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Burned Qurans Left at Va. Muslim Center
AP ^ | 6/16/05

Posted on 06/16/2005 7:38:47 PM PDT by ambrose

Burned Qurans Left at Va. Muslim Center

By Associated Press

June 16, 2005, 9:52 PM EDT

BLACKSBURG, Va. -- A bag stuffed with burned Qurans was left in front of an Islamic center, shocking members when they arrived for prayers.

The torched copies of the Muslim holy book were inside a plastic shopping bag, members of the Islamic Center of Blacksburg said. They said the bag had been placed at the center's front door sometime before Saturday prayers.

"It is a shame that people are so ignorant," member Idris Adjerid said.

Kevin Foust, the agent in charge of the Roanoke FBI office, said Thursday his office is helping local police investigate. He declined to speculate whether the incident would be classified as a hate crime under state or federal law.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: blacksburg; haha; india; israel; justbeginning; korandesecration
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To: sageb1
Now CAIR knows why Americans ordered 5,000 copies of the Qu'ran.

I received mine a few days ago.

My son and I are putting it to excellent use.

I told my son, if the toilet stops up...he's paying the plumber.

I haven't decided what to do with my half yet. It's just sitting here, well, half of it is.

201 posted on 06/16/2005 9:45:48 PM PDT by processing please hold (Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
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To: sinkspur
Despising members of the Klan is "hating America"? Who are you? David Duke?

No ... no ... and no.

But being a muslim in Texas and rallying at a party celebrating Khomeini ("The late Iranian leader's legacy includes the 1979 American hostage crisis, the first large-scale terrorist bombings against Americans, and a strict Islamist government accused by President George Bush of making up part of an international "Axis of Evil.") is "hating America". And that is what were talking about prior to your dodge, tangent, and all around foolish statement. Please, do try to keep up.
202 posted on 06/16/2005 9:46:08 PM PDT by so_real ("The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: sinkspur
Where did I defend them?

You are defending Muslims as a whole. From what I understand the Koran tells Muslims to kill all infidels (unbelievers). This religion has been exposed as a death cult.

203 posted on 06/16/2005 9:46:20 PM PDT by alicewonders
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To: CheneyChick
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1391784/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/812136/posts

204 posted on 06/16/2005 9:48:22 PM PDT by Paul Atreides (FACT: You can get more reliable information in a beauty shop, than from the media)
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To: sinkspur
Why don't you two get a room?

LOL! ROTFLMAO!

Dear Souled_out, whoever you are, glad to meet you.
Anyone who...

... is a friend of mine.

205 posted on 06/16/2005 9:48:37 PM PDT by Publius6961 (The most abundant things in the universe are ignorance, stupidity and hydrogen)
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To: sinkspur
They worship a syphilitic pedophile, that's what.

L

206 posted on 06/16/2005 9:51:05 PM PDT by Lurker (Remember the Beirut Bombing; 243 dead Marines. The House of Assad and Hezbollah did it..)
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To: alicewonders
You are defending Muslims as a whole.

I am defending peace-loving American Muslims who mind their own business and take care of their families, which is the majority of American Muslims.

207 posted on 06/16/2005 9:56:45 PM PDT by sinkspur (If you want unconditional love with skin, and hair and a warm nose, get a shelter dog.)
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To: Lurker
They worship a syphilitic pedophile, that's what.

He certainly was.

208 posted on 06/16/2005 9:59:13 PM PDT by processing please hold (Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
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To: sinkspur
I would suggest that you are the one in this discussion that doesn't seem to understand Islam very well. peace-loving American Muslims is an oxymoron in my book.

My religion teaches me that "by their fruits you shall know them". It helps me sort out the real good guys from the bad. Maybe the mainstream media is hiding them from me, but I fail to see any examples of any fruit coming out of modern day Islam.

209 posted on 06/16/2005 10:02:34 PM PDT by alicewonders
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To: alicewonders
peace-loving American Muslims is an oxymoron in my book.

Only because you're sucking up the bigotry here.

Where are all the American Muslim suicide bombers? How about all the American Muslims who are blowing up cars on roadsides?

Or Muslims killing Christians just because they're Christian?

The media is hiding nothing.

I fail to see any examples of any fruit coming out of modern day Islam.

I don't see much fruit coming out of modern day Christianity, either, but I don't think we Christians are all a bunch of savages.

210 posted on 06/16/2005 10:06:59 PM PDT by sinkspur (If you want unconditional love with skin, and hair and a warm nose, get a shelter dog.)
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To: porkchops 4 mahound

How many beers have you had tonight?


212 posted on 06/16/2005 10:09:33 PM PDT by sinkspur (If you want unconditional love with skin, and hair and a warm nose, get a shelter dog.)
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To: ambrose
He declined to speculate whether the incident would be classified as a hate crime under state or federal law.

Better not put me on the jury if you decide to try this as a hate crime.

