YES !!! - It Has Come Full Circle !!!

[WillyT]

NEW YORK — Hundreds of Muslims prayed in a lower Manhattan park and marched to New York Police headquarters Friday to protest a decade of police infiltrating mosques and spying on Muslim neighborhoods.

Bundled in winter clothes, men and women knelt as the call to prayer echoed off the cold stone of government buildings. "Being Muslim does not negate our nationality," Imam Talib Abdur-Rashid told the crowd of about 500 gathered in Foley Square, not far from City Hall and local courthouses. "We are unapologetically Muslim and uncompromisingly American."

Link: http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/18/8886361-muslims-to-nypd-respect-us-we-will-respect-you

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1. 12 blocks from the World Trade Center.

Government spying always backfires.

[PETRUS]

2. K&R

[EC]

3. It looks like the OWS people surrounded them like

in Egypt (was it Egypt?) where the Christians surrounded the Muslims and vice versa to protect them.

[WillyT]

4. Great Catch !!! - You Are Absolutely Correct !!!

Remember THIS From Tahrir Square ???



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[Aerows]

6. Looks just like it

People who want freedom of speech also want freedom of religion. Brave, brave people.

[malaise]

12. Beautiful

People are fed up everywhere

[DirkGently]

5. Beautiful.

[Aerows]

7. Wonderful

I appreciate freedom of religion in this country, and those who wish to peacefully exercise their right to worship.

I also appreciate freedom to not worship if you choose. That's what makes this country a melting pot.

Americans surrounding Americans Muslims and defending their right to pray - that is what the American spirit is all about.

[Mabus]

11. +1

Exactly right. The freedom to not worship is just as important as the freedom to worship.

K&R

[AlecBGreen]

18. +1

you got it right

[Aerows]

8. I have to Kick, too

This brought tears to my eyes.

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. OMG.

My heart just swelled so big, I am speechless.

Talk about a "sign"......

thank you Willy for giving us this great moment!!!!


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[WillyT]

13. Thanks... BTW... Love The Avatar !!!

:yourock: Too !!!

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:hi:

[Fire Walk With Me]

10. K&R

[hwmnbn]

14. K&R

[sabrina 1]

15. NYC Police Commissioner Ray Kelly is responsible for the

secret 'terror' task force that has been spying on Muslim Americans.

That man is dangerous to Democracy and needs to be forced to answer questions which he has so far refused to do.

That is a beautiful photo. The alliances of all Americans of all faiths and across political lines, is what will in the end, bring down those who are destroying this country. They want us divided.

'The people, unite, will never be defeated'.

[SaveAmerica]

16. "We are unapologetically Muslim and uncompromisingly American."

[lunatica]

17. I am not religious but this is a true historic moment for the world

Because this country is truly about the freedom to follow your religion.

Take that teabaggers and fundamental christians. Deal with it.