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Fires set at St. Catharines mosque (Canada)
Canada.com ^ | 9/5/2004

Posted on 09/05/2004 7:30:09 AM PDT by 4.1O dana super trac pak

A series of small fires set around a St. Catharines mosque were being treated as a hate crime Saturday after Niagra Regional Police found what they called bias-oriented statements etched into the concrete outside.

Police said they were alerted to the fires early Saturday morning when a car fire was reported at a store adjacent to the Majid-an-Noor mosque.

Police said the car, which was parked against the north side of the mosque, had been completely destroyed by fire.

Further investigation revealed several other small fires set at the rear of the mosque.

Toronto telivision station CFTO reported that cardboard had been stuffed into the mosque's ventilation system and ignited

"For sure it is very sad," mosque spokesman Ezeldin Abadalla told the telivision station.

"But...we believe this is a very isolated incident, it doesn't reflect the attitude of our society here in St. Catharines."

Police said the fires only caused minimal damage to the building.

They said they will use "all available resources" to catch whomever is responsible.


TOPICS: Canada; Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: canada; hatecrime; mosque
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To: 4.1O dana super trac pak

Never fear, the Kanuckistan Ministry of Multiculturalism will arrest and sentence the evil perpretrators of such hate in soldiarity with the heroic "freedom fighters" who sacrificed their lives for the advancement of diversity in Beslan, Russia.

This is an act of vandalism and should be treated as any other act of vandalism. It is a mark of the patience and forbearance of the native populace of both the US and Canada that every single mosque hasn't been burned to the ground.


21 posted on 09/05/2004 9:33:48 AM PDT by Bogolyubski
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To: cardinal4

I'm betting that a local kindergarten made a preemptive strike.


22 posted on 09/05/2004 10:16:56 AM PDT by SampleMan
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To: Calpernia; Velveeta; jerseygirl; lacylu; SevenofNine; Revel

Ping


23 posted on 09/05/2004 10:24:10 AM PDT by nw_arizona_granny (On this day your Prayers are needed!!!!!!!)
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To: SampleMan

lol


24 posted on 09/05/2004 12:05:36 PM PDT by Dogbert41
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To: cardinal4

They probably did it themselves looking for some infidel sympathy. Maybe now, they can worship their allah in a Porta-Potty.


25 posted on 09/05/2004 12:27:39 PM PDT by No Surrender No Retreat (These Colors Never Run( 7.62) "See Ya"ll At The VA Clinic" "Xin Loi My Boy")
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To: muir_redwoods
does anyone else find the name, Saint Catharines Mosque confusing?

I have a year of Bible and Theology from a Christian University and yes, I find the name confusing too. Perhaps a Freeper, with more knowledge of Islam than we have, can explain the name to us.
26 posted on 09/05/2004 12:34:34 PM PDT by redheadtoo
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To: pbear8

They probably took over an old church and declared it an islamic holy city and historical site.


27 posted on 09/05/2004 12:39:43 PM PDT by freeangel (freeangel)
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To: 4.1O dana super trac pak

There are actually times when hate is justified.

Normally against individuals, not groups.
However, it would be cool to see more members of Muslim communities renounce their own hate crimes. Otherwise, it makes it look like they might be tacitly supportive of terrorism.


28 posted on 09/05/2004 12:42:12 PM PDT by Sam Cree (Democrats are herd animals)
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To: cripplecreek
the concept of "what comes around goes around

I think I heard it as "what goes around comes around," but that might be just the local idiom.

29 posted on 09/05/2004 12:42:51 PM PDT by RightWhale (Withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty and establish property rights)
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To: freeangel
It is a poor headline.

It is the Majid-an-Noor mosque located in the city of St. Catharine.

30 posted on 09/05/2004 12:44:47 PM PDT by 4.1O dana super trac pak (Let them eat amnesty)
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