213 posted on 06/16/2005 10:13:15 PM PDT by Hardastarboard
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To: sinkspur

Who knows. Muslims are sneaky bastards. The real question is what are they planning to do? I trust none of them.


214 posted on 06/16/2005 10:15:04 PM PDT by SALChamps03
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To: CheneyChick
http://www.eagleforum.org/educate/2002/sept02/NEA-9-11.shtml

http://www.moveamericaforward.org/

http://www.joannejacobs.com/mtarchives/014573.html

http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/1418752/posts

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/mm20050608.shtml

http://www.gopbloggers.org/mt/archives/001297.html

http://answering-islam.org.uk/Terrorism/islam_terror.html
In 1994, Steven Emerson made Jihad in America, a documentary warning Americans about Muslim terrorist groups that had infiltrated their country. Muslim groups protested, insisting that there was no proof of any such network, and that merely broadcasting the program would incite hate crimes against Muslims. In response to pressure from CAIR, a Muslim group, Emerson was unofficially banned from appearing on National Public Radio. Emerson now lives under death threats.

A powerful, international Muslim terrorist network, Al Qaeda, has declared war against every man, woman, and child in America. Under such threat, our and our loved ones' defenses must include accurate information. Political correctness has distorted discourse on this crisis. Voicing the Politically Correct dogma of absolute cultural relativism, Mark Juergensmeyer, director of the Global and International Studies Program at UC Santa Barbara, was one of many who insisted that "Osama bin Laden is to Islam like Timothy McVeigh is to Christianity."[1] For several reasons, this analogy is childishly absurd. McVeigh was not acting as a Christian for any Christian cause; he acted all but alone and was immediately apprehended, convicted, and executed by his own milieu. Osama bin Laden is still at large, he has a huge following, and he acts as an avowed Muslim pursuing specifically Islamic ends. Voicing the dogma of "Blame American First," star-status intellectuals Noam Chomsky, Susan Sontag, and Edward Said rushed to implicate America as the ultimate cause of the September 11 attacks. Some, hoping to exculpate Islam, argued that terrorism is appealing to Muslims because Muslims are poor and oppressed, and that America was the cause of their poverty and oppression. All three dogmas of Politically Correct speech: absolute cultural relativism, "Blame America first," or "Blame Poverty," when applied to 9-11, are intellectually indefensible.

215 posted on 06/16/2005 10:15:06 PM PDT by Paul Atreides (FACT: You can get more reliable information in a beauty shop, than from the media)
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To: SALChamps03
Muslims are sneaky bastards.

This was a commonly heard description of Japanese until a few years ago.

You realize it's a bigoted stereotype, don't you?

216 posted on 06/16/2005 10:17:03 PM PDT by sinkspur (If you want unconditional love with skin, and hair and a warm nose, get a shelter dog.)
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To: sinkspur

Is that you "capo"? How do you like being head honcho dimini?

Do ye ken?

5?

FIVE?

11-6=?

Moderate islam is minority islam.

Butt, you, already know that don't ya chico?

Always "nice" talking to ya, chico.


217 posted on 06/16/2005 10:17:33 PM PDT by porkchops 4 mahound (Religion of peace my royal Irish A$$)
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To: sinkspur

We need more intolerance of this hideous cult. They are not to be trusted.


218 posted on 06/16/2005 10:20:37 PM PDT by SALChamps03
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To: sinkspur
I don't see much fruit coming out of modern day Christianity, either, but I don't think we Christians are all a bunch of savages.

You know what? I actually agree with you on that one - we're not savages so much - but I believe that we only have ourselves to blame for the state of our society today. Christians have dropped the ball when it comes to defending morality.

I don't think it's bigotry to hate evil & beheading innocent people is evil. Strapping a bomb to yourself & blowing up children is evil. Blowing up a federal building is evil. Lynching a black man is evil. Evil exists everywhere.

Nowhere have I seen anything in the Muslim culture that is productive & good. Women are treated like property & people of other faiths are not tolerated when Muslims are in the majority. That's why you don't see the suicide bombings & stuff here - YET - they haven't gathered enough strength in numbers here.

I don't hate the "peace-loving American Muslims" as you call them, my mother taught me to love the sinner, but hate the sin. I wish them all well, they are just trying to live their lives as they were taught to do so. Of course, they aren't all evil - but I believe they are being deceived by a cult that only wants to tear down, not build.

Having said that, I'm going to go to bed now & say my prayers to the Almighty God. I'm going to pray that he helps us good people to smite the bad people. I wish you well.

219 posted on 06/16/2005 10:21:29 PM PDT by alicewonders
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To: alicewonders

You sleep well, Alice. You're a good person.


220 posted on 06/16/2005 10:23:25 PM PDT by sinkspur (If you want unconditional love with skin, and hair and a warm nose, get a shelter dog.)
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