan]

Sadly, I can't be in New York in person, but I'll be there in spirit.

[C.S.]

We are there!!!

[richard]

The mosque/community center would be two blocks from Ground Zero, not "at Ground Zero." This is America, land of the free, no matter our religion. How far would be far enough away that you wouldn't protest? 5 blocks? 20 blocks? Would it have to be in Queens or the Bronx? There is no way you can stop this without assaulting traditional American values. Muslims are human beings, and those building their community center are Americans. Discriminating against them and hating them is un-American, and puts us closer to the Al Qaeda mentality of us vs. them. Let's stop the hate. Let's try to forge a path toward toleration. SIOA sounds like code for "Let's deprive Muslims of the essential human rights guaranteed by our Constitution." If this were on Ground Zero, if it were on the spot where the planes wreaked their havoc, I might understand the reaction. But it is not on Ground Zero. It does not overlook Ground Zero. This is a manufactured scandal and is being used as an excuse to beat up more hatred. This is a Reichstag fire.

[annie]

You are a naive fool Richard and your cliches are silly and have nothing to do with reality.

[lilredbird]

THE BOOK IS HERE!!! HUZZAH!

I am definitely going to the NYC protest and may go on to DC. (Btw, it is also easy to get to NYC from the north by train, comes right into Grand Central Station and the subway is in the same building.)

Richard, you would look at the Reichstag fire and totally ignore the Nazis. It seems some people just have to go through life mouthing platitudes, bromides and whatever the MSM tells them to say because thinking is just too damn hard. It is partly because of people like you that we have to devote so much time and effort to learning and warning about Islam and Sharia when, believe me, we would much rather be doing things that don't include having to be concerned about the machinations of a psycho totaliitarian religious-political movement. So either pick up a shovel or go stick your head back in the sand.

[annie]

Richard makes the statement that "they are human beings" WTF does that mean? So what. Humans are the only beings capable of evil and there is nothing about evil that should be tolerated and not be hated.

I hate communism, socialism, marxism, nazism, and islam. All are systems that enslave human beings, create and cause evil.

[Cate]

I will be there for the protest, and I'm hoping to bring along a few people from my state with me.

[PV]

There is lot's of human beings in jail....

[C.S.]

Part of the plane used to take down the towers went through 5 floors of that building and still resides there. That is a war memorial! Our brothers and sisters blood is there.

[Cate]

Richard, A PART OF THE ONE OF THE PLANES crashed through that building on Sept. 11. That building was part of the attack. It IS part of Ground Zero. That building, and the fuselage, needs to be designated as a war memorial. The day will come when our children and grandchildren will want to visit that memorial, and it needs to be there. The way of Islam is the build their mosques on the sites of the vanquished. What the hell do you think is going on here? What about the mosque that's being built on top of the spot where Flight 93 crashed? Does that one soothe your sensibilities, too? It's the perfect way to build a shrine to the ideology that fomented the terrorism and hate responsible for killing 3,000 innocent people. It's the perfect way to tell all Americans that Islam won.

Until Muslims of conscience stand up and say NO MORE to the violence that IS Islam, then they are no better than their terrorist counterparts. Until moderate Muslims change that "religion" from within, the ideology will never change. (And in case you need some reminders, that's the savage ideology that spawns the beheadings, mass murders, amputations, clitorectomies, and stonings so popular amongst the true followers of Islam.) The ideology of hate has changed in 1400 years, and it's not going to start now.

[Cate]

...or rather, the ideology of hate HASN'T changed in 1400 years.

[Cate]

Also Richard, I guess you're okay with how all those 3,000 people were killed, right? Maybe you've forgotten the viciousness of the attack, all to glorify some god, and the associated pedophile "prophet".

Maybe you've forgotten about the jumpers who were smashed on the ground like bugs on a windshield. Why? Because it was instinct to do anything to get away from the intense heat and smoke. Did you see the holes in the shade cover over the bandstand where lots of musical performances were held before that fateful day? Oh yes, you've probably forgotten that bodies and body parts went careening through that shade cover and landed on the stage. And maybe you've forgotten about those survivors who had to wade over and through the charred bodies in the lobby of the buildings before those buildings came crashing down. Maybe you've forgotten about the security guard in the lobby of one of the buildings who was still sitting in his seat, charred beyond recognition. The only way someone could tell who he was is because his name tag was still intact, and a portion of his coat hadn't been burned yet. That guy didn't even have a chance to get up from his seat! What did he do that was so terrible to deserve that end? What did his family do that was so terrible?

