There is a "Cinco de Mayo," right?
This is one family. Devasting. It is a hate crime. I don't accept anything short of that.
The North Carolina legislature is lined with Islamophobes. That is their propaganda they use and their media (FOX) uses. Bill O'Reilly can begin to worry about stealing Ramadan from the Muslim Community along with his Christmas vigilance. The North Carolina legislature needs to pass a measure indicating an appropriate day as "Muslim Appreciation Day."
February 11, 2015
By Doug Stanglin
An ongoing dispute (click here) over an apartment parking space may have led to the shooting deaths of three Muslim college students in North Carolina, but investigators are trying to determine if the killings could also have been hate-motivated, police said Wednesday.
Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, who turned himself in to the Chatham County Sheriff's Office, has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the fatal shootings Tuesday afternoon at an apartment building in Chapel Hill....
It is hate legislation and translates into same in segments of society. The entire legislation is based in fear and hate. It has no basis in reality.
August 27, 2013
By Omar Sacirby
(RNS) North Carolina (click here) became the seventh state to prohibit its judges from considering Islamic law after Gov. Pat McCrory allowed the bill to become law without formally signing it.
McCory, a Republican, called the law “unnecessary,” but declined to veto it. The bill became law on Sunday (Aug. 25).
The state joins Arizona, Kansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Tennessee.
Supporters hailed the bill as an important safeguard that protects the American legal system from foreign laws that are incompatible with the U.S. Constitution, while critics argued that the bill’s only purpose is to whip-up anti Muslim hatred because the Constitution already overrides foreign laws.
“The intent behind this law is bigoted and it is intended to alienate the Muslim community,” said Jibril Hough, a spokesman for the Islamic Center of Charlotte.
The North Carolina ban is limited to family law; bans in other states are broader, applying to commercial law, contract law and other types of laws....
This is one family. Devasting. It is a hate crime. I don't accept anything short of that.
The North Carolina legislature is lined with Islamophobes. That is their propaganda they use and their media (FOX) uses. Bill O'Reilly can begin to worry about stealing Ramadan from the Muslim Community along with his Christmas vigilance. The North Carolina legislature needs to pass a measure indicating an appropriate day as "Muslim Appreciation Day."
February 11, 2015By Doug Stanglin
An ongoing dispute (click here) over an apartment parking space may have led to the shooting deaths of three Muslim college students in North Carolina, but investigators are trying to determine if the killings could also have been hate-motivated, police said Wednesday.
Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, who turned himself in to the Chatham County Sheriff's Office, has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the fatal shootings Tuesday afternoon at an apartment building in Chapel Hill....
It is hate legislation and translates into same in segments of society. The entire legislation is based in fear and hate. It has no basis in reality.
August 27, 2013
By Omar Sacirby
(RNS) North Carolina (click here) became the seventh state to prohibit its judges from considering Islamic law after Gov. Pat McCrory allowed the bill to become law without formally signing it.
McCory, a Republican, called the law “unnecessary,” but declined to veto it. The bill became law on Sunday (Aug. 25).
The state joins Arizona, Kansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Tennessee.
Supporters hailed the bill as an important safeguard that protects the American legal system from foreign laws that are incompatible with the U.S. Constitution, while critics argued that the bill’s only purpose is to whip-up anti Muslim hatred because the Constitution already overrides foreign laws.
“The intent behind this law is bigoted and it is intended to alienate the Muslim community,” said Jibril Hough, a spokesman for the Islamic Center of Charlotte.
The North Carolina ban is limited to family law; bans in other states are broader, applying to commercial law, contract law and other types of laws....
