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Subscribe to RSSAfter issuing a decree making himself more powerful than the courts, Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi has sparked a wave of anger – some of which is directed toward the United States. NBC's Richard Engel reports.
CAIRO -- Islamists approved a draft constitution for Egypt early Friday without the participation of liberal and Christian members, seeking to pre-empt a court ruling that could dissolve their panel with a rushed, marathon vote that further inflames the conflict between the opposition and President Mohammed Morsi.
The vote by the constituent assembly advanced a charter with an Islamist bent that rights experts say could give Muslim clerics oversight over legislation and bring restrictions on freedom of speech, women's rights and other liberties.
The draft, which the assembly plans to deliver to the president Saturday, must be put to a nationwide referendum within 30 days. Morsi said Thursday it will be held "soon."
Morsi added that the decree halting court challenges to his decisions, which provoked protests and violence from Egyptians fearing a new dictator was emerging less than two years after they ousted Hosni Mubarak, was "for an exceptional stage."
"It will end as soon as the people vote on a constitution," he told state television on Thursday night. "There is no place for dictatorship."
External link: English translation of Egypt's draft constitution
The Islamist-dominated assembly that has been working on the constitution for months raced to pass it, voting article by article on the draft's more than 230 articles for more than 16 hours. The lack of inclusion was on display in the nationally televised gathering: Of the 85 members in attendance, there was not a single Christian and only four women, all Islamists. Many of the men wore beards, the hallmark of Muslim conservatives.
Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Tahrir Square Friday to denounce Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi and the draft constitution his Islamic allies approved earlier in the day.
For weeks, liberal, secular and Christian members, already a minority on the 100-member panel, have been withdrawing to protest what they call the Islamists' hijacking of the process.
"This constitution represents the diversity of the Egyptian people. All Egyptians, male and female, will find themselves in this constitution," Essam el-Erian, a representative of the Muslim Brotherhood, declared to the assembly after the last articles were passed just after sunrise Friday.
ANALYSIS: Crisis tests Egyptians' constitution
"We will implement the work of this constitution to hold in high esteem God's law, which was only ink on paper before, and to protect freedoms that were not previously respected," he said.
The sudden rush to finish came as the latest twist in a week-long crisis pitting Brotherhood veteran Morsi and his Islamist supporters against a mostly secular and liberal opposition and the powerful judiciary. Voting had not been expected for another two months. But the assembly abruptly moved it up in order to pass the draft before Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court rules on Sunday on whether to dissolve the panel.
Ahmed Youssef / EPA
Eighteen days of popular protest culminated in the downfall of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak on Feb. 11, 2011.
"I am saddened to see this come out while Egypt is so divided," Egypt's top reform leader, Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei said, speaking on private Al-Nahar TV. But he predicted the document would not last long. "It will be part of political folklore and will go to the garbage bin of history."
NBC's Ayman Mohyeldin discusses Egypt unrest
A new opposition bloc led by ElBaradei and other liberals said the assembly had lost its legitimacy.
"It is trying to impose a constitution monopolized by one trend and is the furthest from national consensus, produced in a farcical way," the National Salvation Front said in a statement, read by Waheed Abdel-Meguid, one of the assembly members who withdrew.
Thursday's vote escalates the already bruising confrontation sparked last week when Morsi gave himself near absolute powers by neutralizing the judiciary, the last branch of the state not in his hands. Morsi banned the courts from dissolving the constitutional assembly or the upper house of parliament and from reviewing his own decisions.
President Mohammed Morsi recently granted himself unprecedented power, leaving many Egyptians furious. NBC's Richard Engel reports.
In a sign of the divisions, protesters camped out in Cairo's Tahrir Square who were watching the interview chanted against Morsi and raised their shoes in the air in contempt.
The president's edicts sparked a powerful backlash in one of the worst bouts of turmoil since last year's ouster of autocrat Hosni Mubarak. At least 200,000 people protested in Cairo's Tahrir square earlier this week demanding he rescind the edicts.
Street clashes have already erupted between the two camps in the past week, leaving at least two people dead and hundreds injured. And more violence is possible.
The opposition plans another large protest for Friday, and the Brotherhood has called a similar massive rally for the following day, though they decided to move it from Tahrir to avoid frictions. Bands of youths have been daily battling police on a road leading off the square and close to the U.S. Embassy.
Defiance
The Constitutional Court's announcement that it would rule on the legitimacy of the assembly was in direct defiance of Morsi's edicts. It will also rule Sunday on whether to dissolve the upper house of parliament, which is overwhelmingly held by Islamists. Most of the nation's judges are on indefinite strike to protest the edicts.
It is not clear what would happen to the approved draft if the court dissolves the assembly. The crisis could move out of the realm of legal questions and even more into the more volatile street, to be decided by which side can bring the most support.
The opposition is considering whether to call for a boycott of any referendum on the constitution or to try to rally a "no" vote, said Hamdeen Sabahi, a National Salvation Front leader who ran in this year's presidential race and came in a surprisingly strong third.
"The people should not be made to choose between a dictatorial declaration or a constitution that doesn't represent all the people," he told independent ONTV, referring to Morsi's decrees. "He is pushing Egypt to more division and confrontation."
