https://www.snopes.com/news/2018/03/...im-day-fliers/
''There will be rewards based on action taken. These are as follows:
10 points – Verbally abuse a Muslim
25 points – Pull the head scarf off a Muslim ‘woman’
50 points – Throw acid in face of a Muslim
100 points – Beat up a Muslim
250 points – Torture a Muslim using electrocution, skinning, use of a rack
500 points – Butcher a Muslim using gun, knife, vehicle or otherwise
1,000 points – Burn or bomb a mosque
2,500 points – Nuke Mecca''
That's horrendous. It's an example of the kind of hatred that we're seeing more and more. That kind of incitement to violence deserves jail time if they ever find the person who produced it.
Wouldn't "Speak to a Muslim Day" be a better idea? I don't know exactly how to achieve peace between Muslims and non-Muslims, but talking to each other surely has to be part of the solution!
That's horrendous. It's an example of the kind of hatred that we're seeing more and more. That kind of incitement to violence deserves jail time if they ever find the person who produced it.
Wouldn't "Speak to a Muslim Day" be a better idea? I don't know exactly how to achieve peace between Muslims and non-Muslims, but talking to each other surely has to be part of the solution!
O believers! Do not make intimate friendships with any but your own people. The unbelievers will not miss any opportunity to corrupt you. They desire nothing but your destruction: their malice has become evident from what they say; and what they conceal in their hearts is far worse. We have made Our revelations plain to you, if you want to comprehend.[3.118]
That's horrendous. It's an example of the kind of hatred that we're seeing more and more. That kind of incitement to violence deserves jail time if they ever find the person who produced it.
Wouldn't "Speak to a Muslim Day" be a better idea? I don't know exactly how to achieve peace between Muslims and non-Muslims, but talking to each other surely has to be part of the solution!
https://www.snopes.com/news/2018/03/...im-day-fliers/
''There will be rewards based on action taken. These are as follows:
10 points – Verbally abuse a Muslim
25 points – Pull the head scarf off a Muslim ‘woman’
50 points – Throw acid in face of a Muslim
100 points – Beat up a Muslim
250 points – Torture a Muslim using electrocution, skinning, use of a rack
500 points – Butcher a Muslim using gun, knife, vehicle or otherwise
1,000 points – Burn or bomb a mosque
2,500 points – Nuke Mecca''
And I guarantee the creators of this sick publication will never step foot in Guantanamo bay or be water boarded or have their wives, mothers, and sisters raped and so on.
يا قافلة الخير "The Persian aggression against Iraq was a result of the arrogant, racialist and evil attitudes of the ruling clique in Iran."
-Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid at-Tikriti - العراق جمجمة العرب ورمح الله في الأرض
And I guarantee the creators of this sick publication will never step foot in Guantanamo bay or be water boarded or have their wives, mothers, and sisters raped and so on.
people of this mentality are mad. You can't stop them from hating us
The good news is that police are investigating the production of the 'Punish a Muslim' fliers and are treating them as a terrorist threat. I hope the investigation is successful, and I hope people learn that hatred is never an effective pathway to peace.
The good news is that police are investigating the production of the 'Punish a Muslim' fliers and are treating them as a terrorist threat. I hope the investigation is successful, and I hope people learn that hatred is never an effective pathway to peace.
Peace
I understand what you are saying but IMO treating them as a potential 'terrorist threat' is over the top, as it has the potential to manufacture unnecessary hysteria. The police should treat it as a police matter.
The state has enough power as it is, doesn't need to be given more reasons to expand its powers.
I understand what you are saying but IMO treating them as a potential 'terrorist threat' is over the top, as it has the potential to manufacture unnecessary hysteria. The police should treat it as a police matter.
The state has enough power as it is, doesn't need to be given more reasons to expand its powers.
That's the nature of the State. It's like a cancer. Finding any way it can to spread throughout the body of society.
"When a person sees the road as too long, he weakens in his walk." - Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah
#LoveAMuslim Twitterstorm Responds to #PunishAMuslimDay
On Tuesday, April 3, in response to an anonymous letter delivered to several mosques in London declaring that day "Punish a Muslim Day,” national American Muslim organizations including the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), MPOWER Change and the Poligon Education Fund will hold a #LoveAMuslim twitterstorm at 3 p.m. EDT encouraging people to tweet about Muslims in their lives they appreciate, and why.
The Twitterstorm is inspired by the Quranic verse that instructs Muslims to repel evil with that which is better.
“Repel [evil] by that [deed] which is better; and thereupon the one whom between you and him is enmity [will become] as though he was a devoted friend.” [Qur’an 41:34]
Its purpose is to amplify voices appreciating the contributions of Muslims, embrace diversity, and reject fear tactics designed to intimidate Muslim communities.
Last week, CAIR issued a community safety advisory after receiving concerned inquiries from American Muslims worried if their families or community will be similarly targeted.
