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September 11, 2010 | 3:04 pm

On this Sept. 11 anniversary

Posted by Brad A. Greenberg


A woman holding a sign joins protesters who oppose the construction of the mosque and community center just blocks from Ground Zero on September 5, 2010 in New York. Opponents claim that the location of the proposed mosque disrespects those who died in the World Trade Center attacks while proponents say the mosque should remain based on the concept of religious freedom. UPI/Monika Graff Photo via Newscom

On this, the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, The New York Times delivers a story I would expect. The undertone of all of it—as has been the case for a few weeks now, what with the Cordoba house mosque and the timing of Eid and that yahoo in Florida—is a clear tension between American values and Islamic extremism and the misconceptions in the middle.

The NYT reports:

The names of nearly 3,000 victims were read under crisp blue skies in Lower Manhattan after the bells of the city’s houses of worship tolled at the exact moment — 8:46 a.m. — that the first plane struck the north tower of the World Trade Center. At the Pentagon, President Obama stressed tolerance and said, “As Americans we are not — and never will be — at war with Islam.”

The familiar rituals at ground zero — the reciting of names, the occasionally cracking voice of a reader, the silences — had a new element. The posters and photographs that victims’ relatives held aloft bluntly injected politics into New York City’s annual ceremony, addressing the debate over plans to build a Muslim community center and mosque near ground zero.

Two posters cited the victims James V. DeBlase and Joon Koo Kang. One read, “Where are OUR rights?” The other: “We love you!! Islam mosque right next to ground zero??? We should stop this!!”

Read the rest about how this 9/11 was unlike other 9/11s here.

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