Posted on 10/22/2006 4:44:07 PM PDT by LibWhacker
Police are appealing for calm after four men were beaten up in a mosque last night.
Two men were arrested on suspicion of racial assault after police were called to the Eccles Mosque on Liverpool Road in Salford, Greater Manchester, shortly before 9.30pm following a report of an attack inside the building.
One man was taken to Hope Hospital but has since been discharged. The other three men were only slightly hurt and did not need hospital treatment.
A 37-year-old man from Eccles and a 19-year-old man from Davyhulme, Trafford, were arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated Section 37 assault and racially aggravated Section 49 assault.
Chief Inspector Geoff Wessell, of Salford CID, said: "Greater Manchester Police take crimes of this nature extremely seriously and a thorough investigation is currently under way.
"I would appeal to members of the local community in and around Eccles to remain calm, behave responsibly and let police deal with the incident and those responsible for it."
An Islamic youth organisation, based in Manchester, blamed politicians for the attack tonight and said the local community was "extremely fearful" they were not even safe inside a mosque.
Mohammed Shafiq, from the Ramadhan Foundation, said: "This is another example of Muslims being attacked and persecuted - and the responsiblity lies with the politicians who have been on a feeding frenzy attacking Muslims and giving ammunition to thugs' hatred towards us.
"The responsibility for this lies with the likes of Jack Straw, Phil Woolas and others who believe it's open season on Muslims.
Mr Shafiq said Muslims in the area were scared.
"We used to see attacks on the street but now we're seeing them in the mosques - people even go into a holy place and attack us.
"People are extremely fearful now, especially the elderly people.
"People think they might be attacked on the way to the mosque or even inside while they're praying."
Mr Shafiq said he has urged local Muslims not to respond to the attacks and tried to reassure them.
"The police are dealing with the situation and that should be enough for us."
He added: "So far it does not look like an organised campaign. The police have told me that no pattern of attacks has emerged and I have told people that."
Phil Woolas, MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth, dismissed claims that his controversial contribution to the debate about Muslim veils had fuelled the religious tensions behind the mosque attack.
The Government's race minister said: "Any such attacks are appalling.
"But I don't accept politicians' comments are to blame for this. That would imply there haven't been attacks before which, of course, there have been."
Last weekend the minister said Yorkshire teacher Aishah Azmi's refusal to remove her veil in class meant she could not "do her job", and insisted that barring men from working with her would amount to "sexual discrimination".
The leader of Salford City Council said the council would be liaising with local police to ensure Muslims felt supported.
Labour councillor John Merry said: "I am very concerned to hear about these attacks.
"Eccles is a settled community where, thankfully, incidents like these are very rare.
"We'll be working closely with Greater Manchester Police to see if there is more support we can offer people in that area."
Don't know, but millions of Christians have been killed for jihad and churches burned to the ground.
Americans are fearful that they are not safe "even inside office buildings or airplanes."
Mohammed Shafiq, from the Ramadhan Foundation, said: "This is another example of Muslims being attacked and persecuted - and the responsiblity lies with the politicians who have been on a feeding frenzy attacking Muslims and giving ammunition to thugs' hatred towards us.
Yeah, the fact that you're a horde of murdering savages in no way contributes to the "ammunition" supply.
"The responsibility for this lies with the likes of Jack Straw, Phil Woolas and others who believe it's open season on Muslims.
It's not. It SHOULD be, but it's not. Not yet ...
Mr Shafiq said Muslims in the area were scared.
Good. Leave.
"We used to see attacks on the street but now we're seeing them in the mosques - people even go into a holy place and attack us.
Yeah, kinda like your barbarians go into subway stations and schools to attack us. "Us" being schoolchildren and innocent office workers.
"People are extremely fearful now, especially the elderly people.
Why? Were any of the ragheads who were attacked "elderly?" Or is this just a play for sympathy?
"People think they might be attacked on the way to the mosque or even inside while they're praying."
People think they might be attacked on a bus or a train or in their office at work or on the playground at school.
Pardon me if I don't cry for you, Abdul. Maybe more incidents like this will convince you that you're not welcome in a civilized world.
Yep... see how nice the nun was shot 'in the back' and the German priest was stabbed and killed over words.
During the 'We are not violent' protest.
That is exactly right; vigilantism only happens when the "proper authorities" refuse to do their jobs.
re: Link
The suspect is described as white, possibly 35-45 years, approximately 5ft 7 to 5ft 9 tall, of medium build with short greying hair and wearing jeans. And their camera happened not to be on during that time.
Also saw this on the thread... remember it:
They didn't nail him to a cross either:
Islamic Group Beheads Assyrian Priest, Crucifies 14 Year Old Boy in North Iraq
http://www.aina.org/news/20061012004656.htm
They are the children of the father of lies... plain and simple.
What race are Muslims?
We already have it... the ACLU.
So was my daughter when she called me from Chicago on 9-11.
islamopithicus
Amen.
Pray and pass the ammo.
Re #67. Wow.
Call the Waaaaambulance - Muslim nappies need changing.
No! No! NO!!! Change the nappies on the other end of those Muslims!/sarc
Snarky jokes aside, it is interesting to note how Muslims whimper about anything which is done to them, but none of them say anything when their co-religionists torch cars, and riot regularly.
Alas, Muslims seem to be basically cowards, unwilling to criticise their fellow Muslims, and all too ready to indulge in the most cowardly of terrorist attacks.
It is time for the last Crusade. Time for America to be able to one day soon be able to announce "Islam delenda est".
LOL!
Why would an infidel want to touch anything Muslim?
It appears that someone IS making an effort to purge the culture.
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