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Bacon attack on an American mosque: prank or hate crime?
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When he first spotted the strange graffiti, Mushtaq Hussain thought it was a juvenile prank: Somebody had used bacon strips on a sidewalk in front of a Florence, S.C., mosque to spell out the words "PIG" and "CHUMP."

But as Mr. Hussain, a board member at the Islamic Center in Florence, gave it some thought, the incident last Sunday seemed less like an ill-advised gag and more like a cunning and cruel affront. "We thought seriously, and we thought, ‘You know, somebody doesn't like us,' " he told WMBF-TV news in Florence.

Nationwide, polls show a growing ambivalence – or even anger – toward Islam among Americans, which has in part explained the opposition to a mosque near ground zero and mosques elsewhere, as well as the aborted mass burning of Korans by a Florida preacher. But subtler, more psychological attacks against Muslims have also become prevalent, say Muslim groups.

In those attacks, pork – which Muslims are forbidden to eat because it is considered unclean – is being used as a primary weapon, sent in packages to mosques, invoked in sharply worded letters, or, as in Florence, used to spell out literal messages.

To many experts, pork-laden messages, such as the one delivered in the heart of the barbecue belt last weekend, mirror what appears to be an increasingly conflicted view in America about the impact of Muslim culture on US politics and society.

Like protests such as "Everybody Draw Mohammad Day," some Americans are needling what they perceive to be an over-sensitive Muslim population with acts that – to non-Muslims – seem relatively tame. In the process, they are exposing the vast difference between what is considered acceptable by the measures of American free speech and by the believers of Islam.

"These are not hate crimes, but they're expressions of intolerance, really," says David Schanzer, director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security at Duke and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. "I think a lot of this is generated by a lack of understanding, anger about 9/11, and a great deal of misinformation about Muslims in America and Islam, all of which is in plentiful abundance on the Internet and on blogs."

Pork as a weapon

According to the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), attacks on mosques, cases of Americans burning and even shotgun-blasting Qurans, and personal confrontations on streets have ticked up in recent months. Such claims are hard to quantify, experts say, because more people may simply be reporting incidents that went unheeded in the past.

Anecdotal evidence points to the use of pork as an anti-Islamic protest in recent years. For example:

* In September, the US Postal Inspection Service reported that at least four packages containing hate letters and bacon were sent to American mosques from Denver. CAIR is a regular recipient of pork-related hate mail.
* In March, two Minnesota high school students allegedly shoved bacon in the faces of several Muslim classmates, according to a CAIR complaint.
* In 2007, a Texas farmer held afternoon pig races on Friday – the Muslim holy day – to protest a proposed mosque next to his farm
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* In 2006, a severed pig's head was thrown into a Maine mosque during prayers.

* Overseas, 7,000 protesters held a "pork sausage and booze" party in Paris this summer, which was designed as a provocation against Muslims and a protest against the perceived Islamicization of France.

* On the Internet, bloggers are invoking pork to incite Muslims. In a recent column on the conservative Town Hall.com, Mike Adams, a criminology professor at the University of North Carolina, proposed several pork-related pranks against the "ground zero mosque," including "building a large bomb filled with bacon grease. Dubbed the 'Mother of All Bacon,' or MOAB, this bomb would not hurt anyone but would permanently defile the location so that no one could worship there."

The bacon graffiti this weekend prompted CAIR to call on the FBI to investigate what they called a "desecration" that took place as part what the organization says is a broader pattern of intimidation being waged against Muslims around the US.

So far, police in Florence say the incident doesn't meet the criteria for a hate crime, but they are investigating the incident as a case of harassment.

Critics of Islamic culture in the US see CAIR's concern about the bacon attack as part of "stealth jihad" in which US-based Islamic groups demand that Muslim sensibilities be protected at all costs, all in a larger effort to make the US "Sharia compliant," abiding by the edicts of Islam.

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RE: Bacon attack on an American mosque: prank or hate crime?
Its very juvenile. I must say. Stupid.
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Yeah, there have never been any rearranged church signs. /sarcasm.

F'n pussass Muzzies need to get a life.
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Muz-z-ie is not censored while "fundie" isn't.

As I am sick to DEATH of political correctness, Jeremy, remove my Gdamn adminship and remove my fuken account.

I'm done. Ole Miss and now this?

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RE: Bacon attack on an American mosque: prank or hate crime?
Quote:According to the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), attacks on mosques, cases of Americans burning and even shotgun-blasting Qurans, and personal confrontations on streets have ticked up in recent months. Such claims are hard to quantify, experts say, because more people may simply be reporting incidents that went unheeded in the past.
How does something that's hard to quantify tick up unless you want it to tick up?

Anecdotal evidence points to the use of pork as an anti-Islamic protest in recent years. For example:

* In September, the US Postal Inspection Service reported that at least four packages containing hate letters and bacon were sent to American mosques from Denver. CAIR is a regular recipient of pork-related hate mail.
Since when is donating food a crime?

