Man Denounces Islam Outside Candidate's Home

[Judi Lynn]

Man Denounces Islam Outside Candidate's Home
Monday, August 14, 2006; 3:46 AM

A demonstrator sat down Saturday near the home of a Muslim candidate for the Maryland House of Delegates with a hand-lettered sign bearing a crude denunciation of Islam.

The sign was apparently aimed at Saqib Ali, a Gaithersburg resident who is running in the Sept. 12 Democratic primary for a seat in House District 39.

The demonstrator, who wore a T-shirt reading "This mind is an Allah-free zone," planted himself near the house in the Quince Orchard Estates development that Ali also uses as a campaign office. Ali, a software engineer who is challenging three incumbents, said he went out into his small cul-de-sac to look at the man but said nothing to him.

"I knew he was there to bait me," Ali said.

According to Ali, the man began saying, " 'You are a terrorist. . . . You guys are violent extremists.' "
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