Posted on 11/18/2004 11:10:42 AM PST by knighthawk
SINSHEIM, Germany, Nov 18 (AFP) - A mosque in southern Germany has been damaged in an overnight attack with a molotov cocktail, the prosecutor's office in Heidelberg said on Thursday.
Investigators said a bottle filled with flammable liquid was thrown at the main entrance of the mosque in Sinsheim but it rebounded from a pane of glass above the wooden door and burst into flames on the ground.
A local resident saw the flames and put out the fire, which did not cause any damage inside the mosque.
The cost of the damage to the outside of the mosque has been estimated at 10,000 euros (13,000 dollars).
The attack comes amid fears in Germany that a wave of anti-Muslim violence that followed the murder of the filmmaker Theo van Gogh in the neighbouring Netherlands could spread over the border.
Germany is home to more than three million Muslims, including 1.9 million Turks.
Ping
This is the part where self-censorship can prove wise.
I choose to follow the lead of a wise person.
Sow the wind....reap the whirlwind
Almost immediately upon assuming the Chancellorship of Germany, Hitler began promulgating legal actions against Germany's Jews. In 1933, he proclaimed a one-day boycott against Jewish shops, a law was passed against kosher butchering and Jewish children began experiencing restrictions in public schools. By 1935, the Nuremberg Laws deprived Jews of German citizenship. By 1936, Jews were prohibited from participation in parliamentary elections and signs reading "Jews Not Welcome" appeared in many German cities. (Incidentally, these signs were taken down in the late summer in preparation for the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin).In the first half of 1938, numerous laws were passed restricting Jewish economic activity and occupational opportunities. In July, 1938, a law was passed (effective January 1, 1939) requiring all Jews to carry identification cards. On October 28, 17,000 Jews of Polish citizenship, many of whom had been living in Germany for decades, were arrested and relocated across the Polish border. The Polish government refused to admit them so they were interned in "relocation camps" on the Polish frontier. ...
On the nights of November 9 and 10, 1938, gangs of Nazi youth roamed through Jewish neighborhoods breaking windows of Jewish businesses and homes, burning synagogues and looting. In all 101 synagogues were destroyed and almost 7,500 Jewish businesses were destroyed. 26,000 Jews were arrested and sent to concentration camps, Jews were physically attacked and beaten and 91 died (Snyder, Louis L. Encyclopedia of the Third Reich. New York: Paragon House, 1989:201).
Wisdom is a good thing.
The natives are restless.......
Are Moslems inciting a new Kristallnacht?
On the one hand, I would ask if Jews in the 1930's had murdered, terrorized and threatened the world with the forcded imposition of their religion. The brainwashed Germans of the time might have said yes, but the news of the world certainly didn't agree with that.
On the other hand, there is much to be said for keeping this conflict restricted to the people who actually want to hurt the west - the Islamofascists - and not taking action to draw any new blood into the battle.
Just some random thoughts from someone in a hurry.
The harvest is about to begin......
Did the Jews "incite" the first one?
Kind of a weird way to frame your question, IMO.
Tawana Brawley
How is this possible? europs is a bastion of equality, tolerance and peace. It must be Americans performing these vitriolic crimes against the poor, peaceful, opressed Muslims. Bush is sending the CIA over to incite riots and hate crimes!
Oh, wait. Not the CIA, they're against Bush. It must be Zionist Jews controlled by the Mossad in Israel. Or, theocratic Christofascists bent on imposing a Christian Police State across Germany.
Whoever it is, it isn't peace-loving, tolerant, Europeans. It can't be... can it?
Of course the Jews did not incite the first Kristallnacht. Sorry if my phrasing may have suggested that. I was attempting more to draw eerie parallels on German behavior. Clearly the Jews were blameless, unlike adherents of Islam today.
"Next time shoot the cameramen first"
LOL!
Agreed heartily.
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