Mosque building site near Ground Zero

Ok, so this is the topic of an article from my Anthropology of the Middle East class. Reading this is actually what got me started on the idea of actually writing a blog. Let me preface this post with a warning, I have very little political knowledge, and most likely an uneducated opinion of the subject, but that doesn't mean I won't share it. I understand that the country was greatly hurt with the September 11th attacks. It was a horrific event that shook everyone in the nation. That being said, I find it difficult to believe that a strong amount of people in this country believe it to be acceptable to blame a whole religion for the attacks. The fact that individuals cannot accept a people wishing to practice their freedom of religion makes me a bit upset. This nation was founded on the idea of certain freedoms. Obviously we have had many issues following these founding ideas in the past, but the idea that people can be so ignorant as to blame an entire religion on the attack against our nation is hurtful. By doing this, we are allowing our nation to be represented as intolerant, ignorant, closed minded individuals. I do not know all of the facts, but I do know that this new construction near Ground Zero is to be a community center of sorts. There are already Mosques down the street, and this is just supposed to be an expansion of what is already there. I understand that people are sensitive about the issue, but they should really try to understand that is wasn't the Muslim religion that hurt the country and caused so much pain, it was a radical group. I know there is much controversy on the subject, but I figured I'd throw my 2 cents in.