Alarming Rise In Hate Crimes Against American Muslims
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali
22 May, 2010
Recent weeks have witnessed a dramatic increase in violent acts against Arab and Muslim Americans. These incidents involve acts of domestic terrorism, vandalism, intimidation, and discriminatory campaign tactics.
A pipe bomb explodes outside the Islamic Center of Northeast Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, during the Isha/evening prayers (1).
The Islamic Association of Michigan (Masjid Umar-bin-Khattab) in Brownstown, Michigan, is vandalized twice this month (2).
An art exhibit by a Muslim graduate student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is defaced and vandalized (3).
An 18 year-old male is brutally beaten by officers from an Illinois Police Station in retaliation for his mother's attempt to file a complaint against the way her son had been treated (4).
In San Diego, a white man uses racial slurs during assault on Afghan-American taxi driver(5).
On the night of May 10, someone discreetly walked around the grounds of the Islamic Center of Northeast Florida, in Jacksonville, carrying a gas can which he quickly lit and ran away. Minutes later, as more than 60 people prayed inside, the pipe bomb exploded in a ball of flames and set part of the building on fire. Thankfully, nobody was injured and the fire was put out by frightened worshippers using a fire extinguisher. Currently, the FBI is investigating the incident as a possible act of domestic terrorism.
"It was a dangerous device, and had anybody been around it they could have been seriously injured or killed," FBI Special Agent James Casey told a local news station. "We want to sort of emphasize the seriousness of the thing and not let people believe that this was just a match and a little bit of gasoline that was spread around."
Not surprisingly, the attack has received little to no attention from the national media outlets.
アメリカ アラブ系アメリカ人に対するヘイトクライム増加中だそうです。
Oakington immigration centre loses safety award after detainee's death
Safety council withdraws award pending investigation into death of Kenyan asylum seeker Eliud Nyenze
Karen McVeigh
guardian.co.uk, Friday 7 May 20101
Brother speaks out on death of asylum seeker
Raymond Brown Last updated: 21/05/2010 09:02
Eliud NyenzeThe brother of a man whose death in a detention centre sparked a riot has spoken of how he learned of the tragedy via the internet.
イギリス。亡命希望者が入管で死亡。
刑務所の革手錠暴行、国に８９００万円賠償命令
これはひどい事件ですね。
刑務所や入管の施設などもっとジャーナリズムがつっこんでいくべきだと思います。
【虐待はどんな傷を残すのか】（１）親から認められぬ子供 「自分の存在価値が分からない」
【なぜわが子を傷つけるのか】（１）息子の目は鬼でも見るかのようだった…止まらぬ虐待 (1/3ページ)
2010.4.12 22:39
これらも非常に悲しい事件です。やはり、地域の人々が地域の子供たちに関心をもって、通報するしかない、のでしょう。
幼児期に愛着をもつ人物がいると、発達が急速に促進される、というのは知りませんでした。
Arizona's immigration law may survive
Critics of Arizona's immigration law are hoping federal courts will rule it unconstitutional. Unfortunately it's not that simple
アリゾナの不法移民に関する法律ですが、裁判に訴えても違憲性はない、とされる可能性も高い、ということです。
「私の祖国だ」国連事務総長、北を厳しく非難
（2010年5月25日10時29分 読売新聞
ということで、
That’s my Motherland you’re messing with
Posted By Colum Lynch Monday, May 24, 2010 -
For U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the North Korean torpedo attack on a South Korean naval vessel is more than just another international crisis.
It's personal
Keating said that unlike a judge, the secretary-general is not expected to recuse himself from cases where there might be a conflict of interest. "Impartiality is something we no longer expect of the secretary-general.
フォーリンアフェアなんかもどちらかというと同情的な論調ですけど、ぼくはやはりまずいと思う。個人的には、北朝鮮に対する制裁は正当だ思いますけど、国連事務総長が私情をはさんでしまえば、国連の運営そのものの公正性を疑わせる。
日本で紹介しにくい外国人有名人の名前
ファックユードゥーミー アスホール、というのもウケるが、ピーターマンコースキーもまずいっしょ。
