Acid Thrown At “Flying Imam”
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Police in Arizona said two unidentified men tossed a bottle filled with acid at a Phoenix area mosque early on Monday, splashing a caustic chemical near a Muslim cleric involved in a high-profile discrimination suit.
A Glendale Police Department spokesman said two men driving in a red car threw a soda bottle filled with acid and a reactant at the Albanian American Islamic Center of Arizona, in Glendale, west of Phoenix, around 1 a.m. (O800 GMT) on Monday.
The bottle, which contained pool cleaner and strips of tin foil, burst some 20-25 feet away from Imam Didmar Faja and another mosque official, although neither man was injured, sergeant Jim Toomey said.
“The bottle ruptured in front of them and they smelled a strong chemical smell when it went off,” Toomey said.
“We are treating it as a hate crime. We are taking it very seriously,” he added.
Faja is one of six Muslim clerics known as the “Flying Imams” who are bringing a suit against US Airways alleging discrimination after they were removed from a Minneapolis to Phoenix flight last November.
The imams were ordered off the aircraft and were briefly detained by authorities after some passengers and crew became alarmed at what they believed was suspicious behavior.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations said on Wednesday that the imams and their attorney had received death threats stemming from the lawsuit, and urged Glendale police to consider that as a possible line of inquiry in their investigation.
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August 8th, 2007 at 2:23 pmWell brace yourselves, non-Muslims of America, for another onslaught of legal reprisals from the unholy alliance of the far left and CAIR. But I think this act symbolizes the frustration we feel towards not being able to speak out at what we know to suspicious activity, so screw those imams.
August 8th, 2007 at 2:33 pmBummer. Yeah, I’d say hate crime is about right. Sucks to get a taste of your own medicine… doesn’t it boys?
August 8th, 2007 at 2:35 pmNow get on your faces and give me 20 for missing the bastard!
August 8th, 2007 at 3:15 pmYou know, I don’t think a whole lot of people have actually thought about this kind of thing.
They may back-door their way into the UK…but it ain’t gonna happen here.
August 8th, 2007 at 3:32 pmWell hate is right..i dont know if i would call it a crime though
August 8th, 2007 at 3:34 pmbetter luck next time!
August 8th, 2007 at 3:47 pmIt’s startin in….won’t be long before thousands of “copy-cat” Chlorine-bombers are launching Hate attacks on them.
August 8th, 2007 at 4:10 pmIt’s about time!
Poor diaper-headed Iman. He’s lucky. If CAIR keeps up their shit, people are going to throw shit back in their faces. Fuck CAIR.
August 8th, 2007 at 4:12 pmIt was probably a CAIR setup in order to gather sympathy from the MSM.
August 8th, 2007 at 4:29 pmGee, anybody else witness this? Get a license plate number? How about a description of the would-be criminals? Bet they were “white”. Wonder if any neighboring buildings had security cameras aimed in the area. I mean, these fellas would NEVER make up something like this, would they? Get a license plate number? How about a description of the would-be criminals? Bet they were “white”.
August 8th, 2007 at 4:32 pmNext time use a gun.
I prefer my 454
August 8th, 2007 at 4:59 pmI wonder who they are going to blame this incident on.
August 8th, 2007 at 5:08 pmThousands of Muslims riot and burn cars, and they’re “disadvantaged youth”. One dumbass throws a bottle of chlorine at a mosque and it’s a hate crime. The dumbass would have got a lot more favorable coverage if he’d only threw it at the Boy Scouts or some Christians.
August 8th, 2007 at 6:02 pmNormally I get pissed off about people hurting innocent muslims who have done nothing wrong, but in this case…. well let’s just say i will not be losing sleep over this.
August 8th, 2007 at 6:14 pmHey guys wouldnt it be funny if they blamed Americans for this then started a jihad against us?..errr, oh nevermind..someone please turn off my goofy sarcasm button,its on the back of my neck
August 8th, 2007 at 6:42 pmROFLMAO…it wasn’t a chemical smell. The bastard probably shit his pants.
August 8th, 2007 at 7:37 pmThe backlash begins.
August 8th, 2007 at 7:59 pmLook out dunecoons the NASCAR jihad is comin’ atcha. Noone is allowed to push Americans around for long before the good ole boy pushes back.
Our disgrunted youths need to use toilet cleaner not pool chemicals and heavy jugs, detergent, gaterade or anti-freeze.
Better Boom……..Imam your ass.
Hate crime legislation is selective. How many times have muslims in this country, killed people in the name of islam and the police not only rule out terrorrism, but is also not listed as a hate crime. I doubt they will find the perpetrators and I am suspicious that the imams are looking for sympathy.
August 8th, 2007 at 9:30 pm
August 8th, 2007 at 9:48 pmToomey the cop says they are taking it serously…. So? who gives a flying fuck? Not me.
they had to be white, if they were not then it wouldnt be racist!! or a hate crime
August 8th, 2007 at 10:47 pmIt’s BS. The kiddies also trashed some other houses for ‘fun’. It’s NOT even being considered a hate crime by some of the local news media. This so called mosque looks like an average everyday house in a residential area. It’s just the Glendale, AZ cops pandering to these fucks.
August 9th, 2007 at 2:17 amIts way past time to get serious about some hate. I’m heading to the airport to toss a pork steak in a foot bath.
August 9th, 2007 at 4:56 amWe need to fight the propaganda war, which CAIR excels at, by being completely ruthless. At their press conferences we should be asking questions like “Any truth to the rumor that the two men being sought shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ before throwing the comntainer?” or “Are you sure that those two men weren’t sheep farmers looking for the date you stole from their ranch last night?”
August 9th, 2007 at 5:55 amCAIR is the mouthpiece for liars. If they say it happened, I believe it’s made up.
And if it’s true, I just don’t CAIR!!!!!!!!!
I think kicking people out of a cab for having alcohol is a hate crime.
August 9th, 2007 at 7:11 amWhy can’t the flying Imams and CAIR understand that most Americans don’t give a shit. Why don’t they just go back to the shit hole they came from or die! We don’t care!
August 10th, 2007 at 8:40 pmEven though I do perfer the latter.