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Riverdale rabbi: Don't blame Islam for terror plot to bomb synagogues
NY DAILY NEWS ^ | May 23rd 2009 | Tanyanika Samuels and John Lauinger

Posted on 05/23/2009 6:54:39 PM PDT by neverdem


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Rabbi Avi Weiss speaking at an earlier event in support of Israel. He told congregants at the the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale Saturday not to blame Islam for the recent plot to bomb synagogues.

In the Bronx neighborhood targeted by a terror plot, a prominent rabbi cautioned Sabbath worshippers Saturday against condemning the Muslim religion.

"We dare not condemn Islam over this one act," Rabbi Avi Weiss told congregants at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale.

Weiss' temple was not targeted in the alleged conpsiracy, but two other Riverdale synagogues were.

The four Jew-hating suspects were homegrown jailhouse converts to Islam - not hardened extremists trained in some Middle Eastern camp.

Weiss said that fact "reminds us that Islamic fundamentalism has spread here and attracted congregants."

Using an informant, authorities secretly monitored the cabal for more than a year, providing them with phony bombs and a disarmed missile.

They were busted Wednesday as they tried to carry out the plan to blow up the temples and a military plane.

Despite the success of the sting operation, Weiss said he was worried authorities are unaware of other mass murder plots.

"This cell was caught, but how many others are out there?" he questioned.

The foiled attack should send a sobering message to people of all faiths, Weiss said, noting the suspects appear to have randomly selected their targets.

"It could have been any synagogue. It could have been any temple," he said.

"We dare not forget that an attack against any house of worship is an attack against every house of worship."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; US: New York; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; aviweiss; bronx; globaljihad; islam; jailhousejihad; jihad; jihadinamerica; muslims; nyc; prisonjihad; rabbi; radicalislam; riverdaleny
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You can't make this up. I live about a quarter mile from one of the targets in Riverdale.
1 posted on 05/23/2009 6:54:39 PM PDT by neverdem
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To: neverdem

Would this fool say the same thing if Iran nukes Israel?


2 posted on 05/23/2009 6:59:51 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY ((((Truth to a Liberal, is like a crucifix to a vampire))))
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To: neverdem

i blame islam!!!


3 posted on 05/23/2009 7:00:21 PM PDT by robomatik
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To: neverdem

Bet he voted for Zero. Dumbass.


4 posted on 05/23/2009 7:00:31 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Obama. Clear and Pres__ent Danger.)
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To: neverdem

“Aren’t the Germans nice. Hurry and get in line or you might not get any hot water!” Riverdale Rabbi 1943


5 posted on 05/23/2009 7:00:57 PM PDT by LeonardFMason
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To: neverdem
"not to blame Islam for the recent plot to bomb synagogues?"

Just blame islam for all the dead Christians...

shezzzzzzzzzzzz...and I thought rabbis were smart!

pull your head out of your ass, Weiss

6 posted on 05/23/2009 7:01:14 PM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: neverdem
He sounds like an Obama voter. Abe Foxman of the ADL has been condemning Geert Wilders of Holland who is fighting against the tide of Islamification of Holland and W Europe. Sane Jews like Savage, Pam at Atlas Shrugs and Joyce Kaufman (talk radio) support Wilders.
7 posted on 05/23/2009 7:01:38 PM PDT by Frantzie
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To: neverdem

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Get him a hat.


8 posted on 05/23/2009 7:02:31 PM PDT by combat_boots (The 5 Stages of Collapse: http://www.energybulletin.net/node/47157)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

I bet he would vote for Hitler or Arafat’s corpses if they had a D after their name. Just insane.


9 posted on 05/23/2009 7:03:41 PM PDT by Frantzie
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To: neverdem
Weiss said, noting the suspects appear to have randomly selected their targets.

"It could have been any synagogue. It could have been any temple," he said.

Maybe he is right. They may not have cared which house of worship they targeted as long as it was filled with Jews. Pretty random there, huh?

There are none so blind as those who will not see.

10 posted on 05/23/2009 7:03:49 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: neverdem

Idiot!

America gets blamed for everything, why not this.


11 posted on 05/23/2009 7:04:27 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (The plan... 0 in power for life. At least that's what they told him.)
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RECAP:

DEFENSElink.mil (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - FOUR CHARGED WITH TERROR PLOT AGAINST AIR GUARD BASE, JEWISH FACILITIES" by Donna Miles (May 21, 2009)

NewYork.FBI.gov - DOJ Press Release: "FOUR ARRESTED FOR PLOT TO BOMB SYNAGOGUE AND JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER AND TO SHOOT MILITARY PLANES WITH STINGER MISSILES" (SNIPPET:  "...the arrests tonight of JAMES CROMITIE, a/k/a "Abdul Rahman," a/k/a "Abdul Rehman," DAVID WILLIAMS, a/k/a "Daoud," a/k/a "DL," ONTA WILLIAMS, a/k/a "Hamza," and LAGUERRE PAYEN, a/k/a "Amin," a/k/a "Almondo," on charges arising from a plot to detonate explosives near a synagogue in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, New York, and to shoot military planes located at the New York Air National Guard Base at Stewart Airport in Newburgh, New York, with Stinger surface-to-air guided missiles.") (May 20, 2009)
Link

RIVERDALE PRESS - blog: "BOMBING ATTEMPT FOILED AT RIVERDALE TEMPLE" (May 21, 2009)

Link

12 posted on 05/23/2009 7:04:36 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: neverdem

“Weiss’ temple was not targeted in the alleged conpsiracy”

Well, it wasn’t HIS synagogue.


13 posted on 05/23/2009 7:05:11 PM PDT by Winstons Julia (doubleplusungood)
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To: neverdem

“We dare not condemn Islam over this one act,”

ONE ACT??

ONE ACT??

*&%$^#$%


14 posted on 05/23/2009 7:06:25 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR. ....Monthly Donors Wanted.)
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To: neverdem
"We dare not condemn Islam over this one act," Weiss' temple was not targeted in the alleged conpsiracy. Weiss said he was worried authorities are unaware of other mass murder plots.

What a confused doofus.

15 posted on 05/23/2009 7:07:33 PM PDT by LibFreeOrDie (Obama promised a gold mine, but he will give us the shaft.)
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To: Frantzie

Honestly....for the life of me...I just don’t understand. Are these Jews in complete denial? Is this cultural in the US? Is there a death wish....even after centuries of death and persecution???? I just CAN’T get my head around it.


16 posted on 05/23/2009 7:07:33 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Obama. Clear and Pres__ent Danger.)
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To: neverdem
Just another good dhimmi in denial about Islam.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

17 posted on 05/23/2009 7:08:53 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: neverdem

Ok! You Jews work it out among yerselfs.
All of us goys stay away from the targets ... useful Yidiots that is.

Nothin’ learned, everythin’ forgotten ...


18 posted on 05/23/2009 7:09:16 PM PDT by Wontsubmit
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

These kind of Jews would have helped the Nazis with the train schedules...


19 posted on 05/23/2009 7:12:04 PM PDT by chadwimc (Proud to be an infidel ! Allah fubar !!!)
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To: neverdem

this Rabbi is SERIOUSLY mis-guided


20 posted on 05/23/2009 7:13:42 PM PDT by MissDairyGoodnessVT (Mac Conchradha - "Skeagh mac en chroe"- Skaghvicencrowe)
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