Christian Family possibly slain by Muslims.

Associated Press ^

[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?"

[MeekOneGOP]

hahaha!

[houeto]

Ahhh!! My FAVORITE VK!!!

[MeekOneGOP]

haha!

African Naked Mole Rat needs a pancake?

Captioned as:

"I have no idea what you're talking about....."

"..... so here's an African Naked Mole Rat with a pancake on his head."

Otay?

[Conspiracy Guy]

Sounds good. Hi Heels hates that critter.

[Hi Heels]

Ah, Penis Rodent..... How I have missed you. < /hurling >

Even I couldn't resist posting a mole rat with a pancake.....

[mowkeka]

Christian family possibly slain by Muslims...gee, ya think?

[TBarnett34]

yes i agree that there should be more coverage on this, and yes i agree this was an incredable injustice 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, 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? ur not better than the murderers if ur saying all this hate! a sin is a sin in Gods eyes and judging is a sin! so who are u to judge?! y are u posting hate? wat's the point is it gonna find the murderers? is it gonna bring bak the armanious family (God rest their souls) NO!! SO STOP JUDGING!!!!!

GIMMICK ALERT!

[Conspiracy Guy]

LOL

[JoJo Gunn]

It's the narcolepsy peddler.

[SittinYonder]

We need to identify these killers for what they are

Seeing this reminded me that 48 hours this past Saturday had an episode about the attack on the school in Beslan. I missed the first 15 minutes of the program, but in the remaining 45 minutes not once did it mention that the Chechen terrorists were Muslims. It did, however, conclude with the sad information that the Russian's war on Chechnya is ongoing.

[506trooper]

wat teh hele r u takin a bout?

[Repub4bush]

"Ewe" could be as "Hugh" as a "Series" Beeber!

[Incandesia]

Wow, for a former Egyptian, you have a truly amazing grasp of American youth culture's IM-speak...Special classes?

[Titan Magroyne]

Why hello there coptgurl! Welcome to FR!

"i'm coptic i left egypt from perssecution"

Pray tell, 'perssecution' for what and by whom?.

Where in the Bible did God admonish against judging others? If not in the Bible, where?

Please point out the commandment from God that deems judging a sin.

What are you doing when you make a sweeping statement against the site (and directed BTW at a poster who had only observed lack of coverage of this story in a local paper)?

[Conspiracy Guy]

I'm stuned!

[metesky]

[Darksheare]

Stop judging?
And who are YOU to judge?

In decrying the behavior of others, beware that you do not become what you claim to hate.

[Darksheare]

Here's someone who signed up today just to tell us all to stop judging!
And as an added bonus, they posted on a thread that was last active on the 18th.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/user-posts?id=192797

One post only.
Post and run.

[MeekOneGOP]

African Naked Mole Rat needs a pancake?

Oh, yeah. :^D

[EdReform]

http://www.prophetofdoom.net/response_msa0904.html