Kucinich on Firebombing of Arab-American newspaper
The following is a press release from December 12, 2003, by the Kucinich campaign
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Kucinich on Firebombing of Arab-American Newspaper
For Immediate Release: December 12, 2003
Dearborn, Michigan, police believe someone tried to burn down the building that houses The Arab American News in Dearborn late Monday or early Tuesday. Investigators say the building on Chase Road was hit with what appeared to be a homemade firebomb. Employees of the paper, including its publisher and editor-in-chief, Osama Siblani, believe it was an act of intimidation. Police have yet to find any suspects in the attack.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations has received a number of reports of physical assaults this year against American Muslims (or those perceived to be Muslim) and Islamic institutions. Those incidents included an arson attack on a Georgia mosque, the bombing of a Muslim family's van in Illinois, a cross burning at a Maryland Islamic school, the kidnapping and beating of a Massachusetts pizza delivery man whose attackers thought he was Muslim, the shooting of a Sikh man in Arizona who may have been mistaken for an Arab, and the stabbing of a Virginia Muslim who was called a "terrorist pig."
Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich today released this statement:
"I want to express my support for the victims of this violence apparently motivated by anti-Muslim sentiment. There is no place for such sentiment in a nation founded on the principle of religious liberty.
"We have just observed the International Day of Human Rights. Let us all, brothers and sisters, strive harder to make the ideal of respect for every human being a reality in our private actions and our public policy."
For more information: http://www.kucinich.us
For Rep. Kucinich's Schedule: http://www.kucinich.us/schedule.htm
Contact: David Swanson 301-772-0210, cel 202-329-7847, fax 301-772-7293, swanson@kucinich.us
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