Mosque in Bloomington, Ind., Targeted by Arsonist; FBI Investigating as Po

[NNN0LHI]

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBQH767YAE.html

Mosque in Bloomington, Ind., Targeted by Arsonist; FBI Investigating as Possible Hate Crime

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Someone tried to set fire to a mosque early Saturday and the FBI was investigating it as a hate crime, officials said.

No one was inside the Islamic Center of Bloomington when the fire occurred at about 2 a.m. and damage was confined to the kitchen area, said Nathan Ainslie, president of the Islamic Center.

A burned Quran was found outside the mosque, he said.

Someone threw a rock through a window, then poured a flammable liquid into the building and ignited it, the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations said.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. kool aid drinkers at work

Bush has created a lie in the minds of many people that all Muslims are terrorists, and so this sort of action on the heels of what happened in London doesn't surprise me. Too bad the perps didn't hear the words of the Home Secretary-but then I don't think Rush and his ilk bothered to report that.

[Ian David]

11. But they still readily gang-up with those same bigots against gays

Jewish World Review Dec. 2, 2003 / 7 Kislev, 5764

Queer allies

By Evan Gahr

The little-noticed alliance between gay marriage opponents and alleged terrorist sympathizers


The Massachusetts Supreme Court decision to legalize homosexual marriage in the Bay state re-ignited the culture wars. The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, perhaps the preeminent liberal Jewish organization in Washington, DC, applauded the ruling. Religious-minded conservatives, however, were horrified. They are determined to stop the gay rights movement in its tracks. At what price?


More:
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1203/marriage_terrorists.php3?printer_friendly

[Fritz67]

2. (sigh)

I live in Indiana. That's the brilliant Red State mentality at work for you...

[LaurenG]

3. I'm right next door, our region is

a little um, backwards.

[Mari333]

14. I lived in Indiana most of my life...

its that bad.

[TheGoodCitizen]

24. Bloomington here...

Bloomington is a very diverse community, surrounded by a REDneck sea of HATE!

[alarcojon]

4. Well, we were afraid something like this would happen

I'm just glad nobody got hurt. I think the KKK is pretty strong in Bloomington - correct me if I'm wrong.

We live in a sea of bigoted idiots, and a president of any moral stature would do everything in his power to rein in stuff like this. Too bad Bush is just not up for, or up to, that task. Once again, it's people like Limbaugh, Hannity, and O'Splotchy who continue to fan the flames of hatred and bigotry.

[w13rd0]

5. White supremists might be...

...but the KKK isn't really "strong" anywhere anymore, unless you count a bunch of loony post-70something toothless hillbillies as strong.

[BiggJawn]

22. I think they're mostly "underground"

Poverty Law Center seems to think the KKK is worth worrying about, even though all you see at their rallys are the aging obese Gush Pfleghmball listeners who might have a full set of teeth amongst the lot of them...

Could be a "public" Klan, which looks laughable, and the "invisible Klan" which could be a real scary buncha mo-fos...

Christian Identity is popular in Southern Indiana. Shit, it's popular in Northern Indiana, too.

[TheGoodCitizen]

25. We have a BUNCH of Christian Fundie Taliban types....

...north, south, east and west of Bloomington!

[thinkingwoman]

7. consider yourself corrected

The Klan is not strong in Bloomington. It used to be strong in Martinsville (20 mins up the highway toward Indianoplace, er, Indianapolis).

Bloomington, Indiana is a fairly liberal oasis in an otherwise dreadfully backwardass red state. That being said, fundies are everywhere.

[alarcojon]

12. My apologies to Bloomington eom

[thinkingwoman]

13. hey no problem

if you've never been there you wouldn't know! ;-)

Unfortunately, Bloomington seems to attract random nutcases from time to time. About 5 years ago there was a spree killer (who was a follower of the dreaded hate monger Matt Hale) that stopped in Btown long enough to shoot and kill a Korean man on his way into church. Oddly enough, he was killed just about a block or so from the latest firebombing.

When the Korean man was killed, Btown banded together--holding a memorial service and candlelight walk and posting signs proclaiming that hate was not wanted in their neighborhoods. I hope the same sort of reaction happens this time.

[TheGoodCitizen]

26. I hope the FBI catches these fools...

The good people of Bloomington will not stand for this type of activity.

