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Prayer Scare: Muslims praying at station triggers armed T response
The Boston Herald ^ | 06/17/16 | Laurel Sweet

Posted on 06/17/2016 5:50:32 AM PDT by calvincaspian

Two people believed to be Muslims praying on an MBTA platform triggered a rapid response from heavily armed transit cops yesterday morning and immediately sparked a debate about when “see something, say something” vigilance can infringe on religious freedoms.

“It’s really up to the person who makes the initial report to make a report based on actual evidence and an actual suspicion and not on prejudice and stereotyping,” said Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Washington D.C.-based Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization.

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KEYWORDS: muslims; orlando; terrorism
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Despite the apparent misunderstanding, Hooper said CAIR will be probing the agency’s response.

“Our Massachusetts office will be reaching out to the transit police to see what happened and to clarify to make sure that all proper procedures were followed,” Hooper said.

“Hopefully there was some attempt to ensure that this kind of incident isn’t purely the result of prejudice and stereotyping … Praying should not be regarded as suspicious.”

1 posted on 06/17/2016 5:50:32 AM PDT by calvincaspian
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To: calvincaspian

They don’t belong here.


2 posted on 06/17/2016 5:52:31 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: calvincaspian

Whenever a muslem drops down and starts praying, EVERYBODY should be concerned.


3 posted on 06/17/2016 5:53:25 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: calvincaspian

Stick it Hooper..........


4 posted on 06/17/2016 5:54:11 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: calvincaspian
It just may be that those two praying muzzies were looking for what a response would be to an incident. It is a well known tactic.

I'm betting on it.

5 posted on 06/17/2016 5:56:09 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: calvincaspian

The Council of Angry Islamic Radicals puts their 2 cents in.


6 posted on 06/17/2016 5:56:30 AM PDT by Maceman
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To: calvincaspian

One possible goal was to increase the threshold
prior to the next multipronged, long planned, attack.


7 posted on 06/17/2016 5:57:14 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: calvincaspian

“I dropped my contact lens. Where is my contact lens? OH Lord, where is my contact lens? It has to be down here. “


8 posted on 06/17/2016 6:00:08 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: Diogenesis

ALL moozlums anywhere in the USA deserve to be reported ALL the time. The kuran tells them to make nonmoozlums submit or murder them. That is what is says...no exceptions.


9 posted on 06/17/2016 6:00:40 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

In a few words !


10 posted on 06/17/2016 6:00:51 AM PDT by knarf
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To: SJSAMPLE

I’ve seen it a thousand times. You don’t even notice it. What you do notice is the other Muslims looking at them like they are nuts.


11 posted on 06/17/2016 6:01:10 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: calvincaspian

Islam, the religion of Jihad and Conquest.


12 posted on 06/17/2016 6:01:23 AM PDT by Paladin2 (auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....)
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To: calvincaspian

Ask me if I give a sh*t.


13 posted on 06/17/2016 6:03:20 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

“They don’t belong here”

They don’t belong anywhere.


14 posted on 06/17/2016 6:10:23 AM PDT by Electric Graffiti (DEPORT OBOLA VOTERS)
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To: Sacajaweau

Yes, it was a provocation

Maybe we need more rosaries prayed openly at airports, sports stadiums and other public spaces - just sayin’


15 posted on 06/17/2016 6:10:58 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: calvincaspian

Somehow I don’t think the founding fathers included iSlime in their freedom of religion ideology. I think the freedom of religion clause was to ensure that the Church of England would not be the only Christian organization in America. But they were all to be Christian based. Not death cults like satanism or iSlime.


16 posted on 06/17/2016 6:11:46 AM PDT by LouAvul (Freedom without responsibility is anarchy.)
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Lemme guess....they had mysterious bulges under their clothing and were shouting “Allahu Akhbar” as they prayed.

This may be Clock Boy 2.0


17 posted on 06/17/2016 6:17:02 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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Boston seems to be a hub for these crazed muzzies....Atta on 9-11 , Marathon Brothers....now this???

"I pray that allah will accept me"....Mateen

18 posted on 06/17/2016 6:17:19 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: LouAvul

28th Amendment - the Islam Exception to the First Amendment


19 posted on 06/17/2016 6:17:37 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: calvincaspian

http://www.islamicfinder.org/prayerDetail.php?country=usa&city=New_York&state=NY&email=&start=0&home=2016-6-17&aversion=&athan=
Prayer times for the East Coast
16Thurs 3:45am 5:24am 12:57pm 4:58pm 8:30pm 10:10pm

If they were praying at another time of the day - why were they praying ‘out of’ Islamic orders?

See something - Say something


20 posted on 06/17/2016 6:17:38 AM PDT by libertarian27 (FR Cookbooks - On Profile Page)
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