wildcard
30th August 2010, 04:40 PM
Can almost hear the jews cackling with glee.
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100830/pl_yblog_upshot/two-mosques-receive-hate-filled-messages-related-to-ny-controversy;_ylt=Av9g64XOhNOzrJ5e.lZY2Res0NUE;_ylu =X3oDMTVnc2c1YzVtBGFzc2V0A3libG9nX3Vwc2hvdC8yMDEwM DgzMC90d28tbW9zcXVlcy1yZWNlaXZlLWhhdGUtZmlsbGVkLW1 lc3NhZ2VzLXJlbGF0ZWQtdG8tbnktY29udHJvdmVyc3kEY2NvZ GUDbW9zdHBvcHVsYXIEY3BvcwM3BHBvcwM0BHB0A2hvbWVfY29 rZQRzZWMDeW5faGVhZGxpbmVfbGlzdARzbGsDdHdvbW9zcXVlc 2Zh [link)
Two mosques far from Ground Zero get hate messages
At least two faraway mosques have received menacing messages in the past week opposing the proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero.
Many of the high-profile opponents of the mosque project in New York insist that their objection is limited to the proximity of the building to the site of the 9/11 attacks. But the messages suggest that at least a faction of those opposed implicate all Muslims, no matter how far away their places of worship may be from Ground Zero.
In Fresno, Calif., two signs were left at the Madera Islamic Center last week, the Fresno Bee reported. "Wake up America, the enemy is here," one read, and the other said, "No temple for the god of terrorism at Ground Zero."
A brick was also thrown at the mosque, the paper reported.
And the Council on American-Islamic Relations says a toy pig was left at a Sacramento Valley Islamic center with the words "No mosque in NYC" and "Mohammed the pig" written on it. Islam regards pigs as unclean, and forbids believers from eating pork.
It's less clear if a spate of other recent threatening incidents against mosques and Muslims are related to the New York controversy.
Over the weekend, a construction site where a mosque will be built in Murfreesboro was burned in an apparent arson, the Nashville Tennessean reported. Federal agents have not commented on whether the incident is being investigated as a hate crime. At least four construction vehicles were left charred by the flames, and members of a neighboring Baptist church are condemning the apparent arson.
Meanwhile in New York, a a young filmmaker is accused of stabbing a Muslim cabdriver after he told the man of his faith in what cops are calling a hate crime.
And a drunken man stumbled into a mosque in Queens, N.Y., last week and urinated on the building's prayer rugs after calling worshippers "terrorists."
As The Upshot reported last month, opposition to mosque projects -- occasionally involving physical attacks -- has been on the rise around the country over the past year.
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100830/pl_yblog_upshot/two-mosques-receive-hate-filled-messages-related-to-ny-controversy;_ylt=Av9g64XOhNOzrJ5e.lZY2Res0NUE;_ylu =X3oDMTVnc2c1YzVtBGFzc2V0A3libG9nX3Vwc2hvdC8yMDEwM DgzMC90d28tbW9zcXVlcy1yZWNlaXZlLWhhdGUtZmlsbGVkLW1 lc3NhZ2VzLXJlbGF0ZWQtdG8tbnktY29udHJvdmVyc3kEY2NvZ GUDbW9zdHBvcHVsYXIEY3BvcwM3BHBvcwM0BHB0A2hvbWVfY29 rZQRzZWMDeW5faGVhZGxpbmVfbGlzdARzbGsDdHdvbW9zcXVlc 2Zh [link)
Two mosques far from Ground Zero get hate messages
At least two faraway mosques have received menacing messages in the past week opposing the proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero.
Many of the high-profile opponents of the mosque project in New York insist that their objection is limited to the proximity of the building to the site of the 9/11 attacks. But the messages suggest that at least a faction of those opposed implicate all Muslims, no matter how far away their places of worship may be from Ground Zero.
In Fresno, Calif., two signs were left at the Madera Islamic Center last week, the Fresno Bee reported. "Wake up America, the enemy is here," one read, and the other said, "No temple for the god of terrorism at Ground Zero."
A brick was also thrown at the mosque, the paper reported.
And the Council on American-Islamic Relations says a toy pig was left at a Sacramento Valley Islamic center with the words "No mosque in NYC" and "Mohammed the pig" written on it. Islam regards pigs as unclean, and forbids believers from eating pork.
It's less clear if a spate of other recent threatening incidents against mosques and Muslims are related to the New York controversy.
Over the weekend, a construction site where a mosque will be built in Murfreesboro was burned in an apparent arson, the Nashville Tennessean reported. Federal agents have not commented on whether the incident is being investigated as a hate crime. At least four construction vehicles were left charred by the flames, and members of a neighboring Baptist church are condemning the apparent arson.
Meanwhile in New York, a a young filmmaker is accused of stabbing a Muslim cabdriver after he told the man of his faith in what cops are calling a hate crime.
And a drunken man stumbled into a mosque in Queens, N.Y., last week and urinated on the building's prayer rugs after calling worshippers "terrorists."
As The Upshot reported last month, opposition to mosque projects -- occasionally involving physical attacks -- has been on the rise around the country over the past year.