Condemning 'Islamophobia':Recent attacks raise fears of new rash of crimes

[True_Blue]

Condemning 'Islamophobia'
Recent attacks raise fears of new rash of crimes against Muslims
By MELANIE MARKLEY
Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle

Last week's attempted firebombing of an Islamic center in El Paso represents the latest in a renewed rash of hate crimes against Muslims in Texas, the director of Houston's Council on American-Islamic Relations said Monday.

Iesa Galloway, executive director of CAIR in Houston, called on political and religious leaders Monday to condemn the attack in El Paso, calling it an act of "Islamophobia," a term he said was coined by his organization.

"This," said Galloway, "is the latest in a trend of attacks that have been happening across Texas."

Galloway said other recent acts include a dry-ice bomb that exploded in a mailbox at a Houston-area Islamic center, a series of arsons in San Antonio that targeted Muslim-owned businesses and graffiti and other hateful incidents in McAllen.

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http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2805597

[LiberalVoice]

1. Isn't this cheery? :D

Feels like 9/11 again..

[lapfog_1]

2. That WAS the idea...

The main reason for the fear mongering and constant reminders
of 9/11 over the last 3 to 4 weeks. Fear breeds hate, hate
breeds anger, anger breeds violence, violence breeds more fear.

But shrubya had a higher approval ratings right after 9/11.
They need to recreate that feeling.

[Career Prole]

3. Savage, Hannity, Limbaugh, and all the other talking pigs should be

charged under hate crime legislation. They incite this shit. :grr:

[Catfight]

7. I agree, they are directly related. n/t

[DBoon]

8. It worked in East Africa

Radio hosts were charged with crime against humanity for inciting genocide.

[xchrom]

10. it worked for timothy mcveigh

and it's working again.
this is what the republicans want -- disruption -- and yes violent disruption among the citizens.
then people won't worry about the screwing corporate america is giving them.

[Flammable Materials]

4. One of the victims needs to sue Michael Savage.

Seriously. He is America's number one inciter of race-based and faith-based hatred.

[The Stranger]

6. Michael Savage's Long, Strange Trip

Michael Savage's Long, Strange Trip

[4dsc]

5. KILL ALL ISLAMISTS...shouts rightie!!

http://forums.desmoinesregister.com/cgi-bin/WebX?[e-mail]1aqR5g56.3@.ee97495

Now you know where these rightwing nutcases come from!! We have one in cedar Rapids Iowa and he started this discussion forum..

[Romulus]

9. isn't it ironic

that they guy arrested was named
Antonio Flores?:shrug:

and probably would himself be called a "sand negro" by some retard Freeper type?:shrug:

[TexasLady]

11. i listen to the radio on my runs..

and the ONLY one i heard was a station featuring Tom Joyner this morning talking about the gasoline bomb that splashed the gas on the kids...

sick.