Their outrage is likely feigned. They more likely thrilled than outraged: thrilled that Trump’s silence is enabling them to push their bogus narrative that Muslims are the victims of widespread persecution and harassment in the U.S., and that authorities stand by indifferently (or worse), when in reality they are as unctuously solicitous of the Muslim community as Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton is in this article.
Why is Trump silent? Because he hates Muslims and is secretly happy if mosques get bombed? Sure, if you believe the likes of Ibrahim Hooper of Hamas-linked CAIR. Trump may be waiting to see who did this — because in reality, despite Dayton’s statements, there is absolutely no evidence at this point that the bomb was set by a “hate-filled Islamophobe.” And it may well have been set by a Muslim, to buttress the claim that Muslims are persecuted in the U.S., and deflect attention from jihad terror activity (as well as from the killing of an unarmed woman by a Muslim cop in Minneapolis who was totally incompetent and only on the force because he was a Muslim).
Shocking and “Islamophobic” to claim that a Muslim may have bombed the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington? Not really. There are abundant precedents:
France: An imam confesses to vandalizing his own mosque November 17, 2013
Dearborn: Muslim confesses to burning Qur’ans at Islamic center July 7, 2014
Muslim confesses to arson attack on mosque in Germany October 11, 2014
California: Muslim arrested in mosque vandalism December 28, 2014
Austin, Texas: Bomb threats against mosque turn out to have come from a Muslim February 21, 2015
Houston: Man charged with setting mosque fire was devout Muslim regular attendee December 30, 2015
Lawyer for man accused of killing NY imam says murder “has to do somewhat with the mosque itself not particularly liking the imam” September 2, 2016
Oklahoma: Muslim charged in terrorism hoax after sending white powder to mosque August 27, 2016
Canada: Man charged with threatening to shoot people inside mosque is…Muslim March 21, 2017
Muslima arrested for setting Iowa mosque on fire June 25, 2017
“Trump still has not condemned the Minnesota mosque bombing. Muslim leaders are waiting.,” by Katie Mettler, Washington Post, August 8, 2017:
Since a makeshift bomb tore through a Minnesota mosque early Saturday morning, President Trump has used Twitter, his preferred platform for communicating with the American people, to rail about “fake news,” attack a Democratic senator from Connecticut and insist that he’s working hard while vacationing in New Jersey.
One topic Trump has yet to address: the mosque attack at the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in the Twin Cities suburb of Bloomington, where several people were gathering for prayer. Nobody was injured, authorities said, but the attack has left the Muslim community feeling unsettled.
And Minnesotans and others are still waiting for the president to condemn the attack.
“Silence on the part of public officials at the national level only serves to empower Islamophobes,” Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said in a statement calling for Trump to condemn the attack, according to the Los Angeles Times.
“We are wondering why President Trump has not tweeted about this,” Asad Zaman, director of the Muslim American Society of Minnesota, told BuzzFeed News. “He seems to want to tweet about security and terror issues.”…
Mohamed Omar, executive director of targeted mosque, invited Trump to “come and see — to come and see what happened,” reported BuzzFeed News.
“He is the president of this country, and this happened to us,” Omar told the publication. “He has to come here and at least express his feelings and say this is bad.”
That sentiment has been echoed across social media.
Silence after attacks where Muslims are the victims is not uncharacteristic for the president, who has been previously lambasted for a perceived double standard that critics claim he applies when denouncing terrorism. Attacks perpetuated by Muslims draw his attention and sharp tongue, they argue, while violence targeting Muslims is overlooked.
“President Trump has to date not expressed any significant opposition to Americans turning on Americans of the Islamic faith,” Corey Saylor, with the Council on American-Islamic Relations, told the Huffington Post. “Through his Muslims ban and comments from the campaign trail, he has instead painted the entire American Muslim community as suspect.”…
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton said the “terrible, dastardly, cowardly act” was “an act of terrorism” while visiting the center Sunday, reported the Minneapolis Star Tribune. “The destruction done to this sacred site is just unthinkable, unforgivable,” he said. “I hope and pray the perpetrator will be caught and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.”
Dayton was joined by the state’s lieutenant governor, the mayor of Bloomington and state Rep. Andrew Carlson and state Rep. Ilhan Omar, the first Somali American elected to the legislature. Also in attendance was Rep. Keith Ellison, a Democrat and the first Muslim elected to Congress, who said he was heartened by how the community had rallied around the mosque, reported the Star-Tribune.
