I found this reporting on overseas, Muslim perspective on what's going on here interesting:

U.S. Culture Wars Matter in the Middle East, Too, it's subtitled, "Forget about the protests against the mosque near Ground Zero; the threat to burn the Quran on Sept. 11 is what could incite serious conflict in the Middle East."

(Got to it via NPR posting it as "partner content".)

The reporter, echoing comments that have arisen elsewhere (including the NYC taxi driver who was assaulted), says that many Muslims say, "if the location bothers people, put it somewhere else," no big deal.

~ Becky in Tucson