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.
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If this was the forties Bugs Bunny would be slapping Bin laden on the big screen!
Wow, Blacksburg, Virginia has its own federal hate officer? How much are citizens there fined for frowning and scowling?
"That you don't realize that is ignorance on your part."
Wah, wah. Wah, wah, wah, wah.....The facts regarding muslims actions and inactions speak for themselves. Ignorance is ignoring the facts.
Sure, if it's going to be the order of the day among our leaders.
islam IS a hate crime
yea what a real pitty. Wonder how many jihad cells are under this supposed house of worship. Whatever that really means to them. The only act out physical movements, obey all daily living actions without blinking an eye to question things, and learn to at best "parrot verses" from the Quran. Who is kidding who. Keep em dumb and obiedient so that they can be convinced to join in the jihad. That is a basic premise of Islam in all it's various teachings and flavors. Hard to get around it.
Hundreds of thousands of American Muslims are doing it, every day.
You really need to get out more.
I dare any local, state or federal agency to declare such a determination.
There is a limit to what even American sheep will tolerate.
No damage was done to persons or property. The precedents have been clearly set: this is a form of expression which has been tested in thousands of cases since the wonderful sixties.
Apply those precedents selectively at your own risk.
Bibles... or American flags. Nope, burning those isn't a hate crime. Let's put that another way: if a legitimate exercise of one's First Amendment freedom of speech is to burn a flag, then it must also be a legitimate exercise to burn Korans, otherwise, it's religious discrimination on the part of the government (for prosecuting one and not the other) which also violates the First Amendment.
This is a time for them to reflect on what they did to provoke such an action.
Who are you talking about doing what?
Great comment! Who was that knucklehead who said that about 9/11??
Was it a hate crime when someone put a crucifix in urine?
What a sickening double standard. Muslims in this country, for the most part, are just laying low until their numbers increase enough so that they can start pushing their weight around & forcing the rest of us to adhere to their "values".
Even the ignorant are entitled to an opinion.
You've never heard of "useful idiots"?
Wait...
Never mind.
The "victims." You see, it is supposedly never the perpetrators fault. The victim must always ask what he did to provoke the actions of the perpetrator.
Our country was founded on CHRISTIAN principals....NOT muslim....THATS what America IS!
Where can I leave a burned book?
There were several. I know that Wart Churchill was one of them. I'm trying to remember who was one of the first to say so.
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