During Thursday's session, assembly head Hossam al-Ghiryani doggedly pushed the members to finish. When one article received 16 objections, he pointed out that would require postponing the vote 48 hours under the body's rules. "Now I'm taking the vote again," he said, and all but four members dropped their objections. In the session's final hours, several new articles were hastily written up and added to resolve lingering issues.
"We will teach this constitution to our sons," al-Ghiryani told the gathering.
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Islamist members of the panel defended the fast tracking. Hussein Ibrahim of the Brotherhood said the draft reflected six months of debate, including input from liberals before they withdrew.
"People want the constitution because they want stability. Go to villages, to poorer areas, people want stability," he said.
Over the past week, about 30 members have pulled out of the assembly, with mainly Islamists brought in to replace some. As a result, every article passed overwhelmingly.
Human Rights Watch Rights groups criticized the hurried manner in which the constituent assembly pushed the draft charter through, saying it not the right way to guarantee fundamental rights or the rule of law.
"Rushing through a draft while serious concerns about key rights protections remain unaddressed will create huge problems down the road that won't be easy to fix,"said Joe Stork, deputy Middle East and North Africa director for the New York-based group.
The draft largely reflects the conservative vision of the Islamists, with articles that rights activists, liberals and others fear will lead to restrictions on the rights of women and minorities and on civil liberties in general.
'Morals and values'
One article that passed underlined that the state will protect "the true nature of the Egyptian family ... and promote its morals and values," phrasing that suggests the state could prevent anything deemed to undermine the family.
The draft says citizens are equal under the law but an article specifically establishing women's equality was dropped because of disputes over the phrasing.
As in past constitutions, the new draft said the "principles of Islamic law" will be the basis of law.
Previously, the term "principles" allowed wide leeway in interpreting Shariah. But in the draft, a separate new article is added that seeks to define "principles" by pointing to particular theological doctrines and their rules. That could give Islamists the tool for insisting on stricter implementation of rulings of Shariah.
Another new article states that Egypt's most respected Islamic institution, Al-Azhar, must be consulted on any matters related to Shariah, a measure critics fear will lead to oversight of legislation by clerics.
The draft also includes bans on "insulting or defaming all prophets and messengers" or even "insulting humans" — broad language that analysts warned could be used to crack down on many forms of speech.
It also preserves much of military's immunity from parliamentary scrutiny, putting its budget in the hands of the National Defense Council, which includes the president, the heads of the two houses of parliament and top generals.
The final draft contains historic changes to Egypt's system of government. It limits to eight years the amount of time a president can serve, for example. Mubarak was in power for three decades. It also introduces a degree of oversight over the military establishment - though not enough for critics.
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
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I'm so surprised by this........... NOT.
Its their country for God's sake. Only Americans would like to meddle into other countries caffairs because they think its their God given right to police the world.
The Egyptians elected their president just like any other civil nation freely and democratically. the parliament also passed a new coonstitution draft through the VOTE. what is wrong with that.
in addition, the people of Egypt MUST approve thye new constitution draft through a referendum. I dont see the problem. the Egyptian people would have the FINAL SAY ON IT.
The Egyptian people have been in Tahrir square making it clear what you say is not true.
The Egyptian people voted for Morsi through the ballot. If they really want someone else, they could do it through the voting process. Not everyone would be happy, ofcourse. Not everyone voted for Morsi, but the MAJORITY DID.
I thought you libbies had a problem with majority rules voting. Hence the gay marriage on ballots in each state. Letting each state vote on ACA. I guess that foul is only cried when it is not in your favor, got it!
Iran in 1979, Egypt in 2012, Syria....? Jordan? possibly during Obama second term. Russians and Chinese will have a control over the ME region, replacing the old British/french empire.
The "Arab Spring" has been used/is still being used by the Islamic Brotherhood and other ultra-conservative groups of Muslims to bring down any government that is in any way supportive of the U.S. or Israel, or is not sold out completely to their outlook for the one-world religion of Islam to take place. Poor, blind, believing fools of people.....really, people like you and me, who were hoping for a better life when they got rid of the dictator (that was, at least a little supportive of peace)....they were used to dethrone the dictators, and then the Islamic Brotherhood rushes in with their kind of government.....law from the Koran. The truth is, it is pretty much too late. And, our "smart" government was all for the fall of the dictators. (Are you telling me, that our Harvard graduate President didn't know what was really happening all the time? Was he fooled?) I, for one, don't think so. Because, he is no fool. He knew where this "Arab Spring" was headed. Either that, or he, and his advisors, are unfit to lead.
Will that look good on Pres. Obama's legacy: "I supported the Arab Spring." Wonder what kind of jobs
that can land him, with that written in his resume.
Obama is American NOT Egyptian. Why would Egypt affect his legacy one way or another? The Egyptian people voted for their president just like the American people voted for Obama. But obviously you are pissed and not happy with the outcome. Many Egyptians are unhappy with the outcome as well, but thats the nature of the elections. the majority WINS.
