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New Jersey Imams Receive Threatening Letters
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wanna bet cair wrote them - just for the publicity and to get legislation passed to make saying anything about islam a federal offense?
TOTOWA, N.J., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The New Jersey chapter
of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on state
and federal law enforcement authorities to treat threatening letters mailed
recently to Muslim leaders in that state as hate crimes. The threats
targeted the imams, or religious leaders, of at least two New Jersey
mosques.
One of the letters, mailed in December of last year and forwarded to
CAIR- NJ, stated in part: "Because you worship the devil ALLAH, who has
brought death, destruction, and hatred upon my country, you must now DIE!!
DEATH TO ALL OF YOU!!!" The same mosque also received a phone call
expressing similar views near the time the threatening letter was received.
"We call on the FBI and local law enforcement authorities to classify
these threats as hate crimes and to take every measure possible to ensure
the safety of those targeted," said CAIR-NJ Communications Director Afsheen
Shamsi.
CAIR, America's largest Islamic civil liberties group, has 32 offices
and chapters nationwide and in Canada. Its mission is to enhance the
understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties,
empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and
mutual understanding.
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