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TIME-- Mosque Rage Boils Over: Anti-Muslim Attacks Increasing Across US (Oh the humanity!)
Time Magazine ^ | (2 hours ago) | By: Miral Sattar

Posted on 08/26/2010 2:47:36 PM PDT by dselig

As protests in downtown Manhattan over the "Ground Zero" Mosque have escalated, violent incidents involving Muslims have increased. Forget simmering debate; this is closer to a full boil.

Last night, a drunk man barged into a Queens mosque and shouted anti-Muslim slurs at the congregation during the nightly Tarawee prayers. He then proceeded to urinate on the prayer rugs and gave congregants the finger. Two men managed to subdue him and call 911.

The incident, which occurred at the Iman Mosque on Steinway Street in Astoria, is the latest in anti-Muslim incidents that are being reported across the US.

Faiza N. Ali, community affairs director for CAIR-NY (Council of American Islamic Relations) told NewsFeed that "The constant vilification of Islam and its adherents over the air on talk radio and peddled by some politicians is contributing to the rise in anti-Muslim sentiment across the country." The recent attacks, she says, are a "manifestation of hate and fear-mongering."

On Tuesday, the same night a NYC cabbie was stabbed, a mosque in Madera, CA was vandalized with a sign reading 'Wake up America, the enemy is here.'

During the month of Ramadan, which ends on September 10, Muslims gather together to pray together for the nightly Tarawee prayers after breaking their fast

Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/08/26/the-mosque-rage-boils-over-anti-muslim-attacks-increasing-across-us/#ixzz0xkawUFFo

(Excerpt) Read more at newsfeed.time.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: groundzero; groundzeromosque; islamophobia; michaelenright; mosque
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1 posted on 08/26/2010 2:47:39 PM PDT by dselig
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And just for comparison...how many Christian churches in the US have been burned down by arsonists this year?


2 posted on 08/26/2010 2:51:02 PM PDT by icwhatudo ("laws requiring compulsory abortion could be sustained under the existing Constitution"Obama Adviser)
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To: dselig

Isolated incidents by a few nutjobs are being exploited by the left for political purposes. They can’t win an argument based on facts and logic so they’re resorting to sensationalism in an attempt to brand the Tea Party movement, and conservatives, as being “racist”. Not going to work.


3 posted on 08/26/2010 2:52:09 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: dselig

Uh huh...I’m buying this. /sarc


4 posted on 08/26/2010 2:52:26 PM PDT by Howie66 (I can see November from my house.)
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To: dselig

Meanwhile, blacks can continue their “Beat Whitey Nights” because it’s no big deal....


5 posted on 08/26/2010 2:52:56 PM PDT by Tzimisce (No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
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To: dselig

The cabbie was stabbed by a pro-Mosque, pro-Obama, leftie flagburner.


6 posted on 08/26/2010 2:53:12 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople
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To: dselig

Uh, to Islamists every where, you haven’t seen
anti Islam rage yet, but keep it up and you will.


7 posted on 08/26/2010 2:55:37 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: dselig
You push - build a wtc mosque - your adversary pushes back - demonstrates, etc. - you use the push back to prove the evil of your adversary. I think the Palestinians first perfected this.
8 posted on 08/26/2010 2:55:48 PM PDT by JimSEA
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>> The cabbie was stabbed by a pro-Mosque, pro-Obama, leftie flagburner.

Nope, didn’t happen, not reported, sorry. Objectivity and truth loses again.


9 posted on 08/26/2010 2:55:50 PM PDT by Gene Eric
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To: dselig

If there’s another 9/11, or worse, a nuclear attack, I would suggest they all head for the exits as no one will be able to guarantee their safety. They think vocal opposition to the Ground Zero Mosque is Islamaphobia? I wonder what they’ll call the sudden backlash after such an attack? I will shave my beard on that day, just on the off chance that I’m mistaken for anything other than what I am.


10 posted on 08/26/2010 2:56:20 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I don't need a newspaper to know the world's been shaved by a drunken barber.)
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Last night, a drunk man barged into a Queens mosque

Doesn't sound like a trend to me. Sounds like the start of a joke however...

11 posted on 08/26/2010 2:56:24 PM PDT by scottinoc
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To: Signalman

Burning down the Reichstag. The Dems/Islam control the masses because of drooling idiots who watch TV. ALL of TV is for islam now.


12 posted on 08/26/2010 2:56:38 PM PDT by Frantzie (Imam Ob*m* & Democrats support the VICTORY MOSQUE & TV supports Imam)
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To: dselig

The first incident wasn’t “violent.” The second clearly was, but seems to have been perpetrated by a Muslim sympathizer.


13 posted on 08/26/2010 2:57:06 PM PDT by lady lawyer
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To: dselig
What BS. 3000 more incidents and the West will
catch up to the FIRST HOUR after the 911 Atrocities began.



14 posted on 08/26/2010 2:57:12 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Tzimisce

Islam is pure hate. 60% of their Koran is dedicated to how to defeat and hate the infidels. Sharia law is for subjugation. This is not a religion. It is a political cult of death. No mosques should be allowed anywhere in this nation. They prepare terrorists in their mosques. They plot terror in mosques. They foment hate in mosques. They hail our defeat in mosques and will do so near Ground Zero if allowed.


15 posted on 08/26/2010 2:57:20 PM PDT by shankbear (Al-Qaeda grew while Monica blew)
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To: Signalman

How many of these handful of incidents were staged like the nooses over doorways that are ALWAYS staged.


16 posted on 08/26/2010 2:57:45 PM PDT by Frantzie (Imam Ob*m* & Democrats support the VICTORY MOSQUE & TV supports Imam)
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To: dselig
The cabbie that was stabbed was AGAINST the Mosque. His attacker was a lib who wants at Park Place.
17 posted on 08/26/2010 2:58:05 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Playing by the rules only works if both sides do it!)
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To: dselig

CAIR = Muslim Brotherhood = Saudi Arabia = CBS/NBC/CNN/Fox/ABC.


18 posted on 08/26/2010 2:59:07 PM PDT by Frantzie (Imam Ob*m* & Democrats support the VICTORY MOSQUE & TV supports Imam)
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To: dselig

These types of attacks weren’t occurring when Bush was President.


19 posted on 08/26/2010 2:59:25 PM PDT by avacado
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UPDATE: The NYPD now dismisses claims that Omar Rivera used anti-Muslim slurs before urinating on the rugs, and police are not treating the crime as a bias case. The New York Post has revised their story as well.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/26/omar-rivera-urinates-on-m_n_695461.html


20 posted on 08/26/2010 3:00:03 PM PDT by Crim (The Obama Doctrine : A doctrine based on complete ignorance,applied with extreme incompetence..)
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