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Muslims “Blame Trump” After New York Imam Assassinated In Broad Daylight

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by Tyler Durden
Aug 13, 2016 10:22 PM

A lone gunman opened fire on a Queens’ imam and his assistant as the two walked (near Ozone Park mosque in New York) after Saturday afternoon prayers, leaving one dead and the other critically wounded.

As NY Daily News reports, dozens of angry Muslim men gathered at the murder scene, with one exclaiming “That’s not what America is about…we blame Donald Trump for this… Trump and his drama has created Islamophobia.”

The gunshots rang out near the Al-Furqan Jame Masjid Mosque in Ozone Park, leaving both men lying on the ground in their own blood just a block from the house of worship, according to witnesses.

Witnesses described a chaotic scene where the shooter started firing at the two unarmed victims in the middle of a blistering August afternoon.

 

“We are devastated,” said Kobir Chowdhury, president of a second neighborhood mosque. “We needs to get to the bottom of this. We need to know if they did this just because of our religion.”

 

Another witness said the gunfire seemingly came from nowhere.

 

 

“All of a sudden I heard five shots,” said the witness, who declined to give his name. “I knew it wasn’t firecrackers. And then the commotion of the emergency (vehicles), and that’s when I knew.

“When I came here, they were doing CPR to both of the people on the ground.”

Blame for the assassination was quickly placed squarely on Donald Trump’s shoulders…

Dozens of angry Muslim men gathered at the murder scene, making it clear they believed the shooting was a hate crime — with the two religious leaders specifically targeted.

 

 

“That’s not what America is about,” said local resident Khairul Islam, 33.

 

“We blame Donald Trump for this … Trump and his drama has created Islamophobia.”

And with that, the narrative is set for tomorrow’s political talk-shows.


We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Vote

 Guest Post by Stilton Jarlsberg

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Tonight the various contenders wishing (or in many cases obsessing) to become President of the United States will get their first real test in the Iowa caucuses. The caucus (meaning “a gathering of Caucasians”) process involves Iowans grouping together to publicly debate which candidates have spent the most money in the state.

Following these impassioned discussions (frequently peppered with expletives like “gosh durn it!” and “hold on thar!”) the Republicans cast traditional secret ballots for their candidates, while the Democrats wave their hands in the air, shout, steal supporters from other groups, and eventually come to agreement via arm wrestling.

Still, the results in Iowa are very, very important because…uh…they’re first.  Not because the state is a good predicter of national results (it isn’t), and not because the state has demographics which “look like America” (it doesn’t). But still, Iowa is first for a very good reason: because they called “dibs.”

According to the latest polls, things are wattled-neck and neck between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders amongst the Democrats, while on the GOP side Donald Trump is predicted to edge out Ted Cruz. Which is why later this week we’ll get to see…

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In order to attack the alleged Islamaphobia of the eventual GOP winners in Iowa, Barack Hussein Obama will be visiting an American mosque in Baltimore which is apparently in a part of town that mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake did not give to protesters to destroy.

This will be Mr. Obama’s first visit to an American mosque as president, a trip long-delayed because, according to White House spokesman Josh Earnest, “the president’s golf spikes really tear the hell out of prayer rugs.”

Obama is going to the mosque “to celebrate the contributions Muslim Americans make to our life,” and indeed there are many. Just off the top of our heads, for instance, we can thank them for greatly increased national security measures, a decrease in sun-related skin cancers amongst women wearing burqas, a more diverse view of what constitutes “a clock,” and heightened awareness that, despite the similarity in names, San Bernadino and San Bernardino are two different soft targets.


ANOTHER USE FOR BACON

Hat tip Francis Marion

FBI offers $5,000 reward after bacon found at Vegas mosque

By SALLY HO
Associated Press

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The FBI is offering a $5,000 reward for information that helps them find the person who put raw bacon on the door handles of a Las Vegas mosque.

The FBI said in a statement Wednesday that agents are trying to find the man seen in a surveillance video putting the meat on the entrances of the Masjid-e-Tawheed mosque. Authorities call it a desecration of the Islamic worship center.

The Quran, the holy book of Islam, prohibits Muslims from eating pork, and pigs have been used to taunt or offend Muslims.

Both the FBI and Las Vegas police say they’re investigating the case as a possible hate crime.

Las Vegas police spokesman Larry Hadfield said the bacon was wrapped on the door knobs, and was also found on the ground and fences.

Officials at the mosque couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.

The FBI said the incident happened about 3:15 a.m. Dec. 27. The culprit is described as a white man wearing a dark blue hat, jacket and black-framed glasses. He had black or dark brown hair with long, thin sideburns.

The site west of the Las Vegas Strip wasn’t damaged, and no one was hurt. The mosque was empty at the time, and the case was reported by members who came to worship later that morning.

Several threatening incidents at mosques have been reported in recent weeks. A Molotov cocktail went off at an Islamic center in Tracy, California, days ago, and a severed pig’s head was found outside a Philadelphia worship site earlier this month.