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FAMILY OF 4 SLAUGHTERED
New York Post ^
| 1/15/2004
| Lorena Mongelli
Posted on 01/15/2005 4:27:27 PM PST by 4.1O dana super trac pak
A family of Christians who fled persecution in Egypt ran into a bloody nightmare in Jersey City - where the husband, wife and their two daughters were found knifed to death in their home yesterday.
The bodies of Hossam Armanious, 46, his wife, Amal Garas, and their two youg daughters - Sylvia, 15, and Monica, 8 - were found gagged with their throats slit at 4 a.m. yesterday inside the green, two-story, wood-frame home they moved into five years ago.
Investigators were struggling to figure out who could have slaughtered the religiously devout family.
Jersey City Police Chief Robert Troy Said police are leaning toward the suspects being at least an aquaintance, after finding no sign of break-in.
"I don't believe it was random," he said. "They probably knew their killers."
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Rafique Iscandar, 51, who described himself as Armanious' best friend, said his pal also came (to America) because of the pressure of being Christian in the Muslim Egypt.
"They were afraid there," Iscandar said. "They are under siege by the government. We lived in fear."
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: 21stcenturycrusades; antichristian; armanious; christianbashing; christianity; christians; civilrights; convertbythesword; coptic; crime; culturewar; egypt; ethniccleansing; hatecrime; immigrants; infidel; islam; islaminamerica; jerseycity; jihad; jihadinamerica; koranimals; murder; muslims; nationalsecurity; newjersey; nj; persecution; refugees; religion; religionofpeace; religionofpeacetm; religionofpieces; religiousfreedom; religiousintolerance; religiouspersecution; terrorism; trop; waronterror; waronterrorism
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To: ishabibble
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posted on
01/16/2005 1:56:28 AM PST
by
Cindy
To: umgud
Most Egyptians were Christian until the conquest by theArabs around the 7th century and many remained so but persecution and jaziya etc wore the numbers down to present day 2%
222
posted on
01/16/2005 4:23:38 AM PST
by
Cronos
(Never forget 9/11)
To: Blood of Tyrants
I would be interested in when the family converted over to Christianity because if it had been recently, I would suspect other family members.
Copts were Christian way before our northern European ancestors became Christian.
223
posted on
01/16/2005 4:25:42 AM PST
by
Cronos
(Never forget 9/11)
To: Blood of Tyrants
The parents still have Arabic sounding names. So the parents were probably Muslim at one time. I would still look at family members who were Muslim for a possoble "honor killing".
Arab does not necessarily mean Mooselimb. The Lebanese etc are Christian Arabs and were Christians in the first centuries after Christ. Syria itself is 10% Christian, Egypt, 2%, Lebanon 44%, Iraq 2%, etc.
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posted on
01/16/2005 4:27:56 AM PST
by
Cronos
(Never forget 9/11)
To: KoRn
Those cats look like they're checking out the "kitty porn".
To: Axlrose
"I doubt the their former iman would have been able to afford a ticket to the US in order to pursue them."
But he might have written to someone already here.
Carolyn
226
posted on
01/16/2005 4:37:14 AM PST
by
CDHart
To: 4.1O dana super trac pak
I live in Hudson County and there have been incidents of Coptics being sent threatending letters. The letters usually say something like "converto to Islam or die". It may be that his family was put to the test and chose option 2.
Either way I will pray for their souls.
227
posted on
01/16/2005 5:02:18 AM PST
by
e5man_r_u?
(A Man's mission: Build, Protect, Provide)
To: umgud
It would not matter, they are arabs. To these radiacls they are fair game.
228
posted on
01/16/2005 5:03:53 AM PST
by
e5man_r_u?
(A Man's mission: Build, Protect, Provide)
To: jan in Colorado
229
posted on
01/16/2005 5:48:47 AM PST
by
jan in Colorado
(To fight the enemy, you must KNOW the enemy.)
To: All
"The religion of peace" PING
230
posted on
01/16/2005 6:43:07 AM PST
by
William of Orange
(This tagline brought to you by John Kerry and the Kool-Aid Kollective...)
To: WestCoastGal
There was a 'sin and sex' zotted tonight also. ;)
Same?? Hmm. I dunno. Could be. "Lover" signed up later as "revol" ("Lover" spelled backwards) and asked me if her posts as "Lover" might be restored. She/he/it was banned quickly, also.
231
posted on
01/16/2005 7:02:50 AM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
To: pbrown; Happy2BMe
This thing has me over a barrel. It taunts me, it knows it knows more than I do. Personally, between you and me, I think it's possessed...lol (sarcasm off):-)Seriously, this thing just shuts down sometimes, annoying as he** when it does.
Yikes! :^O
Dat's not good. :^(
232
posted on
01/16/2005 7:06:52 AM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
To: sweetliberty; Brad's Gramma; null and void
Well, well. Isn't it funny how some people just show up when there's trouble? You talkin' to ME? : )
To: Cronos
234
posted on
01/16/2005 7:21:00 AM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(God is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
To: Christopher Lincoln; Cronos; monkeywrench; scars
235
posted on
01/16/2005 7:22:46 AM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(God is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
To: pbrown
236
posted on
01/16/2005 7:27:09 AM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
To: MEG33
haha! I was pretty feisty last night. :^)
237
posted on
01/16/2005 7:29:00 AM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
To: 4.1O dana super trac pak; DTogo; null and void; MeekOneGOP
238
posted on
01/16/2005 8:00:08 AM PST
by
Happy2BMe
("Islam fears democracy worse than anything- If the imams can't control it - they will kill it.)
To: Allosaurs_r_us
239
posted on
01/16/2005 8:09:30 AM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
To: Blood of Tyrants; MeekOneGOP; pbrown; Brad's Gramma
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