Berengaria says
The Muslim Cabal & Government Lackeys are beating the DRUMS AGAINST “ISLAMOPHOBIA”. Minnesota’s GOVERNOR SHOULD BE ASHAMED TO GO ALONG WITH THE “WASHINGTON POST’S” HYSTERIA.
The Actual “Terror Site” looked as if a Ball had just been thrown through the window.
This is the Muslim “REACTION”to the despicable act by one of its own “MINNESOTA MUSLIM POLICEMEN”. I BELIEVE MURDER WAS INVOLVED, but no Out Cry from the GOV & Muslim Allies! THEN!
Average Joe says
Possible motive for this latest CAIR orchestrated hate-hoax deflection? Last week, Michele Bachman raised the alarm over the threat of sharia-supremacism in Minnesota.
Michele Bachmann: ISLAM HAS TRANSFORMED MY STATE
“Immigrants must know it is a condition of entry to the U.S. to assimilate into Western society by adopting allegiance to Western law,” Bachmann said. “Immigrants should also be required to adopt Western dress, and be informed they must abandon the illegal aspects of following Shariah law.”
Anticipate rabid defamation by CAIR-enablers of Mrs. Bachmann in 4… 3… 2…
Don Foss says
Two words: Clock Boy.
miriamrove says
Poor Muslims! When was the last time they condemned 1000000000 of terrorist attacks?!
Westman says
There is no self-centered organization that exceeds Islam in cries of victimhood or demands of respect. Even the Church of Scientology can’t keep up with making such demands and certainly isn’t expecting the POTUS to call them if there is an attack on a facility.
Islam is morbid sanctimoniousness.
gravenimage says
So true, miriam and Westman.
Robeaver says
Never? As a guess, but don’t want facts to push me around. :: ok ; once??? Hahahahha. It was a typing error.
David Munson says
If a right winger had done this the whole building would be gone. Just saying.
SK says
Right-wingers nowadays are far worse at terrorist violence than McVeigh was, and I don’t care why.
Average Joe says
Why do folks still invoke this illogical tu quoque (argumentum ad McVeigh)? In contemporaneous accounts, McVeigh was never described as killing out of any religious motives. Nor was there any evidence McVeigh considered himself a Christian. At his execution, Jesus Christ made no appearance in McVeigh’s rhetoric. McVeigh’s last public act before he was executed was to distribute copies of the 1875 poem “Invictus.” It begins: “I thank whatever gods may be/ for my unconquerable soul,” and ends “I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul” Those sentiments are blasphemous of Christianity.Reporting on his execution, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution described McVeigh as “an avowed agnostic” whose sudden last-minute decision to see a Catholic priest just before his execution surprised everyone who knew him. Even Barbara Ehrenreich (writing in the Progressive) didn’t portray McVeigh as having religious motives. She identified McVeigh as a “neo-Nazi mass murderer.” Lest we forget, Nazis (national socialists) are atheistic Marxists who venomously reject Judeo-Christianity.In contrast, the 9-11 murderers called themselves Muslims, often attended various mosques, functioned within the mainstream Muslim community and quoted from the Quran extensively so that it is only logical for the objective observer to call them Muslims.Muslims need to direct their angst toward the jihadist doctrines of their Muslim co-conspirators, rather than slinging specious grievance theories and moral equivalence arguments at Americans.
gravenimage says
Or perhaps most “right-wingers” simply are not violent? I don’t think I would chalk it up to their being ‘bad’ at terrorist violence.
Robeaver says
Well darling historically they have been as has the centre. This is ridiculous blaming, with zero solutions suggested, except for blame ” the left tards, or “right tards”. This is not a civil dicouse towards a solution, this is dehumanizing the opposition se we feel less bad in civil war.
I prefer war against Islam just saying.
Write/email/text congressperson, local governments, your senators.
Use the “Stants”.
Be consistant, insistant, and insistant….and polite. Write again. Get all your friends and relatives to write. The whitehouse should here you as well, the FBI, all security agencies.
WRITE.
mgoldberg says
Oh? can you name one?
Most of the violence over the years was and is by other muslims, against mosques. So… until we see proof, such talk about ‘right-wingers’ rings hollow…. and worse.
