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"Charles Farley" |
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17 Jan 2005 03:48:30 PM |
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Muslims Execute Family for Criticizing Islam |
New York Post
January 16, 2005
'Islamic Hate' Eyed in Slays
By Douglas Montero
The father of a murdered New Jersey family was threatened for making
anti-Muslim remarks online -- and the gruesome quadruple slaying may
have been the hateful retaliation, sources told The Post yesterday.
Hossam Armanious, 47, who along with his wife and two young daughters
was found stabbed to death in his Jersey City home early Friday, would
regularly debate religion in a Middle Eastern chat room, one source
said.
Armanious, an Egyptian Christian, was well known for expressing his
Coptic beliefs and engaging in fiery back-and-forth with Muslims on
the Web site paltalk.com.
He "had the reputation for being one of the most outspoken Egyptian
Christians," said the source, who had close ties to the family.
The married father of two had recently been threatened by Muslim
members of the Web site, said a fellow Copt and store clerk who uses
the chat room.
"You'd better stop this ***** or we are going to track you down
like a chicken and kill you," was the threat, said the clerk, who was
online at the time and saw the exchange.
But Armanious refused to back down, according to two sources who use
the Web site.
A relative of Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy who answered the phone
at Healy's home said there was information the murders were
"religion-related."
Armanious' daughter, Sylvia, would have turned 16 yesterday. "She was
very religious and very opinionated," said Jessica Cimino, 15, a
fellow sophomore at Dickenson HS.
A family member who viewed photos of the bloodbath said Sylvia seemed
to have taken the most savage punishment.
"When we saw the pictures, you could tell that they were hurt really,
really bad in the face; especially Sylvia," said Milad Garas, the
girl's great-uncle.
The heartless killer not only slit Sylvia's throat, but also sliced a
huge gash in her chest and stabbed her in the wrist, where she had a
tattoo of a Coptic cross.
Also found murdered were the wife, Amal Garas, and the second
daughter, Monica.
Fred Ayed, the deacon at St. George and St. Shenouda Church, where the
family attended services, said he's worried that the murders could
have a ripple effect.
"I am concerned for the safety of our community," said Ayed, who knew
Hossam for 30 years. "People are scared because one family was slain
like cows," said Moheb Ghabour, publisher of a local newspaper for the
Coptic community.
Both the deacon and uncle poured cold water on the theory that the
family were the victims of a robbery gone wrong. "This is not a
robbery, Ayed said. "We found all of the jewelry in the house. They
didn't take anything."
The FBI confirmed it has been called in to help with the case.
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/38704.htm
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| User: "TravelMech" |
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| Title: Re: Muslims Execute Family for Criticizing Islam |
17 Jan 2005 09:20:21 PM |
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New Jersey was one of the first states in the country to adopt hate-crime
laws. When the pigs are caught, it will be interesting to see if the DA
uses them to prosecute.
-Jon A
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| User: "Employees of Pyongyang Textile Plant keep their hairstyle and dressing neat and tidy" |
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| Title: Re: Muslims Execute Family for Criticizing Islam |
17 Jan 2005 10:46:19 PM |
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"TravelMech" <ando[NO-S_P_A_M]gigi@earthlink.net> wrote...
New Jersey was one of the first states in the country to adopt hate-crime
laws. When the pigs are caught, it will be interesting to see if the DA
uses them to prosecute.
No, it will never happen. You see, it is not a hate crime for members of
a religion to preach death and destruction and even murder their opponents,
but it is a hate crime to criticize them for it. I need only to point out
the recent murder of Dutch filmaker Theo van Gough, who was brutally
murdered by Muslims after making a documentary criticizing the treatment
of women in Islam. Shortly after the murder, someone painted a mural on
a wall that depicted an image of Theo van Gough, with the biblical
commandment "Thou shalt not kill." As you expect, Muslims complained and
the mural creator was arrested and charged with a hate crime for having
offended the precious Muslims. I am only surprised that the mural artist
hasn't been murdered (yet).
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