Posted on 09/29/2006 9:27:34 AM PDT by LibWhacker
LONDON (AFP) - Police have revealed they were investigating the dumping of a pig's head outside a mosque on the first full day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
The head was found outside the Jamia Mosque in Newport, southeast Wales, on Saturday. The Koran strictly forbids Muslims to eat pork.
"We treat all incidents of hate crime seriously and are pursuing a number of lines of inquiry to identify the offender," said Gwent Police Superintendent Simon Prince on Friday.
Nobody at the mosque was available for comment but Sheikh Mohammad Thair Ullah, the chairman of the nearby Shah Poran Bangladeshi Jame Mosque, branded the incident "disgusting" and provocative.
"There is a good and bad in every community and I believe we have some young fanatics who could take this the wrong way," he said.
"It is a very sensitive time for Muslims and since 9/11 we are facing a lot of problems which are unwanted.
"Muslims are peace-loving people which has been interpreted wrongly to show that we are all terrorists and criminals. That is the impression given by the world's media and politicians which is totally wrong."
Two British mosques were hit by arson attacks in August following the foiling of an alleged plot to blow up US-bound aircraft leaving Britain.
"Was the perp a Virginian? ;)"
No, it was left over from an even in Lewiston, ME.
The police should certainly check out the possibility that the Muslims staged it themselves.
". . . young fanatics who could take this the wrong way . . . "
What is the right way to take it?
is there something wrong with leaving a pig's head around? what if it was warlocks doing a ceremony? wouldn't they be covered under religious tolerance laws?
LOL
Could this be a reaction to repeated violence by Muslims? Perish the thought!
Hmmm...Islam, the Religion of Peace, again.
"There is a good and bad in every community and I believe we have some young fanatics who could take this the wrong way," he said.
Hmm, that sounds like:
1.) a threat
2.) aiding and abetting
3.) all of the above!
A. Islamophobes toss pigs head around, but Islamicists toss bombs.
Translation: we'll murder the people who did this if we find them, and there's nothing you can do about it.
That being said, this kind of behavior is stupid - it lowers us to their level, it gives them an excuse to be violent, and has no strategic value.
It would make more sense to whack a radical imam than to do this.
I'd set up a Pork Rinds stand in front of the mosque.
"Muslims are peace-loving people which has been interpreted wrongly to show that we are all terrorists and criminals. That is the impression given by the world's media and politicians which is totally wrong."
Interpreted wrongly? By whom? I'm sorry, but when I was out on patrols in your sandbox, the last thing I was worrying about was an "IMPRESSION" jumping out and firing on us with an AK-47 in the name of your false god Allah. Admit what is wrong with your religion AND CLEAN IT UP, or WE will do it FOR YOU.
"It is a very sensitive time for Muslims and since 9/11 we are facing a lot of problems which are unwanted.
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Awwww, the poor mistreated Muslims are facing unwanted problems since 9/11. Awwwww.......
Geee Wizzz, here I thought BLOWING up innocent people and chopping off the heads of innocent people would be a bigger problem than a severed pig head left at your house of SATAN worship center.
News Flash ISLAMIC CULT FOLLOWERS....More serious unwanted problems are headed your way.
Ahahahahaha!
Good job!
Aw, heck...it's a Friday night and we can sleep-in tomorrow morning.
RIOT!!! Death to the British Hegemonic Imperialist, um...PIGS!
YESSSSSSS! Love it!
I wonder what would happen to me if I flung a package of bacon at the under-construction "center for islamic studies" that's being built in my city.
Bad time for Muzzies? Try being a survivor of someone killed in 9/11.
A lot of "unwanted" problems, but are these problems unwarranted?
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