[thinkingwoman]

27. Me too

I drove by the mosque yesterday, as I have without a thought for so many years.

Yesterday I drove by shaking my head, disgusted all over again.

I'm moving back to Bloomington in the next couple of months and I can't wait. It's the only place in Indiana I can stand to live.

[stepnw1f]

6. Terrorism Drives the Weak to Do This

The irony is right there. Terrorism is winning everytime these type of idiots do something like this. And on top of it, they themselves become terrorists.

[JohnnyBoots]

8. When the MSM refers to terrorists as

Islamists, what the F do you expect. Makes me sick

[DanCa]

9. So they discovered fire eh

I just dont know what to say to say about the good ole boys here. My mind cant fathom what kind of sick diseased person would do this. Oh yeah a Bush voter.

[Roland99]

10. Redneck freepers.

Heck, I saw a bumper sticker on a car today that read:

We love ya
Go Dubya



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[cloudythescribbler]

15. APPARENT HATE CRIME AGAINST MOSQUE IN BLOOMINGTON IN

I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA IF REPORTED HATE CRIMES LIKE THIS ANYWHERE GET POSTED AT DU SO WE CAN GET A BETTER IDEA OF HOW EXTENSIVE THIS PROBLEM IS
-- cloudy


Contact Info:
Nathan Ainslie
President, Islamic Center of Bloomington, Indiana
[e-mail]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



Bloomington, Indiana -- This morning when Muslims of Bloomington came to attend the early Morning Prayer, they were shocked and dismayed to discover vandalism to the Bloomington Mosque. A window was broken and a fire had to be extinguished. Fortunately, no one was injured in the incident, although the fire could have caused extensive damage to the mosque if left to burn. The Bloomington Police Department and the FBI are investigating the incident as a hate crime.



We do not believe that such acts of hate are representative of the Bloomington community at large, and we commend the City of Bloomington and Indiana University for continuing to educate their citizens, staff and students about hate crimes, diversity and multiculturalism.



The members of the Islamic Center of Bloomington whole-heartedly condemn any acts of terrorism, violence, and hate here and abroad, including those perpetrated only a few days ago in London. Our thoughts and prayers are with all those who have been victimized, and we cannot help but draw parallels between those criminals who terrorized the people of London, and those criminals who sought to damage our house of worship.



The Bloomington Islamic community has been a feature of the Bloomington landscape for more than 30 years. The community has enjoyed friendly relations with its neighbors, fellow religious congregations, the city of Bloomington, Indiana University and the State of Indiana for all these years. We consider this crime not only an attack on the entire Muslim community of Bloomington Indiana, but on all decent law-abiding citizens of Bloomington as well as on all places of worship. We ask all members of the Bloomington community who may have any information regarding this incident to contact the Bloomington Police Department or the FBI.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

16. Like the way this was worded

for of course there is a link between the bombings in London and the bombing in Indiana. That link is hate and ignorance. I like the fact that the attack is rightly shown to be one upon ALL law-abiding citizens and ALL places of worship.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

18. What would the freepers say.... I don't go there. so if anyone knows

what is being spewed there... feel free to let us know.....

[soup]

17. Might want to stop in and show some support

for PsychoDad. He and his family attend that mosque.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4061602

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

19. If I lived near Indiana

I would.

[hiley]

21. soup thank you for the link to PsychoDad..

NNN0LHI Sat Jul-09-05 09:26 PM

Four New Zealand Muslim Mosques Attacked After London Terror Bombings
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1615315

[hiley]

20. cloudy you are so right...

I am gravely concerned for Arabs and Muslims.
We must be vigilante in trying to help them from the hate being spewed toward them.
Dzika has an audio from fox, one nut says "We have to start racial profiling again..."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1917201

[kestrel91316]

23. Oh dear ..............

those poor, poor persecuted Christians.

Oh wait................NEVERMIND.

[hiley]

28. These two threads should be with PsychoDad's (Mods please )

Could you front page his thread this was his Mosque. I hope everyone will post on his thread and show support for him and all Arab, Muslims around the World and here in America.
Thank you,
Hiley
PsychoDad Sun Jul-10-05 04:10 Vandalism hits close to home.
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