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Islamic Law in America: Muslim attacks atheist for dressing as Muhammad. MUSLIM judge dismisses case. Agree or Disagree?

Foxhound BN0 2012/09/17 08:52:55
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  • Schläue~© 2012/09/17 10:51:18
    Disgree. American law trumps Islamic law in America!
    Schläue~©
    +8
    They need to understand that we've had this battle a few times before and the USA is governed by our Constitution, not by fanatic insurgent's religious beliefs.

    Regardless of what the domestic terrorist in our WH promised them in Cairo -2009, we will remain a free nation.
    If they don't want to assimilate and accept those facts, they can pack their sh!t and GTFO.

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  • Tracie Richards 2012/09/21 20:57:56
    Disgree. American law trumps Islamic law in America!
    Tracie Richards
    *snicker* zombie Muhammad and zombie Pope.
  • jubil8 BN-0 PON 2012/09/21 02:10:45
    Agree. Islamic law should trump American law in America!
    jubil8 BN-0 PON
    +1
    Foxhound, this is a year old. How did it get back here (and why)?
  • Foxhoun... jubil8 ... 2012/09/21 02:44:41
    Foxhound BN0
    +2
    I have no idea. I was probably sleep-blogging again.
  • jubil8 ... Foxhoun... 2012/09/21 04:39:24
    jubil8 BN-0 PON
    +1
    Sleep-blogging, that's it! Lol!
  • C:\DOS> 2012/09/20 13:26:58 (edited)
    Disgree. American law trumps Islamic law in America!
    C:\DOS>
    +1
    [Oops. Meant to choose Agree.]

    Please do NOT rave this post. It has already been around. And around. And around again. In fact, it's been posted, reposted and debunked multiple times right here on Sodahead for at least a year.

    1. The judge is not a Muslim, he's Lutheran. 2. There were no eye witnesses to the alleged events -- the police officer "on the scene" (according to the American Atheists' version of the story) was actually two blocks away. The video "clearly showing an assault" contains nothing but a few seconds of some bystanders' feet and a whole lot of very garbled audio (watch it for yourself below). 3. The defendant was charged with harassment, NOT assault, because there was absolutely no evidence that any assault had occurred. 4) There was probably a 4, but I'm going from memory and I can't recall what it was.

    In short, the story as reported gets every detail of significance utterly wrong.

    In the end, the ONLY evidence the (Lutheran!) judge had to work with was the conflicting accounts of the plaintiff and the defendant. Faced with nothing more than "he-said-she-said", the judge did the right thing in dismissing the case for lack of evidence.

    And YES, the atheist (Ernie Perce, I believe was his name) was being a deliberately provocative asshat. He knew he wa...
    [Oops. Meant to choose Agree.]

    Please do NOT rave this post. It has already been around. And around. And around again. In fact, it's been posted, reposted and debunked multiple times right here on Sodahead for at least a year.

    1. The judge is not a Muslim, he's Lutheran. 2. There were no eye witnesses to the alleged events -- the police officer "on the scene" (according to the American Atheists' version of the story) was actually two blocks away. The video "clearly showing an assault" contains nothing but a few seconds of some bystanders' feet and a whole lot of very garbled audio (watch it for yourself below). 3. The defendant was charged with harassment, NOT assault, because there was absolutely no evidence that any assault had occurred. 4) There was probably a 4, but I'm going from memory and I can't recall what it was.

    In short, the story as reported gets every detail of significance utterly wrong.

    In the end, the ONLY evidence the (Lutheran!) judge had to work with was the conflicting accounts of the plaintiff and the defendant. Faced with nothing more than "he-said-she-said", the judge did the right thing in dismissing the case for lack of evidence.

    And YES, the atheist (Ernie Perce, I believe was his name) was being a deliberately provocative asshat. He knew he was being an asshat, he was reveling in being an asshat. In fact, he specifically did what he did TO BE a provocative asshat. Does the US constitution give him the right to be an asshat? Of course it does (along with the right to play with matches, which is also probably not a good idea, constitutional rights notwithstanding). It ALSO gives the offended Muslim the right to tell the asshat atheist exactly what he thinks of asshat atheists. There is absolutely NO evidence that the offended Muslim did anything more than tell the atheist he was being a blithering idiot.
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  • Murph 65 2012/09/20 00:16:05
    Disgree. American law trumps Islamic law in America!
    Murph 65
    +1
    What the hell happened to assault? The Muslim ought to be in jail. And the judge is a complete, to use his word, dufus!. Who cares about this guy's attitude toward Muslims. They don't give one whit about our attitude toward Christ. They want us all dead because we believe in Christ not good old Muhammad. ABSOLUTELY NO MUSLIM LAW IN AMERICA EVER! WE HAVE A SET OF LAWS. DON'T WISH TO LIVE BY THEM, YOU ARE FREE, yes, here in America, the land you hate, you are FREE TO LEAVE, NO ONE IS HOLDING YOU BACK.
  • scbluesman13 2012/09/19 23:58:01 (edited)
    Disgree. American law trumps Islamic law in America!
    scbluesman13
    +1
    Organized religion does not hold the majority on deciding what is lawful behavior in American society. We have a Constitution, a Bill of Rights, and state laws for that.
  • 4dc 2012/09/18 22:55:43
    Disgree. American law trumps Islamic law in America!
    4dc
    +1
    f*ck 'em
  • DefendnProtect 2012/09/18 19:17:07
    Disgree. American law trumps Islamic law in America!
    DefendnProtect
    +1
    LOL. Great Americans are worried about someone harassing someone at home.

