I agree with Naddy.

This is an important point.

Yes, of course we in the US (but not they, in their countries) have ‘freedom of religion’; but we don’t have ‘freedom of alternative legal systems that are diametrically opposed to the Constitution’ enshrined in our Constitution, do we?

Remember, it’s not a suicide pact! Also, we shouldn’t be hectored to ‘tolerate’ a system that is intolerant. There are already court cases in which Moslems are hiding behind religious/cultural practice to excuse heinous crimes, from marital rape and abuse to ‘honor’ killing.

The Ground Zero Mosque doesn’t have to answer for all the excesses of its co-religionists, of course. Maybe the founders/builders of same want to come out in opposition (expressed in Arabic as well, so we know they’re not pulling a taqiyyah on us) to crimes like honor killings, marital abuse, not to speak of jihad.