[ April 19, 2024 ]
Rally at Ground Zero on 911 — check out my column today at WND:
DEFENDING THE WEST
Remembering the victims of 9/11 jihad
Exclusive: Pamela Geller refuses to let Muslim March ‘take over’ somber anniversaryStory continues below advertisement
The Million Muslim March planned for Sept. 11 in Washington, D.C.,
has been getting a great deal of publicity. This cynical and
manipulative event is an attempt to obscure the reality of what happened
on 9/11, portray Muslims as victims and intimidate government and law
enforcement officials into ending surveillance of suspected jihadists.
It’s a victory “victimhood” march. Where is the Million Muslim March
against jihad? Ethnic cleansing? Shariah?But we’re not going to let them take over 9/11. My organization, the
American Freedom Defense Initiative, or AFDI, along with a group of 9/11
family members and noted human rights activists, is holding a joint
press conference and memorial service at Ground Zero in New York City on
Sept. 11.
Our memorial and press conference puts the focus back where it should
be: on the victims of 9/11, and our need to be vigilant in the face of
the ongoing jihad threat.
The memorial and press conference will begin at 1 p.m. at the
southwest corner of Zuccotti Park, at Church and Cedar streets in lower
Manhattan. Zuccotti Park’s owners, Brookfield Properties, accepted our
permit for our rally in June 2010 and then pulled it after hearing that
it was us, protesting the Ground Zero Mosque. But they allowed Occupy
Wall Street to live there like pigs for months, raping, stealing and
more. And now again, Brookfield Properties is holding up our permit.
Mayor Bloomberg’s office pulled those strings through his girlfriend,
Diana L. Taylor, who at that time was a member of Brookfield’s board of
directors.
But we will be there, no matter what. I’ll be hosting the press
conference along with my colleague, the noted scholar of Islam Robert
Spencer. Featured speakers will be 9/11 family member Nelly Braginsky,
9/11 first responder Alan T. DeVona, Sudanese human rights activist
Simon Deng and Coptic Christian human rights activist Ashraf Ramelah.
Nelly Braginsky is the mother of Alexander Braginsky, who was killed
at the World Trade Center on 9/11. Alan T. DeVona was the Port Authority
Police Department World Trade Center Patrol Sergeant at the time of the
9/11 jihad attack.
Deng, a former slave in Sudan, and Ramelah, the international
director of Voice of the Copts, will explain how the appeasement of
jihadists and Islamic supremacists, such as is represented by the
direction of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, only aids
and abets the wholesale persecution of non-Muslims in Sudan, Egypt and
elsewhere.
The press conference will advocate for the honorable and respectful
interment of unidentified 9/11 human remains at Ground Zero – not inside
the museum, as planned. Nearly a decade ago, 9/11 families were
promised in writing by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation in
2003 that these remains would be located in a “separate and distinct
repository – separate from any museum or visitor center.” But city
officials and the museum directors reneged on that promise and plan to
place 9,000 unidentified remains 70 feet (seven stories) below ground –
where their relatives will be charged $25 admission to visit.
The press conference will also address the non-patriotic theme of the
National September 11 Memorial and Museum, including the absence of
American flags on the site (there is only one flag at the site, and that
one was originally put up by construction workers and then moved to the
edge of the site, where it can barely be seen at all). This is
consistent with National September 11 Memorial and Museum Creative
Director Michael Shulan’s initial rejection of the iconic flag-raising
photo in the museum, complaining that it was “too rah-rah American.”
Press conference speakers will also note the fact that the photos of
the 9/11 jihad terrorists, plus their martyrdom quotes, will be
prominently displayed in the museum, while information on the victims
will be in a kiosk, much less prominently displayed. The victims’ photos
will be 12 feet above the floor on one wall (3,000-plus photos), while
those of the 19 jihadis will have their own wall, with their
murderous statements and artifacts at eye level.
Sept. 11 family member Sally Regenhard, who lost her only son, a firefighter, wrote:
“The ‘pay to grieve’ 9/11 museum is a national disgrace 9/11 family
members never wanted a billion-dollar money pit. All we hoped for was a
simple, uplifting, honorable and patriotic memorial for all who were
lost that terrible September day. Instead, those who want to pay their
respects will have to pay Bloomberg & Co.”
We will be calling upon the federal government to take over the
administration of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum. It
should be a national museum. Sept. 11 family members should not have to
pay $25 to visit the remains of 9,000 victims deep underground.
This is a scandal of immense proportions. The museum must be turned
over to patriots. Now. And every American who is able to come should be
at Ground Zero with us on 9/11. Vigilance.
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8 Comments
10 years ago
“no to Muslim persecution of non-Muslims worldwide” amen
“no to glorifying terrorists at the Museum” amen
though I wont be able physically be present I express solidarity with all who make it and you have my blessings!
D
10 years ago
“Sept. 11 family members should not have to pay $25 to visit the remains of 9,000 victims deep underground.”
Perhaps you meant 3,000 victims?
10 years ago
Yes,to have such a memorial service and press conference is both a good and nessary event to have. The truth about the threats of Islam with its militant jihadism is something that the American public very much needs to know about. The words of wisdom of Thomas Jefferson apply to this subject. Mr. Jefferson had stated “Our part then is to pursue with steadness what is right…assured that the public approbatiion will in the end be with us.” Jefferson also decleared “Fortitude…teaches us to meet and surmount difficulties; not to fly from them.”
10 years ago
@ KLKL – I’ll second that.
10 years ago
I see, too, that there is a movement afoot to have two million bikers participate in a Sept 11th event to offset the “Muslim Million March”. Way to go, bikers!
10 years ago
I see there is also a two-million biker event scheduled to offset the Muslim Million March. Way to go, bikers!
10 years ago
I will be there, Pam Geller. The million muslim march is a total outrage. I am disgusted. I will be at Zuccotti Park on 9/11.
10 years ago
Many of us will be there in spirit Pam… We are seeing this scourge everywhere, worldwide! And where is that American patriotism?! Can’t believe families who lost their own are being asked to shell out $25 to visit the remains while the ones who committed this atrocity will be displayed as if with honors!
