Posted on 10/18/2005 8:04:53 AM PDT by DCWatson
Five times more anti-Jew hate crimes than anti-Muslim
Commented upon by: Robert Spencer
So much for the much-vaunted backlash against Muslims in the U.S. since 9/11. Many times on radio and TV shows people have accused me of encouraging crimes against innocent Muslims by speaking about the roots of Islamic violence in the Qur'an and Sunnah, and the failure of American Muslims to excommunicate jihadists.
I always respond to this that I abhor attacks on innocent people, that I am simply telling the truth, truths that need to be told so that we can defend ourselves adequately, and that I believe most Americans are decent enough not to victimize innocent people. David Horowitz at his blog (thanks to DC Watson) briefly examines the FBI's latest hate crimes report, before CAIR's spin doctors get to it:
The FBI has released its latest hate crimes report. Jews are five times as likely as Muslims to be the targets of hate crimes. No big surprise when Jew haters hold million man more marches in Washington and C-Span airs the hate speech for hours and hours and hours. The FBI has released its annual report “2004 Crime in the United States.” The entire report can be read at: http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius_04/index.html
Horowitz adds a table of the numbers for anti-Jewish and anti-Islamic hate crimes in 2004, but I can't get it to work here, so here are the numbers themselves:
Anti-Jewish hate crimes: 954 incidents; 1,003 offenses; 1,076 victims; 330 known offenders.
Anti-Muslim hate crimes: 156 incidents; 193 offenses; 201 victims; 124 known offenders.
Jews are five times as likely as Muslims to be the targets of hate crimes. No big surprise when Jew haters hold million man more marches in Washington and C-Span airs the hate speech for hours and hours and hours.Worth emphasizing.
Welcome DC. Many here know you from JihadWatch.com DhimmiWatch.com and FaithFreedom.com
Are these hate crimes?
Saudi Arabia - Conversion by a Muslim to another religion is punishable by death. Bibles are illegal. Churches are illegal.
Yemen - Bans proselytizing by non-Muslims and forbids conversions. The Government does not allow the building of new non-Muslim places of worship.
Kuwait - Registration and licensing of religious groups. Members of religions not sanctioned in the Koran may not build places of worship. Prohibits organized religious education for religions other than Islam.
Egypt - Islam is the official state religion and primary source of legislation. Accordingly, religious practices that conflict with Islamic law are prohibited. Muslims may face legal problems if they convert to another faith. Requires non-Muslims to obtain what is now a presidential decree to build a place of worship.
Algeria - The law prohibits public assembly for purposes of practicing a faith other than Islam. Non-Islamic proselytizing is illegal, and the Government restricts the importation of non-Islamic literature for distribution.
Jordan - Has the death penalty for any Muslim selling land to a Jew.
Sudan - Conversion by a Muslim to another religion is punishable by death.
Pakistan - Conversion by a Muslim to another religion is punishable by death. Bans proselytizing by non-Muslims. Christians regularly put in prison for charges of blasphemy.
Also no surprise since, as Vice President Agnew once noted, there are a lot more Jews in this country than Muslims.
And everytime someone goes after a Cross or the Ten Commandments or a Creche or Words like "Under God" it's an Anti-CHRISTIAN Hate crime. The "Anti-Christians Love Us" ACLU have a lot of hate crimes to answer for.
Thanks very much, Dennis. This is a great site and I'm happy that I found it. Round the clock information, necessary information for anyone who cherishes their freedoms.
Thanks again.
My guess is it would be interesting if the numbers were further broken down into the religious orientation (if any) of the perpetrators of the crimes.
Interesting info that I'd like to use in future arguments.
Do you have a central source or was this gleaned from the various country's legislation?
Yes, I'm also interested in your info...and a source citation, so I can use it.
Info mostly came from the US State Department Human Rights Report -- some gleamed from various news report.
You write great essays at Jihad Watch
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Thanks very much. Actually, Robert Spencer at JihadWatch.org was a contributing source for this piece, which is a column that everyone and their children need to be made aware of.
A copy of it should be tacked to every telephone pole possible in the US.
Still?
There is no such thing as a hate crime. Crime is crime.
Anyone heard that the Post Office is coming out with a muslim holiday stamp? I just got an email to boycott it.
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