Ohio Muslims, Arabs growing anxious in post - 9/11 U.S.

The Athens News ^ | 9/2/2004 | John Lasker

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Ziad Akir, who heads the Athens Islamic Center at 13 Stewart St., doesn't have "solid evidence" the center is being watched. But no one at the center knows who owns the black SUV that frequently has been seen parked in their lot.

"(One member) claims that there is strange equipment on the car with flashing indicators. I don't know for sure, but it may be a possibility," said Akir speculating on whether someone may be spying on the center.

Some may scoff at Akir's claim as a bout of paranoia during trying times for Arab Americans and those whose faith is Islam. Think again, advises another prominent Ohio Muslim, who contends he has heard of similiar complaints from nearly every mosque in the state.

"We hear of mosques being spied on, being watched, quite frequently," said Jad Humeidan, director of CAIR Ohio. CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) is considered one of Muslim America's most influential non-profits.

He said that the identity of whoever is conducting the surveillance remains a mystery. And if the mystery is nothing more than a perceived -- as opposed to real -- threat, it appears justified for Arab Americans during the post-9/11 era of fear.

[bitt]

'Cry me a river... of concrete and vaporized human flesh through the streets of Manhattan.'

oooooohhhhhhhhhhhh, horrible imagery, but nicely said.

[antonia]

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Allah demands blood sacrifice. Islamofascist; Radical Islam is an insane     death cult, and "moderate" Islam is its    Trojan Horse in the World.

[Kornev]

Your viewpoint is that it's ridiculous. That viewpoint's going like kerry's polling trends. Down.

[neutrino]

"We hear of mosques being spied on, being watched, quite frequently,"

Cry me a river, mo-slime. Child killer. Back shooter. You're being watched, are you? Life's a real sour dill pickle, ain't it?

[Joe Hadenuf]

And we continue to allow *thousands* of these twisted fanatics to enter our country.

[Mr. Mojo]

If they don't like this "new America" then they should by all means go straight back to their sandpit of origin.

[not2worry]

Dear Muslims:

After 9/11 and the past fews days of Muslims killing innocent children it's time to pay the piper.

I, too, hope our government is keeping a watchful eye on all
Mosques in this Country.

Sorry, Muslims, once I was opened minded, but after 9/11 your "band of brothers" set the stage for most of us to be suspicious.

BTW, has this Ohio Mosque leaders ever issued an apology to the American Public; condemned the acts perpetrated against 3,000 innocent fellow American victims and thanked our American Military for liberating 25M suppressed Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan?

AND ONE LAST THING~HOW MANY OF THESE MUSLIMS ARE US CITIZENS AND HOW MANY ARE HERE IN OUR COUNTRY ON VISTAS?

[Mr. Mojo]

Tens of thousands yearly, according to Linda Vester's FOX News investigative report.

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I'm sure that it hasn't escaped the notice of everyone here that the only time the press identifies anyone as a Muslim is in a sob story like this.

[ClearBlueSky]

If I were there, it would be me.
But I'll watch where I am. We all should. Watch- and let them know you're watching.
Nervous, anxious Muslims? Fear? Afraid that the 'infidels' around you know you now?
Good. Very good.

[bitt]

i want all visas from those certain countries pulled and the persons gone. I don't care if they have been here illegally for 5 years and will leave their homes and families and good jobs - I want them out of here. and then we should think about pulling the naturalized, too.

and Soros, get him outahere, too.

[P-Marlowe]

I think it is time some of us non-muslims started inviting ourselves into some of these questionable mosques just to see what they are saying inside and doing inside. My church is open to all comers. Are these mosques private clubs or can anyone go in?

[kevao]

Well, FYI, these are trying times for all of us you stupid camel jockey.

I assume that "camel jockey" wasn't directed at me.

[steveyp]

Reconsider Internment.

Or deportation.

[Joe Hadenuf]

It amounts to national Russian roulette

[Gorzaloon]

Are they getting anxious enough yet to start turning in their AQ members?

Oh, no, I forgot that the COMPASSIONATE AND MERCIFUL would have them _killed_ for that...

[Endeavor]

Look Buckwheat - we don't round up a race of people and kill them like the Nazis.

Do I think there's a case for deportation? Yes I do - I actually think we should have deported every last muslim non-citizen after 9-11. I also think we should have set up watches on those who are citizens.

However, we're NOT Nazis and we won't be rounding up all muslims and sending them to extermination camps. Buy a clue. Better than that, do some homework - not all Muslims are islamofacists.

[Mr. Mojo]

Aptly put.

[just mimi]

"And if the mystery is nothing more than a perceived -- as opposed to real -- threat, it appears justified for Arab Americans during the post-9/11 era of fear."

Did I read this right?

The perceived threat of being watched is justified in the post-9/11 era of fear?

Oh, no, it just appears justified. (What does that mean?)

Wouldn't it be fair to say that the perceived threat of being attacked again by islamic terrorists with the help and financial support of their known and unknown (hidden) sympathizers living in the USA appears to be justified in the post-9/11 era of fear?

[TADSLOS]

(One member) claims that there is strange equipment on the car with flashing indicators.