All of these Islamic-dominated countries in the Middle East and elsewhere do provide endless entertainment if you like to see things get blowed up real good. They're really good at blowing things up, and that seems to be their only natural talent. It's like having your own virtual ant farm on the TV, and watching them have at each other is vastly amusing. I only hope they keep blowing each other up, and leave the rest of the world alone. So keep up the good work, you ridiculous little creatures, and when the last wisp of smoke disappears from what used to be your country, we can have the pleasure of saying, "No foreign aid for you!". It's like watching devolution actually taking place in real time, and it's only a matter of time before they grow tails and start living in trees. It's so, so amusing.
So much for the Arab Spring. The perfect Islamic dream...NO liberals and NO Christians. Sort of puts the stupid ass "wars" on everything mentality that goes on here in the good old USA in its proper perspective.
US lawmakers are waging a war against American Muslims everywhere by introducing anti-Muslim bills, especially in the backward southern states of the country. Mosques are being burned, and opposed everywhere in the country and so on..
some GOP Lawmakers want to jail anyone who doesnt believe in God..etc
ok so, your last sentense.... are you for real?
OK SO....you are ranting....GOP Lawmakers want to jail anyone who doesn't believe in God?.....Tell me who you are referring to.....tell me when he/she introduced a bill to that order. Tell me in what state that happened. You are not telling the truth. Introducing anti-Muslim bills......I would to, if I were in the position to do so, just looking at what they are doing in the countries where they are in control. Mosques are being burned? As many mosques here as the Muslims are burning churches in the countries they are in control of? Don't think so. (But, the burning of a mosque should not happen. It is wrong. But, opposed everywhere in this country? I've seen Muslims working in stores, driving taxis, on the streets in their clothing, ..... I don't see them being discriminated against,,,,,,,not nearly as much as they are discriminating against those who do not believe what they believe. DON'T LIE!!! If you have a documented fact, then present it. We are not dupes, to be taken in by careless handling of the truth.
Sorry, it was Democrat from KY, not a GOP.
A Year in Jail for Not Believing in God? How Kentucky Is Persecuting Atheists
In Kentucky, a homeland security law requires the state's citizens to acknowledge the security provided by the Almighty God--or risk 12 months in prison.
November 21, 2012 |
In Kentucky, a homeland security law requires the state's citizens to acknowledge the security provided by the Almighty God--or risk 12 months in prison.
The law and its sponsor, state representative Tom Riner, have been the subject of controversy since the law first surfaced in 2006, yet the Kentucky state Supreme Court has refused to review its constitutionality, despite clearly violating the First Amendment's separation of church and state.
"This is one of the most egregiously and breathtakingly unconstitutional actions by a state legislature that I've ever seen," said Edwin Kagin, the legal director of American Atheists', a national organization focused defending the civil rights of atheists. American Atheists' launched a lawsuit against the law in 2008, which won at the Circuit Court level, but was then overturned by the state Court of Appeals.
The law states, "The safety and security of the Commonwealth cannot be achieved apart from reliance upon Almighty God as set forth in the public speeches and proclamations of American Presidents, including Abraham Lincoln's historic March 30, 1863, presidential proclamation urging Americans to pray and fast during one of the most dangerous hours in American history, and the text of President John F. Kennedy's November 22, 1963, national security speech which concluded: "For as was written long ago: 'Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.'"
The law requires that plaques celebrating the power of the Almighty God be installed outside the state Homeland Security building--and carries a criminal penalty of up to 12 months in jail if one fails to comply. The plaque's inscription begins with the assertion, "The safety and security of the Commonwealth cannot be achieved apart from reliance upon Almighty God."
Tom Riner, a Baptist minister and the long-time Democratic state representative, sponsored the law.
OK-So--do you have your prayer rug out??
Links? There are religious zealots in every religion and I'm sure that there are plenty of churches being burned and a hell of a lot more Christians being vilified in our country than there are Muslims being attacked. Have you watched secular TV programs? Have you watched how Christians are being represented in Hollywood movies? Nuns wearing bikinis and exhibiting sexual overtones, ALL Christians being mocked as hypocrites and as superficial do gooders? But you won't see these chicken @!$%# TV and movie execs parody Islam and that's because they're afraid of getting their heads handed to them, literally. Doesn't that make you wonder why Christians are attacked as being intolerant and that the Muslim is portrayed as victims? Pretty stupid. Isn't it?
I do have my facts out, thats for sure. dont know about you.
ok so;
American Atheists submitted a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court to review the law.
You don't honestly think this law will stand, do you?
veteran 1981
The Telegraph
US mosque burned to ground
A mosque burned to the ground in Missouri on Monday, in what worshippers suspect was a hate attack, less than a day after six people were killed in a shooting at a Sikh temple.
Missouri mosque burned to the ground a month after failed arson
Man arrested for arson of Ohio Islamic center; mosques increasingly targeted
Controversies Over Mosques and Islamic Centers
Across the U.S.
This interactive map shows the locations of 53 proposed mosques and Islamic
centers that have encountered community resistance in recent years.
