Pig's head thrown into mosque during prayers

NBC5 Chicago ^

[Pro-Bush]

Freedom of expression?

[geopyg]

"All Americans should be able to offer prayers in their houses of worship without fear of attack or intimidation," Hooper said Wednesday.

That's probably one of the few things I'll agree with him on. I wonder if he really means it?

[blueminnesota]

Again?! Can't you freepers give it a rest?

;)

[HarmlessLovableFuzzball]

Sorry, I did a search for it before I posted, but I couldn't find any.

[blueminnesota]

No, no, it's not a repost. I was referring to a similiar incident that occured in Israel about a year ago. Happening right after freepers on this forum were suggesting just such an action. Coincidence, I guess....

[DTogo]

"We urge Muslims in Maine to increase their outreach efforts to educate people of other faiths about Islam," Hooper said.

Yeah, we didn't get enough "outreach" on 9-11-01...

[Paleo Conservative]

[coconutt2000]

On the subject of the story, it isn't funny.

Throwing pork heads at terrorists is one thing. Throwing pork heads into mosques of peaceful Muslims (innocent until proven guilty), is pushing for retaliation.

If we aren't going to deport every Muslim in the country (a policy I don't agree with just yet) then we must be willing to accord them the same tolerance and intolerance that we accord ourselves.

But what worries me is the following line:

Lewiston is home to more than 2,000 Somali refugees

For the love of our country, allowing 2,000 refugees to set up a community in a limited area is just asking for them to never to assimilate. This will cause problems if they aren't resettled and scattered.

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

Great! First its angry muslims now add on some angry P.E.T.A. nut jobs and Maine is going to burn

[Anti-Bubba182]

"Lewiston is home to more than 2,000 Somali refugees."

Insane.

[blueminnesota]

Come to Minneapolis and you'll see a helluva lot more than 2,000 Somali immigrants.

[AntiGuv]

Brent Matthews, 33, of Lewiston, was charged with the misdemeanor crime of desecrating a church.

Mosques are not churches..

[IslandJeff]

The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations, which learned of the incident, notified the FBI and U.S. Justice Department as well, said spokesman Ibrahim Hooper.

Would he support, say, Synagogues having such instant access to law enforcement? Overreaction Sensors are pegged, Captain.

[coconutt2000]

How limited of an area is Minneapolis compared to Lewiston?

I chose that wording specifically, but even then - insular communities within a major U.S. city would have a different set of problems, but would require much larger numbers of refugees to effect.

[HarmlessLovableFuzzball]

Posted a different link above. The link to the story as shown here is this

[Rays_Dad]

Come to Minneapolis and you'll see a helluva lot more than 2,000 Somali immigrants.

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I flew into Minneapolis about five months ago and noticed that also. It seemed every other airport employee was dressed up in Moo-slim garb.

[blueminnesota]

I don't know the percentages offhand. I just know the influx has been HUGE and some areas look like little Mogadishu. I believe Minneapolis has the largest Somali community in the USA, but could be wrong.

[CheyennePress]

That's 2,000 people out of a population of 35,000. I would not be happy at all.

I thought we made immigration from Islamic countries tough after 9/11?

[Lurker]

"We urge Muslims in Maine to increase their outreach efforts to educate people of other faiths about Islam," Hooper said

Thanks Hooper, but we've already received about as much 'muslim outreach' as we need thanks all the same.

I'm waiting for some 'American Outreach to islam' in the form of a w-88 dialed up to about 50 kilotons right over that black rock you worship.

Nothin' but love for ya.

L