Posted on 08/13/2006 7:31:06 PM PDT by sasha123
(AP) BALTIMORE A Muslim candidate for the Maryland House of Delegates was targeted by a protester who held a sign reading "Islam sucks" and wore a T-shirt with the slogan, "This mind is an Allah-free zone."
Montgomery County police sent a trespass notification form to the protester, Timothy Truett, after the Saturday incident, warning him that he would be subject to arrest on trespassing charges if he steps onto Saqib Ali's property within the next year.
Truitt, 46, of Montgomery Village, sat in a folding chair on the cul-de-sac outside Ali's Gaithersburg home, which doubles as his campaign office, around 1:30 p.m. Saturday, holding the sign and wearing the shirt. Ali said he came outside when he was told about the protester and took several pictures but refused to speak to Truett, an account that Truett confirmed.
"It was basically an experiment," Truett said Sunday. "I had heard that Muslims were generally intolerant of views other than their own, and so I thought I would put it to the test. I wanted to see what would happen."
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Where can I get one of those T-Shirts?
the truth burns again.
:)
If he wasn't actually trespassing but was off the property House/Campaign headquarters, where's the illegality?
Picture? Man, I want that T-Shirt!
While it's important to stretch the boundaries sometimes in speech (especially when you're dealing with a sacred subject like Islam that people have to lose their fear of talking about), harrassing this guy was just wrong. Mr. Ali handled it maturely and this guy should have left him alone after making his statement (whatever that statement was supposed to be).
You want to talk harrassment? What about 9/11?
Depictions of Mohammed Throughout History
http://www.zombietime.com/mohammed_image_archive/
The next couple of months should be entertaining, around here..(MN)....
http://www.powerlineblog.com/mt/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=1&search=ellison
I don't get this...
The article says that Truett sat in a folding chair in the cul de sac. Why would the police give him a "trespass notification" about private property if the guy held his "demonstration" on a public street? Were the cops trying to intimidate him or pre-empt this guy's right to free speech?
Odd writing.
Islam is political in it's nature. Political protests generally aren't banned.
Wish I could join him.
Very ambiguous.
<< held a sign reading "Islam sucks" >>
His statement doesn't seem unclear.
I want a bumper sticker that says "Now with 30% more infidel."
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