Think of the virtually daily homicidsm across the globe by muslims. You need to see the numbers?
Mac-101 says
Trump should denounce the “bombin”. Then denounce loudly every murder and assault that is accompanied by an Allah Acknar. Start mentioning teror strikes around da world too.
I haven’t seen any mention of the 50 BLACK Christians murdered in Church on Sunday anywhere but here!
SK says
I agree. This is a terrible thing to do, and it’s not okay when they do it.
Danusha Goska says
“Since a makeshift bomb tore through a Minnesota mosque early Saturday morning”
Um, really? Looks more like a broken window, with no injuries reported. “tore through a mosque” describes a much larger event.
I wonder how the Washington Post would refer to the 9/11 attacks.
gravenimage says
And the glass appears to have been blown out. That suggests that the bomb was inside. Unless there was a break-in, that appears self-inflicted.
WPM says
Yes the glass was blown out the “bomb” went off at 5:00 am, an inside job, “bomb” goes off in empty building Islam S.O.P. to get American libtard victimhood train rolling. What was the damage a 10 year old computer , outdated printer, and the window.
mortimer says
I am sure that Pres. Trump has the MOST ACCURATE information on this bombing! I am sure he has spoken to the TOP INVESTIGATOR and know EVERYTHING IMPORTANT that the investigators know. If there is a chance that this bombing was SELF-INFLICTED by Muslims, then the Pres would know that and it would explain his cool approach.
SK says
Unfortunately, from what I am seeing, Trump is, at best, an “everything on Twitter” kinda guy. If this was the case, he would, more than likely, drop it on Twitter, and the press would say Trump was (I’m not saying that to you personally) making up “conspiracies”.
I feel as though this is too wistful to be viable.
S Kevin Wojtaszek says
Trump’s also not offered condolences to the families of the three Marines we lost in that Osprey crash off the coast of Australia the other day.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
I’m from Minnesota, and I haven’t condemned the mosque bombing. Dunno why. Maybe I’m holding off until the local newspaper finally prints the story about the Moslima who stood by the front door of the Bloomington MN public library handing out Islam flyers and stabbing the Infidels who declined to take one.
gravenimage says
Here’s that story, APF:
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/06/02/police-woman-stabs-2-outside-bloomington-library/
Of course, the Muslim neighbor says that the Jihadist was always very nice…
Robeaver says
Well said. Farmer.
I would think musluns should be outraged, as nobody was hurt at 5am by the broken window. And they must be seen to be hurt and picked on. What crapola.
Andy says
Moslems were cheering on 9/11/2001 when the twin towers were destroyed and innocent people murdered and some people had to jump out of windows to escape the burning flames. It is etched in our memories. NEVER FORGET.
That was the time we needed REAL LEADERSHIP to stop ALL MOSLEM IMMIGRATION. Instead we got a globalist reaction to the problem and we all know of that outcome.
Where was the outrage from ALL MOSLEMS around the world about that, Where is the outrage from Moslems when something happens to the “infidel” as they call us?
What a bunch of hypocrites,.
Moslems always play the “victim” card like Black lies Matter.
Andy says
NO justice, no peace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wi0IQ4OjnA
Andy says
Racist hate crimes we can’t talk about
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6iu7Cm0GOs
Andy says
EXCLUSIVE! Huge Islamophobic group exposed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS7BRxPVm7Y
Andy says
California bakers refuse to make pro-Trump birthday cake for little boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcYxE3JIxJY
gravenimage says
Leftists consider this “brave”.
Robeaver says
Not true.
Norger says
So if it turns out that a Muslim bombed the mosque (which appears at least equally likely as the preferred “Islamophobia” narrative) will the WaPo and Muslim leaders still want Trump to condemn the act? What terms would they want the President’s condemnation of such Muslim on Muslim violence to take? Should he lie and hail this extremist mosque (an oxymoron) as a bastion of moderation? What they really want is for Trump to declare this an act of “Islamophobia,” where that has yet to be established.
John A. Marre says
He will, when Obama condemns Muslim attacks on Christians.
