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Muslims fear more vandalism at mosque

MIAMI (UPI) -- Muslims at a Miami mosque say they fear they're being targeted because of their religion following the latest vandalism at their worship center and school.

Nidal Hussain, of the Islamic School of Miami, said two of its windows, designed to withstand hurricanes, were broken late Friday or early Saturday, The Miami Herald reported.

"The community is pretty upset," Hussain told the newspaper.

The latest incident comes six months after 51 bullets fired at the Islamic School's mosque broke windows and damaged its golden dome, the Herald said.

In 2005, the Islamic center's door was shattered by a big rock, the newspaper said, and in 2004, a swastika and profanities were spray-painted on the center's sign.

Police have not made arrests in any of the incidents, the Herald said.

About 500 people attend the mosque for Friday prayers, and the affiliated religious school has 250 students.



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This news arrived on: 07/02/2009
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07-05-2009 10:17
wrote:



we know how it feels to have things burned



07-03-2009 18:05
Fafasmom wrote:

RH, I absolutely agree with you:

“Those who have been expelled from their homes unjustly only because they said: ‘Our Lord is Allah (God).’ For had it not been that God checks one set of people by means of another (i.e. checks the evil doers by means of those who abide by His law), monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques, wherein the Name of God is mentioned much would surely have been pulled down. Verily, God will help those who help His (Cause). Truly, God is full of Strength, Exalted in Might”

The Holy Quran, Chapter #22, Verse #40.



07-03-2009 18:03
Fafasmom wrote:



Thank you Leslee!



07-03-2009 18:01
Fafasmom wrote:

Reply to anonymous commenter CONTINUED:

5) Have you ever thought about what the Muslims who come to this country REALLY do here (I mean other than become the fictional terrorist sleeper cells Bush tried to sell you on TV and the idiots like you actually bought)? A HUGE part of the brain-power in this country is its foreigners, many of whom are Muslims. They come in the form of scientists, doctors, and engineers who give their all to this country. And if you think they are stealing American jobs, think again. My husband is a scientist in a university. His American colleagues run home at 5pm because they don’t have visas to lose, but ALL the foreign researchers often stay till 11 pm in the lab! They may earn a better salary than back home, true, but the invaluable research they produce, twice as much as their American counterparts, doesn’t go home: IT BENEFITS THIS NATION. If they were all to “leave America now” believe me “science” in this country will eventually fail to exist!

The other half of the Muslims who come here come as students whose OWN GOVERNMENTS pay for their education, which means they are a revenue to you since they bring MONEY, and lots of it, into your country. And when Bush started making it difficult for any Muslim to live here in peace, thousands of these “terrorist” students “left America now”, another factor that participated to the recession!

6) I love this country, and like many Muslims, I came here because I believe in the values on which it was founded, including freedom of religious practice for all, and during my years here I have met countless Americans who share these values and who I am PROUD to call my friends, and who are just as proud to call me theirs. I like to believe that they represent true America, not the ignorant racist bigots full of hate and disrespect for others. If you do not believe in the values on which this great nation was founded, maybe YOU should "leave America now"!



07-03-2009 18:00
Fafasmom wrote:

Reply to anonymous commenter:

To the anonymous commenter who wrote "leave America now":

1) Leave America and go where exactly? Of the 7-9 million Muslims in the US, over half are American converts whose ancestors have been here for generations. Where do you think they should go? Or are you the only American entitled to freedom of religious practice under the constitution of this country? Half of those American Muslims are African Americans whom YOUR ancestors shipped here like animals and forced to follow the religion of their “masters”. Many of them were Muslims before you KIDNAPPED them and FORCED them here. What “home” are they supposed to go to now?

2) For those of us Muslims who do have other homes to go to, you should be GRATEFUL to those homes because they give you the life of luxury that you enjoy! I have lived in 5 different Muslim countries and I can safely say that over 80% of the products they consume, from airplanes to cars to ovens to toys to candy to fast food chains are AMERICAN made! The Muslim countries of the world are some of the BIGGEST markets for YOUR products. Ever thought what would happen if (God forbid) the world’s 1.5 billion Muslims suddenly decided to boycott all American products? You wouldn’t be able to pay your rent or buy food even from Wal Mart.! And because a brainless bigot was given power to rule for the last 8 years and launch his terrorist Crusades against us, many Muslims around the world already have avoided American products in the last 8 years, one of the many Bush accomplishments that participated to the RECESSION.

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