DUH! You muslims started this war. Did you hope we would not notice?
Posted on 06/06/2005 9:49:30 PM PDT by ambrose
Local Muslims protest Quran abuse
By Laura Van Hyfte, Daily News Editor
June 06, 2005
Members of the Muslim Community Association of Ann Arbor voiced their outrage at the U.S. government and military last Friday in response to Quran desecration and alleged mistreatment of Muslim detainees in American Military detention facilities.
The crowd of about 100 protesters gathered outside the Islamic Center of Ann Arbor and demanded that a commission be created to investigate allegations of torture and abuse. They also demanded that all detainees be given full due process rights and that they either be charged with a crime or be released. Protesters specifically said they want the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba shut down, saying it disregards universal human rights and is a national embarrassment.
“This demonstration is to say we’ve had enough,” said Kristine Abouzahr, the event’s organizer. “Respect Islam; stop the torture and the inhuman treatment.”
According to a report released by the Pentagon last Friday, a copy of the Quran had been deliberately kicked and another stepped on at Guantanamo Bay. One Quran was accidentally splashed with urine when a prison guard urinated outside and the waste traveled through an air vent, landing on a prisoner and his Quran, according to the report. The guard who stepped on the Quran was fired, and the one responsible for urinating on the book was relocated away from prisoners.
Of all the allegations against the U.S. government, Quran mistreatment largely motivated the protesters.
Abuse of the Quran angered Muslims because it has a large part in their beliefs and lifestyle, Abouzahr said, adding that Muslims are very sensitive to mistreatment of the Quran because of its importance in Islam.
“It has a different level for Muslims; it’s integrated into our daily lives. We have a very high sensitivity toward it,” Abouzahr said.
Abouzahr said she was not surprised when hearing about allegations and admissions of Quran mistreatment.
“Right when I heard (about the Quran abuse), I was angry. The sad part is, I expected that. These days we trust U.S. officials to humiliate (Muslims),” Abouzahr said. “It’s another way of humiliation and enraging Muslims. More and more it seems that the war is on Muslims and Islam,” Abouzahr added.
Muhammad Hachimi, an Imam who gives a Friday sermon at the Islamic Center, also expressed his disappointment upon hearing the news.
“What I am angry about is the confirmation of this story. I’d be angry if I heard that anyone touched the Bible. I respect people,” Hachimi said.
On May 9, Newsweek reported that a Quran had been flushed down a toilet at Guantanamo, but the magazine later retracted the article after its source could not be certain he read about the allegations in the Pentagon report he had cited.
Protesters acknowledged that many of the allegations they cited have not yet been proven and stressed that an investigation of all the accusations is necessary.
Regardless of the outcome of any future investigations, the protesters stressed that the Guantanamo Bay prison must be shut down.
“The Guantanamo Bay prison has become a source of shame,” Nazih Hassan, an organizer of the, said to the crowd.
After hearing this, the crowd began to shout, “Shut it down!”
DUH! You muslims started this war. Did you hope we would not notice?
Ship these assholes back where they came from!
Well all you Muslims in Michigan I have some advise for you:
Now listen up, I'm only going to say this ONCE:
YOUR in OUR COUNTRY, you do as we do, the same as you would expect US to do in YOUR COUNTRY.
If you don't like OUR COUNTRY, don't let the door hit your a$$ on the way out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How many of our good Muslim citizens in Michigan have protested the beheadings of innocent living people in Iraq or Pakistan?
How many of our good Muslim citizens in Michigan have protested the brutal murders of non-Muslims in Saudi Arabia or other Muslim countries?
How many of our good Muslim citizens in Michigan have protested the deaths of 2500 plus in New York city on 9/11/2001?
The answer is the same: Not one Muslim has protested anything other than the lies about the Koran abuse.
There is no more eloquent response. Thank you.
I saw another poster do that on a similar thread, to jar everyone's memories .....
...are all of you ready yet?? Are you mad enough, are you prepared?? Our soldiers, sailors, Marines, airmen are doing good work OVER THERE, but are we ready over here to defend this nation and its Constitution? Are we going to honor their good work over there by being prepared over here?
Cheap form of terrorism to complain about the Quran and (enter current gripe here)______________....it ties up resources and hands of the military. Just one more weapon used by terrorists, their handlers and supporters. Add em to the list ....we'll get to em.
Doom on the trash......
Quran , now in two ply !
My thoughts exactly. We knew this would happen. How long before the common car bombings?
The media will make heros out of them. I see they didn't riot and kill each other, Too bad.
The muzlims in America are getting bolder by the week...They want their terrorist cohorts back on the street...It's only a matter of time before even larger groups of these American hating, Christian and Jewish hating terrorists and terrorist supporters start becoming public...
For some reason, our gov't seems to be on their side which emboldens them even more...
Excersize your freedom of speech before we loose it.
Buy a Koran and burn it.
If you can burn an American Flag what makes these arrogant idiots think their bogus book is more sacred???
The Muslims don't like you calling their headgear a rug or a rag. They describe as a sort of little sheet. From now on they should be known as "Little Sheet-heads".
[[Stick a Koran in a fish tank full of urine. Maybe some Freeper can try to get it into a NYC art gallery.]]
Yea, I think that "piss koran" would make a great piece of art. Let's see what tolerant and self expressive liberal inspiring artist will create it. Any takers libs?
These people should be humbly begging our forgiveness for the heinous, murderous atrocities committed by their fellow Muslims on our country and citizens. Instead they arrogantly cry out for THEIR rights and respect for THEIR religion and books. It shows how twisted and demented their mentality is. It is beyond comprehension how dark and selfish a place they come from. They are completely blind to any perspective but their own murderous and hateful one. They give new meaning to the word wicked. Respect is something that must be earned not demanded from those you despise and threaten.
Take pictures of the 100 protesters, observe and take notes....(hint hint FBI).
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