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Washington state: Man charged with threats at mosque is…Muslim

Jan 15, 2017 10:39 am By Robert Spencer

This mosque recently burned down, which was also touted as an anti-Muslim hate crime. Meanwhile, the Seattle Times treats these threats as a clear incidence of an anti-Muslim hate crime, only off-handedly noting that the perpetrator, Kamal Samater, “self-identifies as a Muslim,” and making no attempt to explain why a man who “self-identifies as a Muslim” would threaten people at a mosque and declare “there is no place in America for Muslims.” He could simply be insane, but in light of the very many hate anti-Muslim hate crimes that turn out to have been fabricated by Muslims, the Seattle Times could at least have looked into the possibility that this was another — but that, of course, would have required the Seattle Times to be a legitimate news source, rather than just part of the establishment propaganda media. Yet there are precedents: for example, here are four instances of Muslims faking “anti-Muslim hate crimes” against mosques.

“Man charged with hate crime in alleged assassination threats at Bellevue mosque,” by Sara Jean Green, Seattle Times, January 12, 2017:

A 36-year-old Auburn man was charged this week with malicious harassment, a hate crime, for allegedly threatening to kill members of a Bellevue mosque and declaring “there is no place in America for Muslims,”according to King County prosecutors.

Kamal Samater — who Bellevue police say self-identifies as Muslim — was arrested Jan. 6 in the parking lot of the Islamic Center of Eastside, also known as Bellevue Masjid, in the 14000 block of Main Street. Members of the mosque were preparing and serving food as part of a service when the incident occurred just after 1:30 p.m.

Jailed in lieu of $250,000 bail, Samater was also charged with felony harassment, accused of threatening to kill the first man he encountered in the mosque’s parking lot, court and jail records show.

According to the charges, the alleged victim recognized Samater, who had previously shown up at the mosque asking for money. Samater aggressively approached the man and told him, “I’m going to take care of you and sweep you,” say the charges.

The alleged victim says he felt threatened and terrified as Samater closed the distance between them and told him he was “going to assassinate every one of us” and yelled that “there is no place in America for Muslims,” according to charging papers.

The man called 911….

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  1. mortimer says

    Jan 15, 2017 at 10:54 am

    This sounds like sectarian revenge between Islamic sects. The more the US imports Muslims, the more frequent such crimes will become.

    • Westman says

      Jan 15, 2017 at 12:06 pm

      “Where two or more Islamic sects are gathered in my name, there shall be violence.” – Allah 1:1

      • mccode says

        Jan 15, 2017 at 12:13 pm

        Quite. And let us always remember the next verse.

        “Where one or more jihadis are gathered in my name, there shall be violence.”
        – Allah 1:2

    • Rob says

      Jan 15, 2017 at 12:36 pm

      “…This sounds like sectarian revenge between Islamic sects…”

      Unlikely – it’s almost certain that this guy hoped to get away with it; and have it declared as an anti-Muslim “hate crime”, granting default victimhood to the “poor Muslim community”

  2. sog says

    Jan 15, 2017 at 11:13 am

    Ha! He was Moslem. Kamal is Arabic and it means perfection -wikipda. The cops had to say he “self Identifies” in order to not cross the comically insane meme that Moslems don’t do bad stuff. You can bet the refrain “He’s not Muslim” was sung far and wide, hence the cop position: “He self Identifies”.

    If you focus less on that it is a disaster, and more on the comedy, It’s all pretty funny; There is a thread of tragedy in every comedy. In the case of Islam, the threads of tragedy are more like a ropes.

  3. Kay says

    Jan 15, 2017 at 11:15 am

    It looks to me like Seattle Times has done sloppy reporting.
    Unless I am mistaken, this same story appears today on TROP, reported by the Business Standard. According to the Business Standard, there were two separate incidents at the mosque; seems the Seattle Times has conflated the two.

    • Kay says

      Jan 15, 2017 at 11:19 am

      Oh, my bad. It looks like I was the one who got confused because I saw the story about the burning first. The Seattle Times article isn’t referencing that at all.

  4. billybob says

    Jan 15, 2017 at 11:54 am

    More fake news from the MSM.

  5. Angemon says

    Jan 15, 2017 at 2:19 pm

    Kamal Samater — who Bellevue police say self-identifies as Muslim

    Probably a sunni-shia dispute, or another sectarian “discussion”.

  6. linnte says

    Jan 15, 2017 at 5:58 pm

    Maybe he meant ” there is no room in America for REAL Muslims”. Like the kind from Islamic Nations. Western Muslims are a far cry short of real Muslim.

  7. Thelastvirgingoat says

    Jan 15, 2017 at 9:06 pm

    Ahh.. Muslim identity disorder soon to be included in the DSM.

  8. dano says

    Jan 16, 2017 at 8:47 am

    So a muslim ask for alms for the poor and they throw him out. Also I thought the progressives said anyone who “self identifies” is not insane but totally sane and had the right to force other to their will. So is it sane or insane to self -indentify?

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