Community members are being urged to report any bias incidents to police and to CAIR's Civil Rights Department at 202-742-6420 or by filing a report at: http://www.cair.com/report
CAIR launched an app to share critical “know your rights” information and to simplify the process to report hate crimes and bias incidents. CAIR is urging American Muslims and members of other minority groups to download the app and utilize this resource to stay informed and empowered.
PUNISH A MUSLIM DAY: NEW YORK BRACES FOR VIRAL ANTI-MUSLIM VIOLENCE CAMPAIGN
BY TOM PORTER ON 4/3/18 AT 4:25 AM
'Punish A Muslim Day': New York Adds Extra Police Patrols In Preparation
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Police patrols are being stepped up at New York mosques and Islamic centers in response to fears that a viral anti-Muslim campaign that originated in the U.K. will spread to the city.
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams announced the increased security measures at a meeting Monday at the Pakistani American Youth Society in Ditmas Park, the New York Daily News reported.
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An NYPD patrol car sits parked outside the Islamic Culture Center of New York on January 30, 2017, in New York City.
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In March, a letter began circulating in the U.K. that said April 3 had been designated Punish a Muslim Day. It laid out a points-based reward system for violence carried out against Muslims, including 50 points to “throw acid in the face of a Muslim” and 1000 points to “burn or bomb a mosque.”
As the letter went viral on social media, there were concerns the campaign could spark violence in New York. Adams called for it to be countered by a message of tolerance.
“Our message must be just as loud,” Adams said. “Not punish a Muslim, let’s embrace a Muslim, let’s embrace a Christian, let’s embrace a person of Jewish faith, let’s embrace the diversity that this city has to offer.”
The NYPD's Intelligence Bureau learned of the threat in mid-March after the flyers appeared, Police Department spokesman J. Peter Donald told local news site Patch.
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"While we have not seen any evidence of this threat gaining traction here, it has generated understandable concern," Donald said.
In the U.K., Muslims have been urged to “unite” and “carry on as normal” as the day approaches.
A spokesman for London’s Metropolitan Police told the Evening Standard that though there was no “credible information" that anti-Muslim attacks were being planned, police officers remained alert for potential incidents.
People from six U.K. communities received the letters, which have been investigated by counterterrorism officials. A number of the letters appeared to have been sent from the northern English city of Sheffield, police said.
“Are you a sheep like the vast majority of the population?” the letter reads. “Sheep follow orders and are easily led. They are allowing the white-majority nations of Europe and north America to become overrun by those who would like nothing more than to do us harm and to turn our democracies into sharia-led police states.”
One British Muslim activist has called for April 3 to instead to be designated Love Muslim Day to combat the letter’s message of hate, with points to be awarded for acts of kindness and charity towards Muslims. Under activist Shahab Adris's scheme, 25 points would be won for buying Muslims coffee with cake, 500 points for fasting with Muslims during Ramadan, and 1,000 points for raising funds to help victims of conflict in Iraq or Syria.
I understand what you are saying but IMO treating them as a potential 'terrorist threat' is over the top, as it has the potential to manufacture unnecessary hysteria. The police should treat it as a police matter.
The state has enough power as it is, doesn't need to be given more reasons to expand its powers.
I wouldn't mind there being a hysteria over anti-Muslim hatred. People perpetuating anti-Muslim hatred seem overly emboldend lately.
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people of this mentality are mad. You can't stop them from hating us
Yes there are those who are hostile to truth and reason.
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#LoveAMuslim Twitterstorm Responds to #PunishAMuslimDay
On Tuesday, April 3, in response to an anonymous letter delivered to several mosques in London declaring that day "Punish a Muslim Day,” national American Muslim organizations including the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), MPOWER Change and the Poligon Education Fund will hold a #LoveAMuslim twitterstorm at 3 p.m. EDT encouraging people to tweet about Muslims in their lives they appreciate, and why.
The Twitterstorm is inspired by the Quranic verse that instructs Muslims to repel evil with that which is better.
“Repel [evil] by that [deed] which is better; and thereupon the one whom between you and him is enmity [will become] as though he was a devoted friend.” [Qur’an 41:34]
Its purpose is to amplify voices appreciating the contributions of Muslims, embrace diversity, and reject fear tactics designed to intimidate Muslim communities.
Last week, CAIR issued a community safety advisory after receiving concerned inquiries from American Muslims worried if their families or community will be similarly targeted.
Community members are being urged to report any bias incidents to police and to CAIR's Civil Rights Department at 202-742-6420 or by filing a report at: http://www.cair.com/report
CAIR launched an app to share critical “know your rights” information and to simplify the process to report hate crimes and bias incidents. CAIR is urging American Muslims and members of other minority groups to download the app and utilize this resource to stay informed and empowered.
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