Click on a location for a brief overview of the project based on news
reports. In many cases, the opposition has centered on neighbors'
concerns about traffic, noise, parking and property values - the same objections that often greet churches and other houses of worship as well as commercial construction projects. In some communities, however, opponents of mosques also have cited fears about Islam, sharia law and terrorism
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Azusa mosque vandalized for the third time this year 12/09
- Sacramento mosque vandalized 12/09
- Cypress, California mosque vandalized 7/09
- Bakersfield mosque vandalized 6/09
- Anaheim mosque vandalized 6/09
- Cypress mosque (L.A. area) vandalized 6/3/09
- Bakersfield Mosque attacked 10/8/07
- East Contra Costa County mosque victim of arson 8/14/07
- Islamic Center of East Bay in Antioch victim of arson 8/13/07
- Haywood mosque causing quite a stir 2007
- Yermo mosque arson January 2007
- Shots fired into East Bay Mosque January 2007 - repeated attacks on East Bay mosques January 2007- Bin Laden effigy hung outside Culver City Mosque September 2006
- Southern Calif. Mosque vandalized second time August 2006
- Southern California Mosque vandalized 8/06
- Milpitas Mosque vandalized again June 2006
- front door shattered at Milpitas mosque 5/06
- threatening flyer left at Pomona mosque 2/06
- suspicious gas released in Sacramento mosque 2/06
- mosque vandalized 9/05
- Adelanto mosque arson June 2005
- Sikh Temple in Fresno vandalized. “It’s not your country” The temple was also vandalized a year earlier. 2/04
- San Luis Obispo mosque vandalized September 2003
- Milpitas mosque site vandalized June 2002
- Lomita mosque vandalized December 2001
- Concord mosque vandalized December 2001
- Pigs blood thrown at San Francisco mosque September 2001
- Conejo Valley mosque vandalized June 2001
- Yuba City mosque burned September 1994
Colorado
- Fort Collins mosque vandalized April 2005
- Denver mosque receives threats May 2004
- plot to bomb Aurora mosque May 1999
- Fort Collins mosque vandalized January 1998
- Radio station employees harrass Denver mosque attendees 1996
Connecticut
- Abdul-Majid Karim Hasan mosque in Hamden vandalized a second time. 2/11
- Operation Save America holds protest in front of Bridgeport Mosque during Friday prayers. Say they plan protests at mosques around the country. Slogans “Jesus hates Muslims” and “Islam is a lie”. 8/10
- Bridgeport mosque vandalized September 2001
- Meriden, Connecticut mosque denied zoning permit 1999
D.C.
- Suspicious fire at Masjidash Shura December 2006
- Muslim Community Center sign vandalized September 2005
Florida
- protest against Margate mosque project in Florida 6/11
- Objections to West Boynton mosque 6/11
- terrorist attack on mosque as incendiary devide explodes outside Jacksonville mosque 5/10 This attack is under-reported Mosque burning suspect killed in shootout in Oklahoma 5/11
- Objections to Pompano Beach Mosque 5/10
- teens vandalize Miami mosque 7/3/09
- shots fired into Miami mosque and Islamic school 1/1/09
- Bricks thrown through windows of St. Petersburg Mosque 9/2007
- Islamic Education Center of Florida set afire. Investigation pending. 4/2007
- Sniper Shooting at Florida Mosque during prayers September 2006
- Mosque defacement in Florida part of ongoing spree April 2006
- Broward County mosque vandalized April 2006
- Boca Raton mosque vandalized February 2005
- Boca mosque sign vandalized again 2/05
- Bomb explodes outside Champion Mosque July 2004
- Threatening message left at Islamic Center of Southwest Florida July 2004
- two mosques vandalized May 2004
- man drives truck into mosque March 2002
- Florida doctor arrested in mosque attack plot 2002
- Lake County mosque vandalized September 2001
- Tallahassee mosque vandalized September 2001
Georgia
- Opposition to North Fulton mosque plan. 8/12
- DOJ investigating denial of mosque permit for Alpharetta GA mosque 5/11
- Cartersville, GA mosque vandalized second time in a month 4/11
- arson attack on Marrietta mosque 7/10 - individual arrested for crime is a Muslim
- police investigate fire at Scottsdale, Georgia mosque 7/25/07
- Augusta mosque vandalized September 2001
- Savanna mosque burned August 2003
- Clarkson mosque vandalized September 1995
Hawaii
- anti-Muslim leaflets left at mosque October 2002
Idaho
- Boise mosque targeted with swastika stickers March 2007
- Pigs head thrown into Lewiston mosque July 2006
- mosque vandalized October 2002
Illinois
- Gravestone at Evergreen Park cemetery vandalized again 9/12
- Muslim Gravestones at the Evergreen Park Cemetary near Chicago vandalized with anti-Muslim messages 8/12
- The College Preparatory School at the Lombard Mosque was hit with an acid filled bottle thrown during Taraweh prayers. 8/12
- Muslim Education Center Mosque in Morton Grove had shots fired narrowly missing a security guard during Taraweh prayers. David Conrad has been arrested 8/12
