Great idea by Joan Vennochi in the Boston Globe:

Let’s bring the presidential wives or even former President Bush and current President Obama to the site of the proposed mosque to end the hate:

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/08/26/amid_ugly_mosque_debate_follow_first_ladies_lead/

Ground zero protests are fanning the flames of bigoted hostility toward Muslims akin to anti-Semitism and communist witch hunts. JALSA believes the hot rhetoric is an affront to cherished American values of religious freedom and tolerance of diversity.

Look at this video of a Brownshirt-like responses at “No Mosque Here” rally: http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/08/22/black-muslim-same-difference/

See our JALSA statement on controversy around Muslim community center planned for lower Manhattan and links to articles of special merit.