Papa Whiskey says
Shortly after the 9/11 atrocity Ahmad Saad Nasim, a Saudi ASU student, reported to police that he’d been assaulted by men yelling anti-Muslim slogans. I was working at the local paper at the time, and I’m sorry to say I wrote a column decrying the “attack.” Only a couple of weeks later Nasim reported another “attack,” which the cops found had been faked. He confessed to faking both incidents and was charged with false reporting, and I had to write another column, this one about fake hate. Daniel Pipes compiled a list of fake anti-Muslim hate crimes:
http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2004/08/more-muslim-hate-crime-myths
In his last entry in December, Pipes wrote that “The profusion of fake hate crimes since Trump was elected has made it difficult to keep updating this weblog entry.” Bet he’ll have another one when this is fully investigated.
gravenimage says
Thanks for telling about this, Papa Whiskey. It does not surprise.
Guest says
If it was a bomb, the whole window be gone. It’s probably another fake crime committed by the imam, to get sympathy and money.
Shmooviyet says
Are any of the ‘phobes here -besides this one- feeling especially ’empowered’ by Trump’s lack of response?
The arrogance of the mosque director is nauseating; not only should POTUS visit, he should also express what Omar & co. demand to hear. Something along the lines of ‘the future must not belong to…’ will do.
Dayton was certainly ready with his pile of adjectives: terribly, dastardly, cowardly, unthinkable, unforgivable..
Please explain, Governor, what makes this mosque a “sacred site”.
somehistory says
Similar thoughts here. He said, “I hope and pray” and my question: To whom…the fake god of moslums, or the Real One Who hates liars?
My thoughts, when first seeing this *bombing* on the news: It happened when no one was in the room…which only those inside would know…and it did little damage.
The *spokesmoslum* in that news article said that this *attack* was ‘worse than threats’. His speech sounded so fake.
Everyone would say an actual bomb thrown is much worse than a threat to throw a bomb…but it wouldn’t need to be said. He felt the need to say it…fake fear.
JawsV says
I feel great about Trump’s ignoring the incident! Obama would be there slobbering and groveling, weeping and wailing. “Empowered,” yes that’s the ticket!
Dan says
IF
This is the same bombing i heard about, the authorities have asked for security footage, but Muslimes whined they were too poor to afford security cameras.
Apparently the whole area can’t afford cameras.
110% it was another Muslime fake/taqiyya attack.
Taqiyya.
Gloria Negro says
Not much of a “bombing”…more like a “firecrackering”.
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somehistory says
Say what?
SK says
It’s some kind of bizarre joke about professors these days.
Carolyne says
Could I have the BLT? I’m kinda hungry.
somehistory says
Daniel Greenfield wrote about a moslum who was “groped” at LAX (groped is how she described security search under her scarf) and complained in an oped it was due to that made up phobia thingy.
As Mr. Greenfield wrote, her husband is involved in supplying terrorists with weapons.
They make more than a little trouble, commit crimes, murder innocent people and *attack* themselves and the rest of mankind is supposed to stop all of the presses…re-route all transportation, don scarves, put all government work on hold… and weep for their victimhood.
David says
Me & Muhammad went on a date! He has big hands & Made me happy!
Kiki says
The bombing should be condemned, because it could have killed innocent people. An office was badly damaged, but there were 20 people in the building when the IED went off. It’s pure luck no one was in the office when it exploded, or too close by.
I know there have been cases when there have been fakes anti-Muslim hate crimes. But if this turns out to be real, it must have been scary for the people who were in the building.
JawsV says
You mean, scary like 9/11? Like the 3,000 innocent people who died due to Islam on 9/11? Scary like that?
Joe says
It is hard to believe it is real. There are 4 windows. One is completely gone, and the other 3 are not even cracked. The curtains of the other three are not damaged, but the curtain by the one window are mostly gone. Some of the curtains appear to cut as with a scissors. This doesn’t look like a “bomb” or a “blast”.
If there were more pictures, it would make it easier.
Trump would be stupid to jump into the middle of this.
WPM says
To Kiki
20 people in the building at 5:00am no security cameras? No witnesses? Window blown out from inside from picture little damage? Empty room an office? If someone wanted to kill people why not put the “bomb” to go off in the main hall for morning or evening pray? A couple of M-80 flush down the johns in some local high school as a prank could do more damage. What does the local fire marshal report say? The FBI report? The ATF report? All the information that has to be process before a conclusion on “who” and why a ” bomb” went off at 5:00 am in an empty office . I do not see any reports that the “bomb” was thrown threw the window, who has access to that office during the day is it lock up from the rest of the building on off hours? If a “bomb” was just in that office did officials{fire department , local police bomb squad ,ect} look for more “bombs” did the Imams let them search the whole building ? In an emergencies operations, bombs ,fires were life is at stake you do not need a search warrant, as long as emergency agency personal are on the scene.
