U.S. Muslims Try to Counter Suspicion and Attacks With Video Message

This should have happened after 9/11, but ALL muslims, whether here or elsewhere, stayed silent and did not speak out against the terrorists. It's a bit late now.

This message is one the lack of which before now has contributed greatly to the unease some feel toward practitioners of Islam. A truly peaceful congregation should speak loudly and repeatedly to denounce murderous behavior exercised in the name of its faith. The silence has been deafening.

I am an athiest. I do not believe that there is a man, spirit or whoever with his/her finger on the pulse of the universe. I do respect others and their wish to pray to a god, priest, ghost or whoever. But I wish you would all do it quietly. Please don't start your religious wars or bomb places of worship different from yours, live quietly in your beliefs and I won't think you the fools.

rogerduly9:09 PM Aug 30, 2010 I think things are going to get worse before they get better. It may be a light breeze today, but a change is definitely in the air. Injustice and racism are still prevalent in the US. Hispanics, Muslims and Blacks are second class citizens. ************ So, you are stating that Obama is a second class citizen? How did he get elected?...

I think things are going to get worse before they get better. It may be a light breeze today, but a change is definitely in the air. Injustice and racism are still prevalent in the US. Hispanics, Muslims and Blacks are second class citizens. A charasmatic leader like Sarah Palin could really exploit this situation and crack it wide open. I don't think the Tea Party even realizes the significance of the polarization they're promoting.

Calling ALL people of ALL faiths and those who have none...we would certainly be a better world if we all just stop the HATE. Respect, and love id what we need. Treat everyone as you would want to be treated. Smile every day....life is what YOU make it! Peace...

The media is at it again adding fuel to the fire to the building of the Mosque at Ground Zero. Not that these incidents are not wrong but they do not help keep the violence down. Fair or Not Fair I still think that if I had control of easing this violence that builds more each day I would build the Mosque some where else.

I didn't see anyone on the video say, "I want to build a mosque near Ground Zero." So don't build it.

I believe America is a home for all good people. I believe in equality and justice for all citizens. I believe in freedom of speech and freedom of religion. I believe in treating people as individuals and with respect, until they prove that respect or trust is not deserved. BUT! Based on actions and words from the Islamic peoples, I cannot fully trust them. I feel lied to. I think the Islamic agenda is to take over the U.S. and install Sharia Law. The words and actions of this video and the Imam in NYC convince me further that these people and this religion is not what it wants us to think it is. We need to resist their deception and stand ready to defend America values. If we fail, they will conquer us and impose their beliefs upon all of us.

RESPECT!!!! THAT IS THE NAME OF THE GAME. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE BUILDING OF ANOTHER MOSQUE, BUT I DO THINK IT SHOULD BE BUILT SOMEWHERE ELSE. ALL I ASK IS THAT THEY RESPECT OUR DEAD AS THEY WOULD EXPECT US TO RESPECT THERES. THE BUILDING OF THE MOSQUE NEAR GROUND ZERO SHOWS NO RESPECT OR CLASS. THIS COUNTRY AND HER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH PAIN WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER SLAP IN THE FACE.