by A protest to encourage reason, held in June in New York, opposed the construction of a mosque for Muslim worship at the location where Islamic terrorists used planes to attack and destroy the World Trade Center towers, killing 2,976 people in Sept. 2001.

While I strongly believe in the freedom of religion in this country, and I don't think we should use the force of government to stop the building of this Ground Zero mosque, or any mosque, I do think that we should do everything within our right to discourage the building of an Islamic symbol at this location, particularly one of this magnitude. If the building is constructed, its opening will be just as insulting to most Americans as it would be insulting to Muslims for Americans to bring a ready-to-eat pork roast into the same mosque's Ramadan service, if not more so.

I think the opening of this mosque will harbor resentment and create more problems and maybe even violence between the American and Muslim worlds than exist today. I am surprised that more people don't see this.

Please take the time to read the article, which was written by the anonymous El Marco and reposted here by me. This article, which I have edited, is important, and should be considered by all.

On Sunday, June 6, 2010, a multi-ethnic, multi-racial coalition of Americans opposed to Islamic violence and intolerance rallied at the former site of the World Trade Center in New York City against the building of a mosque at Ground Zero.

The 9/11 families attending were joined by immigrants from India, Russia, Egypt, Israel, Africa, Iran and Europe to show opposition to the idea of the mosque's construction. Others flew in from overseas to speak or share their particular ethnic communities' experiences of Islamic violence against them.

Pictured above are parents and spouses of firefighters who were killed on 9/11 when 19 Islamic terrorists hijacked four commercial planes and flew two of them into the World Trade Center buildings. The buildings were destroyed and 2,976 victims lost their lives on American soil. The rally, attended by these photographed folks back in June, took place just a minute's walk from Ladder 10 Firehouse, where many lost loved firefighters who were stationed for duty that terrible day. Ladder 10 lost seven firefighters.

Crowd estimates at the protest in June ranged from 5,000 (NYPD) to 10,000. The crowd overflowed the police barrier enclosures that ran the full length of two city blocks. This photo shows the enclosure in front of the stage at the intersection of the appropriately named Liberty and Church Streets. The second enclosure ran the length of the next block and can be seen on the other side of the traffic lights.

Thousands of additional participants filled the landscaped area of Zuccotti Park.

Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller, pictured here, are the founders of Stop Islamization of America, which sponsored the rally. Spencer is the author of "The Truth About Muhammad: Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion" and head of the influential Web site, Jihad Watch. Geller is a citizen journalist and blogger who runs the human rights' Web site, Atlas Shrugs.

"Ground Zero is a war memorial, Ground Zero is a burial ground," Pamela Geller said. "We are asking for sensitivity. It is unconscionable to build a shrine to the very ideology that inspired the jihadist attacks at Ground Zero, right there. We are asking the Imam Rauf and Daisy Khan to be sensitive. For mutual respect and mutual understanding that is demanded of us every day.

"There's a hair-trigger sensitivity in the Muslim world," she continued. "You can't run the cartoons, you can't say Mohammed. This is offensive. This is an offensive mosque. To build a shrine, an Islamic flag of conquest, on the sacred ground, the cherished site of a conquered land--this is historic, this is Islamic history. It's what they do. The St. Sofia in Turkey, the al-Quds, at the holiest Jewish site in Israel. Not here. This is where we take a stand. We must take a stand. We must say no."

Pictured here is a police enclosure on the left, with a crowd flowing out of the part on the right. The new Tower 7 and World Trade Center site are in the background. The green tent (center) is located immediately behind the stage.

Port Authority and NYPD officers kept watch over the rally and were well aware of the need for heightened security at this event. One of their own Port Authority officers, WTC Sgt. Alan T. De Vona, was on duty at the World Trade Center on 9/11, and he was one of the first to help victims of the terrorist attack.

"It's almost [been] nine years," said De Vona at the rally. "I'm hoping that America is watching. I'm hoping that America is remembering. Because, make no mistake, Sept. 11 was an act of war. And thank the military that has lost almost 5,000 troops from that day, defending us. I dont know what to say to jar America's memory. I want America to remember."

Port Authority Police and FDNY firefighters are seen here gathered beneath this banner.

The issues at stake will certainly affect the heart of American freedom, democracy, cultural values and tolerance. America is a tolerant country that allows for the free worship of all its citizens. But our tolerance has limits. Do we have to tolerate intolerant Islamic ideology and Muslims who preach intolerant Islam?

Hindu human rights activists Narain Kataria, Prasad Yalamanchi and an unidentified friend came from Mississippi and Chicago with banners and flyers highlighting the radical statements of Imam Rauf and his jihadist roots.

Stephen Dyer and Gary Jules, journalism students at York College, with Pamela Geller. Without bloggers, this newsworthy event would not have been as widely known. It was covered at least by the New York Daily News (PDF).

Pamela Geller is greeted by Hindu human rights activists Prasad Yalamanchi and Narain Kataria.

Bhupinder Singh Bhurji, Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer. Singh Bhurji is the president of the Namdhari Sikh Foundation. The foundation is a member of the Human Rights Coalition Against Radical Islam (HRCARI). HRCARI is a coalition of Hindus, Sikhs and Christians from Sudan, Egypt and Iraq; and moderate Muslims and Jews who are victims and targets of radical Islam around the globe.

"Radical Islamists are killing people in India, trying to dominate that nation," Bhurji has said. "And here too, they come with violence against infidels. We are infidels united, standing together, brown, black and white, against this epoch's fascist movement. Radical Islam wants to dominate the entire world. They want everyone to surrender. Islam, radical or otherwise. They want to put the Islamic flag on the White House."

Because of Islamic terrorism, America and the world have seen massive new security measures become a way of life. Anyone openly critical of Islam, or terrorist ideology, must surround themselves with security or live in hiding. Those courageous enough to confront Islamism are criticized by the cowards and appeasers of the left who seek safety by supporting the enemy. Moderate Muslims were silent when Theo van Gogh was brutally murdered in  Amsterdam, just as moderate Muslims in the United States are generally reluctant to speak out against violent Islam. Moderate Muslims also face great danger in speaking out.

Geller and Spencer will press on despite the danger. They hope to inspire Americans to stand up and say enough of political correctness and work to stem the galloping islamization of America and Europe.

Finally, here's a video statement by British national Pat Condell that simply needs to be said as loudly as can be: