Seham writes:
I live in one of the more liberal regions in Northern CA so I’m more familiar with compassionate and well intentioned Orientalism, none of this stabbing business is going on over here. Men that wear Birkenstocks just don’t do stuff like that.
Man says threats against Muslims were to ‘defend America’
Police have arrested a man accused of threatening a local woman and her baby because of their race and religion. The incident took place on July 1 when the 25-year-old woman and her 6-month-old baby visited the Seattle Indian Health Board at 611 12th Ave. South, according to the statement of probable cause.
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Egypt mourns ‘headscarf martyr’
The body of a Muslim woman, killed in a German courtroom by a man convicted of insulting her religion, has been taken back to her native Egypt for burial.
Anyway, this week’s splice of intolerance against Islam in the U.S. wasn’t strictly directed at women, in one instance entire communities were targeted.
Church’s anti-Islam sign stirs protest
About 125 people of diverse religions, ages and races gathered in front of the Dove World Outreach Center Wednesday evening for a prayer vigil in response to a sign recently posted by the center. The sign reads “Islam is of the Devil” and was placed Sunday in the church’s front lawn. It was vandalized and torn down that evening but was re-erected on Monday, said Terry Jones, the pastor at the church.
How long would a sign like that last if it said “Judaism is of the Devil”?
