New Yorkers Say “No”
to Ground Zero Mosque
Narain Kataria in
Tens of thousands attended the Rally of Remembrance for the 9/11 victims and against the Ground Zero mega-mosque to mark the ninth anniversary of the destruction of
The Rally was hosted by The human rights organization Freedom Defense Initiative (FDI) and Robert Spencer of Stop Islamization of
Videos of the speakers who appeared at the Rally of Remembrance are available on the following link:
http://freethoughtnation.com/contributing-writers/63-acharya-s/404-911-rally-of-remembrance-videos
Narain Kataria, President Indian American Intellectuals Forum (IAIF) and one of the Founder of Human Rights Coalition Against Radical Islam along with Arish Sahani, VP of IAIF; Satya Dosapati of Hindu Human Rights and Bhupinder Singh Bhurji of Namdhari Sikh Foundation of USA fully supported the Rally of Remembrance and brought about 200 American Hindus to this Rally.
About fifty American Christians of Pakistani origin from
A couple of days before the Rally, one Youtube video in three parts (19 minutes) titled “American Hindus Say ‘No’ to the Ground Zero Mosque” was produced by Narain Kataria and circulated by Jihad Watch. That youtube video has been seen by 7500 people in 7 says. http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/09/the-implications-of-a-mosque-at-ground-zero.html
In the above hart hitting Youtube, Kataria blamed Imam Rauf for trying to establish Sharia law (Islamic law) in this country and indirectly supporting terrorism. Kataria further said that the terrorists who killed 3000 Americans and hundreds of other innocent people in Mumbai, Godhra, Delhi, Mali, Beslan, Madrid,
Satya Dosapati was slated to speak on behalf of American Hindus on the occasion but could not speak due to lack of time. His speech was videoed and sent to the Director of Jihad Watch and has been put on his website. Some excerpts from his speech are given below:
“We need to wake up and understand the threat of Islam to our country, our civilization and everything we have built our society upon. Let us not condemn our own children to relive the barbaric history.”
“However, I do not blame Muslims. I dislike the ideology of hate and intolerance. Just look at
“Secondly, in order to win this war, you have to confront this ideology of hate. According to the Center for Study of Political Islam, 60% of Koran is political, and 19% of Koran is about violent Jihad. 75% Sira, the life of Prophet is about violent Jihad, not inner Jihad. We got to understand that Islam is both - religion and political system - with strict rules for everything in life under the oppressive Sharia and extreme intolerance and violence against infidels”
His complete speech can be read at: http://hinduhumanrightswatch.org/images/pdfs/hhrwspeechatsioa_rallyonsept11%2C2010.pdf
The Rally was addressed by the following important dignitaries: 9/11 family members, former U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton (video message); the Dutch Parliamentarian and freedom fighter Geert Wilders; journalist Andrew Breitbart (video message); war hero and North Carolina Congressional candidate Ilario Pantano; nationally syndicated conservative radio host Mike Gallagher; Nelly Braginskaya, 911 family member -- mother to Alex; Muslim Iranian activist Sam Khoshbaten; Coptic Christian activist Joseph Nassralla; Lisa Vincent, widow of author and journalist Steven Vincent, who was killed in Iraq; Sudanese ex-slave and human rights activist Simon Deng; Jordan Sekulow of the American Center for Law and Justice, which has filed suit to stop the Ground Zero mega-mosque; Dan Weber, founder of the Association of Mature American Citizens; James Lafferty, VAST; Professor Richard Connerney of Pace University (Pace lost 4 students and 43 alumni); New York Congressional candidate York Kleinhandler; Darla Dawald, National Director of ResistNet.com; and Satya Dosapati of Hindu Human Rights Watch.
Some of the pictures of the Rally taken by Arish Sahani:
