Perpetuated by years and years of conflict??? And on the other side, mosques extorting violence against the Jewish, random attacks in Dublin,... Does it ever end?
4. A Jewish man is charged with attempted murder and hate crimes in connection with a months-long harassment and violence campaign against a neighbor who is Muslim, authorities said.
Izak Kadosh, of Brooklyn, is charged with more than 40 counts, including second-degree attempted murder, second-degree attempted murder as a hate crime, first-degree assault as a hate crime, second-degree burglary and second-degree burglary as a hate crime, according to a criminal complaint from the Brooklyn district attorney’s office.
The motivation behind Kadosh’s attacks is his religious and ethnic differences with his neighbor, according to the complaint.
Kadosh told his neighbor that he would break into his apartment and kill him because Kadosh is Jewish and his neighbor is Muslim, the complaint says.
Kadosh was arrested Saturday, two days after he was accused of breaking into his neighbor’s apartment, destroying items inside, covering walls with blue paint and oil and smearing a Quran with feces, the complaint said.
The same day, Kadosh also struck his neighbor in the head with a mallet, causing him to be hospitalized and to get staples in his head and a chest tube because of internal bleeding, the complaint says.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jewish-man-new-york-accused-harassing-muslim-neighbor-months-trying-ki-rcna166839
3. A New Jersey man pleaded guilty yesterday to a federal hate crime for breaking into the Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University (CILRU) in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and destroying property.
“This defendant is being held accountable for Islamophobic-fueled acts of hate, interfering with the religious freedom of university students and staff during a sacred holiday for those of the Islamic faith,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “The Justice Department stands ready, along with our state and local partners, to hold accountable people who use force, or threats of violence, in order to intimidate people from exercising their religious beliefs. Islamophobic hate crimes have no place in our society today. We will continue to enforce the laws that make it safe for people of all faiths to engage in religious observance, including at educational institutions.” (Torn up family photos.)
“The free exercise of religion is a fundamental right of all Americans,” said U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger for the District of New Jersey. “Jacob Beacher admitted he intentionally broke into the Center for Islamic Life during the holy Eid-al-Fitr holiday and damaged and destroyed religious artifacts because of the Islamic faith of those associated with the facility. This office will not tolerate the use of force or threats to intimidate people and put them in fear of worshipping as they see fit.”
“When we learned of this vandalism back in April, we immediately engaged with our law enforcement partners and Rutgers University,” said Acting Special Agent in Charge Nelson I. Delgado of the FBI Newark Field Office. “Within days, we tracked down and arrested Beacher. We want our actions and the speed with which we responded to illustrate our commitment and resolve to protect houses of worship in New Jersey. We all have the right to practice whatever religion we choose, without fear of hate marring the physical and spiritual place where we do it.”
According to court documents, on or about April 10, at approximately 2:39 a.m., during the Eid- al-Fitr holiday, video surveillance footage showed Jacob Beacher, 24, walking toward the rear door of the CILRU. Soon after, at approximately 2:41 a.m., an intruder, later determined to be Beacher, forcibly entered the CILRU through its back door. Specifically, Beacher broke a glass pane on the door, pushed through a piece of plexiglass that was affixed to the interior side of the door and then manually opened the door from the inside by reaching through the broken glass to unlatch a deadbolt lock.
Once inside the CILRU, Beacher damaged the CILRU’s property, including several religious artifacts, such as Turbah prayer stones and numerous items that contained holy language from the Qur’an, Islam’s sacred scripture. Beacher also stole a Palestinian flag and at least one charity box belonging to the CILRU.
A sentencing hearing will be scheduled for a later date. Beacher faces a maximum penalty of three years in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence based on the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/new-jersey-man-pleads-guilty-federal-hate-crime-breaking-center-islamic-life-rutgers
2. President Barack Obama’s former National Security Council chief Stuart Seldowitz was arrested and charged with a hate crime Wednesday following a since-viral incident in which he spewed an Islamophobic rant at a Big Apple halal cart vendor — who told The Post he wants to sue over the disturbing ordeal. Mohamed Hussein, 24, said he was still shaken by his recent encounters with the 64-year-old ex-diplomat, who was caught on camera repeatedly harassing the vendor while he manned the Q Halal Cart’s grill on the Upper East Side.
“Yes, of course,” Hussein said when asked if he wants to slap Seldowitz with a lawsuit. “We want to sue him for harassment and hate speech,” his boss and cart owner, Islam Moustafa, added. “I consider this hate-speech, not freedom of speech.” Seldowitz was taken into custody at the NYPD’s 19th Precinct on the Upper East Side later Wednesday. He was charged with aggravated harassment,
1. FORT GREENE, Brooklyn (PIX11) – A woman threw hot coffee at a Brooklyn father and called him and his young son “terrorists” during an anti-Islamic hate crime assault this week, police sources said. The incident happened at Edmonds Playground in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood around 12:30 p.m. Monday, according to the NYPD.
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