Carolyne says
I’m sure, Kiki, that the Muslims made sure that no one was in harm’s way before the “bomb” exploded. Don’t worry about it.
gravenimage says
Fake hate crime or “work accident”? Time will tell…
somehistory says
Yep, after all, those places are known for having weapons and bomb-making materials. It would be very moslum-like to blame a non moslum for a *hate* crime when a moslum was making a bomb and it accidentally went off in the room.
Mean old pipe bombs. Notoriously unreliable and unpredictable for the bomb maker.
gravenimage says
Agreed, Somehistory.
Robeaver says
The bad thing was organization and timing not enough occupants and not use of C4. Woops, sorry, that may be racist, I apologize. C4 should be protected it is c4, not the good C1 stuff, way down on pecking order. Let’s slap a few together and see if it could apply for a green card. Isn’t that what’s C 4 anyway?
somehistory says
I’ve been wondering if any moslum doctor locally has had a patient with injuries to his hands and possibly metal fragments in his face or body.
If it exploded prematurely, the maker wouldn’t want to go to a non moslum doctor for treatment. Probably a lot of moslum doctors in the area that wouldn’t report any injuries from a bomb.
Average Joe says
Minnesota: Muslims arrested with guns and bomb-making materials get very light charges
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — There are growing concerns about the arrest of two brothers with ties to the Middle East who authorities say had an arsenal with bomb-making materials, guns and ammunition in their car.
Nothing to see here… move along…
WorkingClassPost says
Trump should condemn this act of senseless violence against a window. Obviously the work of a mentally ill lone wolf.
WorkingClassPost says
Almost forgot…
And Nothing to do with islam!
gravenimage says
+1
Troybeam says
“He is the president of this country, and this happened to us,” Omar told the publication. “He has to come here and at least express his feelings and say this is bad.” (crybaby)
Condemned this attack: all too funny because it’s likely a Muslim blasted his own Mosque to gain attention and or another Muslims from another sect of Islam with different Koranic beliefs, either way why should it be condemned by President Trump as no motive as been established yet.
Trumps travel does not have enough to it’s design, would like to see have the removal of all of Obama’s refugees removed and sent back along with the practice of Islam removed from our nation, Islam is not here as a religion but as a entity that will use any means to conquer including bombing its own mosques to claim victim status as well.
brane pilot says
Methinks they need to get as much mileage out of this as they can, as quickly as possible.
Investigations into ‘Islamophobic attacks’ have a way of going in surprising directions.
Sarah says
So Muslims blow up non-Muslims – and its the fault of the non-Muslims (being ‘the West’ as some kind of monolithic enemy) for being killed in the name of Islam by Muslims.
Now Muslims blow up Muslims – and its the fault of the non-Muslims (being Trump and presumably ‘the West’).
Man, if only we could bottle their arrogance and complete determination to never show any accountability or self-awareness for their piece of shite religion.
We could inject our poor soldiers with that incredible bravado and we’d never see another PTSD case again.
Frederick says
Hummm, same city last week had an explosion at a Christian School Academy in which two were killed. No followup story as to that cause.
The Iman in this story has just set up a ‘go fund me’ page asking for $95,000 and he’s already halfway there! Lucky for the Iman that CAIR was already on the scene too. Guess having your claims on the front page of the Wall Street Journal helps?
Nobody hurt and little damage so it might be be simple vandalism. Seems to me everyone ought to wait a good bit until a proper investigation can occur.
Carolyne says
There will be no proper investigation. It will automatically be blamed on Islamophobia. End of story.
Dustin Koellhoffer says
Probably committed by a Moslem to elicit sympathy. They just need to be sent back to the land of Muhammad.
Reggie says
OOPS! Seems some 65 IQ Somali was being trained to make bombs in the Mosque basement.
Rey Ybarra says
Let the enraged muslim Infidels blow their smug jihadi tops!!
Mike Blackford says
If you don’t like it, go back to where you come from…where you can live like the animals that you are.
Have a nice day…