Islamophobia In Action… September 29, 2008
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“Baboucarr Njie was preparing for his prayer session Friday night, Sept. 26, when he heard children in the Islamic Society of Greater Dayton coughing. Soon, Njie himself was overcome with fits of coughing and, like the rest of those in the building, headed for the doors.
“I would stay outside for a minute, then go back in, there were a lot of kids,” Njie said. “My throat is still itchy, I need to get some milk.”
Njie was one of several affected when a suspected chemical irritant was sprayed into the mosque at 26 Josie St., bringing Dayton police, fire and hazardous material personnel to the building at 9:48 p.m.
Someone “sprayed an irritant into the mosque,” Dayton fire District Chief Vince Wiley said, noting that fire investigators believe it was a hand-held spray can.”
Astoundingly the same bloody newspaper that has innocently reported this atrocious crime has been delivering copies of the fearmongering, Islamaphobic documentary ‘Obsession’ to subscribers in the area.
Irony feels a little too warm and fuzzy to cover it.
Woops, Belated Update: The Daily News issued a correction; this incident didn’t take place.
I must confess I have a phobia of Islam, as well as Christianity, Judaism and all of those ghastly Bronze Age philosophys.
We’re better off without them.
Aye, I’m not down with Jesus, Allah, Buddah et al myself, but Islamaphobia is slightly more complicated. It essentially involves viewing Islam as a monolith, separate from the society that we inhabit. It’s usually mixed in with anti-arabism, as well.
Incidentally, where can one book tickets for Zero?
Ben