And maybe you've forgotten that most of the human remains from that day haven't even been identified yet. That's right, almost 10 years later, and most of the family members can't even bury their dead, because there's nothing to bury. The remains now reside in a garbage dump. The site is covered over by weeds. Can you imagine having to visit a garbage dump to pay your respects to your son, or daughter, father, husband, mother, sister, cousin, and so on?

Do NOT give me your crap about tolerance and respect for an ideology that still believes that ALL OF US should be killed if we don't convert to Islam. These murdering savages want to kill ALL of us, and that includes YOU. So, dude, you can kiss my ruby-red *SS!

Oh and by the way, take a look at these links to remind yourself what happened. If you are an American, and even if you are not, you should be OUTRAGED at this proposed mosque. And if you aren't outraged, then you aren't paying attention.

http://cryptome.org/eyeball/911/911-kill.htm

http://www.nypress.com/article-16316-the-remains-of-fresh-kills.html

[kikmor]

Interesting commentary and responses on the Character Counts site.

http://charactercounts.org/michael/2010/07/building_a_mosque_near_ground.html#comments

[duh_swami]

As far as I am concerned, Richard, and other US citizens who support this mosque for any reason at all, are not Americans, they are AINO 'American in Name Only'...I would be more than happy to get right in an AINO's face and tell him all about it...

[No Sharia]

Count me in with friends.

After " Taps" or before,I would put in a request for the Pledge Of Allegiance.

"Eternal vigilance is the price of Liberty."-Wendell Philips

[Marianne]

I would love to come and I know of many, mNy others. Unfortunately, Sept. 11th is on Shabbos - we can't make it, but we'll pray for your safety.

[Patriotbiker]

I'll be there. Let them build their muslim murder mosque somewhere else, like in Libya. I don't care about the Richards of the world, they can blab all day long. I DON'T WANT A MOSQUE NEAR GROUND ZERO OR ANYWHERE ELSE IN THIS COUNTRY!!!

[undaunted]

How to not get blowed up at these demonstrations...

http://freemendo.typepad.com/undaunted/2010/06/read-hereabout-boeing-guards-who-somehow-let-twelve-or-was-it-fourteen-handguns-be-stolen-from-a-storage-locker-at-the-he.html#tp

[Cate]

"After " Taps" or before,I would put in a request for the Pledge Of Allegiance."

I agree wholeheartedly!!!

[richard]

I lost a friend in the WTC. I did not for a second forget the evil and carnage of that day. But getting hysterical about a mosque two blocks away from ground zero makes you appear insane, I'm sorry to tell you. There are bad and good Muslims. This is a fight that will get you nowhere, and that makes participants appear kooky. That's your call, if you want to look kooky. If it weren't for the absurd drum-beating by the SIOA, the mosque would have opened quietly with no desecration of any hallowed site. Instead, you've opened new wounds and will no doubt further marginalized and radicalize more Muslims who feel they are hated here. And looking at these comments, they may have a valid point.

Remember, most Muslim s are decent, law-abiding citizens. Why do we want to turn on them and turn them against us? Allowing the mosque to be built - and it will indeed be built - is an act of healing and proof of America's toleration. Let's not forget traditional American values of freedom of religion and of expression.

[underzog]

Incidentally, I was talking to by baby brother in Israel about the mosque and the protests against it.

I raised the question, stated by that other blog, of whether the protests served any purpose since the mosque is going to be built with or without protests (that is the argument on that blog). My brother said that the protests against the mosque were good because without them, the Muslims would say that even the Jews support the building of the mosque.

[jane]

Assuming they let them build the 911 mosque, since it's terror
funded (MAS is public front of Muslim Brotherhood, Imam works with IHH a State Dept. terrorist organization) then the property can be seized and the 911 families can sue for all the assets more easily since they won't be in Saudi Arabia any more. Cool.

