Severed pig's head thrown into mosque during prayer session

[Maine-ah]

This has got to be one of the last things I would have thought to happen up here, but I guess every state breeds 'em. It has also caused quite the discussion on a local board, where some of the idiots don't consider this to be a hate crime. WTF? Anyway, here's the article and the link, I know it's from the 4th, but I haven't seen any discussion of it here, so I thought I'd throw it out there and see what the good folks of DU think.




Severed pig's head thrown into mosque during prayer session
July 4, 2006

LEWISTON, Maine --A group of Muslim men praying at a Lewiston mosque were thrown for a jolt when somebody threw a severed pig's head into the mosque. Police arrested a man on Tuesday who said he thought it was a joke.

A frozen pig's head slightly larger than a basketball was rolled into the Lewiston Auburn Islamic Center on Lisbon Street at about 10:15 p.m. Monday, witnesses told the Sun Journal of Lewiston.

Pigs are considered unclean by Muslims, who are barred from eating pork, and the act was viewed as a deliberate insult upon the religion.

"We cannot eat it. We cannot even sit next to someone who is eating it," said a man who identified himself as Omar S.

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http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2006/07/04/severed_pigs_head_thrown_into_mosque_during_prayer_session/

[Behind the Aegis]

1. that's a laugh riot!

NOT!!

I cannot understand why people need to stoop to such lows because of their hate for another person or group. Well, honestly, I cannot understand why people hate the way they do!

This action is beyond vile! The very fact that the perps thought it was a "joke" says so much about society in general.

On edit: Had to insert the bold, lest someone think because of my avatar that I was being serious that this is funny. It is NOT!

[Maine-ah]

2. exactly

if someone had tossed a severed rabbit's head into a church on easter sunday, they'd be up in arms!

[Behind the Aegis]

3. it wouldn't even have to be that extreme!

Two gay men kissing on the sidewalk would set off the fundies! The cool Christians would invite them in. :)

[Maine-ah]

4. lol

you are correct there!

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

7. As soon as I saw your avatar,

I knew you would understand why this is anything but a joke.

[liberal N proud]

5. Those who do not see this as a hate crime, are both ignorant

and intolerant of other cultures.

Fundamentalist Christians usually meet that criteria

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

6. This shows ignorance and arrogance

Ignorance if the person really thought it would be taken as a joke, and arrogance if he thought he could 'get away with it' by calling it a joke.

It's not about being forced to follow another's spiritual path; it's about respecting the people who follow that path.

[bertha katzenengel]

8. Hate crime.

Maine-ah, what are the chances that the authorities take this seriously enough to prosecute?

"The police department doesn't anything like that lightly." -- Good!

:grr:

[xchrom]

9. every day people acting out their every day hate.

i hope some serious jail time is in order for this bastard.

how is this not terrorism?