Religious leaders join in support of mosque DETROIT

[dark_knight]

Religious leaders join in support of mosque DETROIT

BY NIRAJ WARIKOO

FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

In a show of unity, religious leaders linked arms Thursday in front of a Detroit mosque that was vandalized this week with graffiti that read "Go Home 9-11 Murderers."

Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and Arab leaders joined together at the old Islamic Center of America to condemn the attack, the latest in a string of crimes directed against Islamic houses of worship in metro Detroit.

The attack on the center is "unacceptable to people of faith," said Rabbi Josh Bennett, of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield.
Earlier this month, someone smashed the windows of a couple of Iraqi Shi'ite mosques along Warren Avenue in Detroit, an act that some local Shi'ites say they believe was the work of Sunni extremists.

Then, over the weekend, the windows of another Iraqi Shi'ite mosque, the Karbalaa Islamic Education Center, were broken. The vandalism at the Islamic Center, a Shi'ite mosque, was found Monday.

Dearborn Police Chief Michael Celeski attended the gathering and said his department is working closely with Detroit police to find out who's behind the attacks. He urged the public to come forward with any information.

The gathering was organized by the Detroit-based Interfaith Partners program of the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion.

The attacks are "an expression of ignorance," said the Rev. Dan Appleyard, of Christ Episcopal Church in Dearborn.

Imad Hamad, regional director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, said Thursday's event "was an example of America at its best."

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[selamat]

Does that photo describe us as 'Rah' or 'Ram' worshippers? Because either way, those who wrote it are way off.

I love it when Islamophobes demonstrate their ignorance and outright stupidity is such spectacular ways. I remember when I used to live in Ontario, a Hindu temple, with prominent sign reading, "Samaj Hindu Temple", was burned down because the arsonists thought it was a mosque! Their act was replete with the words, "Die Moslim scum!" scrawled on the unburnt section of an outside wall.

[dark_knight]

Does that photo describe us as 'Rah' or 'Ram' worshippers? Because either way, those who wrote it are way off.

I love it when Islamophobes demonstrate their ignorance and outright stupidity is such spectacular ways. I remember when I used to live in Ontario, a Hindu temple, with prominent sign reading, "Samaj Hindu Temple", was burned down because the arsonists thought it was a mosque! Their act was replete with the words, "Die Moslim scum!" scrawled on the unburnt section of an outside wall.

thanks for pointing that out...i didn't actually notice the "ram" graffitee (they mistook them for hindu?!!

yep...it show their stupidity on any sad and pathetic level...
some of them can't ttell the difference between muslim and sikh...all they see is beard, turban and brown skin.