Those 911 families need to join hands with legal council to sue the this building into the dust. It's here, in NYC for their taking.

[Cate]

"Instead, you've opened new wounds and will no doubt further marginalized and radicalize more Muslims who feel they are hated here."

Really? You ACTUALLY said that?? You really think the American people need to shut up, let this monstrosity go forward, and cower in fear because, heaven forbid, we might radicalize more Muslims by what we say or protest against? Are you actually serious?? That is all the more reason to say WE WON'T PUT UP WITH THIS CRAP ANY LONGER. And all the more reason that moderate Muslims...most who are decent, law-abiding citizens...need to stand up and OVERHAUL their religion/ideology, and say NO MORE to the violence that IS Islam. Until they do that, and until they choose to expunge their religious text of the violence, and shun their terrorist counterparts, there is NO trust from me, along with almost 60% of other the citizens of the United States, (according to the latest poll on the topic.) Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.

Expect me to be there at Ground Zero on 9/11, standing side by side with the families who lost their loved ones at the WWTC and other Americans of conscience who will NOT submit to Islam, and allow this monstrosity to be built.

Oh, and I guess you're good with the other mosque that's being built on top of the crash site of Flight 93. It's all about submission, dude, and you're falling right in line. Just remember, if you're not a Muslim, you are an unbeliever, therefore you should be killed...and in spectacular fashion.

[Madeleine]

Richard, tell me that you are only learning about the justified tension Americans feel concerning Muslims, Islam, Sharia Law? Tell me that. Human nature causes normal people to have a sense of right from wrong, good from bad etc. The towers were hit in 1993 and then again on 9/11. We know darn right well who flew the planes, we know who bombed the towers in 93. This isn't a game ya know. This is real life. People burned in 93 and of course died, fire fighters rushed to the scene in 93, some were injured, my husband was there. He rushed in on 9/11 too. It's not a game. My kids have been through enough suffering and they know it was Islam who did these deeds. They grew up with this knowledge. It's very real. You act as though two blocks is so far away that we should all be fine. I'm sorry, I'm not fine and I'm far from hysterical. I'm friggen pissed off. It's mind boggling that these Islamic muslims aren't touched by the fact that Americans on the whole aren't accepting of this plan. Reasonable people would decide not to bring any unneccessary pain on human beings who suffered so much. My husband dug for remains for days and weeks and months following this attack on 9/11. Do you care that he and his comrades are not excited to build a bridge with the same ideology that brought these huge buildings down to smitherines? I do, I care deeply because life as we knew it in America changed and for a period of 9 years we are going through the motions always concerned about something similiar waiting in the wings to happen. We've had a few close calls too. Imam Rauf, if he had a heart, if he had logic and reason and common sense he would simply decide that it's too soon. He'd decide not to offend anyone in the name of Islam because frankly with only some 7 million Muslims in this nation right now, the minority isn't suppose to be taking a front seat at ground zero, they should be taking away from this experience a lesson. Instead, all I see is the lack of compassion and frankly Daisy KhanARTIST saying "hand holding" as a means of feeling the pain of the families who lost loved ones, it's the most heartless thing she could have said. Damn her!

[profitsbeard]

Islam's ideology is retrograde, terroristic, tyrannical and intolerant.

Muslims are the first and wrst victims of this deathcult (you try to leave, they try to kill you) posing as an Abrahamic religion.

Islam and its followers need to reform the hell out of this brutal faith before Mohammedans can be trusted.

Until then, NO MOSQUE.

[joannegriffing@cox.net]

This really doesn't make any sense. WHY would the US insult the victims and their families by putting up a place called a Mosque. We are giving the ones who killed over 3000 Americans a Sanctury, why?
Build a big beautiful CASTLE for the children. Make it into a place where THEY can go and reflect, pray let it be THEIR idea.

Why, the only thing I can think of is our Gov't wants Muslims in particuliar areas-
Six Flags
NY City
Again why? Is it because of the March on the 11th/12th, All the ones against his policies will be in one place. Like last year, all 2.6 Million? Why not Nov 8th or October 3rd, why THAT DATE.

