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To: Lane3 who wrote (69819)	5/31/2008 4:06:09 PM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541348

Report from CAIR (excerpt on hate crimes, not all the "civil rights" violations they reported): Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes Incidents of anti-Muslim hate crime complaints went up by 9.2 percent this year, increasing from 153 in 2005 to 167 total complaints in 2006.9 Some examples of anti-Muslim hate crime complaints received by CAIR in 2006: ¢ February 16, 2006 – An Imam at a Michigan mosque was assaulted and the mosque was vandalized. Objects were thrown through the windows of the mosque twice in the weeks before the attack. On another occasion, a group of youths entered and threw shoes at the congregation as they prayed.10 According to The Detroit News, the FBI was involved in the case and Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm has offered state aid, if needed.11 ¢ April 5, 2006 – A female Muslim college senior at Baylor University in Texas was attacked while walking through the university’s campus. The assailant, a white man thought to be in his 30s, attacked her from behind. He pushed, slapped, and kicked her while using racial and anti-Muslim slurs and pulled off her headscarf. The woman was treated at the hospital for contusions and a dislocated shoulder. CAIR called on the FBI to investigate the incident and announced a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator.12 ¢ April 28, 2006 – A Muslim family in Georgia was the victim of vandalism at their home. Their family van was torched, and the phrase “Killers Go Home!” was spray-painted on a wall. CAIR called on the FBI to investigate and also announced a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrators.13 ¢ September 5, 2006 – A group of people were praying in an Islamic Center in Maine when the frozen head of a pig was rolled in across the mosque floor. The incident caused some to flee in fear and a child subsequently fainted.14 The suspect was charged with the misdemeanor charge of defacement and desecration of a place of worship. Graph 2. Anti-Muslim Hate Crime Complaints By Year 9 See Graph 2. 10 “FBI Investigating Mich. Mosque Attacks,” USA Today, February 26, 2006 available at usatoday.com 11 Id. 12 Press Release, “CAIR Offers Reward for Info on Baylor U Assault,” April 7, 2006 available at cair-net.org &theType=NR 13 Associated Press, “FBI asked to look into Georgia vandalism at Muslim home,” April 28, 2006 available at accessnorthga.com newfullstory.asp?ID=74556 14 “A Lone Man’s Stunt Raises Border Issues,” The New York Times, September 5, 2006 available at select.nytimes.com C3D550C768CDDA00894DE404482 The Status of Muslim Civil Rights in the United States • 2007 10 § On April 22, 2007, Brent Matthews, the Lewiston, Maine man who became embroiled in controversy after he rolled a pig’s head into a city mosque, committed suicide in a shopping center parking lot minutes after calling police.15 He was charged with the misdemeanor of defacement and desecration of a place of worship. Authorities had considered filing federal hate-crime charges against Matthews, but ultimately chose not to;16 much to the dismay of the Maine Muslim community. ¢ September 23, 2006 – A Florida mosque was targeted in a sniper attack during Ramadan evening prayers. When a man exited the mosque, several rounds were shot, hitting the building. There were no injuries in the sniper attack.17 ¢ October 29, 2006 – A 24-year-old Pakistani-American Muslim man was attacked and beaten with brass knuckles by a group of five teenagers in New York. The man said he was eating ice cream one evening near a Dunkin’ Donuts when he was approached by the teenagers. They knocked the ice cream out of his hands and called him a “terrorist,” and told him to “go back to your country.” The teenagers then held his arms and beat him with a pair of brass knuckles, breaking his nose and covering his torso with bruises. A doctor reported that surgery would be needed to correct the damage to his face.18 According to news reports, police are calling it a “vicious hate crime.” 19 Furthermore, reports say that those responsible will face hate crime charges. § On November 1, 2006, the Brooklyn (NY) District Attorney’s office told WABC-7 Television in New York that there have already been five arrests and say there may be more ahead.20