- Objections to building of Willowbrook mosque in Du Page County 1/11
- permit denied for mosque in abandoned building in Chicago suburb of West Rogers Park 8/10
- Villa Park Mosque vandalized (4th vandalism in Chicago in 2 months) 10/08
- Chicago mosque vandalized 8/2007
- Schaumburg mosque ransacked August 2006
- Protests against Orland Park Mosque 2004
- Chicago mosque attacked March 2003
- 300 march on Bridgeview mosque September 2001
- arson at Arab American Center in Chicago November 2001
- Protests against Palos Heights Mosque 1998
- Villa Park mosque vandalized 1995
Indiana
- Michigan City Mosque vandalized July 2006
- Man found repelling from Bloomington mosque January 2006
- Bloomington mosque vandalized July 2005
- Evansville mosque vandalized September 2001
- Bloomington mosque vandalized February 1998
IOWA
- Clinton, Iowa mosque vandalized with rocks thrown through windows 8/11
- Cedar Rapids mosque vandalized 7/10
Kansas
- Wichita, Kansas mosque destroyed by arson 10/11
- Molotov coctail hurled through window of Kansas Muslim business 4/08
Kentucky
- Objections and anonymous fliers protesting mosque in Florence, KY
- Lexington mosque vandalized September 2001
Louisiana
- Bossier City, LA mosque vandalized with pork 5/11
- Police deactivate a device left at Lafayette, LA mosque 12/10
- car set on fire at Lafayette, LA mosque 9/10
- Shreveport mosque vandalized 8/1/07
- Muslim school vandalized March 2006
- Arabi mosque vandalized September 2001
Maine
- Portland, Maine mosque graffiti - “Osama today Islam tomorow (sic)” and “go home.” 5/11
- Man shot leaving mosque in Portland, Maine 9/09
- Pig’s head thrown into mosque during prayers July 2006
Maryland
- Riverview Islamic Center vandalized 4/12
- Gaithersberg, Maryland mosque target of paintball vandalism 11/08
- Frederick mosque vandalized for third time in 2007
- Frederick mosque vandalized February 2007
- shots fired into Mosque April 2006
- mosque vandalized September 2005
- cross burned in front of mosque July 2005
- Imam’s wife assaulted at mosque April 2004
Massachusetts
- Islamophobic objections to Boston mosque expansion and [2] July 2006
- Massachussets Governor Suggests Wiretapping Mosques
- Springfield mosque arson attack. 12/04 - two teenagers were subsequently arrested, but police said the motive was robbery, and not a hate crime.
Michigan
- The Mother of the Savior Lutheran Church (Arab Christians) in Dearborn, Michigan was vandalized with broken windows twice in a week. 8/12
- FBI investigating fire and graffiti near Dearborn mosque 6/12
- Sikh Temple in Detroit vandalized, graffiti shows the perpetrator may have thought it was a mosque. 2/12
- Farmington mosque faces anti-Muslim objections to new mosque 6/11
- Terry Jones plans protest outside Islamic Center of America 4/11
- Rober Stockham arrested outside Dearborn mosque with explosives 1/11
- Hate mail sent to Dearborn and Detroit mosques 12/10
- Westboro Baptist church pickets outside Islamic Center of America in Dearborn 11/10
- burned Qur’an at Lansing Mosque 9/10
- Brownstone mosque vandalized for second time in a month 5/15/10
- break in at Dearborn Heights mosque 11/13/07
- community opposes new mosque in Ypsilanti, Michigan 7/25/07
- Four mosques in Detroit vandalized in past month January 2007
- Hate graffiti sprayed on Islamic Center of Detroit 2007
- Islamic Organization of North America Imam and mosque threatened 2007
- Islamophobic objections to Warren mosque May 2006
- Mosque Plan Exposes Islamophobia in Warren
- Bangladeshi mosque vandalized March 2006
- mosque vandalized February 2006
- Defendant Pleads Guilty to Threatening Members of Detroit Mosque
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mosque vandalized September 2005
- cars vandalized in parking lot of Saginaw mosque November 2001
- Flint mosque vandalized October 1995
Minnesota
- Al Farooq Bloomington mosque protested 9/12
- Fridley, MN Islamic Center Gets Hate Emails after Osama Bin Laden’s Death 5/11
- St. Cloud MN mosque vandalized twice 4/10 and 7/10
- Muslims spit on outside Rochester mosque September 2007
- Minneapolis Mosque arson August 2006
- Three vandalism incidents in 3 days in Minnesota
- Minneapolis mosque burned March 1999
Mississippi
- Starkville mosque vandalized September 2001
Missouri
- second arson attack on Joplin mosque this summer. This time the entire mosque is engulfed in flames. 8/6/12
- Joplin mosque attempted arson 7/4/12
- Qur’ans burned outside Springfield mosque 4/11
- Springfield mosque vandalized 1/11
- Allen Street Mosque4 in St. Louis vandalized second time in two weeks 9/10
- Various mosques in St. Louis area threatened 9/10
- Cape Girardeau mosque vandalized 6/09
- Joplin mosque sign torched 9/08
- Imam Hussaini mosque in Saint Louis vandalized, windows broken 3/17/08
- Islamic Community Center (Masjid Madina) in South Saint Louis threatened over objections to minaret 2/2008
- Imam Hussaini mosque vandalized in Saint Louis 7/2007
- objections to new mosque in Saint Louis South County 7/2007
- Ballwin mosque vandalized June 2004
Nebraska
- Vandals target Omaha Mosque 2008
- Lincoln mosque vandalized twice September 2005
- voice mail threat to mosque November 2004
Nevada
- FBI investigating Las Vegas mosque fire 2/12
- man beaten outside Reno mosque January 2005
New Hampshire
- Our Lady of the Cedars Melkite Greek Catholic Church Arabic sign vandalized. 8/12
New Jersey
- Bridgewater NJ mosque building plan protested 4/11
- Fire at Newark mosque January 2007
- Toms River mosque vandalized January 2006
- Bank closes New Jersey mosques account February 2005
New Mexico
- Islamic Center of New Mexico harassed by Christian group 12/10
New York
- Masjid Darul Quran mosque in North Bayshore vandalized 9/12
- Fire bomb attack on Queens Imam al Khoei mosque and 3 other targets 1/12
- An Noor Mosque in Huntington, Long Island vandalized, Stephen Pratt arrested 12/11
- Sign outside Buffalo mosque is smashed on 9/11
- Burned Qur’an sent to Bronx mosque 9/11
- Five teens were arrested and charged after a shot was fired outside of an Orleans County mosque as worshipers were leaving nightly Ramadan services. 8/11
- Sheepshead Bay mosque site fence defaced with graffiti 5/11
- Amherst NY mosque next door neighbor posts lawn sign saying “bomb making next driveway” 5/11
- protestors attempt to stop construction of Sheepshead, Brooklyn mosque 5/11
- SIOA hate group rallies against Cordoba House in NYC 9/11
- Huntington Mosque nail attack. 10/10
- Hudson Mosque vandalized. 9/10
- Waterport mosque harrassed by teens, gun fired, honking horns, yelling obscenities, and striking one worshipper with one of their cars. 8/31/2010
- Man shouts “terrorists” and urinates on rug in Queens mosque 8/10
- Objections and protests against planned construction of Cordoba House Islamic Center in NYC 6/10
- objections and protests against mosque in Staten Island 6/10
- Muslim woman threatened with sexual assault outside Parker Mosque in Amherst 7/7/07
- Rochester mosque vandalized third time this year 5/07
- mosque vandalized August 2006
- mosque vandalized September 2005
- mosque vandalized April 2004
North Carolina
- Durham, NC mosque vandalized 11/09
North Dakota
- feces smeared on mosque October 2004
Ohio
- Toledo mosque arson attack 9/12
- Woman attacked with pepper spray outside Columbus mosque 12/10
-Cincinnati mosque received threatening email 12/10
- Dayton mosque tear gassed with women and children inside 9/08
- Phone campaign against Ohio mosque 1/08
- Toledo Islamic School vandalized with Nazi ‘White Power’ Graffitti 9/07
- Rocks thrown at worshippers coming out of Columbus mosque Sept 2007
- new threats at Ohio mosque July 2006
- Cincinnati mosque bombed and [2] December 2005
- Columbus mosque vandalized December 2001
- shots fired at Toledo mosque September 2001
- man drives car into Parma mosque September 2001
- 2005 Cincinnati mosque bombing and other incidents still unsolved 7/25/07
Oklahoma
— Oklahoma City Mosque vandalized by having paint balls fired at it. 8/12
Oregon
- Firebombing arson attack on Corvallis Mosque 11/10 - 8/11 Cody Crawford arrested for this hate crime, calls himself a Christian warrior
- Eugene mosque vandalized 11/09
- Man shot leaving Portland mosque 9/1/2009
- Portland mosque threatened September 2001
Pennsylvania
- St. Ann’s Arabic Catholic Cathedral in Pottsville vandalized, American and Palestinian flags torn down. 7/12
- Pittsburgh mosque receives threats 9/10
- In West Philadelphia, worshippers at the Jamia Mosque at 43rd and Walnut have been greeted by protestors on at least three separate occasions in the past month. 8/10
- Pittsburgh mosque vandalized 1/4/09
- Pennsylvania mosque received threatening letters October 2006
- FBI raid on Pittsburgh mosque July 2006
- Bigots don’t want to vote in Pennsylvania mosqe November 2005
- shooting in mosque parking lot November 2005
- Pennsylvania Man Charged in Mosque Shooting November 2005
RHODE ISLAND
- North Smithfield Mosque vandalized. Man smashing sign with hammer caught on video tape 8/2012
South Carolina`
- Rock Hills Mosque vandalized. 6/12
- Florence Islamic Center defaced with pork. 10/10
- Operation Save America protests with “Islam is a lie” slogans outside Charlotte Mosque 7/19/10
-Vandalism at Taylor, SC mosque 8/26/09
- Charleston mosque vandalized September 2001
- Greenville mosque burned October 1995
Tennessee
- Texas man arrested over threats to blow up Murfreesboro mosque 6/12
- burned Qur’an at Knoxville mosque 9/10
- construction equipment doused with gasoline and set on fire at site of Murfreesboro mosque. 8/10 Fire ruled arson
- another mosque faces bigotry in Murfreesboro Tennessee 6/10- Nashville mosque vandalized
- hate graffiti sprayed on burned mosque in Columbia 2/08
- Feds charge three with firebombing Columbia, Tennessee mosque 2/08
- Qur’an defiled at Clarksville mosque 4/07
- Bullet Ridden Qur’an Thrown at Tenn. Mosque July 2006
- Nashville mosque bombed February 2006
- Memphis mosque shooting June 2000
Texas
- Houston TX mosque victim of arson attack 5/11
-San Antonio Mosque vandalized several times in a week. 9/10
- Arlington Mosque vandalized. 7/10
- Houston mosque defaced 10/09
- Shots fired at Corpus Christi Mosque 9/16/07
- Residents use pig races to deter building of mosque December 2006
- Lubbock mosque vandalized three times in one mongh 10/ 2006
- San Antonio mosque vandalized May 2006
- anti-Muslim sign posted on Houston Mosque 2/06
- Austin mosque vandalized again January 2006
- Irving mosque vandalized September 2005
- El Paso mosque firebombed September 2004
- Denton mosque firebombed September 2004
- Champion mosque vandalized June 2004
- shots fired at Denton mosque April 2004
- Lubbock mosque vandalized March 2004
- Houston mosque fire was arson February 2004
- shots fired at Irving mosque November 2001
- Austin mosque firebombed September 2001
- Irving mosque vandalized September 2001
Virginia
- Harrisonburg mosque vandalized 9/12
- Dar al Hijrah Mosque in Falls Church vandalized
- Dar al Hijra mosque vandalized 6/2007
- Islamophobic objections to Quantico Military Mosque December 2006
- mosque vandalized January 2006
- Sterling mosque vandalized November 2003
- James City mosque threatened September 2001
- Sterling mosque vandalized September 2001
- Norfolk mosque vandalized September 2001
- Tidewater mosque vandalized September 2001
Washington
- feces smeared on Muslim van near Bellevue mosque 6/10
- Kennewick mosque vandalized January 2007
Patrick Cunningham Pleads Guilty in Attempted Arson at Washington Mosque 2002
- Mount Lake Terrace mosque vandalized November 2001
- Lynwood mosque threatened September 2001
- Arsonists attempt to burn Idriss mosque June 2001
Wisconsin
- Terrorist attack on Sikh Temple in Wisconsin, possibly thought it was a mosque 8/5/12
- Madison WI mosque plan opposed 5/11
- Protests against mosque in Sheboygan, WI 7/10
- Wilson mosque approved and opened, and then vandalized 6/10
- protests over mosque to be established in an existing building in Wilson, WI 5/10
CANADIAN MOSQUES
- Bacon left outside Islamic Society of B.C. mosque in Port Coquitlam, B.C. 10/12
- Bottle filled with gasoline and posters saying “defeat jihad” left on doorstep of Masjid Dar As-Salam in Charlotetown, Prince Edward Island. 9/12
- London, Ontario mosque receives hate mail telling Muslims to leave Canada. 9/12
- Salahuddin Mosque in Toronto “walk your dog at the mosque” day anti-Muslim protest, met with Muslims and their own dogs. 9/12
- Al Iman Mosque in B.C. threatened with rocket launcher attack in online comment, man arrested. 8/12
- Aylmer mosque in Gatineau, Quebec receives hate mail telling Muslims to leave Canada. 1/12
- Outaouais mosque in Gatineau, Quebec vandalized with hate graffiti and stars of David. In a second incident at same mosque, windows were broken and an attempt to burn cars in parking lot. 1/12
- Islamic Society of B.C. mosque in Port Coquitlam, B.C. vandalized with graffiti. 3/11
Thanks for the links.
My links wouldnt apper on here, because "im new' to the site. you should know that.
Ok so - No need to pander to the idiots, its clearly a lot more than they could provide to back their claims up.
ok so. I have news for you. There is not such thing as an "AMERICAN MUSLIM". They are clearly not American, not do they want to assimilate into our culture and become Americans. So I tell them, don't let your rug get caught in the door on your way back to where you came from. Let me know where you live and I will come over and help you pack for free.
They are making incredible inroads as they take advantage of our political correctness and they laugh all the way to the mosque with this. Here is a little sobering information that is completely valid. "At the forefront of the movement is the Muslim Students' Association, which has formed a Muslim Accommodations Task Force to push for foot baths and prayer rooms. At least 17 universities have foot baths built or under construction, including Boston University, George Washington University and Temple University, and at least nine universities have prayer rooms for "Muslim students only," including Stanford, Emory and the University of Virginia, according to the MSA's website. The association did not return calls seeking comment.
Think it can't happen right here in the US, it is a guarantee unless people rise up!
This is just the beginning. All of Egypt's rich history will depart from the world if the Islamists get their way. Soon we will no longer be able to visit the anchient Pyramids, the Nile, the Museum of Antiquities, the Coptic churches of Egypt, because the Islamists want it all destroyed. The museums will be dismantled. All churches will be shut down. Better go visit Egypt now before it no longer resembles the Egypt that we grew up in awe about. And if you think it could never happen in Egypt, just look at what Iran was able to do in a few short years.