[jane]

far from "law abiding" they're stealthy taquiya smile in our face tell lies get along to go along but plot our demise when opportunity arises

[William Stout]

You know, it is interesting that Islam always plays the “let’s get along” card, but I notice that there are no churches or synagogues in Mecca. In fact, you can’t even go to Mecca unless you are Muslim. Now they want to build a mosque at ground zero like they did when they conquered Constantinople and Spain. This is not about worship and it is not about getting along. This is about declaring an Islamic victory in New York over the place of slaughter. If New York allows this they will be declaring NYC as taken land and Islam will gain prestige both here and overseas. No good can come from allowing that mosque to be built.

[Rodney]

Richard, Islam is more than a religion, it is a political and social philosophy deceptively and/or physically enforced. Thus the government should be involved, especially with all the evidence that the political/social aspect of Islam is fully in play here.

I would have no problem with a mosque in the shadow of Ground Zero if it were manifestly a mere religious-thinking undertaking, being funded and run by low-level drones who know nothing of the grand goals and methods of their own faith. But if such were built, you can be sure that the Islamic leaders would see the value of infiltrating it or otherwise taking it over, for the symbolic and propagandistic value at the very least.

[Gordon DeSpain]

Richard,

Should we also allow the Japanese to build a Shinto Shrine on top of the Battleship Arizona in Pearl Harbor, in honor of their great victory there? This war is not over yet, and, they have not won. Michael Gross was on Hannity yesterday, screeching about "Free Speech." This from a man that attacked a woman, on a Jerry Springer show, that escaped from and caused the capture of a serial killer that he managed to get out of Jail in Connecticutt (with the collusion of a Left Wing Judge). After the release of the Serial Killer, Gross managed to get permission for the killer to move to California, where, on the day of his arrival, he built a killing zone, then went to a Wallmart and abducted the woman that escaped, causing his arrest.

Somehow, I think Michael Gross should be in Prison...not on Hannity. And, anyone who colludes in having a Mosque built on the site of the 9/11 attack should be right in there with him. Anyone that colludes in this outrage is a traitor to America, and, should be punished accordingly.

[C.S.]

Richard, I don't know about you, but I am an American. We are still at war. It has been ten years now. Our country has bled and died in a battle that started on 911 with 2 high-jacked planes being flown into the towers full of innocent people.
The last words they heard before they died was allah akbar. The ashes of those innocents covered our land at ground zero and beyond (our country). Part of the plane went into the building and still resides there to this day. And a shady imam wants to turn it into a mosque. If I wanted to be a sympathizer it sure as hell would not be with radical islam. America comes first and foremost always and forever!!!

[UpChuck]

Let's deprive Islamists a place to celebrate their victory over the Great Satan. Let's send a message to a gutter religion who's ONLY aim is the subjugation of the world under a gutter religion. Let's not roll over and have our women in Hajib's, dictated by some schizophrenic Imam. Let's not believe that it's possible for Islam to be peaceful, there is no way it can be if you go by what that rapist & pedophile Mohammad wrote. It is written in the Quran that it's PERMISSIBLE in the eyes of their god to Lie to achieve the goals of Islam, which is world conquest.

One more little thing, you can be an American, you can be a Muslim. You can't be an American (putting the laws of our country first) and a Muslim who must subjugate themselves to the Quran first. Islam is the state thusly there is NO SEPARATION of Church and State as written in our Constitution.

[UpChuck]

Oh we can go to Mecca, like they came to us on 9/11. They can indeed see the light.

[llmc]

@Richard...take off the blinders! There are plenty of EX-Muslims that are warning us of the evils of this so called "religion"...or more correct...a cult. If the founding fathers had any inkling that this would be happening, I'm sure there would much different provisions made in the Constitution. They most likely assumed everyone was believing in Christ, but in different denominations...nowhere in the Bible does it say for us to kill non-believers, but it does in the Koran! They are NOT peaceful, and they're using our Constitution to their advantage, bc of ppl like you citing the First Amendment. Just like a former poster said, they do NOT separate Church from State! Sharia law will make it so you can't borrow money from the bank if they feel it's against their beliefs! So Richard, WTFU and realize it's not about a peaceful religion, but rather about a bunch of murderous zealots, that will engulf everything, including you, if we let them...

