In the immediate aftermath of the attack, members of the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce condemned the shooter and planned a blood drive to help the victims, releasing a statement saying they “repudiat[ed] anyone or any group that would claim to justify or excuse such an appalling act of violence.” But as the days waned on, members grew worried of anti-Muslim revenge attacks on the house of worship.
Their concerns proved to be prescient: According to Wilfredo Ruiz, a spokesman for the St. Pierce mosque who also happens to be communications director of the Florida chapter of the Center for American Islamic Relations (CAIR), it wasn’t long before mosque members encountered Islamophobic hate.
“Incidents started to happen — people started to drive by and shout racial slurs,” Ruiz told ThinkProgress. “And last Friday, when worshippers were exiting their services during the rain, cars were driving by splashing them.”
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They could call on their brothers (ISIS) to do the detail.
If local law protects them, than the law should also provide security inside to keep an eye on them.
Not sure if it is ISIL, everyone employed by the government refers them as ISIL. Lol
If they are US citizens then they are entitled to the same protection as any other person.
551 that's a big IF.
So ones religion now makes you an illegal alien?
6:58 - no..but it might still make you a terrorist!
Have another sip of Kool-Aid!
You shorebillies deserve to live in the outhouse of MD. Small towns and small minds.
Yup!!
Before you know it, men will be dashing into the ladies room at the Mosque to peek at the young girls.
Opps, wait a minute, Obama made that legal.
Don't confuse religious freedom with freedom to practice a murderous cult.
Congress needs to declare Islam a cult.
Then we can Janet Reno every mosque in the country!
As a cop, I don't see anything specific indicating an actual threat. People riding by and yelling mean things, and people getting splashed by vehicles passing puddles (seriously?). Maybe there was more detailed threat info in the rest of the article but from what I read, their claim is very weak, and not deserving of a security detail. At the very most I would have officers do an hourly patrol check but that's it.
Giovanni Jones
That's 24/7 patrols on something you said didn't need a security detail?! So does it or doesn't cop? Or do you like burning fuel and manpower on mud puddles? No doubt your Leo dummy.
5:51PM I agree, but the same amount isn't a constant security detail.
11:35 I'd work on your English before calling anyone else a dummy.
The crescent moon is the most common Islamic symbol. In fact, it is found on the top of every Muslim mosque around the world and on the flags of many Islamic nations. The crescent moon represents the god of Islam, Allah, who was the pagan moon deity of Mohammed's tribe, the Quraysh of Arabia. When Mohammed conquered Mecca in Saudi Arabia by force in 630 A.D. he destroyed all of the 360 pagan tribal deities in the Kaaba and set up his tribal deity, the moon god, Allah, as the chief deity of Arabia. Later, when he tried to convince the Jews and Christians of Arabia to worship Allah, they refused, knowing the true identity of Allah, and Mohammed then began his bloody conquest of the Arabian peninsula, slaughtering thousands by the sword.
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