Cop stabbed in neck at Michigan airport

I forgot where I read it, either here or on reddit, but someone said we won't be able to get where we should be - the next level of human evolution - until we rid ourselves of religion. I firmly believe that now.

I totally agree. It's unfortunate that it won't happen in my or my kids lifetime.

No need to back that far...



Muslim girl, 17, killed on way home from Virginia mosque

Police charge Darwin Martinez Torres, 22, with murder of Nabra Hassanen, whose body was found in a pond in Sterling

Nabra Hassanen’s mother said she believed the teenager was killed because of how she was dressed.

David Smith in Washington

A Muslim teenager was assaulted and killed in the early hours of Sunday as she walked home after prayers at a mosque near Washington.

The death of Nabra Hassanen, 17, of Reston, northern Virginia, stunned the local community. Police have charged 22-year-old Darwin Martinez Torres with her murder.

A potential hate crime is one of the possible motives under investigation, the Washington Post reported. Nabra’s mother, Sawsan Gazzar, told the paper: “I think it had to do with the way she was dressed and the fact that she’s Muslim. Why would you kill a kid? What did my daughter do to deserve this?”

The All Dulles Area Muslim Society (Adams) mosque in Sterling, the biggest in northern Virginia, holds extra late-night prayers during the last 10 days of Ramadan. Nabra was reportedly among four or five teenagers who had left the mosque in the early hours of Sunday. It was not unusual for worshippers to walk after nightfall in what is usually a safe neighbourhood.

A Fairfax county police statement said: “An investigation determined she was walking outside with a group of friends when they got into a dispute with a man in a car. It appears the suspect, Darwin A Martinez Torres, 22, of Sterling, got out of his car and assaulted the victim. Her friends could not find her and police were called to help.”

Nabra was reported missing about 4am. A police helicopter, patrol officers and search and rescue teams joined the hunt. “While searching, one officer saw a car driving suspiciously in the area and stopped it,” the statement added. “The driver, later identified as Martinez Torres, was taken into custody as a suspect.”

About 3pm the body of a girl believed to be Nabra was found in a pond in Sterling. A baseball bat was discovered nearby, police said. Detectives later obtained a murder warrant against Martinez Torres.

Arsalan Iftikhar, a human rights lawyer and author, told the Washington Post that he and his wife were at the mosque at about the same time as Nabra and that her death has struck fear into the local Islamic community. “People are petrified, especially people who have young Muslim daughters,” he was quoted as saying.

A local congresswoman, Barbara Comstock, said: “We are heartbroken and horrified by the news of the brutal murder of a beautiful 17-year old girl. We know there is no greater pain for any parent and Chip and I extend our prayers to her family and loved ones at this difficult time and the entire Adams Center community.”

A statement from the Adams mosque said: “We are devastated and heartbroken as our community undergoes and processes this traumatic event. It is a time for us to come together to pray and care for our youth. Adams has licensed counselors on site to assist anyone in need of counseling during these difficult times.”

On a crowdfunding page to support Nabra’s family, donations surged to more than $55,000 by midnight.

A report by the Council on American-Islamic Relations found that anti-Muslim hate crime incidents rose sharply in 2015 and increased a further 44%, from 180 to 260, in 2016. Human rights groups have called on Donald Trump to be more forceful in speaking out against acts of violent intolerance.


Read more: newyorkjetshampur.com/thread/8095/cop-stabbed-neck-michigan-airport?page=2#ixzz4klHCdDlg

Hey Ff2 you forgot a piece of the story.


dailycaller.com/2017/06/19/authorities-refuse-to-disclose-immigration-status-of-el-salvadoran-immigrant-who-murdered-muslim-teen/

The MSM dropped that story ASAP as soon as that nugget was uncovered.

I thought for sure one of you guys would post your thoughts and prayers on this......



Finsbury Park, London: Muslims targeted in terror attack near mosque

LONDON -- A man slammed a van into a crowd of worshipers leaving a London mosque after midnight Ramadan prayers on Sunday morning in what Prime Minister Theresa May has called "another terrorist attack" in the British capital.

CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports one person died at the scene, but police said it was unclear whether his death resulted directly from the vehicle attack.

Ten other people were injured by the van driver, and police were investigating the crash as a terrorist attack.

The driver, identified by May only as a 48-year-old white male, tried to run away but was held by onlookers until officers arrived.

Those targeted in the attack were leaving the local Finsbury Park Mosque and the neighboring Muslim Welfare House, another community Islamic center, just after midnight following Ramadan prayers.

A man who said he helped tackle the van driver to the ground and hold him there until police arrived said the suspect kept shouting that he "wanted to kill more Muslims."

Another witness, Khalid Amin, told the BBC that as members of the public seized the driver, "he was shouting, 'all Muslims, I want to kill all Muslims.' Literally, he said that. Word by word."

Many people at the scene credited the Imam of the Muslim Welfare House, Mohammed Mahmoud, with calming the situation as bystanders held the suspect before police arrived. Mahmoud was heard trying to protect the van driver from some in the crowd who had directed their anger at him.

One man was pronounced dead at the scene and eight more were taken to three separate hospitals with injuries. Two other people were treated at the scene for minor injuries but walked away.

"The van literally turned left with no indication, like suddenly, just deliberately left, and then just hit the people," witness Khaled said. "One of them, he was under the van, people were gathered around the van to actually lift the van up to get this guy up from under the van."

Bystanders rushed to pin down the driver of the rented van and held him until the police arrived. The 48-year-old suspect was treated for unspecified injuries before being placed under arrest on suspicion of attempted murder.

"Given the methodology, given what's occurring, the tragic incidents across the country, this had all the hallmarks of a terrorist incident," Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said.

In her remarks outside her official 10 Downing Street residence on Monday, Prime Minister May said the attack was a clear example that "terrorism, extremism and hatred take many forms."

She said the suspect's goal was the same as those who wield violence against civilians in the name of Islam; "to drive us apart."

"We will not let this happen," May said.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan, a Muslim, offered his "thoughts and prayers" on Twitter to the victims of what he called a "horrific terrorist attack on innocent people."

"While this appears to be an attack on a particular community, like the terrible attacks in Manchester, Westminster and London Bridge it is also an assault on all our shared values of tolerance, freedom and respect," he said. "The situation is still unfolding and I urge all Londoners to remain calm and vigilant."

In the hours immediately following the attack, there was anger from some members of the Muslim community in London who felt it took police and government officials too long to declare the incident terrorism.

A young man who spoke to Sky News argued that if it had been a Muslim attacking others in the city, it would have been labelled terrorism more quickly, and he called for "equality" in the way both the authorities and media handle such incidents.