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LUBBOCK, TX, United States (UPI) -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations wants the FBI to investigate possible bias in a series of vandalism incidents targeting a Texas mosque. An official with the Islamic Center of South Plains in Lubbock told CAIR that the word 'redemption' was discovered spray-painted on the mosque this morning. Vandals had previously broken lights and destroyed flower beds at the mosque. In 2004, vandals wrote 'sand n**gers' and 'America rocks b*tch' on interior walls of the same mosque. 'Given the growing climate of anti-Muslim feeling in our society, these types of incidents targeting Islamic houses of worship need to be treated with the seriousness they deserve,' said CAIR Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper. 'We call on the FBI to join in the investigation of a possible bias motive for these incidents.' Hooper said that vandalism or other possible bias-related incidents have been reported recently at mosques around the nation and that CAIR is urging Muslim institutions nationwide to review security procedures using advice contained in its 'Muslim Community Safety Kit.' (See below.) A recent CAIR report indicated an almost 30 percent increase in the total number of complaints of anti-Muslim bias from 2004 to 2005. Copyright 2006 by United Press International LUBBOCK, TX, United States (UPI) -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations wants the FBI to investigate possible bias in a series of vandalism incidents targeting a Texas mosque. An official with the Islamic Center of South Plains in Lubbock told CAIR that the word 'redemption' was discovered spray-painted on the mosque this morning. Vandals had previously broken lights and destroyed flower beds at the mosque. In 2004, vandals wrote 'sand n**gers' and 'America rocks b*tch' on interior walls of the same mosque. 'Given the growing climate of anti-Muslim feeling in our society, these types of incidents targeting Islamic houses of worship need to be treated with the seriousness they deserve,' said CAIR Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper. 'We call on the FBI to join in the investigation of a possible bias motive for these incidents.' Hooper said that vandalism or other possible bias-related incidents have been reported recently at mosques around the nation and that CAIR is urging Muslim institutions nationwide to review security procedures using advice contained in its 'Muslim Community Safety Kit.' (See below.) A recent CAIR report indicated an almost 30 percent increase in the total number of complaints of anti-Muslim bias from 2004 to 2005. Copyright 2006 by United Press International [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
