veiled4allah: Cross Set Afire in front of Maryland Mosque veiled4allah: Cross Set Afire in front of Maryland MosqueA three-foot-high wooden cross was set afire on a grassy knoll outside a Prince George's County mosque and Islamic school early yesterday in what authorities said was a hate crime. The cross, soaked with a flammable liquid, was pushed into the ground and ignited shortly before 2 a.m. in front of the Dar-us-Salaam mosque and Al-Huda school in College Park, said Fire Chief Ronald Blackwell. A videotape from a surveillance camera on the property shows at least two people carrying out the cross-burning, Blackwell said...Update 8/1/03: Arrests have been made.
...Mowlana described a witness's account of the crime at a news conference yesterday outside the mosque. He said that a man was sitting in his car, waiting for a friend who was working on the floors inside the mosque, when a van drove up and two or three young white men scattered onto the grass. The man told Mowlana and authorities that he then saw a burst of fire and watched the men drive quickly away, Mowlana said...
...He was joined at the news conference by local members of the American Civil Liberties Union and the NAACP.
"Our community is very familiar with burning crosses," said June White Dillard, president of the county's chapter of the NAACP. "Cross-burning against an institution or any community is a violation of all of our civil rights." (link)
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Subject: Re: Cross Set Afire in front of Maryland Mosque
Its a shame that people do things like this. Places of worship should be respected no matter what the religion. Insha'allah one day we can all live together peacefully no matter what religions we may be.Subject: Re: Cross Set Afire in front of Maryland Mosque
As I recall, the teachings of nearly every prophet of Yahweh/God/Allah taught that we should be peaceful to our fellow man/woman, as they should be peaceful to us.Violence and hate were not taught by Moses, by Jesus, or by Mohammed. They were/are taught by clerics and priests who wish for power and/or wealth. Those people, as surely as any, are betraying the teachings of their God.
Subject: Re: Cross Set Afire in front of Maryland Mosque
People don't seem to realize that this type of violent activity towards Muslims is still happening. Closely after 9/11, the news media did a so/so job of covering hate crimes against Mosques and individual Muslims. Now, that coverage is all but gone.I used to get questions when I wore my kufi in public. I only get stares now, some of them not so friendly. I'm sure the only thing that keeps me from getting the full brunt of ignorance is the fact that I have blonde hair and blue eyes, which I'm sure confuses a lot of people who can't seperate "Muslim" from "Middle Eastern" or "Arab".