Hamas-Linked CAIR Calls for Hate Crime Charges in Marion, Iowa
About something that has nothing to do with Islam.
The arrest of two young men in Marion, Iowa for vandalism has caught the attention of the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
ABC affiliate KCRG showed images of swastikas spray-painted on several windows. The letters “KKK” were also reported to have been spray-painted. Despite this, there seems to have been no ideological motive for the two 19-year-olds’ actions. Indeed, the Marion police are not charging the two with any kind of hate crime, and made the following statement.
While hate speech and racist graffiti are vile and despicable, they do not constitute a [hate] crime unless other factors are present. That includes targeting a specific person or group.
News anchor Nicole Agee tells us that “the nation’s largest civil rights organization” (yes, you read that correctly) is “not buying that.”
We then CAIR’s Deputy Director, Edward Ahmed Mitchell, saying:
If vandalizing property and causing thousands of dollars in damage while spray-painting Nazi swastikas does not constitute a hate crime under Iowa law, Iowa law needs to change.
Besides telling us that CAIR is “the nation’s largest civil rights organization,” KCRG gives no explanation of who this group is or on what basis it can dictate terms to the state of Iowa. In fact, one has the impression that KCRG considers reporting CAIR’s statement to be a righteous act.
But here yet again, there is no explanation of why CAIR is getting involved in something that has nothing to do with Muslims or Islam. However, to those paying attention to the broader context of CAIR’s nationwide TV news appearances, the answer is clear.
CAIR is getting involved because the vandals are white. And CAIR has taken it upon themselves to be the scourge of white people in America.
One more time:
- CAIR hates white people.
- CAIR reps talk about how much they hate them.
- Well over 90% of the people CAIR attacks on TV are white.
- There are over 100 examples of their televised attacks, which have been going on for almost six years.
TV stations are complicit in all this.
- Here is KCRG giving voice to CAIR’s nominal executive director, Miriam Amir. I say nominal because the CAIR’s Iowa branch doesn’t seem to have a website. But Ms. Amir is also an official of the Muslim American Society, the chief arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in America.
- Here is CAIR’s National Communications Director defending the virulently anti-white, anti-American 1619 Project on a KCRG broadcast.
If the targeting of an individual or a group constitutes a hate crime, then CAIR must be considered a serial hate criminal which is given support by the mainstream media.
This is the first CAIR TV attack this month and the 29th of the year.
In time for Halloween, the message is that CAIR will continue to gain social capital, prestige, and legitimacy until it succeeds in changing the laws of Iowa and the country. CAIR will achieve their goal unless people begin to oppose its efforts.
“Third teen arrested, charged in July burglary, vandalism case in Marion,” KCRG, October 28, 2022:
MARION, Iowa (KCRG) – A third teen has been arrested and charged for his alleged participation in a series of burglaries and vandalism in July.
Police on Friday said they arrested 18-year-old Koda Holst, from Cedar Rapids….
Police also arrested Gary Jacobsen III, 19, of Cedar Rapids, and Zane Wilcox-Thomas, 19, of Marion, on Wednesday in connection to the crimes….
In a press release, police said some of the graffiti included swastika symbols, the words “I am a Nazi,” and “KKK.” The total damage is estimated at more than $10,000….
“This matter was thoroughly investigated to determine if a hate crime was committed but no evidence was uncovered to support hate crime allegations or warrant the filing of additional charges,” police said in a press release.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization urged prosecutors to review the case again to determine whether hate crime charges can be brought against the suspects.
Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Attack on Iranian Shiite Shrine
Islamic State terrorists on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a gun attack on Shiite Muslim pilgrims at a shrine in the southern city of Shiraz.
The Iranian regime vowed revenge for the massacre, which killed at least 15 and wounded 19 others. The regime linked the ISIS attack to the massive protests that have swept Iran over the past two months, sparked by the killing of a young woman for allegedly violating the oppressive hijab law.
According to conflicting accounts from local media and the Iranian judiciary, between one and three gunmen opened fire during Wednesday evening prayers at the Shah Cheragh mausoleum, a mosque constructed in the 12th century that contains the tombs of two fabled Shiite martyrs. The mosque, whose name translates to “King of the Light,” is a spectacular example of architecture and a major tourist attraction, in addition to being a center of worship.
Iranian media stated the attacker or attackers entered the shrine and “fired indiscriminately on worshipers” until they were captured by police. The reports implied at least one assailant is alive, in custody, and apparently resisting interrogation efforts.
Eyewitnesses said they heard women screaming during the attack, and media photos showed the bodies of two children and a woman among the dead.
The National on Thursday provided an account of the attack based on security camera footage:
CCTV footage broadcast on state TV on Thursday showed the attacker entering the shrine after hiding an assault rifle in a bag and shooting as worshippers tried to flee and hide in corridors. The semi-official Tasnim news agency said the attacker shot an employee at the shrine entrance before his rifle jammed and he was chased by bystanders.
He managed to unjam his weapon and opened fire on his pursuers, before entering a courtyard and shooting worshippers. Women and children were among the dead, according to the agency. “I heard sounds of gunfire after we prayed,” a witness told state TV. “We went to a room next to the shrine. This lowlife came and fired a barrage of shots.
“Then [the bullet] hit my arm and leg, it hit my wife’s back, but thank God my child was not hit. He is seven years old.”
Iranian officials quickly blamed the attack on “takfiri terrorists.” Takfiri, which essentially means “fake Muslim,” is a term the Iranian government frequently uses for Sunni Muslim militants, especially those belonging to ISIS.
A message posted on the Telegram encrypted messaging platform on Thursday by an account linked to Islamic State operatives claimed responsibility for the attack. The message credited an ISIS gunman with “killing at least 20 Shias and wounding dozens of others.”
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei promised a “severe response” to the attack, while President Ebrahim Raisi said the crime would “definitely not go unanswered.”
“The security and law enforcement forces will teach a lesson to those who designed and carried out the attack,” Raisi vowed.
Raisi condemned the “enemies of Iran” who use “violence and terror” to “divide the united ranks of the nation,” which is disturbingly close to how his government talks about the Mahsa Amini protests.
Wednesday was the 40th day after Amini’s death at the hands of Iranian “morality police” for allegedly violating the hijab law. Day 40 is traditionally when a death is most strongly grieved and remembered under Shiite tradition, so thousands of protesters were on the streets doing just that, particularly in the Kurdish region from which Amini hailed.
Some Iranian officials went further in linking the Shiraz massacre to the Amini uprising, including Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who said the time has come for Tehran to act against “terrorists and foreign meddlers.” The regime claims foreign powers are orchestrating the anti-hijab protests.
“This crime made the sinister intentions of the promoters of terror and violence in Iran completely clear. There is reliable information that the enemies have drawn up a multilayered project to make Iran insecure,” Abdollahian said.
Iranian police reportedly used tear gas and live ammunition to fire on protesters in Amini’s home city of Saqqez on Wednesday, after thousands of mourners held a procession to the graveyard where the 22-year-old woman was buried. The mourners chanted, “Woman, Life, Freedom,” the semi-official slogan of the Amini uprising, “Down with traitors,” “Kurdistan will be the graveyard of fascists,” and “Death to the dictator,” meaning Ayatollah Khamenei.
Raymond Ibrahim, author of Defenders of the West, is a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom
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