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Christian Family possibly slain by Muslims.
Associated Press ^

Posted on 01/17/2005 3:15:54 PM PST by Selkie

Funeral of slain family brings Muslim-Christian tensions to boil 1/17/2005, 4:01 p.m. ET By WAYNE PARRY The Associated Press JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Grief and rage erupted Monday during the funeral for an Egyptian Christian couple and their two young daughters who were tied up and stabbed to death last week. Mourners fought in the street, pushing, shoving and punching each other as many blamed Muslims for the killings.

Investigators are looking into the possibility that Hossam Armanious, 47, his 37-year-old wife, Amal Garas, and their daughters, Sylvia, 15, and Monica, 8, were slain by a Muslim angered over postings that Armanious, a Coptic Christian, wrote in an Internet chat room.

The bodies were found bound and gagged Friday, their throats and heads stabbed repeatedly. No arrests has been made as of Monday afternoon. ..........

Protesters carrying anti-Muslim signs and shouting anti-Islam slogans on Monday prompted several scuffles with mourners who rebuked them for having no respect for the dead or the grieving relatives. One sign, above a photograph of the smiling Armanious family, read, "American Family Beheaded on American Soil. Welcome Bin Laden." Others read, "Terrorists Reached Our Home" and "Bush: Crush Sleeper Cells."

"Muslims as a group kill people," said Ashaf Baul of Jersey City, one of the marchers at the head of the procession. "Nobody else slaughters people. If it was a robbery, why tie their hands and cut their heads?"

(Excerpt) Read more at nj.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New Jersey; US: New York
KEYWORDS: armanious; christian; christians; egypt; islam; muslim; newjersey; newyork; persecution; terrorists
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To: expatpat

Islam -- Makes the Church of Satan look all warm and fuzzy.

Oh no I can't rilly say that, cause I live near Jersey "New Mecca" City.

Just glad I have a fortress of a security system that would bring tears of joy to Howard Hughes eyes.






21 posted on 01/17/2005 5:18:01 PM PST by Selkie
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To: Kimmers

Its too bad that NJ makes it so difficult to get a gun.
Maybe theyd be alive with that protection.


<<<
Gun control advocates give New Jersey high rating for firearms regulation
January 12, 2005

TRENTON, N.J. -- New Jersey has received an A- rating from the nation's top gun control groups for the way it regulates firearms.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2005/01/12/gun_control_advocates_give_new_jersey_high_rating_for_firearms_regulation/


22 posted on 01/17/2005 5:54:02 PM PST by Selkie
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To: Selkie

THIS IS A WAKE-UP CALL!!! THE MAN AND HIS ENTIRE FAMILY WERE MURDERED BY ISLAMOFASCISTS HERE ON THE AMERICAN SOIL PRECISELY FOR WHAT YOU AND I ARE DOING RIGHT NOW: EXPRESSING AN OPINION ON AN INTERNET MESSAGE BOARD! IT CANNOT GET ANY CLOSER TO HOME THAN THAT!!! NEXT TIME IT CAN BE YOU AND YOUR WIFE AND KIDS


23 posted on 01/17/2005 7:15:38 PM PST by eclectic (Liberalism is a mental disorder)
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To: Selkie

Remember if guns kill people than pencils cause bad spelling....lets increase gun control legislation so more of the bad guys can have the guns...


24 posted on 01/17/2005 8:30:19 PM PST by Kimmers
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To: Selkie

wow...AP....a bit tardy.


25 posted on 01/17/2005 8:32:15 PM PST by wardaddy (Quisiera ser un pez para tocar mi nariz en tu pecera)
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To: i_dont_chat

Thank you....we all need to pray for this family and all who are giving up there lives in the name of Jesus...


