Muslim chaplain misunderstands Islam, smuggles box cutters into Manhattan jail

Posted by Robert on February 3, 2010 12:23 PM

Just so that you don't get the idea that the Post is "Islamophobic" for reporting on this story, Reuven Blau and Dan Mangan include a completely gratuitous reference to an illegal bar mitzvah party organized by a Jewish chaplain for an inmate's son. Box cutters = bar mitzvah. Check.

"Muslim chaplain 'smuggled' box cutters into jail," by Reuven Blau and Dan Mangan in the [1] New York Post, February 3 (thanks to herr Oyal):

A Muslim chaplain for the city Department of Correction was arrested this morning for allegedly trying to smuggle in three box-cutters to a lower Manhattan jail.

The imam, Imam Zul-Qarnain Shahid, has worked as a DOC jail chaplain for three years, according to department sources.

Several sources said Shahid was caught this morning attempting to bring three box-cutters into the jail known as the Tombs during a visit there. It was not known why he was visiting the jail....

A DOC chaplain assigned to the Tombs - politically connected rabbi Leib Glanz - resigned last year after The Post exclusively revealed that he had organized a bar mitzvah party within the jail's walls for the son of an inmate. The bar mitzvah featured catered food and a live band, as well as dozens of non-inmate guests....


Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/02/muslim-chaplain-misunderstands-islam-smuggles-box-cutters-into-manhattan-jail.html

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