[Jimmy A.]

Listen why must we keep changing our values and our bending the law for these muslims? If they don't like it here then leave. But I'll tell you this, throughout history, the Islamics built mosques everywhere they fought and won. They won against us, they are deeply rooted into our society and constantly plan to hurt us, I have worked undercover and spoke to many, they smile at us on the outside and in their heart they want us to all perish. They have said many times they want to see an Islamic Flag fly over the White House, Obama Would love that! I lost five friends on 9-11 and another three in Afghanistan. They will not take over this country, They will not keep us from GOD, They will not force us to change the Constitution, They will not have live against our freedom, They will not teach our kids the phony Koran and their phony religion. We know there are some real Muslim Americans, like the others, became 100% American. Not to home grow Terrorism in our on backyard. I don't care if the Mosque was 20 Blocks away, we should not allow it, and very bad symbol of their hidden defiance against us.

[auntie izlam]

Speaking of "cult", islam fits the first ten questions of "The Cult Test" perfectly. I am totally convinced it's a cult.'. Have a look at this awesome page and see what you think.

http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-cult_q0.html

[San]

You said why there....because each time a mosque is built in any city in the US. Its a symbol of victory for islam.....

[San]

Obviously the founding fathers did not see this one coming?

this is what they do...slowly come in, infiltrate then take over....

[David Della Monica]

Wake up America this country was attacked!! We are at war do not let the terrorists build a Mosque on hallowed grounds. America wake up or one day you will be speaking Arabic!! God Bless America

[LadyForLiberty]

Amen to that, PB!

[LadyForLiberty]

Well said, Cate!

[Rodney]

Infiltration by enemies is not something new. What is new in our day is the refusal to enagage in necessary all-out war.

[dented]

No Mosque at Ground Zero (the words of Pat Condell taken from his recent youtube video):

All you Americans who have been following the Islamisation of Europe from afar with horrified incongruity. If any of you are still nursing the cosy illusion that it could never happen in your country, it is time to wake up and rub those sleepy eyes, because the moment of truth has arrived.

In case you haven't heard there is a plan afoot to build a 13-storey Islamic Centre and Mosque a few yards from Ground Zero in New York. A plan that has been enthusiastically welcomed by politicians and civic leaders, eager to show how tolerant they are, at other peoples expense.

Is it possible to be astonished but not surprised?

Apparently, it is not enough that nearly 3,000 innocent people had to lose their lives in a hideous act of religious mass murder. But now their memory has to be insulted as well and the religion that murdered them, allowed to build a towering triumphantalist Mosque on the ground where they died.

Is America losing its mind? It says a lot about the people behind this scheme that they have the bad taste even to propose building a Mosque in such a place. But to describe it as they have, as a tribute to the victims is beyond bad taste and shows a profound contempt for those who died. It would be hard to imagine a more provocative gesture short of standing on their graves and burning the American flag.
Yet, how typical of Islam with it's own hair trigger sensitivity to the slightest imagined insult to do something, so arrogant, so insensitive.

It is going to cost a $100 million dollars to build this thing but nobody is prepared to say where the money is coming from. We do know that the Saudis fund a lot of Mosque building in the West when they are not trying to stamp out free speech at the United Nations or telling Fox News what to broadcast, so, I guess we'll all be paying for it every time we start the car.

You know it seems to me, a much more appropriate place for a Mosque in New York would be the United Nations building itself, because that organisation has become so Islamo-friendly in recent years, that frankly, I am surprised it doesn't already have a Minaret.

I am not even American but it makes me sick to my stomach to think that Islam is going to be allowed anywhere near Ground Zero.

9/11 could never have happened if not for Islam, and its teachings and its doctrine of Jihad, and its false promise of an impossible afterlife without which none of the gullible lunatics would have been persuaded to carry out such an insane act. Also, it wasn't just an attack on America but on all of us in the civilised world. As were the bombings in London, in Madrid, in Bali, the shootings in Mumbai and everywhere else the religion of peace decides it doesn't like the way people do things.

