
Originally Posted by
me, when I was a flaming conjecture spitter
3) Here are some more examples (truly I didn't wish to flood the thread with these, thinking that a few incidents would be enough to drive the point, but obviously not for some):
These are incidents that occured 36 hours after the 9-11 attacks:
-Six bullets shattered windows of a mosque in Irving, TX. $3,000 in damage was caused.
-A bag filled with blood and labeled 'Pig's blood' was thrown at the door of a mosque in San Francisco, CA.
-Four bricks were thrown through the windows of a Muslim bookstore in Alexandria, VA. Also in Virginia, two mosques reported vandalism.
-In Canada, the front doors at mosques in St. Catherines, ON and Montreal, PQ were fire-bombed, with minimal damage.
-The British Broadcasting Commission (BBC) reported that there had been many death threats and assaults against Muslims.
These are incidents that occured weeks after the attacks:
-On the afternoon of Saturday, September 15, a gunman killed the 49 year old owner of a gas station in Mesa, AZ. He was a Sikh. His family believes that he was killed because he "looked Middle Eastern." Additional shots were fired at a Lebanese clerk and at the home of an Afghan family.
-On the evening of Saturday, Sep 15, a gunman killed a Pakistani Muslim store owner in Dallas, TX.
-Also on Saturday, a Christian of Egyptian origin was shot dead in California.
-Adel Karas, 48, an Egyptian-American grocer was shot and killed near his International Market store in San Gabriel, CA. He was a Copt and not Arab. No money was taken. Police are investigating the murder as a possible hate crime.
-A man drove his car through the front entrance of Parma Mosque in Cleveland OH.
-Near Chicago, IL, there was a march in which about 300 anti-Arab youths waved flags, shouted "USA, USA," and attempted to march on a mosque in Bridgeview, IL -- a suburb southwest of Chicago. Colin Zaremba, 19, said: "I'm proud to be American and I hate Arabs and I always have." Three demonstrators were arrested.
-In Chicago, a Molotov cocktail was thrown t an Arab-American community center. There were no injuries and little damage.
-In Huntington, NY, Adam Lang, reportedly a drunken driver, 75, allegedly tried to kill a Pakistani woman with his car. He later followed the woman into a store and threatened to kill her for "destroying my country."
-In Gary, IN, a man wearing a mask pumped over 20 bullets from a high-powered assault rifle at a Muslim, Hassan Awdah. He survived. Hassan is a U.S. citizen, born in Yemen.
-In Lynnwood, WA, a mosque was vandalized.
-In Suffolk County, NY, a man allegedly made anti-Arab threats and pointed a handgun at the employee of a gas station. He was arrested.
-A gasoline bomb was thrown into the home of a Sikh family in California.
-Two mosques were firebombed with Molotov cocktails during the weekend of October 20, 21. They are located in Burlington and Mississauga, near Toronto ON Canada. Kendrich House, 35, from Oakville ON has allegedly been charged.
-The Samaj Hindu temple in Hamilton, ON, Canada was firebombed by an arsonist, causing $600,000 in damages. Police speculate that the perpetrator mistook the temple for a mosque.
-Firebomb attacks on Canadian mosques causing minimal damage have occurred in Montreal, Quebec, St. Catherines, ON and Oshawa, ON.
-In Australia, a school bus containing Muslim children was stoned.
-Vandals tried set fire to a Lebanese Christian church, also in Australia.
Let me be the first to note that there was an outpouring of support and brotherhood after these attacks as well. I hate only depressing news.
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