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Escapee from psychiatric hospital slashes rabbi, son with box-cutter outside Paris synagogue
AP Via Washington Post ^ | April 25, 2013

Posted on 04/25/2013 10:17:44 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

PARIS — An escapee from a psychiatric institution slashed a rabbi and his son with a box-cutter on Tuesday, prompting witnesses to tackle and subdue the attacker after a chase through a Paris synagogue, officials said.

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The Simon Wiesenthal Center, which monitors anti-Semitic incidents worldwide, said in a statement that the assailant screamed “Allah-u-Akbar” — or “God is great” — during the attack.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: france; islam; rabbi

1 posted on 04/25/2013 10:17:44 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
the assailant screamed “Allah-u-Akbar” — or “God is great” — during the attack

Well, we learned from the Nidal Hasan case that screaming "Allah-u-Akbar" while you are killing people doesn't mean anything, other than that you are a "lone wolf" who is definitely NOT motivated by Islam.

2 posted on 04/25/2013 10:23:00 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
An escapee from a psychiatric institution

So that's what they're calling Mosques these days.

3 posted on 04/25/2013 10:24:23 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

“Allah-u-Akbar” — or “God is great”

Bull. That’s not what it means. It translates to “This is a random attack with no religious significance”.


4 posted on 04/25/2013 10:27:28 AM PDT by AppyPappy (You never see a massacre at a gun show.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Workplace violence?


5 posted on 04/25/2013 10:47:12 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (IÂ’m not a Republican, IÂ’m a conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

“the assailant screamed “Allah-u-Akbar” — or “God is great” — during the attack”

NO, it means ALLAH is great, not God is great.

The Hussein Heads like to haughtily tell us that Allah and God are the same God.


6 posted on 04/25/2013 11:08:04 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Alternate headline from Rooters:

Assailant screamed “Allah-u-Akbar” while slashing Rabbi’s throat - Motive unknown


7 posted on 04/25/2013 11:19:51 AM PDT by BO Stinkss ( I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees)
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