Any religion that endorses violence is incapable of delivering spiritual enlightenment, how obvious does that have to be, and it has no right to even call itself a religion. Without the shield of religion to hide behind Islam would be banned in the civilised world as a 'political ideology of hate' and we have no obligation to make allowances for it anymore we do than for Nazism. It is a bigger threat to our freedom than Nazism ever was, yes both are totalitarian and both divide the world, unnecessarily, into us and them, and the pure and impure, and both make no secret of their desire to exterminate the Jews. But we were more or less on the same side against the Nazis, whereas the Islamo-Nazis have got plenty of friends amongst people in the West who ought to know better.

American politicians now regularly make the kind of Dhimmi noises about diversity, as an excuse for Islamisation, the same kind of thing that we have become so depressingly familiar with in Europe. It is true that diversity has been good for America, it has been the making of that country, but American diversity has always been grounded in the respect for values, it is these individual liberties that make America what it is. Islam rejects both values and that is the difference and it is a very important difference. Islam despises what America is, it rejects everything that America stands for, including freedom and diversity. Any Muslim who denies that is a liar.

The organisation behind this scheme is called 'The Cordoba Initiative' and the building is to be called Cordoba House, and this is because Cordoba is the city in Southern Spain where Muslims built their first great Mosque, at the start of, and as a symbol of their conquest of Spain. The Ground Zero Mosque is intended to serve the same purpose in America.

Building Mosques on conquered sacred ground is standard practice, it is what Islam has always done to assert it's supremacy and that is what is happening here. And of course they know how insulting it is, how offensive it is, are you kidding? Why do you think they chose a site as close as possible to Ground Zero or do you think that was just an accident?

They also know that once it is built it will be there forever as a permanent affront to all Americans, gloating in triumph, a major bridgehead at the ongoing stealth jihad. That is how the Muslim world will see it and that is how they will be encouraged to see it, to be fair to them, that is exactly what it will be, confirming what they have always suspected, that America is a soft country, a decadent country, crippled by political correctness, confused and guilt ridden with no backbone and no pride.

They plan to open it next year, on September the 11th, the tenth anniversary of the atrocity. Is that tasteless enough for you? I am surprised they haven't organised a 757 Flypast!

But you know it doesn't have to be this way. Here in London we had a similar situation just recently, when they wanted to build a gigantic Mosque to overshadow the Olympic Games. Public opinion put a stop to that and public opinion can put a stop to this disgraceful plan as well, and it can tell this group and the politicians which support them, that enough is enough, and that this is one insult too far, and that America is a big country and there is plenty of room to build their offensive Mosque, if they have to, somewhere else, somewhere perhaps more appropriate to the spirit of their religion - like the Arizona Desert or Death Valley.

Peace and God Bless the Kuffar.

[Marianne]

This may seem ridiculous, but I'm pretty sure that Andrew Cuomo is looking in to this, even though he's running for governor. Most NYers do not approve - finding the illegal Sharia funds would be a good move for him. He's right that the mosque does not violate zoning laws.
Criminal: He should look in to Soho Realtors who sold the property for cash. What do their books tell the investigators? Soho Realty took money from enemy combatants.
Obviously, Cash "donations"??? Money source, enemies of the US. I'm certain Iran was involved, that's a criminal issue in the US. It's a giant case that will take a long time - years, but the Feds/AG will get them on taxes or money laundering.

[Gordon DeSpain]

Richard, I am an Expat currently working and residing in Baghdad, Iraq. I've been working in Muslim countries since April of 1978, and, I can assure you, you are a blithering idiot. Every Muslim is sworn to SACRIFICE every non-muslim who refuses to convert to Allah. And, just to make you feel better, what you're saying is considered by Muslims to be the mark of a Traitor, they hate Traitors more than Atheists, and, Atheists more than Jews. They define Atheist as anyone that does not worship Allah, behead them right after the Traitors, and, just before turning to begin sacrificing Jews.

Allah is a god of Human Sacrifice.