* In March, two Minnesota high school students allegedly shoved bacon in the faces of several Muslim classmates, according to a CAIR complaint.
Big Effing deal, how many innocents did Muslims kill during that same month?

* In 2007, a Texas farmer held afternoon pig races on Friday – the Muslim holy day – to protest a proposed mosque next to his farm.
Racing pigs is not even remotely close to eating one. Things must be getting desperate for them to have included this.

* In 2006, a severed pig's head was thrown into a Maine mosque during prayers.

Where does one get a pigs head? The store down the street from me is all out.

* Overseas, 7,000 protesters held a "pork sausage and booze" party in Paris this summer, which was designed as a provocation against Muslims and a protest against the perceived Islamicization of France.
So any party that involves pork is meant as a provacation against Muslims?


* On the Internet, bloggers are invoking pork to incite Muslims. In a recent column on the conservative Town Hall.com, Mike Adams, a criminology professor at the University of North Carolina, proposed several pork-related pranks against the "ground zero mosque," including "building a large bomb filled with bacon grease. Dubbed the 'Mother of All Bacon,' or MOAB, this bomb would not hurt anyone but would permanently defile the location so that no one could worship there."

OMG, now proposals are off limits!!!! Are proposals worse then fatwahs and jihads? Muslims talk about killing Westerners and then actually do it. Does anyone here really think someone will build a grease bomb? And how does it permanently defile the location? Don;t they have mops? They're not eating the location, or are they?
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They'll ***** about every little slight till they're protected from any form of criticism. Once protected from any challenge, they just continue to spread their sphere of influence in the West until they become the dominant force. We're ****** unless we stop bending to their constant demands or we want to live under Sharia law.
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RE: Bacon attack on an American mosque: prank or hate crime?
General 'Black Jack' Pershing vs. Muslim Terrorists

Did U.S. General 'Black Jack' Pershing rid the Philippines of Islamic extremism in 1911 by executing a group of Muslim terrorists and burying them in a grave filled with pig's blood and entrails?

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HOW TO STOP ISLAMIC TERRORISTS...... it worked once in our History...

Once in U.S. history an episode of Islamic terrorism was very quickly stopped. It happened in the Philippines about 1911, when Gen. John J. Pershing was in command of the garrison. There had been numerous Islamic terrorist attacks, so "Black Jack" told his boys to catch the perps and teach them a lesson.

Forced to dig their own graves, the terrorists were all tied to posts, execution style. The U.S. soldiers then brought in pigs and slaughtered them, rubbing their bullets in the blood and fat. Thus, the terrorists were terrorized; they saw that they would be contaminated with hogs' blood. This would mean that they could not enter Heaven, even if they died as terrorist martyrs.

All but one was shot, their bodies dumped into the grave, and the hog guts dumped atop the bodies. The lone survivor was allowed to escape back to the terrorist camp and tell his brethren what happened to the others. This brought a stop to terrorism in the Philippines for the next 50 years.

Pointing a gun into the face of Islamic terrorists won't make them flinch.

They welcome the chance to die for Allah. Like Gen. Pershing, we must show them that they won't get to Muslim heaven (which they believe has an endless supply of virgins) but instead will die with the hated pigs of the devil.
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RE: Bacon attack on an American mosque: prank or hate crime?
Quote: "You know, somebody doesn't like us"

Ya THINK ??????????
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(10-15-2010 08:06 PM)WMD Owl Wrote:  In those attacks, pork – which Muslims are forbidden to eat because it is considered unclean – is being used as a primary weapon, sent in packages to mosques, invoked in sharply worded letters, or, as in Florence, used to spell out literal messages.

Excellent. They've been using our culture against us in war, I say good to use their culture against them.

Finding a way of fighting w/o guns, should make the left happy. But it won't. So which idiot is going to say how offensive this is?
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(10-16-2010 08:07 AM)DrTorch Wrote:  
(10-15-2010 08:06 PM)WMD Owl Wrote:  In those attacks, pork – which Muslims are forbidden to eat because it is considered unclean – is being used as a primary weapon, sent in packages to mosques, invoked in sharply worded letters, or, as in Florence, used to spell out literal messages.

Excellent. They've been using our culture against us in war, I say good to use their culture against them.

Finding a way of fighting w/o guns, should make the left happy. But it won't. So which idiot is going to say how offensive this is?

+1

Its like the airplane security idea of putting a pig on each plane.
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(10-15-2010 08:06 PM)WMD Owl Wrote:  Bacon attack on an American mosque: prank or hate crime?

Neither! Just an appalling waste of perfectly good bacon! 03-lmfao
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Do people who are arrogant and insulting really not understand why people do despicable things to them?
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(10-17-2010 09:22 AM)SouthGAEagle Wrote:  
(10-15-2010 08:06 PM)WMD Owl Wrote:  Bacon attack on an American mosque: prank or hate crime?

Neither! Just an appalling waste of perfectly good bacon! 03-lmfao

Thread over. SouthGAEagle wins.
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