Michael Moore says he has raised over $50,000 for Park51, the mosque and community center near Ground Zero.

Moore, a liberal director and author, wrote a blog post on Saturday, the ninth anniversary of 9/11, urging supporters of the Park51 project to donate whatever they could. He promised to match up to $10,000.

Less than 48 hours later, five times that amount had poured in as thousands of people from around the country heeded Moore’s call, he said.

"Times are tough economically, and supporting our Muslim brothers and sisters is not a popular thing to do right now," Moore said on his blog Monday morning. "I am truly touched by your generosity — and people around the world will know that you, too, represent an America they rarely get to see."