[Gail]

I think that building a Mosque near Ground Zero is a great step forward and could serve as a symbol of the peace achieved between Muslims and non-Muslims. Where I live, the local Muslim community was horrified at the actions of the extremists in 2001. Likewise, I am horrified at extremist Christians who spread messages of hate and even go so far as murder. However, I know that I'm not that sort of Christian, and they aren't that sort of Muslim. I see a future Mosque as a sign that America is truly the home of the free. Non-Muslims' acceptance of it is only a thorn in the extremists' side.

[C.S.]

You must study Islamic history or at the least read some of it.
As Americans we must put America first. Which includes taking care of the act of war declared upon this country on 911. The war we are still in. Do we really want a monument to Islam to be dedicated on 9/11/11? That building should be a war memorial because part of the plane still resides there. Is this truly what our brave men and women have and are dying for?
Is this what the family members of the victims of 911 want to see? Is this what the first-responders who lost so many of their own want to see? Let's get real!
If you must sympathize...why not pick our country first. Why must America take the back seat?
We used to ride in the front seat. Soon we won't even be allowed to ride.

[Margie]

QUESTION: Is the Immam and his wife SUNNI'S? Obama is a Sunni Muslim. Could be the reason he supports this mosque.

[Arye Sachs]

A Mosque in Ground Zero – Don’t just talk about it – do something about it.
Looking for volunteers, support and sponsors to a Shock and Awe In-Your-Face demonstration that will wake up and generate opposition from all around the country: A parade of Missiles and aircraft fuselages driven to the proposed location with signs opposing a Mosque near Ground Zero reminding (to whoever needs such a reminder!) the public the meaning of such action. This will be a high visibility protest that will start slow and will build up as we get close to 9/11
We should be looking for sponsorship from patriotic corporation and individuals concerned with our country’s pride more than politically correctness bullshit. The Missiles and Planes will be supplied by JetAngel.com and the right to protest and express our opinion will be supplied by the First Amendment to the constitution.
Please view: http://www.jetangel.com/MOSQUE.HTML (last images were photoshoped using our missile on another campaign)
Sincerely

Arye Sachs
Chief Fun Officer
www.JetAngel.com

[Arye Sachs]

I was fighting terrorism and Muslims in the IDF (Israel defense Force ) well before Americans knew how to spell Terror. We have tolerance and respect for all religions but the one that will blow themselves to pieces together with women and children in markets and cafes in the name of god, a religion that makes it a pride to kill your daughter or sister with your own hands if she brought “shame” to the family by having extra marital sex of an affair while married. If they wanted to bring a message of peace as they claim to do with that mosque than why not take this $100 million and build a hospital or better off – create a trust funds for the orphans of 911 for the purpose of education and recreation?
Liz. – Time to stop for a moment and think about what we can do for our country, not what the country and money can do for ourselves – time to have confidence and pride in ourselves. Please bring that message to corporations and event planners who are proud Americans.
No one wants a mosque there – Not even mayor Bloomberg. But as a mayor he must stand out there and defend the freedom of religion. The only way around it is like the obtaining a permit for any Church or Synagogue: however, if it creates traffic, noise, public rejections etc – than there are ways to reject it.
Don’t ignore it! – You are the generation that can make a difference!
Arye Sachs
Chief Fun Officer
www.JetAngel.com

[C.S.]

Great idea and the pics are a beautiful sight!!!

[comrade Delacruz]

our group COMMUNIST AGAINST THE MOSQUE is most outraged to have this garbage happening to our city (yeah suprise to conservative douchebags huh, damn liberal pussies are destroying our city) bloomberg is a traitor

[Teleqsal@aol.com]

I would say "you don't have to join the rally". Thanks for your input Mr. Obama.

[fatima]

You know that's just why i knew reading these were a bad idea. That "GOD" your talking about is the same GOD Jews and christian believe in and worship. this is just hate and i hope the Muslims of new york build a beautiful masjid to pray in worship god. I cant believe that 1400 hundred years of hate.... blah blah blah Ur the reason why people are still acting like fools and sitting behind a computer talking crap ridiculous. You know if you picked up a Quran or actually looked into islam then maybe your idea of islam would change. 911 was a terrible horrible thing but i wasnt involed and either was any of these muslims who just want a place of worship. if a christian put up the money for it o no problem heres the keys but since islam is so horrible no we have to make it a big media ploy. Im a proud muslim women and theres no hate being taught in my house or any muslims i know. get off ur high horse and relax hating

[badjuju]

Does anyone remember a photo of all those ugly, laughing muslims dancing in the street on the day thousands of innocent, working AMERICANS were murdered? Now we're giving them a mosque?

