A picture taken in 1943 of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin el-Husseini reviewing Bosnian-Muslim troops - a unit of the "Hanjar (Saber) Division" of the Waffen SS which he personally recruited for Hitler.
Posted on 04/22/2004 2:49:53 PM PDT by Land_of_Lincoln_John
TOTOWA, N.J., April 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The New Jersey office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) today called on local and national law enforcement authorities to investigate the latest vandalism at a mosque construction site in that state as a possible hate crime.
CAIR-NJ said vandals drew Nazi swastikas over the weekend on the Islamic Center of Ocean County under construction in Toms River, N.J. They also punched holes in the newly-erected walls of the mosque and left obscene and racist graffiti such as "hail Hitler." In addition, the perpetrators damaged the frame of the building and broke windows on a trailer at the site.
Mosque officials told CAIR-NJ that six previous attacks on the mosque have included uprooting plumbing, setting fire to the mosque sign and trailer, breaking windows, and tearing down walls. Damage from all of these incidents combined is estimated at $10,000 to 15,000. Local police have promised to consider installing surveillance cameras at the site and to increase patrols.
"We all suffer when any house of worship is desecrated," said CAIR-NJ Executive Director Faiza Ali. "This vandalism seems to be part of an alarming increase in Islamophobic acts nationwide."
Ali cited other examples of anti-Muslim incidents that took place recently in Texas, such as an e-mailed threat against the Islamic Center of El Paso, arson attacks on Muslim businesses in San Antonio and racist graffiti scrawled on the interior of a Lubbock mosque.
Last week, CAIR announced a new campaign designed to counter anti-Muslim hate on radio talk shows. The campaign, called "Hate Hurts America," is based on the premise that the increasing attacks on Islam by conservative talk show hosts harms the United States by creating a downward spiral of interfaith mistrust and hostility.
CAIR, America's largest Islamic civil liberties group, is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and has 26 regional offices and chapters nationwide and in Canada.
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A picture taken in 1943 of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin el-Husseini reviewing Bosnian-Muslim troops - a unit of the "Hanjar (Saber) Division" of the Waffen SS which he personally recruited for Hitler.
What is the Arab fascination with Hitler and Nazism? Maybe it's more deeply rooted that we had realized. On November 25, 1941 the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, went to visit Hitler in Germany. This in and of itself was not so unusual for, during much of World War II, leading Muslims including Haji Amin al-Husseini (Arafat's uncle!) collaborated with the Nazis. The Arab leader was assured by Hitler that once he [Hitler] ridded Europe of its Jews, he would do the same throughout Palestine. Although Heir Hitler is no longer with us, the Arab world is still bent on finishing his work! The Mufti commented, ""Our fundamental condition for cooperating with Germany was a free hand to eradicate every last Jew from Palestine and the Arab world." Further, today's Arab propagandist uses a technique called "Turnspeak," whereby the aggressor becomes the "victim" and the true victim becomes the "aggressor!" The term was first used by journalists to describe German Nazi propaganda after it invaded Czechoslovakia in March of 1939. Because the truth is the exact opposite of the information being disseminated, it is psychologically difficult to counter and leads to confusion. And THIS is their ultimate goal! A classic example of "Turnspeak" is the Arab claim that Jews are like the Nazis and they (the poor, poor Arabs) are the victims of a "Holocaust!" By doing so, the Arabs try covering up THEIR OWN close connection with the Nazis while turning the Truth on its head!
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While I don't condone violence, these statements from Islamic "leaders" seem a tad hypocrytical... Maybe if Muslims weren't so "Western-opobic", "Judeophobic" and "Christophobic", there wouldn't be a reason for anyone to be "Islamophobic"...
Not "were"... ARE.
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