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Muslim Community Patrol & Services Is Here To Stay [Brooklyn, NY]
Bklyner ^ | 1/29/19 | Zainab Iqbal

Posted on 02/02/2019 5:15:52 PM PST by marshmallow

SUNSET PARK – “This is basically a neighborhood community patrol on steroids,” said Noor Rabah of the new Muslim Community Patrol & Services, “and people are intimidated.”

Last November, neighbors in Sunset Park formed a new community patrol. Run by Muslims to serve both Muslim and non-Muslim communities in light of anti-muslim sentiments, it is modeled on the controversial Shomrim private security force that patrols the Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods in Brooklyn. However, it is the first security force we would have that unites around religion exclusively and welcomes believers from any ethnic background.

Muslim Community Patrol & Services (MCPS) was formed by Sami Uddin Razi and Noor Rabah, who both serve as the president and vice president of the organization, respectively, and it has national aspirations. They felt there was a need for such service considering the political climate and the fact that hate crimes have been on the rise across the country.

Hate crimes increased 17 percent in 2017 from 2016. According to an FBI report, in 2017 there were 1,679 offenses in which hate crimes were motivated by religious bias across the country. Of that number 18.7 percent were against Muslims. Hate crimes have also increased in NYC. An NYPD report looking at crimes committed in 2017 and 2018 found that though the overall number of hate crimes increased, those against Muslims have actually declined.

The report Bklyner obtained from the NYPD notes that there were 338 reported hate crimes in 2017, and in 2018, that number increased to 361. During the same time period reported crimes against Muslims decreased from 34 to 18.

Nevertheless, as long as crimes against Muslims exist, so will MCPS, founders assure us. “Every community should have its own patrol,” Rabah said, “because every community has its own beat, it.......

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1 posted on 02/02/2019 5:15:52 PM PST by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

They already have a flag for their enclave and sovereign state.

Islam needs to be outlawed.

Globally.


2 posted on 02/02/2019 5:23:09 PM PST by himno hero (had'nff)
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To: marshmallow

They already have a constitution and flag for their enclave / sovereign state.

Islam needs to be outlawed.

Globally.


3 posted on 02/02/2019 5:25:37 PM PST by himno hero (had'nff)
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To: marshmallow

It’s a recruiting device. They’re not interested in protecting anyone.


4 posted on 02/02/2019 5:33:32 PM PST by Track9 (Conservatives like underdogs, progressive like victims.)
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To: dp0622

Ping.


5 posted on 02/02/2019 5:35:32 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: wastedyears

Ping.


6 posted on 02/02/2019 5:36:47 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: marshmallow

Hey Rabah, we have our own patrol up here in the woods. C’mon up!


7 posted on 02/02/2019 5:38:24 PM PST by Fireone (Build the gallows first, then the wall!)
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To: marshmallow

Pre version of the inslamic shariah and religious police.


8 posted on 02/02/2019 5:42:20 PM PST by Redcitizen (I don't always lurk, but when I do, Freerepublic.)
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To: marshmallow

NYC/New York continues to spiral downward and out of control like London and much of the UK to be more controlled by the Muslim invaders, er citizens.


9 posted on 02/02/2019 5:44:18 PM PST by Grampa Dave (DJT, "A wall, not because we hate the people outside of it, but because we love the people inside!")
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To: marshmallow

What about the hate crimes committed against Christians?


10 posted on 02/02/2019 5:45:24 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: marshmallow

Here comes the parallel society.


11 posted on 02/02/2019 5:50:19 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: himno hero

MOAB till the area is a glass parking lot...then take the oil...

Islam problem solved.


12 posted on 02/02/2019 5:51:32 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (WINNING! !!)
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To: Salvation

If you want to se a growth statistic, look at their performance against the jews.
Not just in America..... go to Europe... go to South America... go to Africa.


13 posted on 02/02/2019 5:54:20 PM PST by himno hero (had'nff)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie; yesthatjallen; marsh-mellow; Grampa Dave

14 posted on 02/02/2019 6:01:23 PM PST by 4Liberty ("The Democrats are the Party of Crime." - Donald J. Trump)
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To: 4Liberty

James Woods is just savage. Love him.


15 posted on 02/02/2019 6:02:30 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster

Someone needs to give him a talk show. If that lame ass moron Bill Mahar has one, time to get someone on with brains!


16 posted on 02/02/2019 6:10:01 PM PST by Bommer (Help 2ndDivisionVet - https://www.gofundme.com/mvc.php?route=category&term=married-recent-amputecan')
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To: marshmallow

Do those hate crime statistics include the false allegations that are later disproven?


17 posted on 02/02/2019 6:21:46 PM PST by kalee
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To: Salvation

They can’t patrol the neighborhood all the time. All work and no play you know.


18 posted on 02/02/2019 6:40:10 PM PST by philetus (Keep doing what you always do and you'll eventually get what you deserve)
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To: marshmallow

Let’s see how much they tolerate yamahas.


19 posted on 02/02/2019 7:25:48 PM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: BobL

They have problems with motorcycles?


20 posted on 02/02/2019 8:00:16 PM PST by Antoninus II
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