Would John McCain have allowed this? NFW!

[badjuju]

How is 9/11 different from the attack on Pearl Harbor?

[msw]

YOU ARE THE RADICAL ONES NOT THE MODERATE MUSLIMS THAT ARE BUILDING ON THE SIGHT THAT HAS A MOSQUE ALREADY. THERE ARE ALREADY 2 MOSQUES 1 JUST 4 BLOCKS AWAY FROM GROUND ZERO HAS BEEN FOR 30 YEARS AND BY THE WAY THEY ARE NOT AS MODERATE THAN THE ONES BUILDING THE CENTER, THEY HAVE BEEN THERE PEACEFULLY AGAIN FOR 30 YEARS, GET ALIFE MANHATTAN DOES NOT WANT YOUR HATE. MAJORITY OF MANHATTAN SUPPORTS THE CENTER.

[Melanie N. Lee]

Will this "interfaith prayer" include Muslims, too?

[johanes]

9/11 american has attacked by islam!! after america been attacked and now they wanna build a mosque as the sign of their victory. wowwwwww...shame of you islam<< and fool of you who let it happen. Islam should not exist in the world..they should not come to america and bring their retarded culture.
if they wannat stay and live in america have to follow and adjust with american culture!!!
WHY THEY FLEE FROM THEIR COUNTRY and try to change other country.
their prophet is a killer.rapist.and robber..islam is not a religion. if people practice islam according to koran will poisoned their mind.
in islam no tolerance to other religion and other religion if kuffar.kaffir.kaffir according to koran should die.
koran
9:5. But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find them, an seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of war); but if they repent, and establish regular prayers (ISLAM) and practise regular charity, then open the way for them: for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
8:12. Remember thy Lord inspired the angels (with the message): "I am with you: give firmness to the Believers: I will instil terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers: smite ye above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them."
47:4. Therefore, when ye meet the Unbelievers (in fight), smite at their necks; At length, when ye have thoroughly subdued them, bind a bond firmly (on them): thereafter (is the time for) either generosity or ransom: Until the war lays down its burdens. Thus (are ye commanded): but if it had been Allah.s Will, He could certainly have exacted retribution from them (Himself); but (He lets you fight) in order to test you, some with others. But those who are slain in the Way of Allah,- He will never let their deeds be lost.

islam the only religion on earth that allow people to slay people for the sake of allah.can you believe that a pedophile and maniax be their prophet.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F13gtjjDEgE
PEOPLE WHO was born in islamic country know how bad and who the real islam is..
may God lead american to realize that this is a big danger to let islam imigrate to your country.
islam is not a religion . it just spread hatred.
the good muslim will never deny kora. and the hatred come from the koran..so what do you wanna do know.!!!

i believe there are some good muslim and some bad non muslim too.
LET ME DESCRIBE..
There are always a bad people in every religion that we know.but the differences are:

bad people in non muslim religion is the one who do not follow the instruction of their God.
bad people in islam is the one who follow the instruction of their God (jihad)
bad people in non muslim is the one who do not obey the command of their prophet and imitate how their prophet live.
bad people in islam is the one who obey their prophet and immitate what their prophet done.

WAKE UP AMERICAN...donot let you land occupy by ISLAm..!!!!

[albion]

a church should have been built there!!!!!!!

[Diana]

If you want to stop the mosque being built~~~forget the protests~~~just graze a pig on the property or plant some pig bones in the soil. Apparently, Isreal has been doing this because the ground is apparently contaminated to the muslims if a pig has been on it. Supposedly, it works!
I do agree it is an insenitive thing for anyone to even THINK about building there. Where is all the "political correctness" when it comes to Christian Americans?