    What about over a million dead abroad caused by ongoing invasions and bombings?

    drone victim
    Anybody went to jail for that?
  • Manwë 2012/09/18 13:29:41
    Disgree. American law trumps Islamic law in America!
    Manwë
    +2
    Political and religious parody is legal in our country. It might not be in good taste and may be offensive to some.
  • MsDianna 2012/09/18 07:40:12
    Disgree. American law trumps Islamic law in America!
    MsDianna
    +1
    America was founded as a Christian Nation. Muslims knew that before they came here.
    They can go somewhere else to practice their religion. I'm gonna stay right here in Oklahoma and praise JESUS Christ my Lord and Savior
  • Temlakos~POTL~PWCM~JLA~☆ 2012/09/17 22:54:42
    Disgree. American law trumps Islamic law in America!
    Temlakos~POTL~PWCM~JLA~☆
    +3
    Or it should. But does it anymore? I don't have any brief for an atheist, but this case stinks.
  • Defendn... Temlako... 2012/09/18 19:20:41
    DefendnProtect
    +1
    I think you're real nice to people in general including atheists. Thanks for that!

    thank you
  • Arel 2012/09/17 22:49:28
    Disgree. American law trumps Islamic law in America!
    Arel
    +2
    Always. This should be a non issue but it is happening more and more in the USA.
  • Veritas CLM *First Sedition* 2012/09/17 20:06:39
    Disgree. American law trumps Islamic law in America!
    Veritas CLM *First Sedition*
    +2
    Since the alleged victim was portraying Muhammad in a comical way, and in no way was inciting violence against muslims, the alleged physical attack on him should be prosecuted. It doesn't matter that the alleged attacker was a muslim. The basic premise of the case remains true, regardless of whether it was a christian attacking someone for mocking Jesus, or any smiliar instance involving any religion.
  • C:\DOS> Veritas... 2012/09/20 23:21:35
    C:\DOS>
    There WAS no attack, alleged or otherwise. The charge proferred was harassment, not assault. Aside from the conflicting testimony of the two principles, any evidence to support even a charge of harassment was non-existent. The judge -- who was NOT Muslim -- did exactly what he should have done in dismissing the case.
  • Veritas... C:\DOS> 2012/09/20 23:52:20
    Veritas CLM *First Sedition*
    I do not purport to know the details of the case, which is why I refered to the attack as alleged. If in fact there was no crime, then obviously no prosecution should occur. It was only my intention to present my thoughts on freedom of speech versus incitement to violence, in relation to the facts as they were presented by the author of the thread. If your version of events is true, then I agree with you.
  • C:\DOS> Veritas... 2012/09/21 16:02:42
    C:\DOS>
    +1
    This story has been circulating around the net for nearly a year -- the events it describes took place I believe around Jan. or Feb. It's a propaganda piece that, in the way of all propaganda, gets nearly every salient point wrong, as I outlined in a previous post in this thread.

    However, we're in complete agreement: physical assault is out of bounds, no matter the provocation (questions of self-defense excepted).
  • This is W³ 2012/09/17 19:26:12
    Disgree. American law trumps Islamic law in America!
    This is W³
    +2
    Nobody has the right to attack another, even if they are asking for an attack.
  • Defendn... This is W³ 2012/09/18 19:22:06 (edited)
    DefendnProtect
    +2
    Exactly stop the invasion wars and martial law abroad!

