Posted on 08/09/2005 10:17:46 AM PDT by Crackingham
A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called on law enforcement authorities to treat an assault this morning on a Virginia Muslim woman as a hate crime.
The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) reported that a 23-year-old Muslim woman, who is 8 months pregnant and wears and Islamic head scarf, said she was out for her morning walk in Arlington, Va., when three white men in a pick-up truck began screaming anti-Muslim and racist slurs at her. According to the victim, the men shouted, "You terrorist b- tch, go back to your country. . .You n-gger b-tch." (The woman is African-American.)
The truck drove away and then returned as the woman continued on her walk. One of the men, who was wearing military-style clothing, allegedly got out of the vehicle and began shoving the woman and preventing her from moving away. During the assault, he shouted, "You terrorist b-tch. . . We're going to kick you're a- s. . . you're nothing." The other men then called the attacker back to the truck and it sped off.
"We believe these types of incidents are the direct result of the growing level of virulent anti-Muslim rhetoric Americans are exposed to on the Internet, in newspaper editorial pages and on radio talk shows," said CAIR Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper. "Our nation's political and religious leaders must begin to challenge Islamophobic hate-mongers."
It's a pretty good strawman, but alas it is still just a strawman.
Where, for example, have I called for appeasement of the terrorists? (Hint: I never have.)
And how is it looking for "the good in Islam" to merely suggest that individuals have rights whether they're Christian or Islamic?
On the outside, there were maybe 100 people involved in the 9/11 attack, in this country and elsewhere.
There are cities in this country that sound the call to prayer 5 times a day.
AFAIK, there are no cities in this country that sound the call to prayer. There are, of course, mosques that do so. What's your point? Islam is a small religion in this country, and will remain so.
Oh, and India is now roughly 20% muslim.
Are you proposing that the USA will be 25% Muslim (or anywhere close to that) in 25 years?
What is the percentage of muslims in France, or should I say francistan?
Somewhere between 5-10%.
Of course, expecting a backbone in a metrosexual is kind of like expecting snow in July.
I don't consider proposals to round people up en masse to have anything to do with "backbone."
"I guess you are a bigot, if you decide that the merits of the individual are unimportant."
And I consider anyone who ignores facts an idiot.
"By calling for declaration of a hate crime, the CAIR spokesman is calling for declaration of this as a Federal offense"
Agreed. muslims may be evil, but they aren't stupid. They know how to manipulate our systems against us. If they can arrange it so that anything involving a muslim is categorized a hate crime, they can take the offensive without fear. Imagine, a muslim instigates a fight with you, but you go to jail because it's a hate crime.
People like Modernman and r9eth will facilitate this, and then where will we be?
If you don't consider rounding up American citizens based on their racial background to be shameful, you're beyond help.
How many attacks by Japanese Americans were there in this country during WW2?
The Japanese Americans who were interned in Hawaii during WWII were quickly released when it became apparent that the Hawaiian economy would grind to a halt without them. Those Japanese Americans did not engage in any attacks. What does that tell you?
And interment ended when the war did- and the Constitution survived. We did the right thing to protect ourselves.
Protect ourselves? Most of the internees were American citizens, many of them native-born. Who, exactly, were we protecting ourselves from? Fellow Americans?
For what it's worth I am not with r9etb all the time, but I am this time.
There were not nearly as many Japanese Americans as there were immigrant or first-generation Germans, and yet the latter were not noted for their devotion to death and destruction.
If you want to replace your rank speculation with some real-world examples of Japanese American behavior during WWII, a good place to start looking might be the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
The fact is, the internment of Japanese Americans -- many of whom were 3rd-generation Americans -- was indeed a national shame, in the same way that the Cherokee "Trail of Tears" is a national shame. It has long been recognized as such, across the political spectrum.
Then you acknowledge that you're an idiot?
Something tells me C.A.I.R anticipates something big soon and is warning his fellow slimes. Hell, there's probably encrypted instructions in the press release.
Tell me, what would be your response if these three had decided to accost your pregnant wife or sister? Assuming this story is true, you really have no problem with three men insulting and shoving a pregnant woman?
Do you think that this was an intentional racial insult or just a kid in a big hurry to get the last package of cookies on the shelf.
What the hell are you talking about?
Nonsense.
People like Modernman and r9eth will facilitate this, and then where will we be?
Liar.
Hmmm. The fact is that we needed to repent for the former, and generally acknowledge that the latter was at best a necessary evil.
We have not reached either point in our war against terrorists, despite the hue and cry raised by the bigots on this and other threads.
Play games all you want with your feel good nonesense while others, more rooted in reality, defend you and your children.
Oh, aren't you the manly man. You have no clue what you're talking about.
Thanks ... I think. ;-)
"I don't consider proposals to round people up en masse to have anything to do with "backbone.""
If the people in question to be rounded up follow a manual that teaches hate and intolerance. And the individual in question refuses to acknowledge said teachings. Then I'd propose there is a lack of intelligence, or a lack of backbone, or some combination of the two in said individual.
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