Friend: This Was No ‘Parking’ Murder
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/02/12/friend-this-was-no-parking-murder.htmlTragically, less than a week later, that very thing may have happened in North Carolina.
Yes, I know that we cant be certain at this moment exactly why the gunman murdered three Muslim-American studentsDeah Shaddy Barakat, 23; Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, 21; and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19in cold blood. And true, the local police have noted that its preliminary investigation indicates that the crime was motivated by an ongoing neighbor dispute over parking.
But I doubt very much that anti-Muslim hate didnt play some role in this attack. I say that based on a few factors. One is my conversation with two close friends of the victims and the comments made by the father of the two sisters killed. Second, we cant ignore that on the day of the shooting we saw wall-to-wall media coverage about the death of the American aid worker and ISIS hostage Kayla Mueller. And finally, we have to factor in the overall rise in anti-Muslim rhetoric we have witnessed on both the right and the left recently.
I may have missed it, but I don't believe this has been posted on DU. The entire piece is worth a read.
Muslims in this country are scared; they are concerned. They have every right to be and I wish they did not.
The rhetoric is getting far too ratcheted up.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)is to kill some one.
3catwoman3
(24,133 posts)...find words for it. I cannot understand people who are so cavalier about the lives of others.
If it were possible, I would melt down every damn gun in the world.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)In Oklahoma but I don't remember those running out in the next few days killing white skin headed men. I am ashamed of American citizens who do not respect others religious choices. This is a freedom I cherish deeply. I may not want to worship with other religions but I sure need to respect them.
I think the deep seated hate probably comes from other sources than watching the news, I have at times listened to shows like Rush, Sean and the real hateful ones Alex Jones, who rule up people to keep themselves on the air, we don't need their kind of hate. Here three innocent people was killed by a deranged gun owner, this has to stop.
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)"She also said that on the day of the murders, Deah had just returned by bus. The only one with a car was the younger sister Razan, who had already parked earlier in the day. The point being: There was no parking dispute in close proximity to the actual murders."