Stop The Mosque at Ground Zero Protest Ignored by Media

By Douglas V. Gibbs

A month ago Americans gathered together in New York to stand against radical Islam in New York. Their message? We Will Not Submit!

Not one major network was present for the event. A few bloggers posted on it, but without the news attention, few knew of the event. I, myself, was only informed of it recently by a friend of mine in an Email.

On Sunday, June 6th, a multi-ethnic, multi-racial coalition of Americans opposed to Islamic violence and intolerance rallied at the site of the World Trade Center in New York City.

9/11 families joined immigrants from India, Russia, Egypt, Israel, Africa, Iran and Europe to show opposition to the construction of a mega-mosque at Ground Zero. People came from all corners of the Earth to participate in the event, to speak, or just to share their particular ethnic communities’ experiences at the hands of Muslims.

Crowd estimates ranged from 5,000 (NYPD) to 10,000. The crowd overflowed the police barrier enclosures that ran the full length of two city blocks.

Still, the media gave the event no attention.

Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller, the founders of STOP ISLAMIZATION OF AMERICA, were on hand, and sponsored the rally.

Pamela Geller: “Ground Zero is a war memorial, Ground Zero is a burial ground. 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, 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.”

Mayor Bloomberg has shown no interest in stopping the mosque.

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 Sergeant Alan T. De Vona was on duty at the World Trade Center on 9/11, 2001, and was one of the first to help victims of the terrorist attack.

Sergeant De Vona said at the SIOA rally: “It’s almost nine years. I’m hoping that America is watching. I’m hoping that America is remembering. Because, make no mistake. September 11 was an act of war. And thank the military that has lost almost 5,000 troops from that day, defending us. I don’t know what to say to jar America’s memory. I want America to remember."

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