Posted on 10/15/2025 10:46:53 AM PDT by John Semmens
In Euless, Texas, three Muslims have been charged vandalizing a church in 2023. One of them is Raunaq Alam who claimed that he was merely exercising his First Amendment rights. He pointed out that "the church had raised an Israeli flag they claimed was a show of solidarity with the victims of the October 7 massacre. My spray painting 'f*** Israel' and putting Hamas stickers on the outside of the building was my rebuttal. I admit that they may have considered my rebuttal offensive, but their message was offensive to my religion. Allah commands us to slay the Jews. October 7 was done in obedience to this command. The church's solidarity with the Jews insulted my religion. So, both my freedom to practice my religion and my freedom of speech rights are being disregarded by this prosecution."
The jury wasn't persuaded by Alam's arguments and found him guilty of felony criminal mischief. The judge sentenced him to pay a $10,000 fine, pay $1,700 in restitution to the church, serve 180 days in jail, complete 180 hours of community service, undergo regular drug and alcohol testing, wear a GPS monitor, and issue an apology to the church.
A second one of the vandals, Afsheen Khan, is also charged with felony criminal mischief. Her trial is set to start soon. A third vandal, Julia Venzor, agreed to testify against Alam and Khan as part of a plea deal. She pleaded guilty in exchange for the deal and received five years of probation.
This case is one of a series of incidents in Texas where Christians, churches, Jews, synagogues and pro-Israel Americans have been targeted with unprovoked crimes committed by Muslims. In January 2022, a Pakistani Islamist held Jews hostage at a Colleyville synagogue. In 2023, threats were made against Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Monica De La Cruz by Hamas supporters. At least three public schools in Texas committed religious discrimination against Jewish students. Antisemitic incidents escalated nationwide, and pro-Palestinian and Hamas rioters called for the annihilation of Israel and protested Israel on college campuses.
Gov. Greg Abbott (R) ordered the rioters arrested. The rioters argued their actions are protected by the First Amendment. Abbott asserted that "calling for the death of Jews is not protected speech. Students who riot on campus should be expelled and faculty members promoting antisemitism should be fired."
Great. That means we can burn down your mosques under the 1ST Amendment too.
Although satire this was actually the defense Muslims used in this case:
Muslims who vandalized Texas church claimed First Amendment right, jury disagreed
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_1305d433-3533-428a-ae24-0a9301f8863d.html
They’re muslims so there’s no constitution in their cult
“Allah commands us to slay the Jews.”
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www.thereligionofpeace.com
Throw the Phookers out.
Modern Islamic Infiltration into Western Civilizations is the War that has to be fought.
Been 2,000 years in the making.
How can this be considered a religion? It is time to declare Islam is not a religion, and if necessary, ban it.
“...their message was offensive to my religion. Allah commands us to slay the Jews. October 7 was done in obedience to this command. The church’s solidarity with the Jews insulted my religion.”
As was and is always the case, Islam is incompatible with Western civilization and specifically the U.S. Constitution !
The Muslim perpetrators are arguing that slapping bacon on the outside of a mosque or a synagogue is “free speech”, and should let their imam and their local rabbi know.
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