A word about Michael Berry's mosque

Dr. Jill Carroll who writes the Talking Tolerance blog of the Houston Chronicle added this comment to her post "My friend Daisy is not a Terrorists". This response shows the ignorance of Michael Berry when he called for the bombing of a Mosque. Why KTRH has not taken action is no surprise to me. It used to be a respectable radio station instead they seem to be fostering another Timothy McVeigh. (pictures are mine)

A few comments and responses:

1. I am not a Reverend. Readers may simply address me by my name. If you wish to use a title, you may use Dr.
2. The facility is not being built "at" or "on" Ground Zero. It is 2 blocks away. The whole of Lower Manhattan is not much larger than any small neighborhood in Houston, so no matter where they build, they will be near Ground Zero, as is every other business or establishment in the area.
3. I did not speak accurately when referring to the facility merely as a mosque. It is a community center that will house many things, including fitness center, meeting space, event space, art gallery, movie theater, swimming pool, and a prayer area that they're calling a mosque. The Community Board of Lower Manhattan - which unanimously voted to support it - compares it more to a YMCA facility than to a church, synagogue or other religious space.
4. Daisy Khan and Feisal Rauf have worked in Lower Manhattan for nearly 30 years, long before 9/11 happened and are longtime community leaders (and property owners) in the neighborhood. Unless Lower Manhattan is now a "Muslim free zone" I see no reason why they should have to move their operations out of Lower Manhattan (where basically everything is near Ground Zero) or suspend their activities if they don't move.
5. Approximately 300 Muslims, most of them Americans, died in 9/11 including colleagues and associates of Daisy Khan and Feisal Rauf.
6. Muslim organizations as well as individual Muslims all over North America have condemned - soundly and continuously - 9/11, 7/7 and all other such acts of violence. Those of you who continue to claim that "not ONE of them condemned the violence" are ignorant of the facts, irresponsible and clearly don't want to hear such condemnations.

Thanks to all for reading and writing.
Dr. Jill Carroll
Talking Tolerance