In the capital, Dhaka, thousands of protesters from an alliance of Islamic parties went on a protest rally soon after Friday prayers in the country's nationalmosque.
On Sunday, August 22, the Coalition to Honor Ground Zero held a rally attended by thousands to protest the Ground Zero Mosque with widespread local, national and international media coverage.
National opinion leaders came out against the mosque: on July 18 Sarah Palin stated her opposition by tweet, and on July 28, Newt Gingrich made his opposition to the Mosque and Shariah crystal clear in a historic speech.