Bangladeshi Mosque in Michigan Vandalized

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http://news.pacificnews.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=c07c3bbde4f65a60d06fe10e30eeda1d

Bangladeshi Mosque in Michigan Vandalized

NEW YORK – Several unidentified teenagers reportedly vandalized a mosque in Hamtramck, Michigan last week. Many consider this as another racial bias act against Muslims.

According to a report, local Bangladeshis in Hamtramck alleged that several teenagers threw bricks and shoes at the mosque.

Abdul Mutallib, an Islamic devotee who goes to the mosque often, said that a group of 15- and 16-year-old teenagers threw their shoes at the mosque, and mocked fellow devotees who visited the mosque.

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Bangladeshi Muslims said that aside from the mocking, some people in the locality also started harassing the devotees of the mosque. A few days before the vandalism incident, a Bangladeshi imam was attacked.

[Teaser]

1. Be prepared...

when we finally withdraw from Iraq in shame, there will be boatloads of this.

Remember how asians were treated after we lost in Vietnam?

[Lostnote]

2. If That were my town.....

....I would organize a vigil for the press to help set the record straight......of course children will be children

[AlanAdam]

3. Good grief ...

When the churches in the south were being burned several weeks ago, there were some here who said the culprits were members of other churches, or racists, or ... or anyone other than those who usually do these kinds of things, namely brainless teenagers wanting to destroy things for the fun of it. Maybe this is an example of why some people say they never venture outside The Lounge.

[Behind the Aegis]

4. Could this be Muslim on Muslim violence, as well as something else?

The brick-throwers probably are bigots. Of course, after the "church burning pranks" :eyes:, who knows. However, throwing shoes at something is a Middle Eastern custom. The only time someone here throws shoes is a mom whacking her kid upside the head.

[AlanAdam]

5. I didn't notice that shoes were thrown ...

so, yes, it's possible that they were Muslim youth. Was this near Detroit? I've read that Detroit has a large Muslim population. Regardless of who is doing the harassing the police need to stop this immediately before it starts getting out of hand.