    dove
  • ur XLNC 2012/09/17 19:06:57
    Disgree. American law trumps Islamic law in America!
    ur XLNC
    +2
    Coming to MY home and insisting on foisting the culture of YOUR home on me doesn't quite make it. YOU adapt......NOT ME!
  • michael 2012/09/17 16:27:25
    Agree. Islamic law should trump American law in America!
    michael
    +1
    i would disagree if americans allowed the likes of the KKK ,white power groups,nazi groups ,drug dealers etc without any interference from the public,ps. im an atheist
  • Defendn... michael 2012/09/18 19:23:58
    DefendnProtect
    Interesting reply.
  • michael Defendn... 2012/09/19 19:50:10
    michael
    +1
    i meant to add parade down your streets
  • Defendn... michael 2012/09/19 20:57:06
    DefendnProtect
    I don't agree at all with your statement, but I do think you greatly put stuff in perspective, which is often lost completely here.
  • Eddie_says_OrlyTaitez_is_nutz 2012/09/17 16:04:34
    Disgree. American law trumps Islamic law in America!
    Eddie_says_OrlyTaitez_is_nutz
    +2
    Great Costumes... Zombie Pope... have to don that one!
  • socokid 2012/09/17 15:21:19
    Disgree. American law trumps Islamic law in America!
    socokid
    +7
    And let us get our facts straight.

    1. The judge was not a Muslim (he's a Lutheran). Not to mention, throughout the trial he referred to Muslims as "them" and admitted here merely knows "a little bit about the faith of Islam" from having spent over two years in a predominantly Muslim country.. The misquote was "If I'm a Muslim, I'd find it offensive." Not "I'm a Muslim".

    2. "Curtis, who had interviewed both men on the scene but taken no statement, testified that Elbayomy had admitted to "physical contact" with Perce during the argument -- though not to any specific acts such as grabbing or choking. In his own testimony, Elbayomy (whose English is limited) insisted that there had been only a verbal confrontation, and that if he had previously admitted to "physical contact" he might have meant Perce pushing him.

    With such conflicting testimony, Martin's decision to dismiss the case is entirely reasonable."

    http://www.realclearpolitics....

    3. The judge was still a 100% asshat for what he said after his decision. On this, I believe most of us could agree. No doubt.
  • activ1 socokid 2012/09/17 16:01:20
    activ1
    +6
    Unfortunately, religious bigots aren't the least bit interested in the facts. They only want to read and hear what justifies their hatred of others, and reinforces their religious fanatical ideology.
  • Foxhoun... socokid 2012/09/17 20:00:04
    Foxhound BN0
    +3
    thank you
  • Singerar 2012/09/17 14:19:08
    Disgree. American law trumps Islamic law in America!
    Singerar
    +2
    The Judge needs to be disbarred.
  • C:\DOS> Singerar 2012/09/20 23:23:00
    C:\DOS>
    For upholding the law?
  • Singerar C:\DOS> 2012/09/22 01:08:41
    Singerar
    Do you know the law in America?
  • C:\DOS> Singerar 2012/09/22 03:51:06
    C:\DOS>
    Quite well. Did you listen to the judge's ruling?
  • Singerar C:\DOS> 2012/09/22 11:11:26
    Singerar
    Something was changed above. NOW, the answers to the question contradict each other where earlier they didn't before. The way I read it earlier, the Judge charged the victim. It does not say that now.

    Now, the answers are wrong no matter which answer you choose.
    If you choose Disagree, you're disagreeing to the Judge Dismissing the case. I do NOT disagree with that.

    If you Agree, you're agreeing with Islamic law trumping American law (not with the Judges dismissal of the case).
    The Q & A now does not make sense or match up with a proper answer.

    I cannot choose either answer in this case. Both would be wrong.
  • C:\DOS> Singerar 2012/09/23 04:45:34
    C:\DOS>
    Agreed. The question is long and rambling (and claims the Muslim "attacked", which is blatantly wrong), then concludes with "Agree or Disagree"? It's not at all clear what we're supposed to be agreeing or disagreeing with. In fact, in my initial post I chose Disagree because I thought it meant "Disagree that the judge was biased" or some such, only later realizing my mistake.

    So you're right. It's a loaded question: quite impossible to answer either way.

    Thanks for the discussion.
  • Singerar C:\DOS> 2012/09/23 07:24:01
  • C:\DOS> Singerar 2012/09/23 10:06:45
    C:\DOS>
    +1
    +1'ed.
  • tommyg - POTL- PWCM-JLA 2012/09/17 14:11:15
    Disgree. American law trumps Islamic law in America!
    tommyg - POTL- PWCM-JLA
    +1
    They are in it for the long haul. Best be prepared.
  • whitewulf--the unruly mobster 2012/09/17 13:37:11
  • fluer 2012/09/17 13:22:41
    Disgree. American law trumps Islamic law in America!
    fluer
    +3
    In America assault is assault and should be prosecuted. We also have the right to dress how we want and act stupid if we want. But this is just nuts. I guess forgiving a man for beheading his wife who cheated on him is worse than this, but where is the respect for OUR laws. If you want to act that way go where the laws support you.

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