Posted on 09/05/2004 11:57:13 AM PDT by 4.1O dana super trac pak
"Wipe out Islam for world peace. The Koran demands your murder. Islam is terrorism.
Such were the words of an anonymous act of vandalism in Campustown. The graffiti left members of the local Muslim community aghast.
"I was just completely shocked," said Basil Mahayni, senior in political science. "We rarely ever see anything like that."
Members of the Muslim Student Association reported the vandalism after discovering it Aug. 20 on a picnic table at the corner of Chamberlain Street and Welch Avenue.
Saleh Tamim, general secretary of the Muslim Student Association, was among the group that reported the incident. Tamim said he found the words hurtful and baffling.
"It's really offensive," said Tamim, senior in engineering. "I don't know why somebody would write such a thing."
Tamim and Mahayni agreed such acts toward the Muslim community were rare in Ames. Tamim said he hasn't seen anything like this since he came to Ames in 2002.
Mahayni said his last experience with hate directed toward him as a Muslim was immediately after Sept. 11, 2001. He was walking with freinds when another student walked by.
"He told us to 'go drop a bomb on your own country,'" Mahayni said.
Ignorance exists, but people react to it differently, he said. Some act on it by asking questions to inform themselves, Mahayni said, while others choose to take their beliefs as fact and make blind statements.
Though Ames is an accepting community, Mahayni said, occasional expressions of hate indicate tolerance remains a work in progress.
"I think Ames is a very tolerant environment," Mahayni said. "But instances like this past week show we're not perfect and we do have a lot of work to do."
Several people will meet soon to plan a response, he said.
Cmdr. Jim Robinson of the Ames Police Department said the police currently have no suspects.
"As of this time, I don't believe there have been any witnesses or suspects that have come forward," Robinson said.
Vandalism is often a hard crime to investigate and prosecute, Robinson said. The police department has filed charges on some cases, though there have also been instances that no suspect was identified.
For now, officers will keep an especially close eye on the area, Robinson said.
Tamim said he hopes acts such as this don't ruin the community's pleasant atmosphere.
"I hope the Ames community continues to be as peaceful as before," he said.
freakin' unreal ... just freakin' unreal.
For one the Muslims probably did this themselves, they're the biggest liars around --- just to claim victim status --- but if it did happen, what is the surprise --- do they really think they can kill millions of people and never see a single act of retaliation for what they do?
You don't? Check the news from Russia and buy a clue.
Of course what Mohammed wrote in the Koran..now how could anybody (in their right mind) write such things....
IMO
Notice --- no one is really shocked over Muslims shooting scared little kids in the back as they tried to flee --- not Muslims either --- we all know this is something that Muslims would do -- but a little anti-Muslim graffiti shocks them to all to hell.
This is like some little scam they have going on --- everytime some Muslim group pulls off something really big, they then send out the crybabies to make the gullible feel sorry for them. Weird as it might sound --- the day after 9-11 here, people actually had flowers and sympathy cards delivered to the local mosque.
At least the German Nazis didn't boohoo everytime one of their own committed an atrocity and maybe that's why there was less pity for the Nazis.
Yeah, I agree. The pre-civilization imagery and metaphors in that are a turn-off.
Th Muslim Student Association better thank their demon, Allah, the atrocities which just occurred in Beslan, Russia, didn't happen in Ames, Iowa.
They would likely find those same words not carved on a local picnic table but in their very own foreheads!
No charge, though unless you specified that you wanted to kill terrorists instead of just "Muslims" the sign probably wouldn't last too long.
Me, too.
Keeping an eye on local jihadis will help that happen.
Tabari VIII:116/Ishaq:511 “So Muhammad began seizing their herds and their property bit by bit. He conquered home by home. The Messenger took some people captive, including Safiyah and her two cousins. The Prophet chose Safiyah for himself.”
You have got to be kidding me!
Somebody carves a slogan on a picnic table and it makes national news.
Mooselimbs are SURPRISED that someone doesn't love them?
Get a CLUE raghead!
Unless there was an Islamic extremist nailed to the wall next to the graffitti... someone wasn't doing it right.
If one single graffiti upsets a town, then they have the most sensitive nerves on the face of the earth.
Your list is way too short.
Afghanistan, Indonesia, Pakistan, England, Australia, Saudi Arabia, USA, Lebanon, Germany, Egypt just off the top of my head. Set some time parameters so I don't go back too far.
"It's really offensive," said Tamim, senior in engineering. "I don't know why somebody would write such a thing."
Ignorance exists, but people react to it differently, he said. Some act on it by asking questions to inform themselves, Mahayni said,
I can't believe this would happen after all the love spread by muslims around the world!
That's because political correctness has imposed suppression of free speech in this country and given you a false sense of security instead of allowing you to know where you stand. Truth be told, I think the majority of Americans (not counting the political and media elite) would prefer to send all your Islamic a**es packing back to whatever third world h*ll hole you crawled out of. You might be a stand up guy, but as long as your brethren are killing innocents around the world and plotting atrocities against us on our own soil in the name of your demon god, don't expect a warm embrace from your American neighbors.
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