26 posted on 01/17/2005 8:33:52 PM PST by Kimmers
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To: eclectic

THIS IS A WAKE-UP CALL!!! THE MAN AND HIS ENTIRE FAMILY WERE MURDERED BY ISLAMOFASCISTS HERE ON THE AMERICAN SOIL PRECISELY FOR WHAT YOU AND I ARE DOING RIGHT NOW: EXPRESSING AN OPINION ON AN INTERNET MESSAGE BOARD! IT CANNOT GET ANY CLOSER TO HOME THAN THAT!!! NEXT TIME IT CAN BE YOU AND YOUR WIFE AND KIDS



Well Im a girl so it couldnt happen to my wife and kids, but it happened disturbingly close to where I live, so I do find it unsettling. [ the muslims who did are still out there rejocing and plotting )

Jersey City needs Marshal Law.


27 posted on 01/17/2005 9:01:11 PM PST by Selkie
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To: Allan

So it begins.


28 posted on 01/17/2005 9:15:16 PM PST by ARridgerunner
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To: Selkie

The religion of peace strikes again.


29 posted on 01/18/2005 5:38:59 AM PST by conservativecorner
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To: Selkie

This is not getting much news coverage. Unbelievable! You would think it would be all over the front pages and TV screens!! Today's Fresno Bee story on front page: Romanian woman, 66, gives birth to daughter. Not a word about this story. Sick!!!


30 posted on 01/18/2005 9:51:15 AM PST by Saundra Duffy (Save Terri Schiavo!!!)
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To: coptgurl; MeekOneGOP; SittinYonder; mhking; Conspiracy Guy; Zavien Doombringer
, i'm coptic i left egypt from perssecution and i still don't judge, it's not ur right to judge anybody and it probobly was muslims, but who has the right to say that? U? NO! if ur so christian y are u judging ppl? didn't God say not to judge so wat r u doing?

Welcome to Free Republic. How did you find our site?

32 posted on 01/25/2005 6:32:04 AM PST by eyespysomething (I'm speechless here, but don't worry, it won't last long. Ask my husband.)
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To: coptgurl

You misunderstand the passage.


33 posted on 01/25/2005 6:36:53 AM PST by Conspiracy Guy (What?)
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To: coptgurl

Where in Egypt?


34 posted on 01/25/2005 6:38:13 AM PST by Conspiracy Guy (What?)
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To: coptgurl

Sarry. I mint whur in EJip?


35 posted on 01/25/2005 6:38:47 AM PST by Conspiracy Guy (What?)
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To: Conspiracy Guy

bad!


36 posted on 01/25/2005 6:39:55 AM PST by eyespysomething (I'm speechless here, but don't worry, it won't last long. Ask my husband.)
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To: eyespysomething

watt?


37 posted on 01/25/2005 6:41:35 AM PST by Conspiracy Guy (What?)
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To: Conspiracy Guy

rusponsss? i pngd hur to nuther thrd:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1327920/posts

ru ok wit that? i ask gurl fer opinen


38 posted on 01/25/2005 6:43:47 AM PST by eyespysomething (I'm speechless here, but don't worry, it won't last long. Ask my husband.)
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To: coptgurl; Saundra Duffy; Zavien Doombringer; 4mycountry; Constitution Day; VRWCmember; Poohbah; ...
it's not ur right to judge anybody and it probobly was muslims, but who has the right to say that? U? NO!

Welcome to the United States; we have lots of rights, including the right to make up our own minds, based on the available evidence.

39 posted on 01/25/2005 6:44:27 AM PST by mhking (Do not mess with dragons, for thou art crunchy & good with ketchup...)
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To: coptgurl; eyespysomething; Conspiracy Guy; MeekOneGOP
BUT i DO NOT agree on how ppl are talking bad about islam, i'm coptic i left egypt from perssecution and i still don't judge

You left Egypt to escape persecution from the Muslims, yet you won't condemn Islam? I think you're not being completely honest with us. When did you leave Egypt? How long have you been living in America? Who taught you to spell like a DU troll?

40 posted on 01/25/2005 6:44:51 AM PST by SittinYonder (Tancredo and I wanna know what you believe)
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