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Left quick to blame anti-Muslim sentiment for brutal murder of Shaima Alawadi – except her husband did it.
In March of 2012, Shaima Alawadi, a 32-year-old Iraqi Muslim and mother of five, was found brutally beaten at her home in El Cajon, a community just east of San Diego and home to more than 50,000 Iraqi immigrants. A note left next to her read, “go back to your country you terrorist.”
According to Hanif Mohebi, director of CAIR in San Diego, “We’ve seen an increase of reports just in the last few months, including some disturbing bullying of young Muslim students, discrimination in employment, and even harassment in prisons, and not just by fellow prisoners but even by prison guards, and now this tragedy, which has many Muslims in this community concerned, especially those that wear scarves.”
Some activists and commentators compared the crime to the shooting of Trayvon Martin that had taken place less than a month earlier. The “hoodie” Martin wore was said to feed into racial profiling that led an armed civilian to shoot the unarmed teenager. Similarly, Alawadi’s hijab was said to have marked her as Muslim to the person who murdered her.
Members of the Iraqi community in San Diego complained U.S. veterans might be a danger to them.
San Diego attorney Randy Hamud, an American-born Muslim and a member of the Arab-American Advisory Board for the San Diego Police Department said, “I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t concerned about it. We have a very large veteran population here, and so many of our troops do multiple deployments and come home with post-traumatic stress. And we have so many identifiable people of Middle Eastern background. It’s something I can’t help but think about.”
But there’s one big problem with all this speculation.
This week, Shaima’s murderer was charged. It was none other than Kassim Al-Hamidi, her husband.
Prosecutors said Alhimidi killed his wife — a mother of five — by hitting her at least six times in the head with a blunt object as she sat at a computer.
Stuff him full of bacon. Then beat him to death. VEERRYY slowly.
Good idea but what do we do about asshats like this: Hanif Mohebi, director of CAIR in San Diego...Some activists and commentators compared the crime to the shooting of Trayvon Martin that had taken place less than a month earlier...Members of the Iraqi community in San Diego complained U.S. veterans might be a danger to them...San Diego attorney Randy Hamud, an American-born Muslim and a member of the Arab-American Advisory Board for the San Diego Police Department said, “I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t concerned about it. We have a very large veteran population here, and so many of our troops do multiple deployments and come home with post-traumatic stress. And we have so many identifiable people of Middle Eastern background. It’s something I can’t help but think about.”?
Do you think we Americans, especially our veterans, will get an apology from any of these cretins? Do you think the "Iraqi community in San Diego" will express any appreciation for what we Americans have done on their behalf? Do you think any of this gaggle of dolts has learned a lesson from this and next time they will keep their mouths shut until the crime is solved?
I don't.
If only there had been a herd of cattle grazing outside our consulate in Benghazi...~~Todd Starnes