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jlf1961 -> RE: Islamophobia in America (9/10/2010 7:42:25 PM)
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I do apologize for pluralizing the rug peeing incident.
I also would like you to admit there is a problem in the United States directed at Muslims. I know you wont do that, once more your bias, prejudice and bigotry is well known.
I gave sources for all incidents, the simple fact that you refuse to admit that they actually happened is your problem. If you had read the entire thread instead of just picking out what you want to attack, you would have seen the sources cited.
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Temecula, CA: "Foes of proposed mosques have deployed dogs to intimidate Muslims holding prayer services and spray painted 'Not Welcome' on a construction sign." The AP also reported, "In Temecula, Calif., opponents brought dogs to protest a proposed 25,000-square-foot mosque that would sit on four acres next to a Baptist church. Opponents worry it will turn the town into haven for Islamic extremists, but mosque leaders say they are peaceful and just need more room to serve members." An August 19 Christian Science Monitor article further reported:
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An explosion and fire at a Jacksonville mosque is being investigated as a possible hate crime, prompting local religious leaders to condemn the arson as a “cowardly” act and issue calls for tolerance.
What happened Monday night has caused more emotional than physical damage to the Islamic Center of Northeast Florida.
The mosque’s vice chairman, Ashrad Shaikh , said he settled in Jacksonville 36 years ago because he felt welcome and safe here. Now he’s feeling fear and anger.
“I thought we were making so much progress … that we had started getting beyond tolerance to friendship,” Shaikh said Tuesday. “We have never, ever had anything that even came close to what we had last night.”
Someone planted a device that exploded around 9:30 p.m. behind the mosque on St. Johns Bluff Road. At the time, about 60 people were inside for evening prayers.source
There are no current numbers of how many hate crimes against Muslims for 2010. Of course you can deny that there are ANY, which is what you seem to be doing. The simple fact that the evidence, as pointed out by the Southern Poverty Law Center is that anti-Muslim hate crimes are on an increase.
Of course you can deny the statement by the SPLC, it makes no difference to me.
When the news sources state the FBI is investigating INCIDENTS (plural) as hate crimes, pretty much makes them hate crimes. When a source that I have cited states that a man was attacked for being Muslim makes it a hate crime.
When the graffiti painted on a mosque is anti-Muslim, it is a hate crime.
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Hate crimes (also known as bias-motivated crimes) occur when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her perceived membership in a certain social group, usually defined by racial group, religion, sexual orientation, disability, class, ethnicity, nationality, age, gender, gender identity, or political affiliation.
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Sep. 07, 2010
DOJ Investigating At Least 5 Anti-Muslim Acts
Justice Department Investigating At Least 5 Anti-Muslim Acts In 4 States; Holder Meets Clerics
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(AP) WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department is investigating a handful of apparently anti-Muslim incidents in four states, including the stabbing of a Muslim cab driver in New York City.
FBI agents and civil rights division investigators also are looking into vandalism and other incidents at mosques or mosque construction sites in Arlington, Texas; Murfreesboro, Tenn.; Madera, Calif.; and Waterport, N.Y.
The open criminal investigations were confirmed by civil rights division spokeswoman Xochitl (SOH-chee) Hinojosa in response to a query from The Associated Press.
The suspected anti-Muslim incidents, following the uproar over a planned mosque near ground zero in New York and Saturday's planned burning of copies of the Quran at a church in Gainesville, Fla., were the topics of a meeting Tuesday between Attorney General Eric Holder and Muslim and other religious leaders.
Holder called the planned Quran burning, to coincide with the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, "idiotic and dangerous," the religious leaders said following the private meeting.source
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