What everyone better realize, is that what happened in Egypt is the dream for what will happen IN AMERICA. Already happening in Europe, who thought that they were getting a cheap source of workers. Well, they got the Islamic baggage that goes along with the Islamic workers. Better wake up, folks. Stuff happening here, in the good ole U.S.of A. But, that is future history. Other more pressing matters, in the closer future that we better be taking care of. We are being moved off our foundations by the remaking of U.S. history......and being split apart, into many many divided loyalties....better so "they" can control "the masses." (Find out where that philosophy came from, and you will see the direction we are moving.)
So let me understand something here. The muslim brotherhood's doctrine is against sexual impurity, homosexual relationships, drugs and alcohol, prostitution, adultry, secularism, and watching re-runs of Two and A Half Men. So therefore, why can't Christians and Islamists get along then?
Oh that's right... because we can't agree on that whole God/Abraham thing. I guess we have no other choice but to wipe eachother out then.
SHEPHERDDOGS, if you can't differentiate between Christians and Muslims, then you should stop commenting about both. Your ignoranceand prejudice is showing.
I wasn't comparing Christians and Muslims nor was I referring to Islam or Christianity as a religion. I mentioned the muslim brotherhood because I wanted to make a comparison between Sharia Law and fundamentalist Christianity. Plus I was being sarcastic if you didn't catch that. I wish some people could have a sense of humor today. How exactly am I being prejudice again?
What like this is some big, big surprise to anyone, especially world leaders? Where have you people been? Living with your head up you know what.
That is what the leaders of this world have been doing for 4 long years and this is their reward. There will be war in the Middle East because of their"acceptance" of the religious nuts who rule that land.
The ever so tolerant Muslims who peach that they are a "peaceful" religion who just want "everyone to respect their rights".
When what they REALLY mean is "BECOME A MUSLIM OR DIE OR GET OUT". If the Christians of Egypt didn't see that coming, they are as ignorant as our leaders.
So what?
Our government should mind their own business, which is to focus on helping the people in their own backyard. If they don't, it's only because there are no profits involved.
Why is this a surprise to anybody? It was always going to happen and anyone with half a brain knew it. So Obama and his creepy minions either don't have half a brain between them or this was what they were wanting all along, giving their support to the Islamic extremists that now control the country.
And once again, we're surprised by this....why? It has been an ongoing pattern by Islamist organizations and the goal is always the same. They want all governments to be Islamic republics run by their religion's hierarchy and Sharia law. Any talk of inclusion here has been a smoke screen to camouflage the actual goal of the Islamist party. Unless there is some kind of drastic action very quickly, Egypt will be the next Iran.
I'm sure that Obama is just fine with this.
Islam has not been highjacked by Al Quada, taliban, wahabis, and other small isolated radical groups. In fact, millions of islamists, all other the world, are in Jihad mode, which is the destruction of all non-believers aka infidels. So today will you believe the so-called "moderate "muslims living in the US when they say that islam is the religion of peace ?
Christians have and will be slain for Christ's name.
It's a cruel world for Christians now, it will get worse in the near future.
It won't always be this way.
Like the invasion of iraq and afghanistan/ or maybe n korea and veitnam?
ok so--you really need to do your homework. Christians are killed everyday by Islamic followers. Islam wants to be the religion of the World. You better wake up. Wars are not being fought for land and freedom in the Middle East, they are fought over religion!
Yeah, saw hundred of thoudans of Muslims slaughthred in Iraq and afghanistan, Yemen and Pakistan by both their own leaders and Christains invaders.
thats what I am talking about. Kill or be killed.
Did you forget about Suddam Hussein? He had thousands and thousands killed under his reign.
This doesn't bode well for the future of democracy in Egypt.
Oh well, the result of revolutions in the Arab world doesn't appear to be what I was hoping for them, but in the further future the end result might not be what Islamists are hoping for either. The grand plan is not evolving for peace and equality.
Let's give it time and prepare for that.
Now that most of the dust has settled from the first part of the revolution, I can only hope that the Egyptians will remain in the streets till they have a constitution acceptable to a “large” (say 2/3rds) majority. I also hope that we (the US) are providing both public and not so offensive nonpublic support to improve the chances of further refinement of their (Egypt’s) evolution, and that they are better prepared to make rational choices. As a Humanist/atheist, it’s better that religious/all individuals don’t feel threatened by the environment there in. It makes them less hostile!
Just knew it was going to turn out this way. Egypt is going to be the new Iran.
And here you have it folks, Article 2 of the constitution
Sounds very Talibany to me.
Once again RELIGION is proving itself to be the Cancer of the world.
No logic, no planning, no basic needs of the people met, no education (And even if there were any, it's all thrown aside for books filled with fairy tales anyway), no human rights.
Just the old "Killing in the name of (Enter your deity's name here)" culture that has been plaguing this world since we stopped swinging from trees.
Religion is a mental illness, rampant in the Middle East. But we have it here too in the United States.
This is President Obama's Brotherhood, that he enthusiastically favored and promoted his group as good people he can work with.
Look around the world as the extremist begin their rise back up benefiting from President Obama's world tour welcoming these Brotherhood extremist groups.
Americans wanted this - they supported the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood.
You thought Christians and other non-Muslims will get much representation with them, huh?
Well, think again . Oops, you can't undo what you did, folks! So, live with it! You can't "do over!"