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DeSwiss

(27,137 posts) Sat Jun 14, 2014, 05:03 PM Jun 2014

Woman Attacked For Being Muslim, Except She's Catholic

*Published on Jun 14, 2014*

"An Albuquerque woman was attacked in her home and her family's U.S. citizenship papers were torn up by a man who incorrectly believed that she was Muslim.

Albuquerque's KRQE Channel 13 reported that, ironically, the woman and her family are Catholic Iraqis who fled that country six years ago to escape religious persecution. They told KRQE that they never expected this to happen to them in their adopted homeland.

Around midday last week, Seham Jaber was home alone when the doorbell rang. Thinking it was her husband, she opened the door without looking, only to be attacked by a man wearing a mask and gloves. The man punched her face and body and shouted anti-Muslim epithets, she said."

Read more from Raw Story here: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/06/12/catholic-iraqi-refugee-attacked-beaten-in-nm-by-man-who-thought-she-was-muslim/

Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) and Gina Grad (http://www.twitter.com/ginagrad) break down this disgusting example of bigotry. What do you think the attackers punishment should be? Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

- Don't worry robber/assaulter/bigot/ignorant asswipe, I'm sure Jesus was forgiving the hell out of you the whole time you were beating that innocent lady up. So you're good.

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Woman Attacked For Being Muslim, Except She's Catholic (Original Post) DeSwiss Jun 2014 OP

Hum, where in his Constitution does he get the right to attack at will? Thinkingabout Jun 2014 #1

What do you think the attackers punishment should be? < Castration. n/t jtuck004 Jun 2014 #2

Parachute him into Fallujah. nt valerief Jun 2014 #12

&@$# shenmue Jun 2014 #3

.... DeSwiss Jun 2014 #4

Since it's a hate crime, he should get double the punishment of assault shraby Jun 2014 #5

Punishment in his case: proReality Jun 2014 #6

Actually that's from the Old Testment side. DeSwiss Jun 2014 #8

No more acceptable had she been a Muslim. nt Fla Dem Jun 2014 #7

Agreed. n/t DeSwiss Jun 2014 #9

No, its cool. Im sure he doesnt like Catholics either quakerboy Jun 2014 #10

Good point. DeSwiss Jun 2014 #11

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)

1. Hum, where in his Constitution does he get the right to attack at will?

Reply to DeSwiss (Original post)

Sat Jun 14, 2014, 05:07 PM

Jun 2014

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)

2. What do you think the attackers punishment should be? < Castration. n/t

Reply to DeSwiss (Original post)

Sat Jun 14, 2014, 05:10 PM

Jun 2014

valerief

(53,235 posts)

12. Parachute him into Fallujah. nt

Reply to jtuck004 (Reply #2)

Sun Jun 15, 2014, 12:07 AM

Jun 2014

shenmue

(38,506 posts)

3. &@$#

Reply to DeSwiss (Original post)

Sat Jun 14, 2014, 05:12 PM

Jun 2014

Sometimes there are no words.

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)

4. ....

Reply to shenmue (Reply #3)

Sat Jun 14, 2014, 05:36 PM

Jun 2014

- ..........

shraby

(21,946 posts)

5. Since it's a hate crime, he should get double the punishment of assault

Reply to DeSwiss (Original post)

Sat Jun 14, 2014, 05:48 PM

Jun 2014

and battery.

proReality

(1,628 posts)

6. Punishment in his case:

Reply to DeSwiss (Original post)

Sat Jun 14, 2014, 05:53 PM

Jun 2014

"If a man injures his neighbor, just as he has done, so it shall be done to him: fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; just as he has injured a man, so it shall be inflicted on him."

Right out of the Christian Bible he's never bothered to read.

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)

8. Actually that's from the Old Testment side.

Reply to proReality (Reply #6)

Sat Jun 14, 2014, 06:29 PM

Jun 2014

- But don't let any facts get in the way.

Pro tip: Jesus said love your enemies!

Fla Dem

(23,662 posts)

7. No more acceptable had she been a Muslim. nt

Reply to DeSwiss (Original post)

Sat Jun 14, 2014, 06:28 PM

Jun 2014

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)

9. Agreed. n/t

Reply to Fla Dem (Reply #7)

Sat Jun 14, 2014, 06:32 PM

Jun 2014

quakerboy

(13,920 posts)

10. No, its cool. Im sure he doesnt like Catholics either

Reply to DeSwiss (Original post)

Sat Jun 14, 2014, 06:35 PM

Jun 2014

At a guess, we have a fundamentalist evangelical on our hands.

See, they love and resent that the US has 22% Catholics and 2% LDS, because without them we would only be about 49% Christian, and that would put them in a terrible quandary of not being able to claim to be the majority. But there are an awful lot of books circulating in the Fundamentalist evangelical world about how LDS and "Mary worshipers" are cults. They bear no love for Catholics except when they are politically helpful. They may have publicly patched things up, but theres a lot of "Christians" who aren't really much different in their belief structure than their white hooded forebears who burned crosses on the lawns of catholic churches (along with their more widely known exploits).

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)

11. Good point.

Reply to quakerboy (Reply #10)

Sat Jun 14, 2014, 06:41 PM

Jun 2014

- The name Hagee comes to mind.

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