embarrassing flap over supposed "ISIS flag" in NJ

[Enrique]

http://www.nj.com/union/index.ssf/2014/08/garwood_resident_removes_isis_flag.html

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Dunaway has since replaced the flag with a San Diego Chargers flag, alongside a red Islamic flag, which was flying next to the black flag on Tuesday.

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After taking the offending flag down, Dunaway replaced it with one bearing the logo of the NFL’s San Diego Chargers flag and kept up the other flag. He says that he often rotates the flags mostly of sports teams that he follows.


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"He's totally harmless," said Dunaway's neighbor Diane Figueiredo. "He goes to work every day. He never bothers anyone. He keeps to himself."

Figueiredo said the flag has never given her cause for concern.

"He's absolutely flown it many times before," Figueiredo said. "I'm more concerned about the crazy people saying they're going to retaliate and set his house on fire. They're the extremists.


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However, Leibowitz said he feels remorseful if the flag was simply an innocent expression of Dunaway's faith.

"If he doesn't see it as an ISIS flag and it's not an expression of support for a terrorist organization, then I feel terrible for having caused an invasion of his privacy and any embarrassment in the community," Leibowitz said.

[bigtree]

1. ha!

home grown terror . . . directed at this hapless homeowner.

The new American way.

[vi5]

2. What was the flag?

No link to an article.

[Enrique]

3. good question

it's just a Muslim flag.

the news story should have researched it imo, but at least they let him explain:

http://www.nj.com/union/index.ssf/2014/08/garwood_resident_removes_isis_flag.html

"I understand now that people turn on CNN and see the flag associated with jihad, but that's not the intention of that flag at all," Dunaway said. "It says 'There is only one god, Allah, and the prophet Muhammad is his messenger.' It's not meant to be a symbol of hate. Islam is all about unity and peace. I am not a part of any group like that, and I'm not anti-American. I love my country, but I am a Muslim."

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"Tomorrow it might be an L.A. Kings flag," Dunaway said, adding that he often rotates them. "Every Muslim uses that black flag. You'll find it in any mosque in world. I am an American citizen and I love my country, but I am also a Muslim and I use that flag to say I’m a Muslim."

[riverwalker]

4. an Israeli

Marc Leibowitz

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Israeli Paratrooper turned Investment Manager. Tweeting on Israel & The Middle East, The Markets & The Economy, etc.